| Show i lL Parents Pae ts Make Mak New Appeal to Kidnapers Kidnaper rt h j t Arrival of New Letter Seen in in Sweater Signal Signa T 4 Handkerchief Found Near Seminary Is BeI Believed Be Be- I Clue to Way Young Scion Was Abducted By Associated Press PreS at I TACOMA IA Wash May lay 27 F. 27 F. F Rodne Rodney close ng friend and associate of the Weyerhaeuser family entered their home today carrying a briefcase and emerged 15 y ee minutes later without it It has been believed he might our be a contact man to deal with the kidnapers man TACOMA Wash M May y 27 The 27 The anguished parents of 9 aId fr old year George Weyerhaeuser made a second frantic plea to i contact the kidnapers of their son today as searchers dis discovered d the first clues pointing to how the child had had- been bee abducted for 20 ransom tb t A sini sinister ter similarity between the ransom ransom note and those in inthe h f the L Lindbergh case indicated the abductors had patterned their missive on on letters letter written by the kidnaper of the Lindbergh baby It has all i been planned for three years said the threatening threat- threat ning ening note to o Mr and Mrs J J. J P. P Weyerhaeuser euse euser of of the wealthy ike ad L lumber r. r family f It was as typewritten on the fine linen paper such as a woman l etZL might use and contained many un unusual sual likenesses to the Lindbergh Lind Lind- b bergh letters ce The Eg Egoist the signature on the note demanded the ransom in used bills and not gold certificates such as resulted in the arrest of Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the Lindbergh fr case Ransom demands on both the parents ti against notifying police used newspaper ads for r communication e tion n and expressed the the- desire not to harm the victims I.- I. The first clues in the Weyerhaeuser came today r V Li with the discovery of a boys boy's handkerchief handkerchiefs initialed G found by reporters and private investigators The handkerchief was picked up on a path near the Annie I e. e Wright t seminary indicating the child had been se seized as lie he t-f- t for was taking a s short cut cut from school F Friday iday i FEAR FOR BOYS BOY'S LIFE iJ Fearful of the boys boy's life concentrated law enforcement larges arg agencies headed by picked department of f justice agents bowed S to the wishes of his family in giving the person or or persons who whom m captured the child every chance to tot taL return return- him unharmed ed because bec beca be- be c cause caus ca s of the threats in the note Trampled grass a broken br branch ch and scars cars on the smooth bark of a a. near-by near madrona adrona tree neat near where the tle handkerchief w w s found suggested the possibility I the kidnaper had climbed re it to peer over over a ta tall taIl l hedge while w-hile wat watching hing for his victim I fI Th There e were 21 specific instructions in in- inthe the Egoists note b kit but r the first attempt of Mr and Mrs Weyerhaeuser to contact the t abductor apparently had failed 4 two An advertisement in the Hie classified columns of the Seattle Post Post Int read ra Due Du publicity publicity- beyond our control please indicate another m method of reaching you Hurry reli relieve ve anguished mother GL SIGNED PERCY MINNIE E 1 The ad was signed Per Minnie Percy y the code set t forth by I Roller the abductor or abductors The note instructed the Wey rs r's to have the lutZ ready in bills of 20 2010 10 and 5 den denominations specifying they must have been in circulation and their numbers must not I b be taken 0 You are not to n notify the police dept of justice ce or or any ii private detective is said If you do doit it will be all off I The word was was misspelled as was the word boad boadO Cor boat t in the Lindbergh case O You ou have got got five 5 days t to raise the money Better ave lave ave it iphI We know what we are doing Joing the writer boasted Weave We J ave lave it all all' planned It h has nas s been all lan planned ed for three years n the meant meantime me we have 1 looked for places where we might lip i 1 but have found none none p We are educated and pride says we are fairly intelligent So o 0 if if if- you just stop and r reason ason for a minute you'll se that it is p. p st to follow tollow our rules A We dont don't want to hurt hurt- anyone anyone if we can get out of it Possibility that a second letter had been received by the them m rents was ws seen in a blue sweater draped over a porch of th the Weyerhaeuser user home and an an- open umbrella brell i placed there h yesterday esterday y A A. sheet previously had been seen seii on the porch If 0 porch Or h is being used for signals it would bean mean ean the Weyer- Weyer rs had i. d received a second note as the first first said nothing I displaying any ariy signs 1 No word came as to whether the ki kidnapers nap ts rs had again comI com com- I a with the p parents rents after the advertisement in Sundays Sunday's F t appeal appealing g to them tiem to find a new method to ti th the De Detectives t s conlin continued ed to o watch the postoffice here in thc elief kidnapers the kidnapers might again use a special d delivery l letter t to fet t t th ir to the boys boy's p parents o oa on Po Page Tw Twi I f if J f FEAR FOR POR LIFE i S OF HEIR GROWS l I IIi Ii j l 1 I Continued from Page Ille One 1 I I I 1 The The note warned the famil family against notifying police asked fo for payment of tho the ransom in federal r j reserve notes unmarked and said 1 ominously this is business be budi busl bud i ne Salient Sallent points in the ransom note not follow Demand for in cash in inI I bills blUs- of various denominations ant and 1 unmarked I j Five days In which to raise th the