Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-11
M0BSl UNCERTAINTY
or GUILT SAVES
KEET MURDER SUSPECTS
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"Oh. you all go 10 h" he again
shouted
The mob again yanked Piersol in
to the air. They left him up until his
face began 10 turn black in the moon
light. He was cut down. unconscious
and turned over to Sheriff Webb.
The men of Springfield returned
home, convinced that the six prison
ers had nothing to do with the Keel
case. Webb hustled them to strong
iails for safety.
One new arrest has been made. that
of Dick Carter, Springfield boy, al
Kansas City. He is believed to have
been the man seen near the Crenshav
house the day after the kidnapping
The Extortion Letters.
Springfield. Mo, June 1.-THE Kee
family today made public the three
letters received from the kidnapper,
during the negotiations for ransom
They were written in a good feminin,
hand, with an attempt to disguise n,
attempt was made to capitalize O
punctuate.
Letter No. l arrived the morning al
ter Bhddie was kidnapped:
I'VE sure got your kid Don't
say anything to the police or put
il in the papers. There are three
of us and we want two thousand
dollars apiece. We got another
one picked ont, so if we don't get
this from you we can tell them
what we did to yours.
IF you want to pay this, get
Hers drygOOds store to lite up
their name on top Of their store
Thursday night from . TO 10 and
you start out by yourself in one
seated car have the top down
and red light in front on left
side. have this money in IS, so
and $50 bills. Put $40 in silver
in sack and NO new ones or
marked nnes goes Tie this paper
money up with a string and don't
put any paper around il, but you
must put this i'm with it sure"
tThen route for keets to fol-
low was prescribed)
Drive twelve miles an hour
all the time. Some place along
this road you will hear somebody
say stop, then get out with white
lantern and walk one hundred
steps back and put the money in
the road then get back into the
car and go one mile then come
back to lantern and if you have
left the right kind of money there
will be letter on the lantern say
ing where to go get the kid. You
can get him in one hour after you
leave the money.
I'VE are going to feed him and
be good to him till then bat if we
don't get this you will have
tough looking kid We are go
ing to sec Won and arc going to
watch eyary body along this
road and ii anything LOOKS
wrong we will stop but will keep
him one week and raise it to ten
thousand dollars. When you get
him il you try TO get us, one of
us will get you You better go
over this road Thursday so you
will know the way. We got lots
of milk the kid is all right
No. 2 written on an envelope whic
apparently had been received at tn
keet home, was received the mornin
after the fathers fruitless ride:
at didn't take us long to find
out what was up last night we
told you we would see anything
that did not look rite every saloon
in town knows how much we
wanted and which way we told
you to go when we seen what
was up IN the road we came in.
The kid is good one he amt
cried but once we are going to
give you one more chance tonight,
between s and 9 o'clock we will
telephone you where to go to find
directions for road, be ready to
go don't stop any place we will
! give you q dry road so mud
J won't hurt won't have to go over
20 miles, get the dogs out of town
| and keep away from the police
and papers. This your last chance
the baby il well and we promise
to take good care of it. Put both
of letters and envelopes with
money"
No 3, written on the inside of
large envelope was received at
the keet home while keet was on
the second ride.
Start at once, go Grand Ave
nue. to Campbell Street then go
south to Niya after we stop you
so two miles then go home and
kid will be found before morning.
put this with money"
CHICAGO CycIist Here.