see an atrocious murder lindbergh small
stop resulted in the passing the
anti-kidnapping law by Congress
thousands watch as this is a new
Lindbergh anti snapping law the American
Eagle stands guard entry to the
courtroom was gained by pass only and
even a pass did not make you immune to a
good frisking the defendants entering
the courtroom has a no effect on the
spectators the air is charged with
excitement first in the foreground is
George Kelly Albert Statham the elusive
Harvey J Bailey who for their Armin
that's our man Shannon next his father
then or a shaman Catherine Kelly's
mother and here is Katherine Kelly the
following scenes are based on the sworn
testimony given at the trial the home of
Catherine Kelly in Fort Worth where no
doubt the ercel kidnap plot was first
conceived the first step was the
purchase of a machine gun at this pawn
shop in Fort Worth Texas On February
20th 1933
this is Catherine Kelly who according to
testimony purchased this machine gun for
250 dollars cash this is the machine gun
presented as evidence by prosecutor hide
the story now picks up the trail of the
Kelly's on July 22nd at the Stratford
Oklahoma farm of her grandparents
accompanied by Albert Bates at the
noonday meal Kelly remarked there's more
unlikely to be a kidnapping in Oklahoma
City tonight
and sure enough Kelly was right that
night from his home in the exclusive
residential district Charles F ersal
millionaire oilman of Oklahoma City was
abducted
through this door leading to the Sun
porch where the ERR CIL's and two
friends were playing a final rubber of
ready and heard to minister figures
don't move we will blow your heads off
we moderator which one essential which
one internal well then we'll take them
both
don't say a where to go near that
telephone I will blow your head off
about an hour after identifying
themselves Herschel's friend was
released on a lonely road with
instructions to keep his mouth shut
if he wanted to help Ursula they then
blindfolded Urschel he was told enough
to hear or see anything on the trip or
they would kill him about two hours
after leaving Oklahoma City the
kidnappers arrived at this farm where
ersal was transferred to a larger car
after Grandma Coleman demanded get that
kidnapped man off my farm they departed
followed by Catherine's Kelly to clear
the way at the Shannon farm near
Paradise exit the main street of the
little town of Paradise Texas near where
RG Shannon owned his boss on account of
his political activities had lived for
more than thirty years the trail to the
Shannon farm was blazed as shown by
these painted post the afternoon of July
23rd the kidnappers arrived at the
Shannon farm Virgil was kept in this
garage until after dark here you see the
farm home of Arman Shannon son of RG
Shannon - which ersal was transferred
Monday night what a lonely secluded spot
this is but the kidnappers did not
reckon with the intelligence of their
victim and the thoroughness of the
United States Bureau of Investigation
they placed their victim in the small
room at the right where he was held
captive in the manner shown he know that
the regular daily passage of an airplane
he noted that it rained on a Sunday
he heard Arman chetak name potatoes he
heard the name of the rural postman
these clothes were followed up later by
federal agents with the resultant mail
plane scheduled indicated paradise
sections which was further verified by
rainfall records investigation in
Paradise location and here they also
learned that arm and Shannon's nickname
was potatoes one of the several things
which personal dead and which later
aided in the conviction of the
kidnappers what to leave his finger
friends wherever possible Herschel was
allowed to write his first communication
in which he said my personal phones are
very low and this the estate funds have
to be touched to pay the ransom just
forget about it let it go it will be
alright with me but after reading the
note the kidnappers said we'll tell you
what we want it alright I'll write this
there German you undoubtedly know about
my predicament if Arthur has returned
please deliver the enclosed letter to
him
otherwise the Kirkpatrick's deliver in
person and do not communicate by
telephone tell no one else about this
letter not even your wife and when you
deliver it do not go to residence
authorities must be kept off the case or
release impossible and they cannot
effect rescue for my sake follow these
instructions to the letter and do not
discuss with anyone other than those
Menken this is my final letter to any of
my friends or family and if this contact
is not successful I fear for my life
when in Oklahoma City keep out of sight
as much as possible because you will
probably be alone in this capacity I am
putting all my defendants in you
regarding this matter and feel sure you
will take every precaution possible best
regards as ever your friend now sign it
cf facial in another letter the
kidnappers instructed Kirkpatrick to
insert this ad in a newspaper to signify
his willingness to comply with their
demands
and over the fact that you have happy
and inserted as per our instructions we
gather that you are now prepared to meet
our ultimatum $200,000 in used genuine
