Evening star., 1935-06-02
Jan Sedan Described by
. George Weyerhaeuser as
One Used by His Abduc.
tors Believed Seen Speed.
Ing Through Oregon.
$500, 900 RANSOM PAID;
SERIAL NUMBERS TAKEN
Victim Tells How He Was Sc
creted in Trunk and at Times
shackled to Keep Him From
Running Away, but Says
"Chains Didn't Hurt"

tcopyrisht. 1898. by the Associated PressJ
TACOMA, Wash, June L.
Grim officers hunted the kid
napers of 9-year-old George
Weyerhaeuser. fleeing with $780,
900 ransom. in the wheat and
cattle country of Northeastern
Oregon tonight.
A tan sedan, darting about the
countryside at high speed, drew
swift pursuit as the curly-haired
young timber heir slept safe
and apparently" we'll at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. P. Weyerhaeuser. He was
freed on Country road today.
Every law enforcement agency
of the Pacific Northwest joined
in an attempt to blocade all
avenues of egress and soon the
man hunters were following po-
tential traces Of the suspected
Alvin Karpis gang.
The tan sedan. which deputy sher-
ifs said carried five or six men. was
believed bottled up in an area As miles
in diameter in Northern Umatilla
County.
Car Hurtled Past.
Two deputies from the Umatilla
County sheriff's Office were cruising
eastward from Umatilla when the
thunderbolt whizzed past so fast they
didn't even see what make of car it
was or what type of license it carried.
Hot In pursuit, the officers Speeded
their car TO 81 miles an hour. but soon
lost the sedan. 1t was learned, how
ever, the car turned off the Umatilla
cutoff before reaching Wallula. Wash.
With the broad Columbia River hem
ming them on the North. the only al
tentative apparently was for the men
to head southwark toward Holdman
and into a comprehensive net OF
county and State officers.
It was believed the fleeing men
turned southwark at Cold Springs,
Oreg., toward Holdman. Ranchers
living in that area joined in the hunt.
Two deputies took a station on the
Holdman-Pendleton road. about 2
miles north of Holdman. Other depu-
ties were scattered throughout the
area and city officers watched ap-
proaches to Pendleton.
Hickman Caught in Region.
1t was in this same region that Will
liam Edward Hickman. the Fox"
slayer of little Marion Parker, was run
to earth in 1927.
A tan sedan was used by the kid
napers when they waylaid little
George a week ago Friday, and it was
believed they we're using the same car
in their flight.
The headquarters of the Washington
State Patrol was ordered by its chief,
William Cole, tonight to circularize
description of two men as probable"
suspects in the kidnapping.
No names were mentioned. The
patrol headquarters staff Immediately
distributed the descriptions to all au-
thorities in major cities and all coun-
ties.
The tersely worded descriptions
we're:
81. Height, 5 feet 10 inches; weight.
200 pounds; build. heavy. Slightly
prominent stomach; hair. dark. either
brown or black age, sbout 49,; COM
plexion, medium.
%. Height. 5 feet or 10 inches:
weight, 160 pounds; hair. brown: age,
about 40; complexion, dark. May or
may not be wearing short, cropped
mustache. Probably wearing dark or
brown checked suit.
Both probably armed with blue
steel automatics."
Leads" Found Quickly.
Important '1eads" in the chase
after the abductors, believed members
Of the Karpis outlaw gang. turned up
quickly after the 9-year-old lumber
fortune heir was released.
Three men freed the lad before
dawn near Issaquah. Is miles from
Tacoma. He set out afoot. Even
tually, he reached his home in Ia
coma in a taxi with John Dreher, a
newspaper man.
Running down a "hot tip" that
three men, one of them Volney Davis.
gangster and fugitive Oklahoma kill
er; had checked out of a small hotel
in Seattle at am, Sheriff William
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