The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-11
N. Y, FEDERAL AGENTS
CLEAR WAY FOR STEP
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"Bill Parsons have your
wife. Bring $4,000 to the Jamai-
ca bus terminal within "a hours.
My man will meet you and call
you by name. Do not bring cops.
If you do Alice will never speak
to you again"
The note was written in pencil
on cheap, blue-lined paper and
was found in an envelope, tucked
into the lap-robe rail of Mrs. Par
sons automobile. 1t was the only
authentic clue. A blood-stained
Ratchet was found on the Long
Island estate, but police believed
it had been used to kill chicken
or a squa band they worked on
the theory that Mrs. Parsons was
alive.
The Parsons, listed in the social
register and due to Inherit con-
siderable money soon, ran a
squad farm here on the tip of
Long Island. Mrs. Parsons is re-
lated to the celebrated and
wealthy Pratt family which owns
large stretches of Long Island
property.
Parsons was not at home yes
terday when his wife disappeared.
He had gone to New York City
to meet two Russians who were
supposed to give him the recipe
for a famous squad paste. Thus
the only information given to po-
lice was supplied by Mrs. Anna
Kupryanova, who claims to be
member of the Russian nobil-
ity and who has made her home
with the Parsons since she came
to this country. Her 1l-year-old
son, Ray, also lives in the ram
bling white house surrounded by
% acres that are thick with SQUAD
and pigeons.
This was the theory that Nine.
Kupryanoa told when police ar
rived yesterday:
Around IL o'clock Wednesday
morning an automobile drove in
to the Parsons estate, occupied
by a middle-aged man and wo-
man. They called to Mrs. Parsons
who went to the car and talked
with the couple for a few min
utes. Then Mrs. Parsons shouted
into the house that she was 60
ing "to the Sammis' home in
Huntington" In her blue dre<s
with red buttons, u blue hat,
black shoes and stockings and
carrying a white beaded handbag,
Mrs. Parsons got into the car.
1t drove away.
Laborers working on a nearby
highway said they, too, had seen
the automobile, but insisted it
was occupied by two women, and
that no man was in it.
The story became still more
confusing when Mrs. Leona New
ton of Stony Brook told police
she had seen Mrs. Parsons drive
through the town just before l
p. m. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. two
hours after the supposed kidnap-
ing occurred - in an automobile
occupied by only one other per-
son. Mrs. Newton said she was
unable to say whether Mrs. Par
sons companion was a man or a
woman.
Mrs. Parsons is well known on
this section of Ing Island. De-
spite the fact that she is highly
eligible for society, she takes no
part in formal social functions.
She prefers to raise squad and
pigeons, to spend her evenings
reading and she seldom is seen in
Long Islands exclusive clubs and
cabarets. Friends described her
as gay and charming, prema-
turely gray woman, who is SO
years old and only five feet tall.
She bears a close resemblance in
face and figure to Anne Morrow
Lindbergh.
Nine. Kupryanova told police
she was the daughter of a Rus
sian who once was superintendent
of one of the cars estates. Her
father, she said, was killed in the
Russian revolution.