Evening star., 1935-06-02
KARP|S IS HUNTED
AS BOYS K|DNAPER
Sedan Described by George
Weyerhaeuser Believed
Seen in Oregon.
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| fingerprints from the room today.
The tip" came from housekeeper,
who said the men had been staying
there three days.
A sedan found at Seattle had a
trunk with holes in it such as little
George described as one of the places
in which he was hidden.
1t bore the license plates OF a stolen
| car.
Search for still another car and a
big gray machine mentioned by the
boy as one of the vehicles used, was
started.
Uncle's Car Taken.
Confirming Georges own statement
| that his uncle, F. Rodman Titcomb,
paid off the Snatchers, an authorita-
tive source revealed that the abductorS
even took the uncle's automobile. fore
ing him to walk several miles to his
home.
With the boy safe in the arms OF
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. P.
| Weyerhaeuser, jr., it was affirmed the
abductors got the full amount asked
100000. That is what the karpis
mob collected in the Edward G. Bremen
| kidnapping at ST. Paul.
1t also was disclosed that the serial
numbers of all the Federal Reserve
notes in the great pile of ransom
money had been taken by officers "a
violation of one of the abductors'
| terms) and could be thus easily traced.
| State patrolmen went after three
men and woman reported TO have
fled from a Snoqualmie Pass auto
camp after having rented two cabins
there, but failing to occupy them.
Another report said bundle of the
ransom notes already had changed
/ hands at Aberdeen.
Names Held Lead.
Names from the lips of the boy him.
| self were believed by investigators to
! tell searchers what they had suspected
| for days-that the dread Alvin Karpis
gang was their quarry.
Apparently the abductors had a
four hour start on the hunting army,
for George said he was released about
4 am. and it was about 8 am. when
| he rode cheerfully into the spacious
grounds of the Weyerhaeuser home.
! Your pa will pick you up," the
kidnapers told the lad when they let
him out of car on the country
road They instructed him to wait.
His dad didn't come. George set
out afoot He trudged 6 miles until
he came to a farm house. John Bon
ifaS, chicken rancher, who has 10 chill
dren of his own to worry about,
opened the door.
I'm the little boy who was kid
naped," said George.
Starts Home With Boy.
BonifaS took the dirty, wet little
| timber fortune heir into his rickety
automobile and headed for Tacoma.
Arriving at Renton, Bonifas sought
entrance to the telephone company
building there to call the Weyerhaeu-
ser home. Mrs. Rachel Snyder. the
operator, refused to admit him be-
cause it was against the rules He
would have to wait until the opening
time, am
Borifas stopped nexr at roadside
| filling station. He called the Weyer-
haeuser home but set no answer
| Finally he called the Tacoma police
! Like lightning the word flashed out
that little George Weyerhaeuser was
safe and free.
In Tacoma John Dreher, veteran
golf writer for the Seattle Times,
| jumped into taxicab and headed out
the Issaquah road. Some miles out he
came upon Bonifas with the little
victim wrapped IN a Blanket the kid
napers had left with him
Bonifas turned George over to
Dreher. who listened to the little boys
exciting story as thy sped directly to
the home of his parents. The father
and mother were wildly joyous.
Justice Agents Silent.
mapping did not jar Department of
Justice agents loose from their silence
but it was foregone conclusion they
were after Karpis sgain with deadly
determination.
He slipped through their fingers
before.
Officials expressed confidence the
kidnapers would be captured, but de-
clinec to attempt to say when.
Our long grind in the hunt is just
started" said J. Edgar Hoover, director
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
at Washington.
No sooner had word of the boys
return reached Washington than
Hoover ordered the departments full
crime fighting strength loosed in the
Weyerhaeuser case.
The original ransom note warned
against copying the serial numbers of
the bills paid, but it was learned in
Washington that Federal operatives
had list.
This indicated the family was de-
termined to aid in the roundup, de-
spite threats.
The list of serial numbers will be
broadcast to operating agents, banks,
post Offices and other centers.
George said he never saw more than
three of his abductors and they wore
masks. He said they told MIN there
were six in the gang.
Statement Is Issued.
The overjOyed parents issued state
ment expressing their appreciation of
the flood of messages of sympathy and
encouragement.
They said the boy was badly shaken |
by the terrible ordeal" adding:
1--WE request that further details re-
garding his frightful experience be
withheld from publication to reduce
any bad effects on his future life"
The boys parents disclosed friends
aided them in assembling the 5000 900
ransom.
I'm response to many inquiries"
they said in a formal statement, Eve
wish to state that the ransom demand
was finally met through the assistance
of friends"