JACOB FACTOR

Evening Star, Issue 21631, 29 January 1934, Page 9

JACOB FACTOR

KIDNAPPERS IDENTIFIED SLASHING CROSS-EXAMINATION Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. CHICAGO, January 26. ■ Jacob Factor dramatically identified Roger Touhy and two of his henchmen as his kidnappers in the criminal courts to-day. He said that his eyes were sealed with adhesive tape, but it was removed once to allow him to write a note to his wife asking her to pay a 70,000d0l ransom, and ne then had a clear view of his captors. He said Tonhy threatened to “ blow out my brains and cut off my. ear to send to my wife as a souvenir” unless the ransom was paid. , In the face of slashing cross-ex-amination for seven hours by the defence attorneys, Factor was unshaken in his identification of Touhy and his associates as his kidnappers. The defence attempted to impair Factor’s credibility as a witness, reviewing much of his record and trying to_ draw the conclusion that his prosecution of the kidnapping charge against Touhy was part of a plan to forestall extradition to England, which has already been ordered.