Federal Reserve notes of $20
denomination in a suitable light colored
leather bank and have someone purchase
transportation for you including birth
aboard train number 28 the sooner which
departs at 10:10 p.m. for I am kmt line
for Kansas City Missouri you will ride
on the observation platform where you
may be observed by someone at some
station along the line between Oklahoma
City and Kansas City Missouri
if indications are all right somewhere
along the right of way you will observe
a fire on the right side of the track
taking the direction in which train is
bound that first fire will be your cue
to be prepared to throw back to track
immediately after passing second fire
mr. oizo will for our instruction attend
to the fire and secure the bag when you
throw it off can you open it and fence
for the contents to respect that he will
be provided with so if you comply with
our demand and do not attempt any
subterfuge as according to news reports
you have pledged mr. Cole should be home
in a very short while remember this if
any trickery is attempted you will find
the remains of Urschel and then instead
of joy there will be doubled rates for
someone very near and dear to the earth
so family is under constant surveillance
and will likewise suffer for your error
if there is this right attention these
plans for any reason whatsoever not your
fault you will proceed on into Kansas
City Missouri and register at the new
Bach hotel under the name of EE Kincaid
of Little Rock Arkansas and await
further instructions there however there
should not be if you comply with these
simple directions the main thing to do
not divulge the contents of this letter
to any law authorities for we have no
intention of further communication you
are to make this trip Saturday July 29th
18:33 sir patrick who delivered the
$200,000 ransom July 30th in Kansas City
to a man later identified as Kelly
Herschel was released at this spot near
Norman Oklahoma walking to this barbecue
stand he called a cab to take him home
this list of material numbers of the
10,000 20 dollar bills delivered as
ransom furnished the clue which led to
the arrest of the first suspects three
men in st. Paul Minnesota on August 8th
following clothes obtained from the
clothes observations of Urschel a small
army of special agents and Peace
Officers swooped down a date break on
August 12th on the home of RG ball
Shannon their paradise Texas the remote
and secluded hideout of the kidnappers
the net closed in on Catherine Kelly's
mother mrs. hora Shannon her husband
boss Shannon
his son Armand Allen notorious Harvey
Bailey who was captured while sleeping
on a cot in the yard Bailey was armed
with a young Arsenal and on his person
agents found $700 of the ersal ransom
money Bailey and the Shannons were
placed in the Dallas County Jail at this
prison the Kansas State Penitentiary
Bailey and ten other convicts staged a
sensational escape on Memorial Day here
is the spot where Bailey and his
comrades went over the wall in their
dash for freedom
Bailey chose another holiday Labor Day
to make a daring escape from the death
cell in the Dallas County Jail with the
aid of a jailer and an outsider
Bailey secured sawblades and a pistol
selecting a time when everything was
favorable he succeeded in gaining his
freedom taking the jailer with him and
forcing him to secure his car from a
nearby garage he started his mad dash he
eluded officers until he reached Ardmore
Oklahoma there's Bailey now getting gas
he sees the officers at the same time
they spot him around he swings and heads
in the opposite direction with a good
lead over the officers who were going 7
miles an hour back they come in a
thrilling chase through the busy streets
of Ardmore is begun
just four hours after one of the most
daring breaks in the history of the
Dallas County Jail
Harvey Bailey's mad flight came to a
dramatic end crashing a wheel on a sharp
turn he was taken into custody by
Ardmore officers without a struggle
affected the capture of the notorious
criminal from left to right Raymond
shoemaker chief Hale done and is again
in the custody of the law Harvey J
Bailey America's number one bad boy in
the meantime at this rooming house in
Denver detectives and federal agents
captured Albert Bates identified by the
earth shows as one of these abductors
the testimony showed that faith lived at
these apartment houses under the names
of George L Davis and the old salesmen
and from here he communicated with Kelly
Jordan Katherine Kelly in their wild ash
from state to state city to city pause
long enough in Chicago to pen a couple
of stairs this letter threatening
murderous death to Ursula and his family
if the Shannons were convicted was
signed with kelly fingerprints here's
the home of kr Tichenor in Memphis
Tennessee where Machine Gun Kelly and
his wife were captured by a heavily
armed squadron of police and federal
agents
Detective Sergeant William Rainey who
risked a barrage of machine-gun bullets
when he knocked on the door of Kelly and
captured the most wanted man in America
and here they are George and Katherine
at the showdown an unbeatable pair until
they were called by the Aces of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
