Boy Wrote Own Ransom Note ?
(Rec. noon) SYDNEY, This Day. The police allege that a ransonv note received by the father of a missing boy was written by the lad himseif.
The boy was found during the weekend in the city.
The boy, aged 13£, was missing from his home near Parkes since last Monday.
The father was alarmed when he received a note posted at Sydney making a demand for £3OO and adding: “Call the police and we will cut his throat.”
Handwriting experts expressed thOs opinion that the letter appeared to have been written by the bey who had attempted to disguise his handwriting. ~,v :
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Northern Advocate, 2 June 1947, Page 5
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