The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-23
CLAIM SECOND NOTE
RECEIVED FAMILY
THROUGH PHYSICIAN
Communi G q ton Reported
Thrown Through Window
Within q Bottle
TRUCK TRIP A MYSTERY
Relatives Await Proof Victim n
Alive; 500, 900 Ransom !
Ready

st. Paul, Jan. 23.-tR-Unverified
reports masked the 100000 Bremen
kidnapping case IN Z cloak Of mystery
Tuesday - plans proceeded apace for
what close friends Of the family
claimed would lead to early release oe
Edward q. Bremen within u hours.
One report said = second ransom
note had been received Monday morn
Ing from the kidnapers, who last
Wednesday morning seized tho eldest
son Of Adolph Bremen, principal own
er Of the Jacob Schmidt Brewing Co,
and . personal friend Of President
Roosevelt.
simultaneously. the elder Bremen
was reported by his other son, Adolph,
Jr., to be In pretty bad" condition -
. result Of worry over Edwards SAFE
ty. Mira. Bremen. wife Of the missing
banker, was represented by friends -
UNDERGOING . terrific strain but re.
fusing give way under the ordeal.
Maintain Heavy Guard
Members Of the family disdainsd to
reconcile denials they had received
any communication from the gang
with the fact that . heavy police
guard had been maintained at the
elder Bremer's home since Monday
night and that . Schmidt Brewery
truck was said to have made mys.
terious trip In the early hours Of Tues.
day.
Reports . note had been delivered
to Adolph Bremen Monday wsre moi
amplified TO explain how + Was d.
liyered nor what i contained - the
family Joined Dr.. n. = NWpeEk
Bremen family physician, IN dsnym0
he had received two niGstvss IN .
milk bottle hurled through tn WIN
dow Of his front door early Saturday,
Dr.. Nippert admitted . bottle had
been tossed through the glaD but de-
clared It would b beneath ny pro.
fessional dignity to lie about a,ch mats
ters."
Police insisted thsy could MT sub,
stantiate reports Nippeft had reootvod
the reported notes and federal oper.
atives maintained silence except 1oF
Harold Nathan, who, after con1erTing
with the Chief Of Police Thomas +
Dahill Tuesday, responded to quese
lions with Its nice weather " ar0
having, isn't IT."
Nathan Is an assistant to J. Edgar
Hoover Of the department Of justice
at Warrington.
-
For the last three days, the family
is understood to have In readiness the
100000 ransom In old IS, so and 10
bills In accordance with instructions
from the gang 8 contained n tho 1irse
note received. e was left on the
office doorstep Of Walter Aasees
wealthy contractor friend Of the miss.
Ing man.
Magee also denied any communities
ton other than the note received b.
him, had been sent anyone concern.
ed in the case and pleaded he didnt
know Z thing"
In the face Of silence enveloping III
law enforcement agencies. who were
begged soon after Bremen Was sei1ed
last Wednesday morning, to remain
out Of the case until the banker Wa
returned, N. +. Kinkead, county attor-
ney, announced . grand jury would
meet Wednesday, ready to investigate
the crime should anything happen
Peace officers were requested BY
Adolph Bremen to stay out Of the case.
A few hours after Adolph Bremen.
Jr.. had said his father was pretty
bad" the elder Bremen left his home
and walked to his brewery across tho
street.
I'VE have heard nothing" he said.
when We do No viii let you know.
We don't know what 70 think our.
selves'.
Sort3e Int County
Monday night Hennepin county
authorities made . hurried SORTS
into the country west q Alinne-
apolis by two automobile loads oe
heavily armed Hennepin county %.
thorities on the tip the kidnap gang
had it, headquarters at Medicino
Lake.
Sheriff John p. Wall. however, ex-
rloded that theory BY establishing
ownership OF two airplanee and two
big sedans at the lake, which had
aroused suspicion Of residents.
Police Chief Thomas DahiIl said
police had no knowledge Of the re-
ported contact.
However, It was recalled that short
" after Bremen Was seized between
$40 .. N and $50 Q. M. last Wodnes-
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