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Machine Gun Gangsters Kill Five in Attempt to Rescue Convict

TWO BANDITS AND THREE POLICEMEN FALL IN GUN DUEL Robber Suspects Battle Coppers in Downtown Lafayette; All Bullet Victims in Critical Condition. THUGS’ GIRL COMPANION CAPTURED Spectator Turns Submachine Weapon on Fleeing- Desperadoes After Officers Are Felled by Shots. By I nitrd Brens LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 17. Three policemen and two suspected bandits lay critically wounded here today as the aftermath of a frenzied gun battle in the heart of downtown Lafayette. A 14-year-old boy suffered minor wounds when he was struck by a glancing bullet. A girl companion of the suspects escaped injury and was captured.

The wounded are: Robert Sanders, 33, Nashville, Tenn., bandit suspect; Frank Byrd, 29, Indianapolis, bandit suspect; J. Wesley Wilson, 43, patrolman; James McDonald, 26, patrolman; Paul Klinker, 30, patrolman; Paul Roby, 14. The suspects’ companion said she was Ruth Edgar, 18, Frankfort, and claimed to have known Byrd and Sanders for about a year. Police went to Freeman lake, Monticello Friday night and arrested John Richardson, 45, Frankfort. who had been staying at the resort with Byrd, Sanders and the girl. Battle Downtown The shooting took place across the street from the courthouse, less than a block from police headquarters, when officers attempted to question the suspects in a doctor’s office. Byrd, Sanders and Miss Edgar stepped at the Wabash valley sanatorium Friday to obtain medical attion for an infected scar on Byrd's side. The physician on duty said he could give no assistance, but recommended a doctor in Lafayette. Then he tipped off police. 0 Captain Edgar Hill and Patrolman F. C. Goldsberry were sent to the office of Dr. F. A. Loop in the Lafayette Life building, where Byrd was being treated. Captain Is Disarmed When the officers appeared, Byrd and Sanders both drew guns and disarmed Captain Hill. Goldsberry bolted and ran downstairs to warn McDonald, Klinker and Wilson, stationed at the entrance to the building. Close behind Goldsberry were* the two suspects. As they went through the door, they opened fire on the patrolmen, felling three. It was then that Harry Huston, a spectator, went into action. He took a submachine gun from one of the wounded officers and started blazing away at the two men. As they fled down a side street, Huston went to the second floor of the Life building and poured cut a stream of lead which felled them both. Miss Edgar had been sitting in the car throughout the shooting, but none of the bullets struck her. The Roby boy was nearly three blocks away when a stray bullet him him in the ankle. Both Badly Wounded Sanders had three wounds in the abdomen and another in the head. Byrd was shot in the abdomen, chest and arms. Neither is expected to live. They were kept in jail Friday night. Patrolman Wilson was wounded in the abdomen and chest. He was given a blood transfusion Friday night and physicians removed part of an intestine. His condition is extremely critical, they said. A blood transfusion also was given patrolman Klinker, who was wounded in the abdomen and shoulder. The blood was donated by Captain Hill. McDonald was less seriously hurt, being wounded in the knee. He was suffering from loss of blood. In the pockets of the two gunmen police found $2,300 cash, believed to have been obtained in filling station holdups in Indiana and adjoining states. Always Had Money Miss Edgar said she had been traveling from city to city with the men since August. She said neither worked, but that they always had money. Hotel keys from Chicago. Indianapolis. Nashville and other cities were found in the car, along with guns and ammunition. The trio had been staying at Freeman lake for the last week. Richardson had been camping with them, police learned. He is foreman of a cabinet works at Frankfort and Is said to be related to Byrd and Sanders. Police planned to question him at length today. The desperate battle which the two gunmen put up indicates they were wanted somewhere on serious charges, police said. ,

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Not Rattled Woman Bitten by Snake, Hurled Into Car; Keeps Head. By United l'ress LEBANON, Ind., June 17. —Mrs. George Zimmerman, Lafayette, was recovering today from snake bite after a reptile was thrown into her auto by the wheels of a passing machine. The snake wrapped itself around her arm. Displaying rare courage, she stopped the car, pulled off the snake, applied a tourniquet to her arm, and then drove to a hospital here.

