Hide Article Text (OCR)
iISought Money From Manufacturer ,giPortland, Me., Oct. 20.—lt;,n— tc Federal Bureau of Investigation n] operatives today lodged PJerrc J. pt Slraard, 49, of lt;12 Highland Ave., Auburn In county Jail on extortion charges, the c'Imrfx to a probe of threatening Id ters demanding $1,-000 from Walter V. QuLmann, It wealthy Aubum manufacturer.Slmard was arrested last night In front of a Lewiston drug store ^ niter he allegedly had Instructed a I taxicab driver to collect a “pack- at age from Cuttnann and make de-Uvery to Slmard at the store. thi v.letie^ Qutmann received. m5 special agent of 5 the FBI in New England, said at corSlmard, the father of three chil- 1 drcn, It as unemployed shoe worker, tin He will be arraigned here tomor- drc or. A former commander of the .. in American Legion's Alden M. Gayton — )V Post ol Auburn. Slmard also served — as adjutant of ,hc Legion s Andros-4 coggin County CounclL He is not now a Legionnaire.= . Police Chief Robert W. Herrick of Auburn revealed that Gutxnann’s —lt; pretentious home had been guarded several days by a special policeman 1 a?frx. r.cc**5t of th« first letter. which Herrick turned over to the . FBI.Since July, ,?etcrson said Gut-- mann, head of the Worumbo Manufacturing Co., had received seven * -letters and numerous telephone calls demanding the money as an a “assessment” by Hitler. aIn Une with instructions In the rtai letters, Gutmann had inserted two thri I advertisements m newspapers offer- tnn tag rewards for recovery of a brown ,T” bulldog and a wriatwatch to notlfv HJ® the extortionist of his willingness to meet the demands.I . Typewritten on cheap paper, the £? it- letters were spaced out about two er*: He weeks apart anc each one threaten- * ^ ed damage of Qutmann’s home and cnc CConttnued_oa Jpaga 4-OoVfT ‘ «
Newspaper Details
Daily Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Maine, US
Mon, Oct 21, 1940
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Margaret C.
ME, USA 04 Nov 2018
Other Publications Near Augusta, Maine
Daily Kennebec Journal
Kennebec Journal
