KIDNAPPING IN ARIZONA

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27374, 12 June 1954, Page 7

KIDNAPPING IN ARIZONA

Ransom Money Paid By Husband

(Rec. 9 p.m.) NEW YORK, June 10. A woman was kidnapped in Phoenix, Arizona, yesterday afternoon and released to her husband late today after payment of 75,000 dollars in ransom money, the Phoenix police chief, Mr Charles Thomas, said tonight. The return of Mrs Evelyn Smith, aged 23, wife of a prominent Phoenix businessman, was the climax of a fantastic plot which the F. 8.1., the Phoenix police, and the Sheriff’s office have been investigating since yesterday evening. The ransom note received by her husband warned: “You have one chance, and one chance only. Either you do or you don’t.” - The note demanded ransom money and gave directions for its payment. The note added: “Knowing the penalty for kidnapping we are gambling our lives. If you want to gamble the life of your„ wife and children call in the police ot mark the money.” Mr Smith, the owner of a steel company, had telephoned the police when he found his wife had not returned home and at that time he did not realise she had been kidnapped.

N.Z. Man Arrives For Post In Britain

(Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, June 10. Dr. Alan Stewart, a Rhodes Scholar and formerly a senior lecturer at Massey Agricultural College, arrived in England with his wife and two children to take up an appointment with the Production Division of the Milk Marketing Board. He is to advise and do research on dairy -husbandry. Dr. Stewart was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1940 while serving with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and went to Oxford University in 1946 j»