Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-02-18 | Page 13 | Blackmailers Demand Money under Threats

BlACKMAilERS DEMAND MONEY UNDER THREATS Send Anonymous letter to Lawrence Blackett in Which 50 Ia J 1 Asked Aske Under Tinder Penalty Money or your life the hackneyed demand of pouts polite polte blackmailers was amended to Money or your children s life in a letter received by Lawrence Lwrence Bullion BEck Been Blackett hackett manager mager of the Bulon Mercantile company at Eureka who is ia isnow now in Salt Sl Lake Lk trying to t find out who wrote him the anonymous letter The letter leter in disguised handwriting demands 5 of ot Blackett If I not nt paid pursues the letter will be murdered or Of possibly mere mer l i wU a point pint upon which the te kt let letter clear ter tel Is IB not entirely cler The Te letter leter ran rn something like lk this If I you dont place in gold at ata ata ata a a certain specified spot ot at the lu abandoned station bt 3 S and dark tomorrow night i your children will wi be b taken from fm you U tey they will wi be b torn from fro your arms a With officers of or Eureka Eurek Blackett U ho came real shrewd and decided deide to cat h ii the blackmailers A sack ck full ful of ot wash washers wf I ers era to represent gold was wa taken at th tl t time specified and left at the te indicated spot Officers of the th law lay ly in i am amu ambush a 1 bush ready redy to pounce upon the bla blak k mailer maier who would come to get gt the sa salt c The Fhe sack hid the appearance of ot its Is CUR cun on tents but it J is likely that the waher exude exuded a peculiar scent sent for fo no black blac blackmailers blackmailers k mies mailers arrived arrive and the officers of o othe the law spent several hours in I fr frt i it t less ess watch Mr Blackett came to t Salt Lake Laka Lk to in m merest interest erest terest the postal authorities in the th my mys terou erious letter leter Recently he h says thre th re bave have been numerous threats of ot dyne dyna dIa and other oter unpleasantness ani the he much nuch citizens worried of ot Eureka Eure and vicinity are ar