Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-28 | Page 2 | Mob Kidnaps Chaney Driver

MOB KID KIDNAPS NAPS GHANEY CHANEY DRIVER Film Stars Star's Chauffeur and Bride Snatched Terrorized Terrorized Terrorized Terror Terror- for 12 Days B Br By Associated Press Pre LOS ANGELES July 28 Seeking 28 Seeking the wealth Lon Chancy the man of ft 8 thousand faces and his late wife wire were supposed to have left to lo their chauffeur a desperate mob John Jeske and his bride of ofa a month in a high Sierra mountain retreat terrorized them for 12 days and finally finally final ly landed in jail Four men and two women were rounded up by officers for question questioning Sag ing in connection with the and nd robberies They gave their names as Floyd Foyd C Britton 26 who was wa said by officers to have been caught in inthe inthe inthe the act of accepting a ft payoff of oC 50 from JesKe at a a. downtown Los An An- Coles intersection Mrs Ida Britton wife of Britton Cyril Russel 27 Jerry Lamoreaux 25 Lynn Parker and his wife Mrs Joy Parker asserted by officers to have pointed painted the finger at Jeske as s a good snatch On the night of July 16 Jeske said he le and his bride were about to retire when a man knocked at atthe the door and announced he had a package for Jeske Opening the door Jeske said he was confronted b by two men and four pistols After terrorizing us for 12 days they took us to o a garage on the south southside side Jeske said The uThe next morning the they made me fill out out- outa a heck check for 76 75 find end drove me to my Hollywood bank wh where re they forced me to cash ash it and turn over the money to them The n next morning Jeske said he tied and his wife were released In a R secluded secluded secluded se se- canyon in the Hollywood hills