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DO FINE JOB
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in the front ranks as they ap-
preached the sleeping Bailey. They
could see a sub-machine gun be-
meath cot and rifle within
reach.
A department of justice agent
punched Bailey in the ribs, the sus-
pect came out of sleep wide awake
and surrendered without reaching
for the machine gun or rifle or the
pistol he had under his pillow.
The officers threatened Bailey
with immediate death If anybody
in the house opened fire on them.
Bailey assured them there was no
one there Except the old man and
his wife," ~
Identifies Guard
The "old man" was Shannon.
Urschel positively identified Shan
non as one of his guards during the
nine day hideout while negotiations
we're being made with his family
for payment of the ransom reputcd
to have been 100000.
When Urschel was taken from
his Oklahoma City mansion July %,
his kidnapers took him to Shan
mons farm and put him into a
garage. After an hour he was
brought into the house and spent
the night there.
The next morning the multimil-
lionaire, trustee of the T. B. Slick
estate, was put into an auto and
driven to Shannon's sons home, a
mile down the road.
After tying up Bailey and Mr..
and Mrs. Shannon, the officers
proceeded to the younger Shannon S
house. Surrounding it carefully, the
officers arrested Armon Shannon
and his young wife.
Urschel entered the shack. He
examined the roughly papered walls.
He went to the pump and examined
the dipper. The handle was broken
off exactly as he had told federal
Investigators. He counted the live
stock in the harnyard. There were
exactly the right number of COWS,
hogs and chickens. About rs other
details were checked up and Urschel
said. II am positive this is where
I was held captive. I can't be mis-
taken"
Urschel was blindfolded the en-
tire nine days, but he could see
downward beneath the cloth. He
could see advantageous positions TO
press his fingers and thumbs
against to leave a tale-telling story
that would entangle his kidnapers
in their own web.
Spun Web Well
The elder Shannon and his son
kept Urschel's watch but the oil
man made a practice of asking them
the time of day frequently. They
ioked with him about it, asking
"where do you think you are 60
ing?"
They little suspected he was COW
ering up the clue that led to theii
capture as he made notes OF pas
sage of an airplane on a regular
route over the remote cabin. Inc
planes passed almost exactly al
915 a. m. and 5:45 p. m. One day
the plane missed trip. The Sc
cret service found bad weather hao
forced the pilot to deviate from his
course They drew circle ON a
map ana then began minute
search of the countryside. the
Shannon home aroused suspicious
Under guiSe of mortgagers IN
specting the house and land VIII
view to renewing the mortgage
federal agents entered the older
Shannon's house and looked around
II checked with Urschels descrlp'
ton. They did the same at the
Younger Shannon's home.
The agents conferred and decid'
ed on a time for the raid.
The two men who entered tn'
Urschel mansion about midnigh'
July % have been positively identl'
fled as Albert L. Bates, now hele
at Denver, Colo, and George kei'
lev. former convict and know
killer, still at large. He is know
in gangster circles as MACHINE
Gun" Kelley, ruthless slayer.
Charges under the federal Kid
naping law, the so-called Lind
hereh law providing the death pon
alty were filed in U. S. distric
court in Oklahoma City last yes
terday against II persons, the names
of whom were kept secret.