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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1953

Page

3

Kidnaping case grips nation in Greenlease saga

A sprawling investigation into the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping and murder centers on Hall and Mrs Heady in St Louis and Kansas City. FBI shifted blame to Marsh as investigators weigh if a two person team acted alone. The Greenlease family faced long negotiations, ransom drops, and police pursuit as federal and state charges accumulate.

Little Bobby St. Louis Heady Hall Marsh Kansas City FBI Wall Ring PEI Thomas John Marsh Linder Long Tall Robert, Co. Greenlease Robert Ledterman Greenlease Ledterman Jackson County Pittsburg Kan Bobby Lecherman Norbert Oneill Pittsburgh Lederman Sandra O'Day O'Day Hesdy Trresis Istol St. Joseph, Mp French Institute Notre Dame de Sion St. Joseph Ware L. Dowd Bobby Greenleage TWA Federal Reserve Bobby Greenlease Eisenhower Thery ' i Cone 4 FBT Ist. Louis jAnny Gaffe Will Belhepers Arthur K. Eisenhower Ty A Clelen Commerce Robert Greeniease Robert Letterman Ledtermann Kidnipers Letterman Paul Greenjease Mlllionaire Robert T. Moore Oklahoma City

Hunted Man Known as Village Bum in Turner Station

Neighbors describe fugitive Tom John Marsh, linked to the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping case, as a village bum who avoids work and drinks constantly. Marsh, 37, has a troubled family history with an immobilized father and two brothers who reportedly ran him off months ago.

Turner Station Tom John Marsh Bobby ‘Greenlease Marsh

Genteel Mrs Heady Revealed as Noted Criminal Past

Neighbors in St Joseph watch as police search Mrs Heady’s tidy bungalow yard for the body of six year old Bobby Greenetease. The former prostitute and widow of a Southwestern gunman, once wife of a stock broker, reportedly carries a 20 year criminal record.

ST. Joseph Bonnie Brown O'Malley Bonnie

One Talent of Kidnapper Traps Him One Talent of Kidnapper Traps Him

Court records in Missouri and Kansas reveal Carl Austin Hall spent a $200,000 inheritance before turning criminal to gain more. His $5890 ransom in the Bobby Greenlease case yielded the largest sum yet, yet his spendthrift ways led to his downfall. Hall’s life featured military school, a failed Marine stint, armed robbery arrests, and a parole release before he used the Greenlease case to net half a million, ending with police suspicion after a wild hotel spree in St. Louis.

St, Louis Carl Austin Hall Missouri Kansas Bobby Greenlease Hall Kaftses Kemper Military Academy Boonville Robert Greenlease Marine I Corps Kingman Kan Kansas City St. Louis

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Comb Nation Ike Ward Colwell Arthur B. Eisenhower Sandra June O'Day Gary Hall Bonnie Brown Heady of &Ysar Associated Press Atty
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