Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-13 | Page 1 | Kidnapers Hold Chicago Youth

KIDNAPERS S H HOLD l tm CHICAGO A YOUTH fOUm Demand Ransom for Son of Sewer Contractor CHICAGO Sept 13 Frank AP-Frank Ranieri a sewer contractor noti- noti field police last night that his 10 year old son had been and was being held for ransom The kidnapers have notified him he said that the boy will be put to death if the money is not paid by Saturday were told a wee week ago that the Ranieri boy was missing said he had not noi mentioned the then because he to do so What finally him to lay the the- case before be- be e- e fore the police he ha said was that he has six other children for whose safety he fears Hoping to hear from flom the kidnapers again and nd fearin fearing that Police police po- po lice lice action meanwhile mIght jeopardize jeep jeep- his sons son's lire life refused ye- ye fused for the time being to furnish furnish fur fur- nish any further information to the polIce pollee Search tor a kidnapers kidnapers' lair was was' begets today in in the Sicilian colony and the prairies of Melrose park k west sIde aide suburb Police had no clue elue suggesting this region as the headquarters ot of the band but they regarded the huts and prairie dugouts dugouts dug dug- outs of the section as possible le hi hid hid- lag ing places Mis Mi's Rose nose Gondek a neighbor said she saw the boy dragged into an automobIle and taken away but she was too far away away- to recognize the type of car