| Show HELD FIELD BY SWISS BANDITS biety radom demanded of for their release toledo 0 sept 28 harry tollerton aged 20 years sort soa of attorney B W tollerton and prof daniel J holmes ota of meadville pa college bave been traveling in southern europe since june but now noone no one knows where they are and circumstances indicate that both are held by swiss who are demanding a ran som for their release they were lat last la st heard from on the esth of september at martigny cartigny Mart igny switzerland A few dr atit previous to that time they had received sufficient funds through geneva to provide them with money for the rest of their trip to berlin where both wre wire to enter the university on the of this month mr tollerton received a cablegram eab legram from prof holmes dated lucerne requesting an immediate remittance of 1000 by cable to cologne alc cabled to the united states consul at lucerne for information as to the whereabouts of the young men and asked if any trouble had befallen them and also cabled to lioumes for particulars the reply from the consul was indeli indefinite nite and unsatisfactory and that purporting to be from prof brot holmes was even more so 80 A second demand for was wag made on the sad of this month asking that the monty be cabled to lucerne last saturday a third demand was mado made for an immediate cable of S aioo to lucerne and the remaining by mail A message v as received from assistant secretary day at washington to the effect that the minister at berne and the consul at horgen had been cabled to make a searching investigation |