HOGS END WEEK WITH PRICE RANGE STEADY Cattle Nominally Steady in Lower Range for Week, Hogs were generally steady this morning as the week closed at the Union Stockyards. The bulk, 180 to 350 pounds, sold for $4.50 to $4.60, several butchers making the market at $4.65. Weights of 130 to 160 pounds sold for $3.85 to $4.25. Receipts were estimated at 4,000. Holdovers were 331. A nominally steady market was featured by cattle with the trend lower for the week. Receipts were 100. ealers were 50 cents higher at $5.50 down. Calf receipts were 200. No test of the market was vailable in the sheep house on account of the light supplies. Prices were quotably steady' in a range of $8 down. Sheep receipts were 100.

How the Market Opened

BY ELMER C. WALZER I'nitrd Prrss Financial Editor NEW YORK, June 17. Stocks, except gold mining issues, advanced fractions to more than a point in an active opening today. Oils were heavily dealt in at higher levels, reflecting increased gasoline prices. The gasoline advances were made to make up the %-cent-a-gallon federal tax imposed under the new industrial recovery act. However, most companies added u to 1 cent to that figure. Standard of New Jersey firmed up to 35’ 2, up and small gains were noted m Continental. Phillips, Atlantic Refining, Consolidated and Texas Corporation. Ohio Oil rose nearly a point to. 14. Steel common opened 1.500 shares at 53%, up %; Allied Chemical 113, up %; Chrysler 27%, up %; Kennecott 17%, up %; American Telephone 125. up 1%; Union Pacific 108%, unchanged; General Motors 25%. up *8; American Power and Light 13%, up 1; United Aircraft 31%, up %; Johns-Manville 45%, up %; General Electric 21%, up %, and Montgomery Ward 22, up %.

President Sheds Cares of State, Leaves Washington for Vacation; Boards Boat Sunday for Long Cruise

BY FREDERICK A. STORM, I nited Press Staff Correspondent ABOARD ROOSEVELT SPECIAL TRAIN. EN ROUTE TO BOSTON. June 17.—America's sailor President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, forgot the cares of office today as he looked forward with boyish enthusiasm to a cruise that will carry him to scenes of long-past happy days. Vigorous and apparently unmarked by the terrific strain of the last three months, which saw a gigantic legislative program whipped into shape, the nations chief executive boarded a special train at Union station in Washington Friday night on the first leg of a twentyday holiday that will terminate in July.

Four Officers and Outlaw Captive Mowed Down in Kansas City Street. By United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 17.—A desperate underworld attempt to free a recaptured convict ended with the massacre of five men here today. They were shot down in a machine gun barrage at the Union station plaza. Three others were wounded by the gunfire and lives of scores of motorists and pedestrians passing the plaza were endangered. Frank Nash, notorious Oklahoma outlaw, was one of those killed. The other dead were officers escorting him back to the Leavenworth federal prison, from which he escaped in 1930. The slain officers were: Ott Reed, police chief of McAlester, Okla.; Raymond J. Caffrey, agent of the bureau of investigation, department of justice; and William Grooms and Frank Hermanson, Kansas City detectives. Without warning, the murderous fire from three machine guns was turned upon the officers, who were mowed down, with no chance to defend themselves. One gang of five machine gunners was in the automobile that sped dow'n the plaza and raked the group of officers with gunfire. A second car that drove through the plaza at high speed was believeci also to have contained gangsters linked with the plot to liberate Nash.

MAINTAIN HOPE FORMATTERN Down Somewhere in Remote Bering Sea Area, Airmen Believe. By United Press NOME, Alaska, June 17.—Hope for the safety of James Mattern, round the world flier, believed down somewhere in the remote Bering Sea area, was not abandoned by airmen today. Because of dense fogs and clouds, an organized search for the Texas aviator, who left Khabarovsk, Siberia, for Nome Wednesday, appeared unlikely for several days. Two coast cutters searched Bering sea, however. Airmen here believed Mattern landed on one of the Aleutian chain of islands or on an island in the Bering sea. They said he could live in safety with natives for weeks before establishing communication with the outside world. Mattern’s route up the Kamchatka peninsula and then over the Bering sea was considered one of the most dangerous in the Arctic. MORRIS SEEKS DIVORCE Safety Board Membei* Files Suit in Superior Cuort. Suit for divorce, charging cruel and inhuman treatment, has been filed in superior court one by Donald S. Morris, vice-president and trust officer of the Fletcher Trust Company, and member of the board of safety . The complaint sets out that Morris separated from Mrs. Lucie Morris, 524 Buckingham drive, March 14, 1933, after their marriage, June 16. 1906. OPEN ICE CREAM PLANT Indianapolis Concern Has Daily Capacity of 1,000 Gallons. Plant of the Swart & Love Ice Cream Company, new Indianapolis concern, was opened today at 3901 East Washington street. The plant has a capacity of 1,000 gallons of icre cream daily. Equipment is installed in glass partition rooms, and every process of manufacture is open to public inspection. A retail store occupies the front portion of the plant. Three Doctors to Parley Three Indianapolis doctors, W. P. Best, J. E. Holman and F. L. Hosman, will have prominent parts in the sixty-third annual convention of the National Eclectic Medical Association convention at Chicago June 27-30. Dr. J. M. Billman, Sullivan, Ind., also is on the program.

