The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-23

Mr.. Caucus leCCer asked nlm
to proceed at once to Oklahoma
City and to communicate with
the UrSchel family. It explicitly
warned him not to communicate
with them from Tulsa either by
telephone or telegram, but to gel
In touch with them personally.
The letter to Mr.. Kirkpatrick
heavily underlined and written
part in capital and part in small
letters-to throw investigators
off-instructed him to insert q
dummy advertisement in the
Daily Oklahomian if he wished
to help Mr.. Urschel secure his
release. It also warned him
against "any double cross"
Mr.. Kirkpatrick inserted the
dummy ad and two days later re
ceived another typewriter letter
from the kidnaperS reading in
part: .. mi.
elm view Of the fact that you
have had the Ad inserted as per
our instructions we gather that
you are now prepared to meet
our ultimatum.
You will pack two hundred
thousand dollars in used genu-
inc Federal Reserve notes Of
twenty dollar denomination in
. suitable light cOlOred leather
bag"
It instructed Mr.. Kirkpatrick to
take q train to Kansas City, Mo.
to watch for signal fires, and al
the second one, which would be
attended by the victim, to throw
the bag from the observation plat
form in the direction Of the sec
ond fire. The letter ended with
more threats against Urschel in
the event instructions were not
carried out.
Kirkpatrick, accompanied by
Catlett, who carried q dummy
Gladstone bag filled with maya
zines in case of hi-jacking, took
the designated train but failed to
see any signal fires. Still follow
ing instructions the two men went
to the Meuhlebach Hotel In Kan.
.SaS City where Kirkpatrick regis.
tered under the name Of e. E,
.Kincald.
About S o'clock that evening he
received q telephone call:
''This Is Moore? You got my
telegram"
= Kirkpatrick answered that he
had. He was instructed to drive
to another hotel and then get out
and walk. This he did. He had
gone half q block when a man
approached:
''Mr. Kincaid, I will take that
bag"
81 want some instructions"
"'DOn't argue with me. will
: take that bag. The deed will
be delivered in IL hours"
And IL hours later, the kid
mapped multimillionaire, haggard
and exhausted from his nine days
in the abductor'S hands walked
into MS nome.
He told Omen he had been
forced to lie on the floor of the
kidnaper'S sedan for IA hours, his
eyes and mouth tapped, his ears
stuffed with cotton.
He said they appeared to be ira
yelling over dirt roads most of the
time; that they passed two large
ioil fields. He could smell the oil
and hear the pumps working, he
said, adding that with the ex-
ception of a brief stop for gaso-
line and transfer to a larger Car
they drove all night.
About 10 o'clock the next morn
ing, Urschel said, it started to rain
and the roads became so slippery
the kidnapers had to get out and
push the car as the wheels we're
in the mud.
The next time they stopped,
Urschel said he asked what time
it was and was told it was $50.
The car was driven into a garage
or barn where it remained until
dark. Then for the first time the
kidnapers gave their victim food
a sandwich and a cup of coffee.
The prisoner was then led into
a house and put in a room where
there were two beds. He was told
he might use either. He said he
heard the voices of man and a
woman.
Used His Wits
He stayed at this house until
the next day, the Oil man stated,
when he was taken in a small
coupe to another house about 20
minutes drive away. He heard
dogs barking, chickens cackling
and cows mooing and judged he
was on a farm. He was fed and
given water to drink from a tin
cup and the water tasted as If
1t had minerals in it.
He said that in addition to the
two men who kidnapped him, he
was guarded by an elderly man
and a younger one. One of the
Concluded In T