The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-10
SEIZE KIDNAPER OF
TIMBER HEIR; PAL
BELIEVED TRAPPED
AbduCtOr Is Traced When
Wife Passes $40 Bill
in Store.
TRAIL OF OTHERS HOT
$4,000 of Ransom Money
Recovered When Auto
Is Abandoned.
BY GEORGE ID. CRISSEY
United Press stan Correspondent
iCopTrlEnt. 1875. By United Press

lCopTrlEnt. 1888. BY United Press
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah,
June 1O.-Federal agents to-
day expected all the kidnapers
of 9-year-old George Weyer-
haeuser to be in custody with
in "a hours. Awaiting the alb
ductors was trial under
WashingtOns stringent law
providing the death penalty
for kidnapping.
The agents held Herman NJ.
VALLEY. a. and his wife. Margaret.
Both made detailed confessions. In
various parts Of the country agents
we're hot on the trail of three other
members OF the ring.
Tight-Hppcd silence followed an
nounCcments here and in Wash
incton that the abduction Of the
heir Of a Tacoma WASH lumber
fortune had been solved BY the con-
LESSONS Of the Valleys. but the
movements and optimism Of agents
made u obvious that additional ar
rests we're expected mOmentarily.
William Mahan, IS, an ex-convct,
was sought in Butte. Mont. where
he was forced to abandon a stolen
car that contained $4,000 Of the
5000 600 J. p. Weyerhaeuser paid
for release Of his son. He was be-
licved to be hiding IN the city. A
good portion Of the ransom money
was understood ~ have been re-
covered from the Valleys.
Two other men we're sought. Their
Identities and their recent move
ments. IL was understood. were
known.
Both Wear Leg Irons
VALLEY and his young wife we're
held in the agents Offices in the
Salt Lake City F sderal Building.
They have had little rest since their
arrests Saturday. Both have worn
leg irons since their capture. Fed
eraI agents refused 10 send their
prisoners 70 a prison. although the
local Jail and the Utah penitentiary
were offered.
The Valleys were expected to be
taken To Tacoma by airplane today
to face the boy victim for identified
ton o. B. Record. acting chief Of
police. said Mrs. Valley had moth
ing 10 do with the actual crime. but
she was caught passing ransom bills.
Mrs. VALLEY Is a small woman.
Just five feet three inches tall. She
Is % years old. weighs 40 pounds,
and has brown hair and blue eyes.
Agents described her as plain" She
speaks with a German accent and
her face is too broad TO be pretty.
Downfall Of the kidnaperS was
brought about by a trail Of IS. SO
and $50 bills. Before Mr.. Weyer-
haeuser paid the ransom the serial
number Of every one Of the Federal
Reserve notes making up the $780,
600 was listed. These numbers we're
circulated TO every bank. Federal
Reserve branch and clearing house
in the country.
Trail Leading to Fugitives
The trail led 10 the Valleys; it
followed Mahan across the north
west from Washington 70 Montana;
10 was understood 10 be leading 10
the two other accused men.
The ransom bills trapped the re-
ceiverS so quickly that Valley and
his wife we're IN custody Saturday.
exactly one week after the child was
released near Tacoma. Yesterday
the pursuit Of Mahan became so
hot that he abandoned his machine
and part Of the SpOilS.
The complete story Of the Valleys
capture was learned BY the United
Press. Last Thursday a green Cadil-
lac sedan "a green Cadillac was
seen IN the vicinity Of the Weyer-
haeuSer home in 1scOma in the
DAYS Immediately preceding TIE kid
napinCl stopped at a service station
at Brigham City. near SILT Lake
City. Three men and one woman
were in II. They rendered E SO bill
for gasoline. The bill was from the
ransom.
Tenders $50 Pill
Friday morning Federal agents
knew OF the bill. Friday night. tell
ers IN the Federal Reserve bank
found 80 ransom bills among the
deposits Of other banks. These were
traced 70 salt Lake Cit, stores
where they had been passed
The trail was hot. Police Chief
Record ordered closes. co-opera-
tion With the Federal agents. Pa
trOlmen and traffic policemen we're
put into civilian clothes and with
agents and local detectives circu-
lated through stores crowded with
the Saturday shopping crowds.
Clerks had been warned 70 keep a
sharp watch for ransom bills.
At II a. m. Just q few hours after
the stores opened. Hrs. VALLEY ten
dered a $50 bill a; the Woolworth
sand i0-cent store. IN the few
minutes necessary 10 make change.