Mr. Roosevelt, accompanied by his own son, James, George Briggs and John Cutter, all of Boston, expects to sail Sunday aboard the trim schooner Amber jack II from Marion, Mass., for a leisurely cruise along the Massachusetts and Maine coasts to Campo Bello, the Roosevelt summer home, just across the New Brunswick boundary. It was the same old Mr. Roosevelt who entrained at Washington for the trip, smiling and carrying his caies of state lightly. He boarded his private car to the cheers of dozens of admirers who huddled together in a downpour of rain to bid him good-by. Wearing a panama hat and a gray doublebreasted suit, the President waved a cheery farewell before posing before a battery of camermen.

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1933

HIGHER WAGES FIRST IN PLAN OF ROOSEVELT Price Boosts Should Come After Pay Goes Up, View of President. BY RUTH FINNEY Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, June 17. The new recovery act can improve business only if price increases are deferred until after wages have ris<jp and even then are kept proportionately below, wage increases, President Roosevelt told the American people today. In a ringing challenge and appeal to industry and labor, the President outlined the things he hopes to achieve under “one of the most important laws that ever came from congress” and his proposed method of procedure. He pointed out that success or failure of the great project depends upon movement of prices. Depend on Sales Increase “I am fully aware that wage increases eventually will raise costs, but I ask that managements give first consideration to the improvement of operating figures by greatly increased sales to be expected from the rising purchasing power of the public,” said President Roosevelt. “That is good economics and good business.” “The aim of this whole effort is to restore our rich domestic market by raising its vast consuming capacity. If we now inflate prices as fast and as far as we increase wages, the whole project will be set at naught. “We can not hope for the full effect of this plan unless, in the first critical months, and, even at the expense of full initial profits, we defer price increases as long as possible. “If we thus can start a strong, sound, upward spiral of business activity, our industries will have little doubt of profitable operations in the last quarter of the year. The pentup demand of this people is very great and if we can release it on so broad a front, we need not fear a lagging recovery.” Must Pay Living Wages In his demand for better wages, President Roosevelt laid down the principle that “no business which depends for its existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country.” And, he added, “by business I mean the whole of commerce, as well as the whole of industry; by workers —I mean all workers—the white collar class as well as the men in overalls; and by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level—l mean the wages of decent living.” If the change is made “from starvation wages and starvation employment to living wages and sustained employment,” the President sees for industry “the opening up of the richest market which the world has known.” GAS PRICE UP AGAIN Another Half-Cent Boost Announced by Indianapolis Firms. Price of gasoline advanced another half cent a gallon this morning as a result of the industrial recovery act signed by President Roosevelt Friday. Virtually all gasoline distributing companies in Indianapolis announced a similiar rise Friday due to advance in costs of manufacturing gasoline. Times Index Book-A-Day 9 Broun Column 4 Classified 8 Comics 9 Conseration 10 Crossword Puzzle 7 Curious World 7 Dietz on Science 10 Editorial 4 Financial 7 Hickman Theater Reiews 2 Radio 7 Serial Story 9 Sports 6 Talburt Cartoon 4 Woman's Page 5

Once in his stateroom on his private car, the President scanned last-minute affairs that were brought to his attention by his secretaries and then announced that he was ready to “turn in for the night.” Before the train was out of the suburbs of Baltimore, he was sound asleep. The President planned to drive from Boston to Groton, Mass., where he will visit two of his sons, Franklin Jr. and John, students at Groton school. Mr. Roosevelt’s alma mater. He will remain at Groton for luncheon and then motor to Marion, where, after a brief visit with Dr. John McDonald, he expects to board the Amberjack. Two navy destroyers will accompany the presidential boat on the

