Evening star., 1935-05-26
Notices to Kidnapers Ap-
pear as Officers Slack
en- Hunt for Heir.
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ui11CdIlIly dS II StINlIlS DIS D. SlSIldl.
Its appearance was not explained.
More and more of the details of
the kidnapping note leaked through the
heavy ranks of authority.
Among other things it was learned
that the envelope bore a scraWled,
youthful signature, presumably that of
little George.
It contained a threat of death to
the little victim if the authorities in
terfered.
Some of the revealing things about
the kidnap note we're:
It was written on common type
of note paper such as woman would
choose.
The note and its threat of death did
not reach the family until three hours
after police and Federal agents had
started work on the case.
It had been mailed in the Tacoma
Post Office about 6 pm. yesterday,
some six hours after George vanished.
Being a special delivery letter, it was
delivered "a minutes after mailing
time.
The six-hour lapse between the dis
appearance and the mailing of the
letter offered a possible clue to the
distance of the abductor's hideout
from the scene of the crime
Everybody officially connected with
the immediate phases of the case
maintained rigid silence. Except
for the fluttering bed-sheet that
could be seen for long distance over
Puget Sound, there were no signs of
anything unusual at the Weyer-
haeuser home.
Although the window blinds were
drawn, Georges little sister, Eliza
beth. 2, was allowed the freedom of
the lawn, and her 13-year-old sister,
Ann, appeared once in riding habit
Her face showed anxiety and she
soon withdrew to avoid the gaze of
curious persons in the street.
The home appeared not to be
guarded.
Justice Agents Silent.
Justice Department agents in Wash
ington remainder as uncommunicative
as those on the job. There were Is
&c" men in the case within a few
hours and more were reported on the
way.
Some of the bravado of the ransom
note writer appeared in one phase of
the letter, which said:
"a slip will mean a split We
don't want to hurt any one"
Luke S. May, Seattle criminologist,
was called to examine the letter for
possible flngerprint clues and other
criminaitieS.
At st. Paul, Mimi, another seat of
the giant Weyerhaeuser lumber busi-
ness, an uncle of the boy ventured the
opinion labor trouble in the Pacific
Northwest lumber area might be be-
hind the crime The major part of
the lumber industry of the region,
including the Weyerhaeuser mills, has
been tied up by the strike of union
workmen.
Little Georges disappearance at
luncheon time yesterday cast a pail
of worry and grief over wide circle
of friends and acquaintances of his
family.
The mother was reported near COL
lapse. The father, just returned from
the funeral of his own father, j. p
Weyerhaeuser. in Rock Island, Ill,
was distracted with worry.
SchoolmateS of little George stood
about the palatial, grief-stricken
home, one of Washington States show
places.
Friends of the Weyerhaeuser family
kept their eyes peeled for some trace
of.the missing boy. TaMcab drivers
cruised through the streets volun-
tarily in the hunt.
The Canadian border, 200 miles
away, was watched by every available
American authority.
= Kidnap Mysteries Solved.
This new mystery came just as the
Department of Justice supposedly was
nearing the end of its long fight to
eXterminate kidnapping.
It has just professed to have found
a solution of the year-old mystery of
the June Robles abduction in Tucson,
Ariz. Only a few days ago it had
'rlopped up" on the Edward G. Bre-
mer kidnapers in st. Paul, another
$500 900 job, by sending the alleged
conspirators to prison.
Little George Weyerhaeuser, des-
tined to follow in the footsteps of his
forebears, who had built a veritable
empire Of timber, is supposed to have
walked five blocks from the school
he, attended, to the Annie Wright
Seminary to meet his sister, Ann.
There the family chauffeur was to
have picked them up and taken them
home for luncheon.
But George did not appear at the
seminary. Ann went on home with
out him.
Bruce Bowman, 9. Georges play
n1ate and last to see the missing youth,
told the story of the few minutes
preceding his disappearance.
II always walked home with George
every day at noon," Bruce said
Sometimes little girl was with us.
She wasn't with us yesterday.
"Joe Wheeldon. who lives on I
street, was with George and me yes
terday. He left a block from school
and we walked on.
fWhen we turned the corner where
my apartment is, we were talking
about jumping. Then I ran ahead
because George was walking too slow.
I turned in at the apartment garage
and said good-by or something like
that"
Last Seen Near School.
Little George was walking down a
hill, midway in the block and only a
half block from the seminary when
Bruce last saw him.
The family did not at first become
alarmed when George failed to ap-
pear for luncheon. But When 1:30
pm. passed and there was no sign of
the boy, they became frightened. His
teacher was notified. The police were
called in.
An intensive hunt of the neighbor-
hood ensued. Crowds gathered about
the Weyerhaeuser home.
Shortly after pm. a motorcycle
messenger rode. up to the home and
went inside. The messenger refused
to talk when he emerged, but friends
nj the family Later said a SDecial de.