i money Today was the third dayt dayA day l A warning that the t 1 1 were not to notify the pollee or an any private detective agency and to kec keep I It out of the newspapers j Another warning to just follow tho the rules We will get along fine I Dont Don't slip sUp on your part will be just jus J t too o bad for someone someone else j A boast that the police could not notI I I catch up with them and that they were were educated and fairly intelligent intelli intelli- I gent I the family would I be notified where to go when the I J 1 time comes 1 A final threat that a slip on your yourI I j part is a slip sUp by us Dont Don't do it The double signature of Egoist Egoist I l Agency Misspelled 1 i n j The Th e word agency was misspelled 1 as the only word misI misspelled mis mis- misspelled I spelled in the note The missive was f typewritten on lined stationery 1 Late last night all lights in the square white Weyerhaeuser home 1 overlooking Commencement bay were out except in one room on the I f second story L L. H. H Burnett prominent Tacoma Jeweler reported he saw a n. man in ina ina i a parked tan colored sedan with California license plates near the Lowell school last Friday the day the lad disappeared as he was' was on his biS way home from the school for lunch Previously year old Jean Comfort Comfort Com Com- fort daughter of A. A AB B. B Comfort Tacoma Tacoma Tacoma Ta Ta- coma business man had revealed she saw three men in a tan sedan watching the school for four tour or five days However she did not see the car the day George disappeared Burnett told department of justice agents he saw the automobile at a. a m. m parked in front of oC the Aquinas academy across the street and in the next block from U the e Lowell school The Comfort girl had informed the sisters at the academy of the car the day before the ki and they intended to ask police tor to r investigate the incident Frida Friday but bul they did not see the vehicle that thai i day t Miss Lucille Berg teacher of r George Weyerhaeuser disliked re ret returning re- re r t turning to teach her class today I with her little pupil missing It willbe will willbe willbe be dreadful she said She related how a schoolmate of Georges George's a little come to i her and in ina a a o maUer-o- matter of t way told h her r I 1 know what happened to G George George he he e was vas k nap dt a dont don't realize what has happened hap nap r p peneY ne i the teacher said George Georgef f. f will rl er be panicky He has such il i an 81 endearing personality I dont don't think his kidnapers would harm him bim He was one of the most lovable lov lov- 1 s able little chaps Ive I've had in my t teaching experience In response to directions from The Egoist the f j E 0 rt 5 4 x cn LE PT 4 I LC f r t tr r FRaM AWNE t Y tAST r RT StEN IN i r NOME 7 i 5 I J hk h.- h. k i t 1 i J i-i- i f S M. 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M f Top left a a. map of part put of Tacoma showing where the of George Phillip Weyerhaeuser 9 9 Top center the young yount victim Top right the boys boy's stricken grief en mother Mrs John Philip Weyerhaeuser Lower left the home of the wealthy timber timber own owning own own- ing family Lower right Bruce Druce Bow Bowman an 9 9 last person to see G George ore is 15 shown walking wanting along alone the street In which the two boys bos wan walked d Friday after leaving school for tor the lunch hour Inserted two notes In the Seattle Post The first read Expect to be ready to come Monday Mon- Mon day ay Answer Percy Minnie This was vas taken to mean the ransom would be ready or an intermediary would meet the kidnaper or kid kid- Then the second asking for a anew anew new ew method of communication was inserted May ay Be Mlles Miles Away One police official surmised the hideout of the abductor was at least 00 miles away because because- the ransom note ote was not mailed until six hours after fter the lad Jad disappeared allowing time me to drive to some Isolated epo spot t In n the mountainous wooded sec see I s of this area and then return F. F R R. general manager of the Weyerhaeuser Lumber company company company com com- pany and an uncle of the missing boy and Charles Ingram assistant general manager who first officially official official- ly made known the boys boy's disappearance disappear disappear- ance were still in seclusion Investigators doubted they would act as negotiators in the case be because because because be- be cause of of their close relationship to the fam family Jy considering it more probable attorneys for the family would be employed Mrs Thomas E. E Moffit a lL friend of the Weyerhaeuser family appeared appeared appeared ap ap- to be e the last person to have seen the boy before he dropped from sight Friday She said she saw him in front of the Annie Wright seminary where he was to meet his sister Ann 13 and go home to lunch with her at 12 1205 05 p p. p m. m Seen Third Time Burnetts Burnett's mention of oC the tan se sedan sedan se- se dan was the third time its presence had lad been reported in that vicinity NeIghbors In that section told police police po- po lice ice they saw two men and a a. boy boyn in n such a car bearing California plates Possibility the might have a connection with tho the unsolved unsolved unsolved un un- solved Bremerton mass murders of March 30 1934 was suggested by byone byone byone one high official Six persons were found brutally slain in the Frank FIelder Helder home at Erlands Erland's Point If IC these then cold-blooded cold killers were In n desperate financial straits traits they would not stop a at anything the official said They are a a. tough lot ot of course and a after six murders would mean little to them |