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U. S. IS FIRM IN MDNEYDEBATE French Attempt to Hurry Dollar Stabilization Is Thwarted. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS ScriDps-Howard Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, June 17.—The United States today refused to be stampeded into even temporary stabilization of the dollar on foreign exchange, despite the reported threat of the French to hold up the London conference until stabilization is achieved. The French hold that until the dollar and the pound are stabilized, at least approximately with regard to each other, no progress can be made in any other direction. Both tariff and monetary reforms, as well as the removal of exchange restrictions, they assert, must await stabilization of the world’s principal currencies. The British delegation sustains this thesis. Furthermore, as the pound is rising in terms of the dollar, thereby losing for the British some of the advantages in foreign trade which depreciated sterling has given them, they are somewhat in a hurry to act. The United States is in no such hurry. It fully appreciates the French contention, it is said, and believes stabilization is vital to success of the London conference. But the brakes must not be applied so suddenly as to reverse the rising trend of American price levels. Even temporary stabilization, in other words, must be handled carefully. AMERICAN IS STABBED Manchurian Bandit Gang Invades Home; Near Death. By United Press MUKDEN, Manchuria, June 17. George Flynn, American employe of the Texaco' Oil Company, was near death today from knife wounds inflicted by a bandit gang. The bandits entered Flynn’s home by force Friday night, bound him and his wife, and the gang leader, without provocation, stabbed Flynn. The robbers fled with household possessions. MONON EXTENDS LIMIT $5.50 Fare Now Good for Nine Days, * Is Announcement. Monon railway annuonces an extention in the time limit of its $5.50 rcudn-trip fares to the Century of Progress exposition, Chicago, effective Tuesday. A nine-daV time limit, good in day coaches and Pullman cars in connection with reduced round-trip Pulllman fares, will go into effect.

cruise along the coast. Portland Me., will be reached June, 23, when Franklin and John will board the craft to serve as members of the crew until Campo Bello is reached. For the return to Washington, Mr. Roosevelt will travel on the new 10,000-ton cruiser Indianapolis, which will make its official speed rim from Eastport, Me., to Hampton Roads. Va. . At Hampton Roads he will transfer to the destroyer Ellis for the trip to the capital. The President was accompanied by his secretary, Colonel Stepehen T. Early, his personal secretary', Miss Marguerite Le Hand, and Henry Kanne, White House stenographer. In addition a corps of White House newspaper correspondents and camera men were with the party.

ST. PAUL MILLIONAIRE HELD FOR SIOO,OOO RANSOM; FEAR DEATH AT KIDNAPERS’ HANDS

JUDGE ORDERS MEYER-KISER BANKREPORT Cox Wants More Light on Handling of Funds by Liquidators. Detailed reports of funds handled by liquidating agents of the MeyerKiser bank is being prepared by order of Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox. Order for the report was issued by Cox at the close of Friday’s hearing, conducted by attorneys for Thomas E. Garvin, receiver, and depositors. The court was informed that the information was not available readily, and that its preparation would “take a lot, of time.” “That’s all w r e have left in this trust,” Cox retorted. “There doesn’t appear to be any money left for depositors.” Quiz to Be Resumed Questioning of former bank officials and liquidating agents will be resumed Monday by William B. Miller, Saul Rabb, attorneys for depositors; Walter Myers, attorney for Garvin, and the receiver. Most important information uncovered since start of the hearing Wednesday was the disclosure by Fred S. Meyer, former vice-presi-dent and liquidating agent, that the receivership trust owns a $545,000 share in assets with a book value of $902,000, held in the Smetal Corporation. The corporation was formed by the bank’s officers when slow assets were replaced by cash in a forced liquidation over a period of several years preceding the bank’s close. May 11, 1931. Failure of other banks brought on heavy withdrawals, which ultimately drained $4,000,000 in deposits from the bank, Meyer said. Symons Is Involved Other testimony included the allegation that Luther Symons, former state banking commissioner, suggested withholding information regarding the progress of the liquidation, because “it would be better for general business conditions.” The allegation was made by Ferd .Meyer. Meyer also declared that a sworn statement by Symons regarding the cash surrender value of a SIOO,OOO insurance policy on Sol Meyer, president, was incorrect. Proceeds of the policy added $36,500 to the bank’s income during the liquidation, Ferd Meyer said, although Symons reported the amount at $37,771. Declaration also was made by Meyer that preferred claims amounting to between $6,000 and $7,000 had been paid “because the liquidating agents were sure, in their own minds, that the claims should be preferred.” Mistake Is Conceded “If you have left only SIOO,OOO to pay $150,000 of preferred claims, what would you say regarding the payment of the $6,000?” Cox asked. “Then I would say we had made a mistake,” Meyer replied. Testimony also revealed that the liqudating agents, Ferd Meyer, J. J. Kiser and M. S. Cohn, received SSOO monthly salaries each from the Lincoln Loan Company, one of their companies, during the period when they also were drawing SSOO monthly salaries as liquidating agents. TEMPERATURE 6 a. m.... 58 9 a. m 77 7 a. m.... 70 10 a. m.... 77 8 a. m.... 74

