Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1933, Page 4

DCONNELL KIDNAP GANG ARREST SEEN Three Men Are Held by Al- bany Authorities for Ques- tioning in Case. (Continued From First Page.) except to hold the edges of the band- age in place. “Several times I was required to sign messages sent to my family by tiw kid- napers. The latter were very sareful that I should not see them on su:h oc- casions. The bandage was lifted flight- 1y, just enough for me to see the edge of the paper where I placed my name. The bandage was not tight enough to hurt my eyes and they suffered no | serious effects from looking for three | weeks at cloth.” | Young O'Connell said that from | time to time his rs gave him | white pills of some kind and taat | made him perspire and feel A pt who examined Did Not Eat Much. “I received food regularly,” O'Con- nell said, “but did not eat much. The chief on was that it consisted mostly of sandwiches. They can be- come very tiresome as a steady diet.” Describing his abduction, he said he was struck over tne head just as he was about to alight mobile on the moining y 9. s no w g he_ said. surrounded me. I had there were four or ot one of them my back. They wore . 1 believe. Before 1 could turn about or def'nd myself—in fact, before 1 could make up my mind whether it was an attcmpted hold-up I felt a heavy blow on the back of my head. ? “I do not know how long we rode after the attack. In iact, nothing was very clear until I found myself in a bed room. eitier of a flat or an apart- ment. The quarters seemed to be fairly good. At least it was not a nt." He said he was not ill treated. but that he had no chance for escape. Spent Weeks on Bed. “I spent the entire three weeks in that bed roor 4 bed.” he said. “I occasionally heard voices in an- other room. but I do not believe I could identify any of them. My impression that I was in New York City was gathered largely from the sound of the traffic. Later. when I was released, I knew, of course, had been in New York or somewhere very near that city. “At no time did the kidnapers act fn an abusive manner. They shaved me twice while I was being held On Saturday night. after da#k, I was taken from the room and put into | an automobile. We rode for perhaps an hour. I could not say whether this was to waste time or because we had to travel a considerable distance. “Finally I was let out of the car and | got into one which brought me to Al- bany. It is good to be home.” The ransom money which Dan O'Connell turned over to Strewl Friday evening had been cunningly marked. ‘The kidnapers, however, suspicious that such a ruse would be attempted, de- manded new money. It is believed that through a bank exchange the same money was returned to the gang. Offi- | cials are hopeful that the bills in small denominations can be traced. Demanded $250,000 Ransom. Originally the gang - demanded a ransom of $250,000. ‘They reduced that | to $175,000 and $100.000. Two notes Iast week warned the family that unless | the demand was met the young man | would be starved. Most of the motes | carried O'Connell’s signature. Dan O'Connell maintained the family could raise only $40.000. As Federal and State governments sharpened their knives to attack the “snatch racket.” the O'Connells had the jmpression that the gang was worried. Then came the death sentence for the kidnaper of Mary McElroy at Kansas City. Shortly after the negotiations were completed and the $40,000 was | accepted. ' | The day after the kidnaping a voice over the telephone to the law office of Edward J. O'Connell said to tell “Eddie” that his nephew had been kid- naped and warned the family not to notify police. If this was violated, the informant said, the youth would be Killed. Officials attached significance w‘flhe reference to Ed O'Connell as “Eddle” | and saw in it a local angle. Only a small group of acquaintances refer to the county chairman as “Eddle.” | Another indication of a local hook- | up was the sending of the ransom let- ters to Dan O'Connell’s private mail box. the number of which was not gen- erally known. 34 Intermediaries Proposed. Strewl, & young radio shop operator, who effected the captive's release, was | one of a list of 34 intermediaries the O'Connells_suggested upon_the orders SPECIAL (DelEhts LUNCHEON 35¢ No Chills. urse Dinner, 85¢ waALIAN VILLAGE 1304 € St.. N.W. Ciro Gallotti, Inc Released JOHN J. O’'CONNELL. of the abductors. Three lists were of- fered and Strewl's name was on the last. Two groups of 11 each were re- jected by the kidnapers. The captors communicated with the O’Connells by | mail and the family answered through newspaper ads. The ads were In code, the letters of the alphabet being desig- nated by numerals, 1 for A, 2 for B and so on. The abductors specified that the go-beiweens should be Albany men. Two lists of intermediaries were carried in the personal columns of Albany papers and the last, split into three parts, was inserted in three New York City papers. The O'Connells have come into po- “litical promireice in the past 13 years. They overthrew the remnant of the William Barnes' Rcpublican machine, and steadily since then tizhtened a po- litical hold on the county. Last year the O'Connell organization worked with Tammany to oppose Presi- dent Roosevelt's nomination at Chicago. They pushed the Albany mayor. John Boyd Thacher, for the gubernatorial nomination, but Roosevelt and Al Smith joined hands to name Gov. Lehman as the head of the ticket. WILL TAKE CHARGE. Cullen to Head Federal Probe Into O'Connell Case. NEW YORK. July 31 (#).—Thomes F. Cullen, in charge of the Depart- ment of Justice in the New York dis- trict, announced that he would go to Albany today to direct the Federal effort to avprehend the kidnapers of John O'Connell, who was released yes- terday. Cullem has a force of eight men who have been in the State capi- tal since July 10. HEIR IS GUARDED. Richard Palmer Smart Watched Against Kidnap Attempt. SAN FANCISCO. July 31 #).—The Examiner savs Richard Palmer Smart. 20-year-old heir to a Honolulu sugar fortune. has been attended by & body- guard for several weeks against a pos- sible kidnaping attempt. The paper said passengers aboard the liner Lurline, on which the youth re- cently made a trip from Honolulu to Los Angeles with his grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Knight, reported he was never out of his guard's sight. URSCHEL'S HEARTENED. 0il Man's Family Heartened By Return Of Young O'Connell. OKLAHOMA CITY, July 31 (®.— Heartened by news of the safe return of John J. O'Connell, jr., after 23 days' captivity, the family of Charles F. Urschel, oll millionaire kidnaped by two machine gunners July 22, were hope- ful they would receive word from his captors. Arthur Seeligson, family spokesman. said today that if a message from Urschel's captors is not received by Wednesday the family may take & new course of action in an effort to estab- lish contact. He declined to say what that course might be. The family has promised quick payment of “any rea- sonable demand.” Real fstate i.;ans 6% . No Commission Charged You can take 12 years to pay off your loans without the ex- pense of renewing. $1.000 for $10 per month, including in- terest and principal. Larger or smaller loans at proportionate rates. PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Established 1881 Largest in Washington Assets Over $30,000,000 Surplus $1,25 James Berry. Presids Edward C. Baltz. Sec Member of the District of . 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