Evening star., 1935-05-26
Notices to Kidnapers Ap-
pear as Officers Slack
en- Hunt for Heir.
FATHER HELD READY TO
PAY 100000 RANSOM
Representatives of Millionaire
Lumber Family Reported Absent,
Seeking to Reach Abductors.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TACOMA, Wash. May 25.-The
wealthy family of 9-year-old George
Weyerhaeuser. kidnapped lumber for
tune heir held for 100000 ransom,
began negotiations with his abductors
tonight for his safe return.
While Federal agents and police ap-
parently held aloof, the grief-stricken
family inserted two advertisements in
the classified columns of a Seattle
newspaper in an attempt to communl-
cate with the kidnapers.
The second of the two, received by
the newspaper before the first was
printed but too late to prevent its
insertion, read:
Due publicity beyond our control
please indicate another method OF
reaching you. Hurry, relieve anguished
mother. Percy Minnie
The first appeal said:
Expect to be ready to come Mon
day. Answer. Percy Minnie
The unusual signature and the
cryptic wording of the message were
believed to conform to instructions
given Mr. and Mrs. John Philip Weyer-
haeuser, jr., parents of George, in a
special delivery letter they received
last night more than six hours after
their son disappeared.
simultaneously reports were circu-
lated that Charles Ingram, named by
the family as its representative in
negotiations. and F. r. Whitcomb of
Tacoma, brother-in-l of Weyer-
haeuser. were mysteriously absent
from the big Weyerhaeuser mansion.
Personal Contact Seen.
1t was reported they left the home
about pm. and that they might be
trying to reach the kidnaperS per-
sonally.
The insertion of the advertisements
in the Post-1ntelligencer, Seattle news
paper conceded with previous infor-
nation the family had been instructed
to communicate with Georges abduc-
tors through the columns of that
paper.
Previously the family had started
to comply with the request. but re-
portedly delayed doing so on the ad-
vice Of Federal agents.
Authentic sources said the ransom
note, signed THE Egoist," directed
the parents to sign their reply Percy
Minnie"
From still another quarter, mean
while, it was learned Federal agents
had received information about a
strange tan sedan" seen in the vicin-
ity of the Lowell School four or five
days before Georges disappearance.
1t was while on the way home at
noon yesterday from the Lowell
School that George was abducted
A. B. Comfort, former reading
clerk of the State House of Repre-
Sentatives, was understood to have
informed the &c" men of the mys-
terious sedan, but he would neither
confirm nor ieny this fact.
Telling of Seeing Sedan.
1t was understood, however, his 16-
year-old daughter Jean had told of
seeing the three men watching the
school during the past four or five
days and that an investigation was
to have been made yesterday, but that
the machine md its occupants failed
to appear.
No guards or watchers were in evi-
dence about the Weyerhaeuser home
tonight.
Authoritative sources indicated,
moreover, that Department of Justice
Agents, of whom there was small
army here, do not intend to enter the
case with every resource at their COM
mand until George is restored to his
parents.
The ransom note gave the Weyer-
haeusers five days in which to post the
5000, 900 ransom. One day has passed
already.
Police, meanwhile, pretty definitely
fixed the hour and the place of the
kidnapping at about 1905 pm. yester-
day, in front of the Annie Wright
Seminary, exclusive girls school.
They based their conclusions on the
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