CRIME: Kidnappers' Week

Last week's developments in U. S. kidnapping :

¶ Two grandchildren of Manhattan Lawyer Henry Waters Taft, brother of the 27th President of the U. S., were quietly shipped off to Europe on the S. S. Majestic because the family was in constant dread of snatchers.

¶ John J. ("Butch") O'Connell Jr., 24-year-old nephew of the Democratic bosses of Albany, N. Y., had not been freed. For the first time since he was spirited away three weeks ago his uncles agreed to talk. To a list of 13 questions put to him by newshawks, Uncle...

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