The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-04
PASSED IN AUTO
AS CASH WAS
HANDED OVER
Turned FIashIight on Group
And Then Drove on to Save
Life of Stolen Boy

And Then Drove on to Save
Life of Stolen Boy
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led me a long way-maybe three
or four blocks. Then they took
off the handkerchief in front Of
my eyes,"
The child then related how he
was chained in the hole IN the
ground"
Ordered Into Hole
His abductors-there were three
men, he said-ordered him into
q hole, matched with weeds and
covered with dirt in the manner
that June Robes, of Tucson, Ariz.,
had been buried for 10 days in
the broiling desert. He said:
cit was dark in the hole. They
told me to keep still, and I did.
There was lot of food down
there"
George described how they left
him in the hole about an hour"
before returning and moving him
to a third hideout.
On the side of the hill was an
other hole, covered with the same
type of matched roof and contain
ing food. The boy was chained IN
this hole that night and all OF the
following day.
On the evening of the second
day they again moved the child.
George said he saw a lake near
the third hideout. This was con-
sidered good clue" by Federal
men.
Then he was taken to the final
tideout, the one which Federal
agents are now seeking near
Tacoma.
Drive in Garage
When the abductorS reached the
final hideout after "a long drive"
one of them said:
"Drive in the garage"
The boy was positive about the
garage because he heard the doors
closing. They entered the mouse
where the child was ordered into
q clothes closet.
The child remained a captive
in the closet six days until MS
release. He overheard his alb
ductors arranging the "pay-otf. "
This was last Friday night about
midnight. One of the kldnap
trio was appointed to go for the
ransom which was paid by the
boys uncle, F. Rodman Titcornb:
The contact man said before
leaving:
eff I'm not back by 2 a. m.
that means I've got the money.
Then you turn the kid loose.
I'll meet you later"
With the lapse of two hours the
two guards over little George
said:
"We're rich. We can turn
him loose now"
LAIR NEAR ISSAQUAH
Judging from the lapse of time,
Department of Justice agents were
certain the kidnap hideout is in
the region of Issaquah where the
boy was found last Saturday
morning, walking along the high
way about 4 a. m.
There are several clues, officers
pointed out, indicating the
Snatch" was perpetrated by a
Northwest gang, and not by the
Alvin Karpis mob as previously
suspected.
TWO portions of the ransom
note delivered to the Weyerhaeu-
ser home May "a and signed the
"Egoist" reveal a connection with
two other attempted kidnapings
In this region.
One portion of the note read:
1--WE won't be sitting behind
any mail boxes either"
This referred, officers said, to
an unsuccessful kidnap plot by a
University of Washington student
who was seized while awaiting for
extortion money to be delivered
behind mail box.
Key Words Revealed
Another part of the note, re-
vealing key words, is similar to key
words used in a second Northwest
plot.
Also, officers pointed out. the
use of the words Seattle P. ]"
instead of Seattle PoStIntelli-
gencer-the name of the news
paper in which the parents were
Instructed to insert their mes
sageS-is another hint that the
Weyerhaeuser kidnapping was the
work of persons familiar to North
west manners. as only in this dis
trict is the newspaper referred to
as the "P. l."
Law enforcement officers also
we're investigating the strange dis
appearance of r. T. Cartier. Ia
coma druggist, who vanished a
week before the kidnapping.
Carriers wife expressed fear he
had met with foul play. His
drug store had been ransacked
and cash amounting to $1,000 and
supplies of narcotics were stolen.
In some quarters it was feared
the kidnapers killed Cartier and
disposed of his body. The mar
coticS, it was believed, were used