Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-12-16 | Page 9 | Kidnapers Grab Girl in Mistake

KIDNAPERS GRAB GIRL IN MISTAKE KANSAS CITY Mo Dec Dee 16 UP Police today sought three gangsters who vho Miss Cecelia 28 saId aid d her in St St. Louis and held hed her thirty hours in the belief she he was Miss Ruth daughter of H H. P. P a wealthy St. St Louis auto automobile n bile dealer Miss bliss Garth bookkeeper for fora a tobacco company in St St. Louis said an armed man surprised her Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day as she was cashing a 20 check in ina a St St. Louis bank and forced her Into Inton an n automobile after forcing her to 10 increase the check to and obtain the money Her captors hid her W Wednesday night in the basement of a house and Thursday night in another and twice twIt attacked her despite a desperate resistance resistance re- re she told police She said she was given was given most of her money and let out of an automobile near here after the gangsters became convinced by newspaper accounts and her pleas peas that she was the wrong girl Sh She said the trio thrust a handkerchief handkerchief chief soaked with chloroform or a 1 similar liquid over her nose and during dur- dur ing ng most of or the automobile drive across the state she was blindfolded