Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14
Emissary of Family Shoots
1t Out With Men He
Thought Bandits.
INDICATIONS RECEIVED
PRISONER STILL LIVES
Agent Bearing Ransom Follows
Trail of Notes in Early
Morning Battle.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May 14.-Negotia-
lions with the kidnapers of William
F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire,
came to an abrupt and dramatic halt
today after failure of Intermediates
to make an attempted contact with
the abductors. 1t was believed the
interruption was but temporary.
Ernest E. Noon. attorney and in
termediary for the Gettle family.
went to Downey, suburb on the
southeast section of Los Angeles, at
3 am. in hopes of bringing the alb
Quoted millionaire home to his family
He returned home empty-handed
after one Of the most sensational
developments in the case since the
abduction of the millionaire Wednes-
day midnight from his Arcadia coun-
try estate.
Indicated Still Alive.
Two notes penciled in Gettle's
handwriting, and with the 1882 life
membership card of the millionaire in
the local Shrine Temple attached, in
dicated that ransom payment instruc-
lions were leading to the end of his
trail as a prisoner, and that he is
alive.
What the district attorney described
as an attempt by hi jackers to hold
up the special Intermediary who was
alone in a car with the 100000 ran
som money. put a sudden end to the
negotiations.
The special Intermediary. whose
identity the authorities said they
wished to conceal, shot it out with the
men he believed to be attackers. This
happened while Noon was en- route
to Downey, by another route.
First Of the dramatic episodes of
the day was the journey of the special
emissary to spot in lonely Laurel
Canyon, back in the Hollywood Hills.
to which Noon was directed to send
him with the money. to look for a
stake with a message.
Finds Note at Stake.
The emissary located the stake. and
at the foot Of 1t found this note:
"E. z. Noon: Go to Crenshaw
boulevard and turn south to Florence.
Turn east on Florence to Alameda
street, south on Alameda street to
Florence and watch very carefully on
right hand until you see white rag
on stick stuck in ground. Stop and
look at the foot of stake and you will
find more instructions. Be sure and
not drive over 20 miles per hour.
w. F. GETTLE."
The handwriting was said by Noon
to be Gettle's
Attached to this note was the 1882
life membership card of Gettle in the
Al Malaikan Shrine.
The special emissary followed di-
rections and found the next stake.
Attached to it was Gettle's 1888 AL
Malaikan membership card and an
other note, which read:
e. E. Noon: Go straight ahead
Until you find another stake and rag
on the same side of road. Stop and
put suit case about three or six feet
from the post Get in car and drive
straight up Firestone and circle to
left for Los Angeles.
W. F. GETTLE."
Cars Lurked on Side Street.
These stakes were such as SUBJ
oividers use and white handkerchiefs
we're attached to them.
Carrying out these instructions the
emissary saw some cars lurking in
a side street, near Atlantic boule-
ward and Firestone, in the southeast
section of the city.
He sensed something wrong. as this
was not the spot designated for the
payroll. Some one started shooting.
One report was that it was an incl
dental shooting by a nearby constable
chasing suspected thief, another was
that the emissary shot it out with the
suspected hi-jackers.
However, the emssary escaped, with
the strange cars in pursuit. He elud-
ed them and reached the haywood
police station and spread the alarm.
The money was returned to Noon
ana shortly after this, when Noon
had returned from half hour vigil
at Downey, he received a telephone
message. He was convinced this was
from the kidnapers.
Something has happened out at
Downey," was the message.
Noon returned to his home, and it
was indicated that he expected an
other contact with the kidnapers some
time todov