Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-27
K|DNAP CLUE SEEN
in HANDKERCHIEF
FOUND NEAR SCENE
Monogram &c" Leads to
Theory 1t Was Weyer.
haeuSer Boys.
KIDNAP DEALINGS ARE
LEFT TO CHILD'S FAMILY
Relatives Plead With Officials,
Fearing fer Safety of Lum-
Der Heir.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TACOMA, Wash. MAY 27.-Find-
ing Of boys pocket handkerchief,
bearing the monogram &c" in hand
embroidered blue silk thread. near a
path near the Annie Wright Semi
nary, gave authorities possible clue
today to the way in which 9-year-old
George Philip Weyerhaeuser was kid
naped Friday.
The handkerchief was found by re.
porters and private investigators in n
trampled patch of grass beside the
path. which the boy would have fol-
lowed if he had decided to take a
short cut TO his home.
Efforts we're being made to find some
member of the Weyerhaeuser family
to say positively whether the hand
kerchief belonged to the boy.
Boy Frequently Used Path.
Friends said the boy frequently used
the path on his trips to and from
school.
Scars on the smooth bark and a
broken branch of a madrona tree
about 6 feet away from the handker-
chief suggested the possibility that the
kidnaper had used the tree to raise
himself above a tall hedge to watch
for the lad.
Fearful for the life of the boy.
all law enforcement agencies today
needed the pleas of the boys dis
tracted family and gave the abductors
every opportunity to return him I'M
harmed
The family pleaded with officials,
apparently because Of the sinister
warning in the ransom note. which
gave them five days 10 comply with
demands.
This was the third day since the
child was kidnapped and the note
gave detailed instructions on how he
would be returned.
Don't follow them (the instruc-
tions) and it will be sorrowful," the
letter said.
The family indicated its willingness
to make the 100000 ransom pay
ment Immediately and sought a new
means of reaching the kidnapers.
Another Notice Appears.
Another advertisement was in
serted in the classified columns of q
Seattle newspaper, reading:
Due publicity beyond our control,
please indicate another method of
reaching you. Hurry, relieve anguished
mother"
The notice was taken as in indica-
ton that the first attempt to COM
munite with the abductors of the
9-year-old boy had failed
The kidnapers gave the immensely
wealthy timber family five days TO
comply with the ransom demand,
which contained 81 specific instruc-
tons for payment of the money. The
boy was kidnapped Friday.
The note warned the family against
notifying police, asked for payment
of the ransom in Federal Reserve
notes, unmarked, and said ominously,
this is business, be busineSS-like."
Publication of the note caused au-
thorities TO express fear negotiations
for his return would be considerably
hampered as a result.
Publication Deplored.
Its terrible!" commented one high
police official, who refused to permit
his name to be used. 1T is an out
rage and may prevent us from aiding
the parents to get their son back
safely for several days, if ever"
The authorities expressed complete
mystification as to the source which
supplied the text of the note. pub
liShed and copyrighted by the Seattle
Post Intelligencer, the newspaper in
which Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Weyer-
haeuSer. parents of the child, were
instructed to insert their reply to the
note
officials said the original of the
note. together with the envelope, on
the back of which was scrawled the
boyiSh signature of the missing boy,
had been sent to Washington, D. C.,
where it was being studied by experts
in the Bureau of Investigation of the
Department of Justice.
Copies Made for Officers.
1t was believed. however, that copies
of the note had been made for the
operating in the case.
NO WOIu CdLlc dS W WIl6tIl6T U0o
kidnapers had again communicated
with the parents after the advertise
ment in Sundays oSt-Intelligencer
appealing to them to find a new
method to reach the Weyerhaeusers.
Detectives continued to watch the
post Office here in the belief the kid
napers might again use a special de-
livery letter to get their reply to the
boys parents.
Salient points in the ransom note
follow:
Demand for 100000 in cash in bill.
Of various denominations and I'M
marked.
Five days in which to raise the
money. Today was the third day.
A warning that the Weyerhaeusers
were not to notify the police or any
private detective agency and to keep
it out of the newspapers.
Another warning to "Just follow the
rules we will get along fine, Don't
follow them and it will be sorrowful.
For you, not for us. A slip on your
part will be just too bad for some
one else.
A boast that police could not catch
up with them and that they were
educated and fairly intelligent"
Instructions that fhe family wo,ild