Show G GANG NG OF KIDNAPERS PE S SI I TH E TENS HEIRESS Officers Fail in Attempt to toI I Trap Extortionists With Fake Money B Br fly United Frets nu BELOIT Wis Wk Vis July 17 Tl 17 Threats 17 Threat reab by the El Big Eight ranI rang gang upon the life of t the e former Miss l Florence Yates heiress to millions of dollars were revealed revealed re reo re- re eal d today after she had become the bride of David young joung Chicago broker and left for a honeymoon In the east Miss Yates daughter of the late Porter B. B Yates Yates founder of ot Yates the tes American Machine company was married Vean Wednesday day to tD Scobie but rep reports of of- the Uie threatened were not disclosed until hours later Squads of Rockford Ill HI and Beloit Belch police lay tn hiding for hours yester day morning It was ws learned In ln an attempt to capture members of the gang who had written the heiress Just before her wedding demanding under I Continued on n Pact aCl Three GANG Of KIDNAPERS S THREATENS HEIRESS Continued from trem Page Pace One threat of or death that she leave in cash h at a a. designated place PLACE FAKE PACKAGE A After r placing a package of or f fake ke bank notes at the rendezvous the officers waited from midnight until 4 a a. a m. m for the gangsters to come it was learned but the extortionists apparently had learned of the trap set for them and arid did not noL appear Sheriff Sherif William G. G Belt of or Rockford admitted that armed deputies had been detailed to guard the Yates estate Officials of the Beloit State Savings Sn bank where it is Ls said Mrs Scobie has more than in trust refused to discuss disC the threats and i it appeared secrecy was being maintained while authorities continued con their efforts to hunt down the gang before Mrs Scoble's Scobie's return Miss C. C Haskin elderly companion of the heiress indicated that the second of two extortion letters had been received at the estate after the couple left on their hone honeymoon moon Mrs Scoble Scobie was graduated last month from Beloit college Her husband husband husband hus hus- band Is Ls a a. graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Pennsyl and a 8 son of F. F R R. Scoble Scobie wealthy Berlin Vu insurance anco ance broker |