KIDNAPPING OF BOY.
PLEA 0F lUILTV INTIIID. SIXTY \‘EABS‘ IMPRISONMENT. l‘nlled Press Assn—Elem Tel. Com-fight. NEW YORK, May 11. A message from Tacoma. VVashlngton. slates that Willlam .\lahan, In the Federal Court yesterday. pleaded gullly to kidnapping George “’eyerhaeuser. son or a wealthy lumber family. .\lahan was sentenced to 60 years' lmprlsonment.
George \Veyerhaeuser. a boy nine years of age, son of .\h' and .\ll) .1. P. \Vuyerhaeuser, of Tacoma, “as kidnapped on May ‘2’- nn the way home from school. and was held for a ransom or 200,000 dollars. The money was paid and the boy was released unharmed on June 1.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19883, 12 May 1936, Page 7
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103KIDNAPPING OF BOY. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19883, 12 May 1936, Page 7
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