MISSING EVANGELIST

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 196, 20 August 1934, Page 7

MISSING EVANGELIST

“ RELEASED BY KIDNAPPERS. ( r Received Aug. 19, 7.20 p.m. NEW YORK, Aug. 18. d A message from Nashville (Tennessee) states that the kidnapping of the Rev. Askew was solved whe:> the young evangelist appeared at the police station after being missing for several days. He said he had been held by kidnappears, but for some reason had been released, although he was not aware that any ransom had been paid. RANSOM DEMAND e SENT TO AIMEE MACPHERSON I] Received Aug. 19, 7.10 p.m. e LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17. Aimee Semple Macpherson received a c letter demanding that she pay 25,000 dollars ransom in return for the Rev. Askew, saying inasmuch as the young is evangelist was a member of her sect, c she should be responsible for him. i- Aimee gave the police the communica- )- tion, but declined to reveal if she in,r tended to pay the ransom. Lt LABATT KIDNAPPING Il . s. d VICTIM’S TERRIBLE ORDEAL. >r . ■ >s Received Aug. 19, 6.20 p.m. >r HAMILTON (Ontario), Aug. 18. A close friend of the Labatt family revealed to-day that the kidnapped brewer, for several hours, on Wednesday night was forced to sit and hear his abductors, frightened by the police activities, discuss how to slay him and dispose of his body. The next day his fears were allayed when a confederate reported that the police were working on false clues.