The Washington times., 1935-05-29


workings of the "G.Men," today
begins series of articles about
the WeyerhGsuser kidnapping
case for International NeWs Ser
Uiee.
By COURTNEY RYLEY COOPER
Copyright, 1895. by International
News Service)
TACOMA, Wash, May 20
UN.S,) This is the fifth day
the deadline.
It can mean rejoicing, the hap
piness Of lost one returned-or
it can mean the continuation OF
the agonizi1g silence, which has
screamed its mutenesS ever since
last Friday when nine-year-old
George Weyerhaeuser vanished
into the hideout of kidnapers.
The fifth day, with hundred
1-umorS exiStant, all believable, yet
not one that can be confirmed.
According to certain friends OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Weyerhaeuser,
the parents, the ransom money is
ready and waiting. none of its
serial numbers tabulated, and the
denominations graduated accord
ing to the demands of "EgoiSt,"
the signer of the ransom note.
According to others, it has not
been possible for the family to
raise this amount of cash.
All Speculation
Still others insist that contact
already has been made with the
abductors and the money is ready
to be paid over. There are those
who insist the cash already is in
the hands Of the persons who stole
the boy.
But all this is a matter of spec
ulation. of news if you wish. But
the important thing is not the
money, nor contact with the kid
napers, nor anything else but one
all-embracing fact. George Wey-
erhauser is still missing.
The big white house on North
Fourth Street is still empty, as it
must forever remain empty in
spite Of thousands who come and
60 there until the child who
formed one of it's three juvenile
mainSprings is restored. This has
not happened-until it does, ran
som notes, clues, suspected per-
sons, rumorS, officialdom are
worth exactly nothing.
When George Weyerhaeuser
was kidnapped, every child in Amer
lea was kidnapped. The fear of
the shadow of the Snatcher spread
across the country with the men
ace of a prairie fire again. After
a lapse of more than two years
mothers put in hurried orders to
electricians that their houses be
"wired for sound"-every window,
every door, every sill and ledge
equipped with alarms to give the
warning of the entrance of this
generations body Snatchers.
Find New Fears
Every person of reputed wealth
found new fears: every father
whose labors of life had earned
his recognition found that he
must pay for it in fear, in wake
full waiting, in agony at the slight
est sound in the night, lest it be
the signal which announced the
entrance of a being bound upon
stealing that which meant more
\ than wealth or fame or prowess,
the theft of his own flesh and
blood.
While all this goes on, official
dom must stand quiescent-not
an arrest can be made, not a
clue followed down to it's fruition.
Until George Weyerhaeuser is re-
turned police officials, United
States marshalS, highway patrol,
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion-all must stand in waiting.
The life of boy is at stake. Un-
til that boy is returned, or it is
definitely established he will never
return. all the agencies of en-
forcement must wait, poised for
action it is true, but immobile
nevertheless.
Once the boy comes home the
hunt can begin, and in spite of
inaction, it has begun already.
There is not a kidnaper record in
America that has not already been
checked-the movements of that
woman who escaped in the August
Leur kidnapping in Illinois, the
friends and acquaintance of Alvin
Karpis, the murderer-kidnaper who
now Is known as public enemy
No. /; the uncaptured members
of the crew which kidnapped Hamm
and Bremen, the fugitives from the
O'Connell kidnapping in New
York-even the methods of opera
ton used by the effeminate Robin
son of the .Stoll kidnapping case
have been gone over time and
again, that his phraseology and
idioms might be compared with
those Of the Weyerhaeuser ransom
note.
All in Readiness
All work has been done and is
In readiness for prosecution, once
the lovable featured, curly haired
George Weyerh aeuser comes
home. When that happens, police
of so cities will leap to action
with clubs already furnished
them.
The Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation which already has centered
in Tacoma the men who helped
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