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in trouble before" and that she mar
ried Valley about a year ago against
the wishes of her family. They left
for Tacoma shortly after the wedding.
Two Salt Lake City policemen were
credited with the first break in the
kidnaper hunt since the release of the
9-year-old lumber heir near Tacoma
week ago Saturday morning. They
we're w. M. Rogers, detective, and
Patrolman L. B. Clifford.
Following the discovery here Friday
night of 20 ransom bills of various
denominations in the receipts of the
Walker Bank g. Trust Co., detectives
were placed in various chain stores
of the city. Federal officers and the.
police banked on the theory that who
ever was passing the bills would at
tempt to change them in low-priced
stores.
Blond Passes Bill.
At IL o'clock Saturday morning a
blond woman who had on a house
dress such as any housewife might
wear" offered a S. bill in payment
for a small purchase. The clerk
called the cash girl. who took the cur
rency to the cashier, where it was
hurriedly checked and found to agree
with a ransom number.
Mrs. Valley was arrested by Rogers
and Clifford and taken to the Fed
eral Building, where. after grilling.
she was reported to have confessed,
telling officers where they might find
Valley.
Valley was picked up at a house
where the couple had been living.
He also was reported by the De-
partment of Justice to have confessed.
duplicating Mahan.
Hoover described the 32-year-old
Mahan as lone of the principals of
the case"
He was described as feet 1913
inches tall. 1852 pounds in weight.
and medium iigbt' oo com EXON He
was reported to have at least four
William Merell, William Dali
ward. William Morrell and William
Dinard.
Both Hardened Criminals"
Both Valley and Mahan were re-
ported by Ira j. Taylor. warden of
the Idaho State Penitentiary. as for
mer inmates of that institution.
Their records show they were
already hardened criminals when they
came to this institution" he said.
Valley was born in Hoquiam, Wash,
his Idaho record shows, and was COM
mitted to the prison at oBise when
1880. and released after serving IS
months of 1-to-l5-year sentence for
first-degree burglary.
Mahan, native of Kando, N. Oak,
was committed to the Idaho prison
in the Fall of 1927 on a bank robbery
conviction committed at Rathdrum,
Idaho. He also won a parole.
"A damned fine piece of work" was
the way J. P. Weyerhaeuser, jr.. father
of the kidnap victim. described the
arrests here. He refused to permit q
statement from the boy.
I'm just part of the big Ameri-
can public in this case" Weyerhaeuser
said. Apparently, by the papers, it
was a damned fine piece of work" and
then added CALCULATIONS of Fine!
Create
U. S. Agents Silent.
In Salt Lake City today Federal
agents resumed their tight Tipped
silence. Last night, after the Hoover
statement was released from the Ma
tional Capital, E. j. Connelley, agent
in charge of the investigation here
and at Tacoma, called newspaper men
into conference and informed them
nation from the Attorney Generals
Office in Washington.
L. D. Wine, agent in charge of the
local Office of the Bureau of Investi-
cation, was all smiles when he came
to the conference.
Il haven't slept for three nights"
he said. Il still have my reports to
make out"
1t was a 20-cent cigaret case which
led to the arrest of Mrs. Valley.
Edythe Morley, "A, and Marion Sam
uel. 10. attractive clerks in the chain
store where Mrs. VALLEY was picked
I'D. disclosed the dime store climax.
The woman, hatleSs, and in a
house dress, calmly handed the SIS bill
to Miss Morley in payment for the
case. With hardly glance at the
bill. Miss Morley handed the money
to Miss Samuel. who took it to the
cashier where it was identified. "A