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LINCOLN FIELDS, CRETE, Hi., June 17.—The debutantes will powder their noses and strut their stuff in the Debutante Stakes this afternoon. The young ladies from the Dixianna Stables seem to have an edge over the undefeated Miss Patience, especially Mata Hari, who also has the distinction of always being the first to pass the judges’ stand.

You can rest assured than Van has been pointing Mata Hari and Constant Wife toward this one particular race ever since the Louisville meeting and I thereby label the entry as the one best thing of the day. A lot of nerve, but, boy, you are going to have a lot of good horseflesh running for you. Uncommon Gold in the seventh, over the mile and sixteenth route, looks mighty good for the boys who like a little longer time to loose their deuces. Jack Howard, no doubt, will be right in there trying with Ebony Lady and I can’t forget the speed this lady displayed on the Florida tracks. She is likely to smack a track record right between the eyes any day. Dyack looks like a repeater and the way Aulander ran the other day he ought to be running over horses coming down the stretch today. At Bainbridge, over a slow strip, Vacillate looks like a sweet thing in the fifth. Back Kick and Banset also looks like winners at the distance. At Lincoln Fields—1. Gracious Gift, Song Hit, Billies Orphan.

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William Hamm, Wealthy Brewer and Business Leader, Taken Prisoner by Desperate Northwest Gang. LIFE BELIEVED TO BE IN DANGER Verne Sankey, Master Mind in Boettcher and Bohn Abductions, Suspected of Engineering Crime. BY WILLIAM E. HALLBERG United Press Staff Correspondent ST. PAUL, June 17.—William Hamm, wealthy brewer and twin cities business leader, was held for SIOO,OOO ransom today by kidnapers whom police suspected were led by the man accused of engineering two of the midwest’s most daring abduction plots in recent years. Grave concern for Hamm’s safety was expressed today, after the kidnapers failed to keep a contact they arranged for 5 o’clock Friday night.

MELLETTLOSES POINTIN TRIAL Doctor Goes on Stand Despite Fight Made by Attorneys. By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., June 17Testimony of Dr. Henry Alburger, Indianapolis physician, was before the jury in Madison circuit court here today in a quo warranto proceeding brought by Jesse H. Mellett, former mayor, in an effort to oust Mayor Harry R. Baldwin. Counsel for Mellett protested vigorously against permitting Dr. Alburger to testify regarding illness of Mellett, and the court described as “reprehensible” action at the Methodist hospital, where Mellett was a patient, in permitting the physician to examine charts showing his condition.

RAIN IS UNLIKELY HERE, IS FORECAST Pleasant Week-End Due, Is Prediction. A pleastn week-end with probability that temperatures will not be excessively high was forecast today for Indianapolis and vicinity by J. H. Armington, meteorologist of the local United State weather bureau. Armington said Sunday would be partly cloudy and warm and that there is little likelihood of rain although there will be threats of it during the day Temperatures ranged from 62 to 84 Friday in Indianapolis. SCHOOLS ASK $20,000 Suit Is Filed Against Township and County Commissioners. Payment for books, supplies and clothing supplied needy Center township children is sought in a suit filed by the city scohol board against the township and county commissioners. The suit, filed in superior court four, alleges that $20,000 remains unpaid after approval by the trustee and commissioners. The supplies were given to children of needy parents during the period from Sept. 1 to Oct. 15, 1932.

