New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
DETECTIVES GUARD
 M|LLIONAIRrS WIFE
(Continued from First Paesl

confessed and pleaded guilty. He wss sentenced to life imprisonment 6nA within 2 week after the erinne lad started serving his sentence.
 Mrs. Walter B. Lashar. wtfe .e14e millionaire Bridgeport. coan.. sseSa. is en route to an unnamed enutheso destination with her infant after three letter demanding 4f6,ooo haa been received at tho home. The let. ters theratened An act That via mean moro to you than afl ycuF money"
 Mayor John McMurtry Of Wellse .ville. Ohio. received two lettefu de- mandinE $500 and threatenipg kiA. naping of his daughter. Virginia, h case the money was not given. TAA girl is a student at Stephens cetlegA Columbia. Mo, and is under gvas1
 Edward Oliver, banker at Wellesa vile. also received lettefs .denaan1e ing $500 and threatening damage ~ his property in case the money was not given. .st
 Fairfield Jan. .3 tF-A. polsco watch was kept on the Lsshsr sae tate here today beeauxe of tmteSQ received ten days ago by. NFs. wal ter Lashar. wife Of the pres19s1t ;A the American Chair Co. denaA1t1R s2s.ooo, which money vas to 'hs lefe at the garden gate.
 Family Guaeded
 Mrs Lashar herself has 9AaA south and the police proteettyn sA tended to members of thS. ,1oa8ta1 and to those employed in the heuoas hold IS of a precautionary na4aeas Here and there in the eFenAA ' man walks briskly about end oeeas sionally on the town reads v1leb lead to the extensive eetats SS44o.e highway patrol officer. Tho yo119 son of Mir. and Mrs. LAeha1 wAe n. tends Fatrneld High schoei NoD' oGs companied today by . dete44tyU 494 a young daughter who soes te It, derFarten also had an eeeoFt 1ue there have been no untewsFA tQej. dents since JanuaEy l3. wAsQ 1eo last of three letters of . measy 4es mand nature wss rscstvsd.
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 The police have rsc4Aea, ,tlpat.to 1919 MT, Lashar rscetvsa baAck. mailing letters with dssa4n3sf tSq1 ss.ooo be placed tn . bundae. ejl left on ! mall box in Nruee ase1Is. stratford. The police tAA1e Nai>e up 4 dummy bundle. and teSt E - directed. William Leo HaGGs3&y. living close by took the, huAAjs 1AA was arrested, He feffeifsd @3.4eo bonds while awaiting triAl. T1s -. lice are inclined te Iaak dp.s tAe previous incident with the pesgs1e demand. % S ss..'a
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 There are 2s emplsyss ., inas u. Lashar household and, aii have4Aeao closely questioned. The peatce eaok two lines of inquiry. en6. tAa& k might have been m outn1de jelA A11 the other. that somsons eeel1oGpo. venge had made the dsaaan4. M
 When the first lstter saens4 1le Iron Hand' was rscsivs4s . Ds1Dpo woman 9afOed t0 t9pGo4o0k y1e Lashar carried dummy pq411DD from the housa to tho ssta. ' Gke tance of third Of . uile. 4AQQo14. it. and returned to the heN1A 9&o first letters had AeaaaAdeA e9k14o in. | variety of btljs. petseeesqQ were in the bushes a5ene tAe pnlA and the gate was watchsd hy oeys eral. But the package wes '.uhs claimed.
 Since then all NrA LasAar's 1en has been inspected in ponD1l4 through the town post o43ee - stop any lettAfs which HA9St bDo9 handwriting similar to that o0A t1o blackmailing lstters. wlstAer alv matter was held up for axazatnA&too is not revealed. The police 1nAselR said there had been no furtAsr tos cident.