following close on the heels of the
capture of the Kelly's in Memphis
federal and local officers acting upon a
tip made a midnight visit September 26th
to the farm of cat Coleman said by Cass
Coleman agents proceeded to this old
well in the middle of a cotton patch
where they recovered 73 thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars of the ercel
ransom money Kelly and Coleman had
buried a few days previous it took them
an hour to counted the money was too hot
for Kelly to handle I wonder how he
expected it to cool off in a thermos jug
here comes Charles Emerson the victim of
the world's most astounding kidnap plot
he takes a seat beside his wife his
extreme courage in the face of threats
of death is America's challenge to
gangland
the trial is over and the jury has
reached a verdict
thus Uncle Sam rolled up his sleeves and
dealt gangland the swift decisive blow
judge Edgar F box say defendants house
above they have a table then I'll be
Shannon 4l shatters almond flour
challenge doublet Berman and Clifford
Kelly will please back
this case
the jury has returned the verdict of
giving the court is of the opinion that
this verdict is foolish sustained but if
and while it is not the present duty for
a court even in the face of a verdict of
guilty to impose a sentence that
surprised one of his Liberty yet there
are times when duty requires that one
assume the fair responsibility of his
office there are some things that I
might call to your attention this
morning something needs more at stake in
the trial of this case I'm the mayor
punished no smoking in the fourth degree
something is more at stake than the mere
punishment for its crime that's been
committed in this case the question
before the American people today is
whether or not time will be recognized
as an occupation or profession or
whether the people will enforce the laws
of this nation as they are written so
far as this Court is concerned it's his
purpose to try to enforce the laws as
there is therefore the judgment of this
court that Albert lb be sentenced to the
federal penitentiary for the term of his
natural life it's the judgment of this
court that Harvard gave is be sentenced
to the federal penitentiary
for the term of his natural life it's
the judgment of this court that RG
channels be sentenced to the federal
penitentiary for the term of his natural
judgment of this court that order era
Chanin be sentenced to the federal
penitentiary for the term of her natural
life it's the judgment of this court
that time and Shanna's the attendance to
the federal penitentiary for a period of
ten years but that sentence will be
suspended during good behavior and you
will be paroled to miss Gilbert
the
one of the attorneys who represented you
and he for ten years will make the
report for this court once every six
months
as to your tonga if your conduct is what
it should be and you violate no laws
either state or federal
otherwise you're in the jurisdiction of
this court and you may be called in to
serve this sentence at such time as the
court may direct i'ma say in this
respect that the government of the
United States has made repeated request
that the court expands minions of you
might further advocates request has been
made by every member of the jury that
sounds you give as to the defendants the
Edward Berman and Clifford Skelly who
are each sentenced to serve a term of
five years in the federal penitentiary
execution as to I G Shannon will be
stayed for a period of 60 days upon the
execution of the bond satisfactory to
this court in the term of $10,000 even
in the face of almost certain
convictions Kelly making his air of
braggadocio nonchalant this was
considerably disturbed however by a
severe pistol-whipping which he received
at the hands of one of the federal
guards after starting something he
couldn't finish he was warned that at
any further show of violence he would be
shocked
this warning evidently had the desired
effect because George was very reckful
of the federal officers for the balance
of the trial look at the knot on his
head he has another one on the back and
his yellow dyed hair was streaked with
his own blood as they appeared in court
a wiser and a more
dude man it's the judgment of the court
to charge our killer he sentenced to the
federal penitentiary for the time of his
arrest
now we introduce the nation's youngest
United States District Attorney Herbert
K Hine of the western district of all I
have done requested to say a few words
in connection with the Herschel kidnap
trial yeah we're here in Oklahoma City
Weston district 76 days ago child
officials one of our prominent citizens
of Oklahoma City was abducted and
kidnapped from his birth today seven
people were sentenced to the
penitentiary for the commission of this
crime this should serve as a notice to
those who would violate and satisfy our
federal law that no individual or group
of individual is more powerful than the
federal government these people who
became famous or rather infamous
overnight will soon be forgotten by the
world and will spend the rest of their
lives within the grim gray walls of
prison sirens screams and an armored
carpet they are going for ride
the inevitable destination of the Laura
you