Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-06-06 | Page 14 | Kidnap Search Swings North

KIDNAP SEARCH SWINGS NORTH Continued from Pate Pan One had quickly and quietly slipped out of the Puget Sound countr country The second ransom bill to be turned up WM was passed in tho the money order division of ot the Spokane postoffice postoffice postoffice post- post office Tuesday It was revealed by Bert J J. Cavanaugh cashier of ot the division Miss Vernor Beavers clerk who accepted the tho bill was unable to give federal agents any description description tion of ot the person who passed it She accepted 15 such lIuch bills between 9 a. a m. m and 1 p p. p m. m Tue Tuesday day Federal Fed eral agents however were wore checkIng checkIng check- check Ing lag every money order which was made out during that time time of ot them them them-In in an effort to secure a clue The first ransom bill was passed by a n man who bought a ticket for Salt Lake City at Huntington Ore late Sunday night Men Are Silent Department of justice agents today today today to to- day refused to confirm or deny a report that one of or the 10 bills of ot the ransom payment appeared in circulation here in Tacoma Presence of these two bills In Inthe Inthe inthe the inland empire east of the Cascades Cascades Cas Cas- cades led to the belief beliet that perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps the entire gang which collected collected col cot from John Philip Weyerhaeuser vice president of ot the Weyerhaeuser Timber company in ransom for his year old son escaped over the mountains within a short time after the child was turned loose on Snoqualmie highway highway highway high high- way 30 miles east of Seattle Police and federal agents did not cover roads leading out of ot the Puget Sound country for from four to seven hours after alter the boy was set afoot on the lonely road Snoqualmie Snoqualmie Snoqualmie Sno Sno- highway itself is one of ot the main arteries over the Cascades and it is possible that the kidnapers sped east at high speed after they got rid of ot the boy and went vent over the Uie summit of Snoqualmie pass paS into central Washington before the search was on Dozen DOlen Suspects Suspect Named Meantime federal agents and poI police police po po- po- po I lice have named more than thana a dozen suspects The lists list shown confidentially confidentially conti- conti by a department of ot justice justice justice jus jus- tice agent and published openly by Detective John J. J Keegan of the Portland police pollee do not check Open dissension broke out between between between be be- tween the federals and city and state police In Tacoma the city detectives were said to be resentful resentful resentful resent resent- ful because federal agents will not take them into their confidence and will tell Washington state patrol officers facts about the case that they will not tell police Chief Chiet Criminal Deputy Sheriff Sheri O. O K Bodia of ot Seattle threatened to withdraw his men from the search unless the G men give them some of the information they have to work on In Portland Detective Keegan Keegan Kee Kee- g gan gan n scored the G men for their gumshoe methods and in releasIng releasing releasing ing his list of ot suspects said Publicity Publicity Publicity Pub is b just what is needed now A high official of or the Oregon state police criticized the federals because because because be be- cause while they asked that all roads be blocked they gave the state troopers no information and no de description description description de- de of the cars for tor which they were to watch From as far away as Sacramento state police officials expressed re resentment resentment resentment re- re because the government men would not g give ge e local and state police any information on which to work I Heading Headin the list of ol suspects re reby released released re- re leased by Keegan was one Jack Bailey former Tacoma Seattle and Portland bootlegger Bailey Keegan Keegan Keegan Kee Kee- gan revealed to the federals had been seen recently in Tacoma Since the and for some sometime sometime sometime time before he has been registered at the Savoy hotel in Seattle Authorities Authorities Authorities Au Au- watched this hotel and Bailey had not been in hi his room for tor foran foran toran an indefinite period today Clerks at the hotel and federal officials in Tacoma denied that he had been arrested but other officers heard that the G men had seized him and held him in some unnamed jail Bailey Balley is known as a bunco man manin manin manin in addition to his bootlegging ac ac- ac- ac Others Other named by Keegan were Herbert Lester Johnstone Olympia blackmailer and Los Angeles Angeles Angeles An An- geles police character Richard Franseen and Elliott Michener ex- ex convicts convict from Oregon prison Harold Harold Harold Har Har- old McAtee asserted burglar