| Show Oil Man Released By Abductors on oni onS S i Ransom Payment Millionaire Held Nine Days Refuses to Discuss Freedom Freedom Freedom Free Free- dom Terms SEEMS IN GOOD HEALTH Q Between Co Between i in iii OConnell O'Connell Case Questioned Br Dr Press Charles Chades F. F Urschel Oklahoma Ok City oil millionaire July Tuly 22 by machine gunners was safe at nt home today Arthur Seeligson spokesman for lor the Urschel family said a ransom was paid Manny Strew who effected the return return return re re- re- re I turn o of John J. J OConnell O'Connell Jr Albany N N. Y youth has has' been taken Into custody for question ing He handled the ransom payment which the OConnell O'Connell family amily gave for young 0 O'Connell's Connells return Governor Herbert H. H Lehman of New York has asked the state legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture to make it a felony for the fam family y of f a person to pay ransom Baltimore police asked Maryland police poUce to be on the lookout for two automobiles believed involved In the abduction of a youn young Baltimore girl whose name was not disclosed sed Dr Carleton Simon criminologist said at Chicago that i if people would refuse refUe to pa pay ransom kidnapers would abandon a business which paid no dividends OKLAHOMA CITY Aug 1 W IP- IP Charles Charles' F. F Urschel year old oil millionaire released by kidnapers today today to to- today day upon payment of an unannounced ransom declared his eyes were kept taped during his nine days days' captivity and he did not know where he was taken by the swarthy machine gun kidnapers kidnaper FREED NEAR NORMAN I I Urschel said he knew only that his kidnapers drove him several hundred miles mUes and freed him In the right lIght near Norman about 30 miles from Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa City Urschel would not discuss the r ran ransom ran n. n som om but Arthur Seeligson friend of the Urschel family and chief intermediary intermediary inter inter- intermediary said definitely a payment had been made Questioned about the ransom Urschel said firmly That is a family affair Seeligson refused to reveal the amount or details of the negotiations saying simply The ransom w was paid Urschel seemed Jr in good health although although al al- al though his eyes were bloodshot and he looked tired as he arose from several several sev seve eral h rs' rs sleep and appeared on the sun sum porch of his mansion the spot where the kidnapers seized him as ashe ashe ashe he was enjoying a quiet bridge game with Mrs Urschel and Mr and Mrs W. W R. R J Jarrett July 22 The oilman reached home at midnight mid night after calling a taxicab from a barbe barbecue ue stand near the point of his release Mrs Urschel worn after nine days of anxiety over her husbands husband's safety sat with him as he talked with report report- ers Also present were wera his son Charles Jr 17 his arms atInS clasped about his father ather and Mrs Urschel's son I Tom Slick Jr 16 The Thc wealthy oil man said he be had bad I slept little while he was held captive The time seemed terribly long h he said The days seemed to drag dragon on forever We Wc got along fine fine he be related smiling They told me We dont don't want to make this any more difficult than we have to If lf you fight we will have bave to mistreat you ou If It you ou dont don't we will get along They gave me cigars cigar but they were not my brand He said the tape was removed from his eyes only twice vicc during the nine days days- once days once when h he e wrote a a letter aletter used In the ransom negotiations and once when he was wad wai allowed ved to shave himself He was held ld captive e In a small shack hack he said and the automobile trip from It to Norman required about 12 hours hour Immediately after aHer the Urschel said his captors drove 14 hours straight He estimated they traveled at least lc t miles All AU the time 1 I was lying down In the back of ot the car They had two machine guns During the 14 hours I was given nothing to eat I once had a bottle of soda pop NEVER SAW CAPTORS I 1 really never dId se see any of the men There were some guards where we stopped but Just two people stayed with me all aU the the time The place where I slept was a 3 room shack In more or less leM rolling country The The weather was wu fairly cool all aU the time Seeligson said the first contact with the kidnapers came last Wednesday In a letter from Urs Urschel hel Another message was received Friday he said It was an additional assurance tow to tota tous ta w that he would be given to the right party and it named the place of contact con con- tact and denominations of the money Seeligson said The first letter did dd not go through the tho malls but was delivered through an Intermediary whose Identity See See- Seeligson withheld Urschel said he was forced to declare de de- clare in his letter he would be Injured Injured In In- If U the ransom was not paid He declined to say JaY whether he would cooperate cooperate cooperate co co- co- co operate with federal operatives In Investigation nv of the case cuc P Publisher Learns Of Plot HACKENSACK N. N J. J AU Aut Aug i 1 A Aletter letter divulging an alleged plot to kidnap him has hns been received by John Bor Borg publisher of the Bergen Record The letter received Sunday was wa turned over to police Borg who retired retired re re- re- re tired from Wall WillI street where he amassed a fortune to become a newspaper news paper publisher is being closely guarded i |
