Evening star., 1933-03-27
K|DNAPERS HUNTED.
AFTER FREEING BOY
Father Tells of Rendezvous
and $500 Ransom at
Warren, Ohio.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WARREN, Ohio, March 27-A des-
perate band of kidnapers, rid of their
15-year-old captive. was hunted today
by Federal authorities after the father
told Of . rendezvous with the abduc-
tors on . lonely road shrouded in dark
ness
The boy. Peter Meyers, jr.. appeared
in good health as he related his expert
ences during the eight days he was
held in . semi-dark room following his
capture by three men armed with re-
volvers and . submachine gun
If you listen to Us, you'll be all
right" he quoted his captors a. saying.
III you try TO get away. we'll kill you"
Otherwise, he said. he was well
treated by the men who showed them
selves only when their faces were hid
den behind masks. He believed six or
seven were In the gang.
HIS mother, showing the strain Of
worry and sleepless nights, accentuated
by fear that her husband, too, had been
abducted when he went on the long
and mysterious trip that brought about
the boys return, beamed her JOY at his
return. She was starting in search Of
her husband when she met him re-
turning with her son.
Declares He Paid s3ee.
Three hundred dollars, . hundred
more than he had offered for the cap
ture OF the kidnapers, was the price the
elder Meyers said he paid for his sons
return A larger sum was demanded.
the father said. but through the
friend" who acted as intermediator
he was able to scale the price on the
plea that his money was tied up in
the bank"
w. z. Peters. agent Of the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation, expressed the
belief Meyers was withholding some de-
tails of the rescue in fear his family
might be harmed If he talked too much
Blindfolds apparently were An 1mpor-
tant part Of the kidnapers' stock IN
trade They hoodwinked the boy be-
fore they took him to the second f1oor
OF 4 house one Of them said was some
where near Pittsburgh" and insisted
that he blindfold himself each time
one Of his captors entered his room.
The father likewise was carefully
blindfolded when he was driven for sew
eral hours to the spot between Akron
and Youngstown, where. in the dark
ness of early yesterday morning, Peter
was returned to him.
The binding lights Of two automo-
biles hid the kidrApers when a towel
was removed from his eyes, Meyers said.
and his friend" told him. Look
straight ahead and you will see your
SON"
Boy Steps Into Light.
Those same lights shown then on the
boy for whose return Meyers earlier had
made numerous futile trips from his
Gray Wolf Tavern at MaSury. near the
Pennsylvania border, to nearby towns
in both Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Similarly. the hoodwinkers hid from
sight the automobile in which the kid
napers Ned the scene. leaving father
and son alone in the roadway. Stand
ing there, I'VE heard the kidnapers' car
pulling away" said Meyers. We were
told to stay quiet for a few minutes"
The long. happy trip back to Masury
WAS almost ended when Meyers pulled
his car alongside one in which rode
Mrs Meyers. her brother, Sheriff Hard
man and Peters. At the mothers In
sistence, the officers had started with
her to search for the father, who had
then been gone many hours.
Mrs. Meyers. recognizing her husband
and her son. leaped from the car even
as it rolled to 4 halt. shouting. half
Historically. "Oh, my boy"
Ofiicers postponed any effort to learn
from Meyers and Peter information
that might aid in tracking the kid
napers until all three should recover
from their exhausting experiences since
the boy was snatched away q week ago
last Saturday night.