THREW IN TOWEL
• KIDNAPPERS ENVIED WHEN : THEY OBLIGED A ° : LADY > kansas clTY? Tuesday- > When the kidnappers of Mrs. Nelly > Donnelly, Kansas City's famous mil- •! lionaire businesswoman, held her for > ransom in a lonely cottage, she asked for a towel to. wipe her face with. , The gang agreed, but this was j thoughtless v rather than thoughtf ul, ;• because when they hecame frighten- > ed and freed her, she brought away J: the towel in her stockjng, laundry ;• marks and all. :• From there, it was a simple mat- '[ I ter for the police to find the cottage •: to which the laundry had delivered it. :• The cottage is owned hy two inno•I cent-looking dairymen, who readily ]l confessed that they had had a hand :• in the kidnapping. They had origin- :• ally intended to take the lady's hus- •: band, Paul. They conceived the plot, they said, :• because for five years, farming had not paid, and they must make money somehow. . - • :• • The police are. seeking two com•1 panions in the crime, a steam shovel- ** man and- an Italian hootlegger.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 111, 2 January 1932, Page 2
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