Show II 1 1 II EXTORTIONIST HELD Officers Nab Suspect At Scene Designated In Threatening Notes Make Capture When Man Al Allegedly Allegedly Allegedly Al- Al Attempts to Collect WORK ON CASE MONTH Prisoner Denies Guilt in l Long ong Grilling An extortion plot against David c. c McMillan president of ot the First National National Na Na- bank of ot Murray was believed frustrated Friday following the arrest arrest ar ar- ar rest of Howard R. R Parr 50 of 1615 Tenth East street manager of ot the Grocers Grocers Grocers Gro Gro- cers Supply company who wh is s held in fri inthe the thc county jail on charges of send sending sending sending ing a threatening letter A complaint formally chargin Parr with the of offense ense was as signed Fri Friday Friday day afternoon before City Judge Daniel Danid Dan Dan- id iel Harrington by Deputy Sheriff George Beckstead Judge Harrington Harring t ton n set the bond at 1000 Parr was arrested Thursday ai at midnight by deputy sheriffs on South State street when he allegedly went to a spot designated in two asserted extortion notes sent the banker to collect which was demanded in one of ot the notes officers reported Sheriffs Sheriff's officers said they have been working on the case for more than a month and that a previous ous attempt attempt attempt at at- tempt to capture the extortionist went awry when the asserted extortionist extortionist extor extor- failed to appear for the money Threats that Mr McMillan would be taken for a ride if he did not riot comply with ith demands were contained in the letters DENIES IMPLICATION I Mr McMillan denied he knew Parr or that he had any business connections connections with the man officers reported Parr questioned for more than three hours after alter his arrest denied he was implicated in the extortion plot He maintained his innocence Friday The first letter officers revealed was received by Mr at his home at Vine street on May 21 21 last It was typewritten dated May 17 and mailed by special delivery at atthe atthe atthe the GuthrIe postoffice substation in Salt Lake on May 20 The letter demanded GOO and Instructed instructed in In- the banker to place 60 10 bills rills in a bag under tinder a large rock at atthe atthe atthe the base of ofa a telephone pole ten miles south of ot Forty-eighth Forty South street on State street It threatened to expose ex cx i pose him and to take ke him for aride z a ride if it he failed to comply with the demands The letter was signed with witt- witha witta vItla a series of typewritten figures an contained no handwriting LETTER ETTER DE DEMANDS The second extortion note wi dated June 17 and was mailed by or ordInary post at the Guthrie Guthric station I Isaid Isaid Isaid said Mr McMillan Mc had complied v witt the he first demand with the wron wrong kind ind of stuff and demanded to tobe tobe tobe be placed at the same spot The letter added that we se mean business and was signed The Same Gang No handwriting was found on the second letter the officers re rc- ported Deputy Sheriffs George Beckstead J. J E. E L. L D. D Richardson and L. L K L who arrested Parr said they took ook him into custody as he stooped over the rock at the base of the pole A quantity of newspaper clippings Continued on la rage race Two I MAN NABBED IN EXTORTION PLOT Continued From Page Fame One had lad been placed In the bag as a dc de dc- dc CO coy they said Parr according to the officers arrived arrived ar rived at the scene alone in an automobile automobile auto auto- mobile shortly before midnight He Heto walked to the designated spot at the base of the pole and also at the bottom bot hot tom of ot a small ravine they said turned around stooped over and rolled the boulder away As he allegedly allegedly al al- al attempted to pick up the sack they nabbed him the matter I haven't done anything wron wrong Parr was quoted quoted ed cd as saying when the officers accosted accost accost- ed him Later he added I wouldn't be bothered with any lousy sum like that the officers alleged GRILLED 3 HOURS During the three hour grilling that followed his arrest officers reported Parr denied he had gone one to the spot for the money or 01 that he was implicated in the asserted plot He maintained he had been playing poker according to reports In the sheriffs sheriff's office and that he had gone for tor a ride to cool off oft before going goin home He had alighted from his car he said and had stumbled over the boulder when he walked off oft the side of or the road The arresting officers said the boulder weighed about 80 pounds and that it il had been moved about five live feet Specimens of the typewriting on the extortion letters were sent to Frank H. H Hall manager of the Underwood Underwood Un Un- derwood Typewriter company here for foI examination Shortly after the first letter was received received re re- re by Mr McMillan Mcl a posse of deputy sheriffs was posted around the scene but after waiting for two or orl three days the vigil was abandoned The posse was again posted after the second letter had been received and the arrest followed The first letter dated May 18 follows follows fol fol- fol lows Dear Dave Ten miles south of South you will find a telephone pole with the number on it and at the bottom a big rock rocc with a sack underneath it you are arc hereby ordered to place under under un un- un der that sack sixty ten dollar bills dont don't laugh as we mean business there arc are three of us and we are desperate desperate desperate des des- we need the money and intend to get it from you ou And also there Is a way ay to take men on way one rides and you ou are going if H our demand is not met by Saturday noon This ride will also take place if you ou tell or spill the beans about this to anyone this is for you and you ou alone get that Now remember remember ber bel Saturday noon underneath the rock After you have followed these instructions take a l little white paint and smear some on the face of ol that pole underneath the number Dont Don't watch us or you will be bc the theone theone theone one to suffer as one of us is watching watching watch watch- ing every move you make from the time you leave eave the bank until the thc money is in our hands and if you ou fumble in any way we will get you you ou so be very careful about this and also it will do you no good to keep numbers num num- bers on the bills as we are also used to such tactics Now Dave we we bid you get busy and follow instructions I to a letter latter as we said before we are arc desperate and mean business 75 The second letter written on a torn I sheet of paper not dated but postmarked postmarked post post- marked June 17 said I Dave I You complied with our OUI request with the rong kind of stuff now the ante is raised to and we mean I business this time bs ts s we did before so you ou get real real- busy and do as we we asked in our letter before The same place the same mark on the post and nd I Ithe the same sack if H it is there if not you I had better take one You will do doas doas doas as we say now for the play you made and you will get there without losing any time the same gang |