Evening star., 1935-06-06
NEW BILL SPURS
K|DNAPER SEARCH
Suspect in Weyerhaeuser
Case Reported Detained.
Note Clue Is Futile.

fcopvrieht 1855 by the Associated PreSSo
TACOMA Wash. June 6.-Discov-
erv of a second bank note used in the
ransoming of George WeyerhaeuSer
and the reported detention of a man
for questioning today Spurred authori-
ties on the trail of the 9-year-old
boys kidnapers.
Usually reliable sources reported
man at a Seattle hotel had been de-
tanned for questioning. His identity
was not disclosed and Department of
Justice agents here followed their
customary practice of refusing to
comment.
The second ransom bill-One of the
10000 paid to the abduCtOrS last week
was discovered in the Spokane,
Wash. post Office. The first one was
uncovered in a Portland bank Tues
day after it was rendered at Hunting
ton. Oreg. Sunday night for a rail-
road ticket to Salt Lake City.
Woman Gives Tip.
Miss Vernon Beavers. Spokane
money order clerk, received the second
bill between 9 am. and | pm. Tues
day. Federal authorities were notified
at Portland. Several few to Spokane
and were on the Job within three and
a half hours. said Postmaster w. w.
Simpson.
They attempted to discover who
had rendered it. but apparently they
we're unsuccessful
Miss Beavers said she issued ll2
money orders from a m to l pm.
and received fifteen $40 bills.
A Seattle newspaper reporter watched
two Department of Justice agents,
who had been in Tacoma working on
the Weyerhaeuser case, enter the
Seattle hotel room of one man men,
toned in the case.
The agents, he said. were cloSeted
with the man for an hour and then
left by a side exit. The man had
not returned to his hotel early today
There was no indication of where
he was being held or whether he
had been released.
Federal agents here yesterday took
the Weyerhaeuser boy on sudden
motor trip. presumably in search OF
gang hideout near IsSaquah. where
he was released for 100000 Sat
urday
The authorities evidently expect ar
early climax TO the case and believe
the kidnaperS are Pacific Northwest
men, perhaps from Tacoma anc
Seattle
They refused to comment on the
sudden trip with little George, or on
the simultaneous expedition into the
same wooded section by Seattle deputy
sheriffs armed with machine guns.
Six Suspects Named
Neither would they remark on the
statement of Detective Capt. John
Keegan at Portland. that the six men
who are wanted for questioning in
connection with the case are.
Jack Bailey. former big time boot
logger and one-time Tacoman; Ell
lott Michene~. wanted for a train
hold-up near Tacoma; Richard Fran
seen. sought as Michener's accom-
plice; Milo Eggers. eX-convict: Harold
McAtee. wanted for questioning in a
St. Louis Staying, and Herbert Lester
JohnStone.
EggerS. also known as Harold Os-
borne. was quoted at Aberdeen. Wash.
as stating he had been investigated
by Federal authorities. but not in
tervieWed by them, and that they must
be satisfied he was not connected with
the Weyerhaeuser case
He said he had been too busy work
ing at a fish cannery at Queets
Wash, even to read much about the
case.
There have been persistent reports
that the Federal men knew the kid
napers' identities even before George
was released. but not their hiding
place.
Suspected Lair Visited.
One suggested lair of the kidnapers
near Bellevue. Wash. was investi-
gated last night by Deputy Sheriff O.
K Bodia. He found it occupied by
q family with whom he was we'll ac-
oualnted The tip indicated the
house was unoccupied and an old
model typewriter such as was used
in writing the ransom note was in
the attic.
The assistant and United States
district attorney in Reno said they
were keeping a vigilant watch for
WeyerhaeuSer kidnap bills in Nevada
but denied knowledge of a search re-
ported ordered in that area. Federal
agents were reported to have advised
Reno people, banks and gambling
houses to watch for the bills.
One Federal official. who declined
to permit use of his name said the
Alvin Karpis gang reported disposed
of hot money in Reno last year.
but declined to amplify this state
ment except to express belief it was
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