2. Tyrant, Cherry Time, Brilliant Rose. 3. Hamilton, Rusty, Cog Air. 4. Ebony Lady, Minton, Gift of Roses. 5. Dyac, Merrily On, Indiana Runner. 6. Dixianna Entry, Miss Patience, Paper Profits. 7. Uncommon Gold, Kibitzer, Spud. 8. Aulander, Batty, Battling On, BEST—Dixianna Entry. At Bainbridge—1. Alamae, Compdore, Arab. 2. Flying Flynn, Cherrapp, Mike Reynolds. 3. Falmouth Belle, Highland Fling, Topsie H. 4. Morpine, Little Bubbles, Arline. 5: Vaciliate, Zenka, Dollar Princess. 6. St, Jim, Flying Ambassador, Big Storm. 7. Back Kick, Easter Parade, Hoosier Prince. 8. Nuckles Boy. Truxton, Pacheco. 9. Banset. Baptiste, Sam Cole. BEST—Vaciliate. Ttrack—-Slow.

Capital EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

The abductors, who seized Ilamm Thursday noon as he walked from his office to his home, threatened to kill the young millionaire unless the money was paid quickly. News of the kidnaping was not made public until late Friday night, after William Dunn, business manager of the brewing company, and police officials received a communication from the kidnapers and a note from Hamm himself saying: “Do as they tell you.” Police -suspected Verne Sankey, sought as the master mind in the kidnaping of Haskell Bohn here just a year ago and of Charles Boettcher II in Denver several months ago, as the leader of the gang which seized Hamm. Shoot on Sight Is Order Orders to shoot Sankey on sight were issued by Police Chief Thomas Dahill of the St. Paul police force. Last summer, when Bohn was returned upon payment of $12,000 ransom, Sankey escaped from a police trap to capture him. Sankey’s wife, Mrs. Fern Sankey, was on trial here on kidnaping charges when Hamm was seized. A few minutes after Hamm’s abduction, her case was given to the jury, which acquitted her on charges of having assisted her husband in the Bohn kidnaping. She now is under arrest on federal charges of having participated in the Boettcher kidnaping. Police theorized that Hamm was overpowered a few minutes after he left his office at 12:15 o’clock Thursday. He should have reached his home, where he was living with his mother, in fifteen minutes. SIOO,OOO Is Demanded Five hours later, Dunn received a telephone call, saying: “Billy Hamm has been kidnapped. We want $100,000.” Shortly afterward Dunn received another telephone call. This time the voice said: “We know this is a shock to you, but we are in dead earnest. Have SIOO,OOO in $5, $lO and S2O by Friday. The money must be delivered in a Hamm brewery truck. Have the sides removed so we can see that no policemen are concealed in it. We will give you further instructions at 5 p. m. Friday.” Early today Dunn had received rj 1 further instructions. After the second call, Dunn notified Dahill, Michael Kincaid, Ramsey county district attorney, and Thomas Brown, veteran detective, who was instrumental in negotiations in the Bohn kidnaping. Note Dcliered by Cabman Friday afternoon a taxicab driver delivered to the Dunn home a note confirming the kidnaping and also the note from Hamm himself. They had been written on different typewriters. Police, hidden at the Dunn home, seized the taxi driver for questioning. He protested he was ignorant of the contents of the messages, claiming he had been paid $2 to deliver them to the Dunn residence. The taxi driver was shown a photograph of Sankey. He said he had a “strong suspicion” that he was the man who handed him the messages, near a downtown St. Paul hotel. Detectives said they were led further to believe that Sankey was implicated in Hamm’s kidnaping by the similiarity between the instructions in this case and in the Bohn and Boettcher abductions. The method of operations in each also was similar, they said. Believed to Be Desperate They believed that Sankey, hunted by state and federal authorities in a dozen states, had become desperate. If captured, he will face life imprisonment upon conviction under the new federal kidnaping laws. Hamm, who is 39, controls tha vast business interest built up by his father, for many years a prominent northwest character. He is a director of the First National bank, receiver of a chain of northwest theaters, president of one of St. Paul’s largest department stores and linked with other entreprises. He is active in social life of the Twin Cities and owns numerous business and residential properties. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: Wind, west, 12 miles an hour; temperature, 75; barometric pressure, 30.05 at sea level; general conditions, high, overcast; ceiling, unlimited; visibility, 15 miles.