Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1904 — WANTED SOME OF MR. PARKISON’S MONEY. [ARTICLE]

WANTED SOME OF MR. PARKISON’S MONEY.

Considerable has been said over the alleged threats made against Addison Parkison by an anonymous letter writer, unless Mr. Parkison deposited a large sum of money in a certain place within a specified time. We have investigated the story and find that suth a letter was received by Mr. Parkison on Thursday of last week. It was very poorly written and blurred, and the evident intention was to disguise the hand-writing. It bore a Rensselaer postmark and the sum asked for under penalty of having his house blown up was hardly distinguishable, but it was for several thousand dollars. The money was directed to be placed by a certain post at the rear of his residence grounds on College street. On the advice of intimate friends a dummy package was placed in the designated spot and men watched the place foracouple of days and nights, in the hope that the would-be black-mailer would show up, but no one approached the spot, and Mr. Parkison is inclined to treat the matter lightly. It was probably the work of someone loaded up with liquor or an irresponsible person who wanted to see just how much of a sensation such a demand would create.