Kidnap suspect at border

Press, 28 July 1976, Page 9

Kidnap suspect at border

N'ZPA-Reuter San Francisco. A suspect in the bus kidnapping of 26 schoolchildren was turned back at the Canadian border by guards who found four guns and several identification cards in his possession, the authorities in San Francisco have said. The suspect. James Schoenfeld, aged 24, tried to go through the Laurier border crossing near Colville, Washington, on July 20, according to Captain Ken Meyers, of the Stevens County sheriff’s office. In the vehicle was identification belonging to a second suspect in the case, Fred Woods, aged 24, and to another man, Ralph Snyder. Schoenfeld was alone, and he said he wanted to go to the Olympics. The authorities said he was not apprehended because he arrived there before an all-points bulletin was issued for his arrest. Constable Brian Flemming of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, stationed at Christina Lake, British Columbia, said he had personaly interviewed Schoenfeld after border guards had found a gun on him. Tn searching Schoenfeld’s car. Constable Flemming said, he had found two additional pistols and a rifle. He said the pistols had been seized by the customs and then sold back to Schoenfeld, as is standard procedure.