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Show Warning to a Man Whose Child Has Been Kidnaped Chicago, Aug. 8. Extra detectives today searched for the five-year-old son of Antony Maieno, who was recently re-cently kidnaped by "Black Hand" blackmailers. Police Inspector John Reevre declared that the fire in Gault Court last night was undoubtedly caused by the Mareno kidnapers as a warning to Mareno, following their demand for $5,000 ransom for the return of the boy. Mareno Is a poor man, although his deposit of $1,100 In the bank shows that Is well to do compared with his poorer neighbors His own opinion is that he is considered wealthy because be-cause he buys fiesh milk every morning morn-ing for a sick baby. Mareno's trouble began two years ago, when. In self-defense, he shot and killed Modesto Barona, being suspected suspect-ed by the polfco of being a leader of blackmailers. Mareno received a number of letters threatening revenge, lesultlng in the kidnaping of his child last Saturday. Threat of Death Antonio Mareno, whose six-year-old son was kidnaped Saturday, received another letter last night in which the utuiuuu ior so.uuu was renowea together to-gether with a threat of death to the cild within four days The letter says. "You notified the police which caused tho delay in the agreement between be-tween us and u also caused your son to suffer day and night He constantly constant-ly calls for rapa and mama, and the rest of the family "Certainly you must be a miserable person to deprive yourself of so intelligent in-telligent a bov He is very smart for his age So, you, miser that you are, prefer to abandon your son for money. "We give you four days time and if, during those four days, you don't send the money, you .will never see your son again, "There will be an awfu.1 fate for yourself and iamlly If you send any ..one to betray us to the police when you bring the money. We are taking hej.texvCjirefurbyhajjthe' wilL, get at home." . |