The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-20
OFFICIALS ASSERT
ANONYMOUS LETTER
Is FAKE, HOWEVER
missive, Received by Mill City
Postmaster, lntensifies
Fears Of Family
ONLY NEW DEVELOPMENT
Victims Aged Father Pleads
For Return Of Son; WiIlinn
To Pay Sum Asked

st. Paul, Jan. 2o.-tR)ABranded by
police as fake, an anonymous note
stating that Edward q. Bremen,
wealthy owner and president Of q st.
Paul bank kidnapped for 1900 900, had
been bumped off" was received b.
w. G. Robertson. Minneapolis post
master. Saturday.
The authorities statement. how.
ever, did not serve to allay fears q
the Bremen family. who had fresh IN
their minds . threat OF death ana
the blood-staiued automobile Of the
37-year-old Commercial State bank
head.
Received through the mail satur.
DAY BY Robertson. the note was writ.
ten IN longhand by = good penmau.
1t bore no postmark nor stamp ana
was addressed to the Minneapolis
postoffioe head. Tho note said:
"very sorry but Edward Bremen
= now resting In peace. Was By
accident bumped off. Body near
Anoka. MINI. VIII not be found
until after the snow goes. Con.
tact Ill Oft. Please forgive u.
All q mistake by one Of our esne
being drunk.
please ten walter Magee, 81,
Paul.
"one Of the gang"
CAN Il 'CEanka' Woek
Chief Of Police Thomas Dahill
Charles T1erney, inspector Of detee.
lives, and Werner Hanni, head Of tina
st. Paul office, United States bureau
Of investigation, termed the note the
work OF . crank and ahanduned ~
minneapolis their projected trip q
AnokA.
The missive. coming three days
after the finding Of tho wealthy 81.
year-old bank president,s 6lood.
stained automobile. caused . Juror
and heightened the alarm the fam
ny and friends have felt for tho
safety Of the son OF Adolph Bremen.
personal friend Of President Rooee.
velt ana principal owner Of tho ia.
cob Schmidt Brewing company.
Splotched With blood, evidence In
the automobile Indicated Bremen VAS
brutally slugged over the head by
his captors. dragged into the back
seat and spirited away to an undis.
closed hideout.
Erroneous Report Denied
simultaneously, report was spread
that Bremen had been released near
Lake Elmo, Mimi, about 10 miles
rom here. This was promptly De.
MED BY Walter Magee. who wss
named In the note received BY tho
Minneapolis postmaster. Magee.
wealthy contractor and friend Of tho
BremerS, received q telephone call
ana . note from the kidnapers soon
after Bremen was seized Wednesday.
The note. signed BY Bremen In q
shaky scrawl, giving rise to BELIEF
that he might have been injured.
threatened death to the wealthy
banker II negotiators called Ia 30.
lice or informed newspapers.
In the face Of the blood-stained
car and the death threat, members
OF the family experienced increasing
anxiety for Bremer's safety but were
represented q having their alarm
allayed somewhat by q statement
from police voicing confidence the
missing man was still alive.
Robertson, shortly afterward. d1.
vulged the mystery note he had re-
ceived, which added to the unoer.
tainty Of Bnemer's fate.
The ktdnapers have not attempted
to establish contact with Magee or
any member Of the Bremen family
since an advertisement. inserted in
the Thursday morning edition OF the
Minneapolis Tribune's personal COL
umn, advised I'VE are ready" ana
signed alice"
Fortune IN Ellis Ready
The Bremen family had ready ia
deliver to the abductors q fortune In
old bills - the missing mari's> aged
father pleaded for the return Of his
son.
Bring mo hack my boy-please-
the money Is waiting for you-but
hurry-we want him back" pleaded
the elder Bremen. 8 he walked the
floor in the office OF the Jacob
Schmidt Brewing company.
The family was hopeful some sim
would be made Saturday telling them
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