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Show FIND PLOT TO I BLACKMAIL DAY Man Exonerated in Death of Army Officer Aids in Nabbing Suspect OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklft . April 20. j A plot to blarkmall Mrs. Jean P. v Dny wife of Jan P Dciy wealthy at- torney and oil mon who recently wan ; exonerated here of the slaying of lit Col P ul Ward Beck, army aviator, was revealsd Wednesday with the. an-mouncemcnt an-mouncemcnt that a man glvtnK hla namn as Ed Reed of Oklahoma City. !hd been arrested at Edna, Okla., ihe request of postal authorities. Day testified at the corner's Inquest :that he Killed Lieutenant Colonel Beck after he returned home and found the ,armv officer attempting to assault 'Mr. Day The testimony of Mrs. 'Day corroborated that of hor husband. I A letter was received Inst Wednesday Wednes-day bv Mrs. Day from a man who demanded de-manded 2,000 to remain silent on what he claimed he saw through the window of tho Day home on the morning morn-ing Lieutenant Colonel Beck war, Blaln, Mr. Day said after being informed in-formed of the arrest at Ednn. The letter was signed "G Daer." Day Bald DUMMY PACKAGE SENT. In the letter, Mr. Day ald. tho man declared he was passing by the Day i home early In the morning of April , , i :iml f,aw through the window what, took place. Mr Day said he immediately turned i the letter over to the postal inspec- i ' tors. ' Tho writer of the letter. Mr. Day i-ald. declared If $2 onn was sent In a , packago labelled merchandise he , would forget what he had seen A package was sent to Edna addressed ad-dressed to Daer. and was claimed last night bv Reed, who asked for Da r I mall. A deputy sheriff Immediately , arrested him. Reed Is said to have received mall at Edna under the name of G. Baer. He denied any knowledge of the alleged blackmail letter LETTER MADE PI BLIC SAPULPA, Okla.. April BO. The alleged blackmail letter written to Mrs. Jean P. Day of Oklahoma City a. week ago by a man signing his name as "G. Baer." was made public hero. ' Do vou know. ' the letter opened, "that 1 saw everything thai happened on that early Tuesday morning 'I was going by the window and vou and Day did not tell all" the words was heavily under-cored "To be plain, if I toll Attorney llugh'-s rcountv attorney of Oklahoma coun-t coun-t ) or the army, your social life will be forever ruined In Oklahoma City. I saw what you and the party were doing when Day returned." The letter then demanded $2,000 as tho price of silence. 'And I will forever Corgel the circumstances." cir-cumstances." the paragraph relating to the money concluded. The letter contained n paragraph which said: One year from date 1 rsturn every cent plus 12 per cent Interest." oo |