Evening star., 1933-06-19
BREWER RETURNS
HOME UNFRAMED
Hamm Says One of Men Re-
sembIed Sankey, Sought
in Other Cases.
By the Associated Press.


ST. PAUL, June 19-Five or six men
one Of them resembling Verne Sankey
wanted for questioning in connection
with two other abductions kidnapped
William Hamm, millionaire president OF
the Theodore Hamm Brewing Co., he
said on his return today soon after be-
ing released unharmed As miles from
home.
Hamm said he did not know how
much ransom was paid. H j. Charles
attorney for the brewing company. de-
ciined to name the amount paid the
abductors, who originally demanded
100000.
The ransom was delivered either by
w. W. Dunn, city sales manager of the
brewing company and close friend Of
Hamm, or another undisclosed person
Contact was affected during ride
made by the person carrying the money
in a company automobile. Acting under
instructions from the kidnapers, the
doors and a section of the back had
been removed so no one could be con-
cealed in the machine.
The money was delivered between
Rush City and Pine City by one man
the kidnapers' instructions.
Relates Experience.
Unframed and in the best of health
Hamm related his experiences to city
county and Federal officials. Though
he at first believed he had been i'm
prisoned in a house in Northern Wis
consin, he finally decided it must have
been Northern Minnesota.
Three or four ransom notes he was
compelled to sign while lying down In
the bottom of the kidnapers' automobile
were used, he said. During the ride out
of ST. Paul last Thursday, after he was
compelled to accompany two men and
a driver in an autcmobile parked near
the brewery, he was forced to wear a
white hood and later goggles blanketed
inside with cotton.
At no time did he see any guns,
although he felt one pressed against
him during the ride out of st. Paul
which was interrupted about 80 miles
outside the city, where contact was made
with colleagues of his abductors. IT
was there that he was forced to sign
the four notes.
Hamm came home with Police Chief
Brown.
Taken Through Rear Entrance.
Hamm was taken into the home
through a rear entrance while crowd
of curious bystanders waited outside.
A physician arrived soon after. Fam
lily members explained he was called
because of Hamms mother, Mrs. Will
liam Hamm, ST., an elderly woman.
He was at the home last night also
as some relatives believed the mother
could not continue to Withstand the
strain caused by absence of her son.
Shortly after Hamm returned, MT
and Mrs. W. Johns of Chicago City,
Mimi, his cousins, arrived and were
asked how he was.
He feels fine" was Mrs. Johns reply.
WAS he harmed?" she was asked.
NO He feels great
Employees of the bottling works OF
said Hamm looked all in" as he en-
tered the house.
County Attorney NJ F. Kinkead and
Chief Dahill questioned Hamm and
said news men would be permitted to
do SO later.
The two main entrances to the Hamm
home were guarded by four policemen.
Kidnapped Thursday.
A woman relative. smiling because
the wait was over. hurried out OF the
grounds and into car A big horse
drawn rig from the nearby brewery
drew up with load Of ice, and the
driver, departed 10 min
utes later, whistling merrily to his
team.
Hamm told members of his family he
a half block from the main brewery
office and a block from his home. He
was last seen at 1920 pm. Thursday.
P. L. Shuler, family chauffeur, said
Hamm on his return was Mn fine
physical shape and not harmed"
An agent of the Federal Department
of Justice entered the house soon after
return.
Fourth in Is Months.
Hamm's kidnapping was the fourth in
ST. Paul in l8 months.
Hasell Bohn. 2l-year-old son of Geb-
hard Bohn, st. Paul manufacturer. was
seized June 30 1882, from the rear of
his home by two armed men. He was
held captive nearly a week in a Mime
apoliS home before he was released on,
of $4,000
subsequently, Sankey, his wife and
Ray Robinson were indicted. Robin
son was captured in Canada and plead
ed guilty. He got Is years in prison.
Sankey, also sought for the kidnap-
ing of Charles Boettcher I'd of Denver
has not been caught, but Mrs. Sankey
was arrested at Denver and tried here
A jury acquitted her last week, but she
was arrested again for Federal officers
who want her in South Dakota for the
KIDNAPPING of Boettcher, who was held
on ranch in South DAKOTA
Leon Gleckman, former convict and