GANGSTER’S THREAT
TO CUT OFF VICTIM’S EAR. 70,000-DOLLAR RANSOM CASE, DRAMATIC COURT RECOGNITION. "United Press Association—Copyright). (Received This Day, 11.40 a.m.) CHICAGO, January 2G. Jacob Factor dramatically identified Roger Tuohy and two of his henchmen as his kidnappers in the criminal courts to-day. He said that while his eyes ■' were sealed with adhesive tape it was removed once to allow him to write a aiote to his wife, asking her to pay a 70,000-dollar ransom, and he then had a clear view of his captors.
He. said the kidnapper, Tuohy, threatened to “blow out his brains and cut off liis ear and send it to his wife as a souvenir,” unless the ransom was paid.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 91, 27 January 1934, Page 5
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