The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-18
EDWARD G. Bremen,
St. PAUL BANKER, IS
HELD BY ABDUCYORS
Dropped From Sight Wednes-
day Morning After Taking
Daughter to School
POLICE ARE NOT CALLED IN
Facts, However, Are Obtained
From Other Sources; Ran.
som Note Disclosed

st. Paul, Jan. 18.-(PeKidnaper1
demanding 100000 ransom abducted
Edward G.. Bremen, son of Adolph
Bremen, wealthy st. Paul brewer and
prominent Democrat OF Minnesota,
Wednesday morning.
Warning the family to maintain
secrecy. the abuductors said they
would kill their victim II negotiators
for his release called in the police or
notified newspapers.
The 37-year-old president Of tho
Commercial State bank was picked up
by an unascertained number Of men
between 8:15 q. m. and 10 q. m. We'd
nesday shortly after he had returned
from Chicago.
Police have received no official no.
LITIGATION Of the abduction and mem.
bcrs Of the Bremen family refused to
discuss it.
Abduction Of Bremen. whose father
owns q controlling interest in the Ja-
cob Schmidt Brewing company, fol-
lowed by seven months the kidnap.
ing Of William Hamm, Jr.. million-
aire president Of the Theodore Hamm
Brewing company, who paid 100000
for his freedom last June.
Otto Bremen, chairman Of the
board Of directors, American Ma
tional bank, and Minnesota man
ager Of the Home Owners Loan COR
poration, Is an uncle OF the missing
man. who was seized after taking his
eight-year-old daughter, Betty, to
the Summit grade school.
Never Reached Bank
Bremen presumably headed for the
bank after leaving his daughter. He
did not reach there, the kidnaper1
apparently stopping his automobile
and taking both him and the car to
an outlying residential district.
The next heard OF the bank peooi-
dent, according t. well authenticated
reports, was an anonymous telephone 4
call to Walter w. Magee, wealthy
contractor, from q man speaking 81 |
q low voice. Magee was told tbs
Bremen car could be found Ia the,
Highland Park district Of ct. Paul
and that there was q note on the
back doorstep Of Magees home.
Magee attempted to prolong the
conversation. In the meantime urgiug
FL Penschuck. former city Official IN
his office at the time, to try to
trace the call. The unidentified
party, however. suddenly hung up.
At home, Magee found q typewrit-
ten note addressed to Charles
Magee" and signed in ink with .
shaky hand. The missive gave Masee
instructions for contracting the kid.
napers but the contents were not re.
vealed.
Magee refused to discuss the case.
Bremer's automobile later was
found about mile from where the
abductors told Magee to look.
Matches Urschel Demand
The ransom demanded for Bremera
release matches that asked In the
Urschel abduction in Oklahoma,
Bremer's kidnapping was the second
big seizure in st. Paul, the Hamm
case being the first. It followed the
recent acquittal Of Roger Touhy and
three co-defendants Of charges &C.
cusing them Of kidnapping Hamm.
They now are on trial IN Chicago.
charged with kidnapping John Jake
the Barber" Factor.
st. Paul has been the scene Of four
other abductions in the last two ana
half years. Kidnapers have mulcted
their victims Of 4l28. 400 OF the 1910.
600 ransoms demanded.
OF about 20 suspects in the four
cases, eight have been convicted.
In addition to Hamm, other kidnap
victims here were Leon 0leckman.
finance company head: Morris Rut-
man, dress shop owner, and Haskell
Bohn, youthful son Of . refrigerator
manufacturer.
The younger Bremen received his
early education In st. Paul schools,
He Is q graduate Of George Wash
ington university. holding bachelor
OF laws and . masters degree.
Upon his graduation he entered tho
banking business. starting IN Is run
ner and advancing through the posi-
tons Of teller, bookkeeper, cashier.
and president.
Bremen was married about 10 years
ago. The couple has one child. Be-
sides his father there are another
son and three sisters In the Adolph
Bremen family.