Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-06

man Cline Of Los Angeles arrived in
| Douglas. In it was the lock of hair
| clipped from Mrs. McPherson's head.
Captain Cline had the letter in his
! pocket, and mentioned the "fee claim
ed at office of first address" stamped
on the envelope. signifying that it was
special delivery, while it bore no
special delivery stamp. In the pres
ence Of a Dispatch reporter Mrs. Nc
Pherson casually glanced at the let
ter, which was handed her by her
mother after she had received it from
Captain C1ine's hands.
| The letter in full reads as follows:
: June 18, 1926.
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, Angelus Temple,
( Los Angeles, Cal.
Dear Madam: Exactly one month has
elapsed since we grabbed Aimee Nc
Pherson and now is the time for ac-
tion We nearly bungled it once, but
we've moved her to a safe place now
and have doped out plan of ransom
payment that is absolutely safe to us.
You won't be able to trap us if you do
act in bad faith. We doubt if you will
attempt any funny business, though,
when you are convinced this is no hoax
or Sunday school picnic and that We
really have your daughter. Do what
you like with this letter (we realize
you got to use it to raise the dough-
but the next one must be kept abso-
lutely to yourself and its instructions
followed exactly or there will be grave
consequences to your daughter.
First, in order that you may know
without any doubt that Aimee is alive
and in our hands, we are inclosing a
lock of her hair. We tried to get an
swers to your silly questions, but be-
cause she knows about the half-mil-
sion ransom she won't answer them
Says she would rather die than cripple
the church to such an extent But
before she knew what it was all about
we tricked her into couple fool an
swers something like "a woven wire
one between two apple trees" and the
hound was black and named Gyp. She
shut up then, realizing what we were
after, but if you insist a lighted cigar
against bare foot often gets results
Her middle right-hand finger has a
scar on it you ought to recognize, sup
pose we chop it off and sent it along
to kill your doubts?
We've got her ali right and trust
by now you'll believe it and know
that we mean business. She has been
taken good care of by a woman who
has been with her constantly, an ex-
nurse who knows her business. She
is suffering with hysteria and the heat
and is pretty weak but physically and
mentally there's nothing wrong with
her that won't mend soon once she's
home. But though we've treated her
respectfully in fairness to her position
and value to US, what the future holds
for her is entirely up to you. Our al
tentative is to sell her to old Felipe
of Mexico City. We are sick and tired
of her Internal preaching, she spouts
Scripture in answer to everything.
We took her for two reasons: First,
to wreck that damned temple, and sec
ond, to collect tidy half million We
have held her for a month, during
which time her name and standing
have been just about ruined. We had
to fight hard to kill that drowning"
idea of yours, but a little palm oil
brought forth plenty reports of her
being seen all over the place and the
newspaper hounds were only too anx-
ious to play it up. They seemed to
have an ak to grind, too, and sure
helped us grand. You've taken some
of our girls, damn you, and given us
many jolt, but guess we are square
now, eh?
Now, as to the ransom. We've been
stumped for method of collecting,
which would be safe, because you spill
ed it to the police before. It's plain
no ordinary methods will work with
you, so We've sure doped out corker,
and while, it has taken time and de-
layed things a bit, it is apple pie for
us. You got week to raise the money,