Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-29
YOUNG DETECTIVES
MAY FURNISH Clue
Bright Lexington Boys Tell of
Man Who Wanted Package
From That Garbage Can


Lexington, KY, March 90 Three
small boys have found clue that
may lead to the arrest of the man
who kidnapped Paul Little Thursday.
The boys have obtained a written
statement from Richard Jones, a
negro boy employed by a messenger
service here, that on Thursday night
he received % cents from a man, ap-
parently about "a years old, who told
him to search the garbage can in
front of and 10 cent store on
Main street for bundle of old love
letters.
This was the can in which, half an
hour later, E. r. Little, father of the
boy who was kidnapped, placed a
bundle containing the ansom money
demanded by his sons abductor.
The negro boy states that the man
who talked to him could be recog-
nized easily by a peculiar blemish in
his right eye.
Gle wasn't exactly cross-eyed, but
there was something funny about his
eye, and l can tell him the minute
see him again. the boy said.
The boys who obtained the negro's
statement have been working as
"sleuths" on the case, they said
They are James Farrow, Is years old;
Bonnie Golden, ID years old, and
Leonard Frank, Is years old, all mes
senger boys.
E. r.. Little said that efforts to
capture the kidnaper now rest entirely
with the Lexington police. He said
81 will give $1,000 to the man who
kidnapped my son, and agree not to
prosecute him, if he will come forward
and prove that ever wrongcd him
or any of his acquaintance in any
way.
GIN addition to this offer, I desire
it to be known at the same time that
l will give $4,000 reward for the ar
rest and conviction of the man, for ]
know that my offer to the kidnapel
will not be accepted.
at cannot be accepted, for l have
not wronged that man, nor any other
man, as he would have the public be-
lieve in his writing to me.
II now am convinced firmly that the
man who had my boy as a prisoner
is professional kidnaper and that
he has never had any transactions
with me. T
"He may have seen me at tfottine
meeting about the country with myi
horses and in other ways found cat
about my affairs, but I am sure that
have never had any dealings with
him." .,-
1t became known that while Little
drew $4,000 at his bank Thursday he
did not leave the building with that
amount of money. The package de
posted in a garbage can for the kid
naper contained money, but merely :;
small amount, wrapped so as to look
like $4,000.
Another development Of the day is
the fact that the kidnaper paid moth
ing for the hotel room which he used
as rendezvous. The rate was 81
day, and he rented it from Tuesday
afternoon until Friday morning.
He had no baggage and was asked
no questions regarding baggage by
the clerk, who registered him because
he had arrived erly in the morning
and had waited until 5 o'clock to OBJ
tain a room with bath.
The clerk believed that his bag
gage had been checked. When asked
if he desired to go to the room, the
kidnaper said:
"No, not yet, but I will take the
key if you please.
When he was ready to leave he
walked quietly to the desk, surren-
dtred his key and went out leisureIy,
as though he was going for o morn
ing stroll.
The clerk who gave the key to him
said that he looked the man over
casually and commented to a by
stan der, as he walked across the lob
lby toward the front door:
! Nowadays you can't tell much
about the travelling public. That fell.
| low looks like tramp, but he took
a four-dollar room with less concern
i than a ,,oiJl;ono;yoN
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