Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1920 — READY TO RANSOM SON [ARTICLE]

READY TO RANSOM SON

KENTUCKY FATHER OFFERS TO PAY $25,000 DEMANDED. Eleven-Year-Old Son of Lexington Man Ie Lured From Home by Kidnaper. Lexington, Ky., March 26.—Although E. R. Little, Lexington capitalist, had announced that the demanded ransom would be pal<l, Paul Little, his eleven-year-old son, Is still a captive of the kidnaper who lured him away. It was stated that the kidnaper demanded $25,000 ransom. Little announced all demands would be met, declaring : z “I do not care about the $25,000 if I can get my sds back safely.” The boy disappear’d with an unidentified man In the late afternoon. The lad’s playmates had said that he had told them the man had promised him a dollar to deliver a box of candy. Later a note was delivered to the Little home by a messenger boy, but the father refused to divulge the exact contents of the message. lie did admit, however, that it contained threats to kill his son if the ransom was not paid. No attempts to arrest the kidnaper would be made, he indicated, and no questions would be asked if the boy was returned safely.