Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-23

member that Mr. Parker had a daugh-
ter because in working at the bank
this girl came with him. I didn't know
just what date it was. / was there in
the bank several days and I noticed
especially and 1 noticed and remem-
Der it was his daughter because she
was his favorite daughter and he would
take her down and buy her lunch and
she was around the bank like she was
a big man. t
"I didn't think of her, however, be-
fore 1 thought of Mr.. Haves, who is
chief teller of the First National Bank
and think he has very young child
and I thought of that first, and
thought we would be able 70 get the
money from him much easier, easier
because ne is a chief officer of the
bank and handles hundreds of thou
sands of dollars and while 1 was in
the bank saw all the money ship
mentS come in and used to go around
the vaults and any place in the bank
and knew practically every one in the
bank. Well, in order to get this little
girl, was afraid it would be harder
to handle her. She was baby and
would probably cry I thought either
Mr.. Haves or Parker, either one would
have sense enough to consider a $500
an easy settlement in consideration of
their own daughter. / meant no harm
to either one, but thought it would
be easier to handle the older girl than
little child. So this man and both
went out and he wanted to see her
and get look at her and looked in
the telephone book to see where Mr.
Parker lived. / went to house to see
her when she came from school and I
saw her riding around on bicycle,
but I didn't know she had twin sister
until Thursday morning parked by,
the house early so could see her leave
for school, and could see what school
she went to, and it popped into my
mind that if 1 went for her at the
school, could get her that way. There,
was no plan But had been thinking
about it and it popped in my mind
when I saw the girl that morning. I
did not plan out the results ahead of
that until / saw her that morning and
that afternoon-you have read in the
papers how it all happened, went and
told the teacher that her father had
been in an accident and this other
girl came over to see which one of the
girls I wanted and I said wanted the
younger one. She looked younger, but
it turned cut they were twins but she
didn't question me in any way.
Then they asked what was her first
name so 1 told them. I didn't think
remembered, but told them work.
ed at the bank. didn't give my real
name-I forget the name I did give
them-and they asked me which girl
wanted and I said the younger one and
she said, Marian?' and 1 said, yes,
that is the one the father was calling
for and one of the other teachers
went and got the girl, and saw that
was the same girl had seen in front
of the house and called at the school
house that morning, and think they
got on a. street car and went to the
Mount Vernon school and when went
up in the car I learned that the
Franklin school right near fence and
after we came out of the school house,
we got into the car and we left and
she started asking questions about what
had happened and how it happened
and who hit him and made answers
to all of her questions. / answered
everything and she got in and we
then started back and was just having
a general conversation and talking
about picture shows and merchants
and school and anything that came up
in conversation generally with people
and we got well and closely acquaint
ed and I really kind of liked her. I
couldn't look her in the face when I
told her she was kidnapped as though
nothing had happened. When I told
her nothing had really happened to
her father she didn't worry or scream
or anything.
"She took it calm as could be and /
told her she could realize if I got
caught that would have. to suffer and
/ would have to tie her nose and tie
her mouth so she couldn't make any
noise and she said, please don't do it,
I will promise not to make any noise,
so didn't tie her and we drove around
all afternoon and went to a show that
night-even went to picture show
the Rialto theatre in Alhambra and2she
didn't do or say anything much and T
really didn't intend to do her any
harm and here is where this other
mans part of it played in. He was to
have the hiding place for the girl and
to keep her quiet and I was supposed
to get the money.
"He only wanted two or three hun
dred dollars out of the fifteen hundred.
He said he didn't want much money
any way. He seemed to like the idea
of kidnapping the girl and holding her
other than getting the money. Thurs
day, that night after the show, I met
this man and he took the girl in
charge. He took her and the next day
saw her, that was Friday evening.
Well, I kept writing all these letters
and her to write q letter to her father
making it seem like she was being
treated bad and, and I don't know,
she didn't seem to like this man and
didn't want to go with him and want
cd to stay with me instead, but Il
couldn't do thing like that. We. had
to go through with the plans. Any
way she wanted to go home as soon as
possible and I thought if the father
was willing to hand over the money
and he had If IT. was rnrfectlV all