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Police Charge Man Had Pretended To Play With Four Youngsters Lawrence, Mass. May 31 (P) A 3h year old father was held to the grand jury in $20,000 bail to pay on a charge he attempted to murder his four children while Pretending to play a game with them. . . The action was taken against James” M. Ryley in district court after he was declared sang by ‘physicians: at the Danvers State “Hospital.\ . Ryley entered a plea of In nocence. : » Patrolman Williem HH. Ludwig o gave the court this version of the circumstances: On the night of, last April 24, “Ryley went home with a box con taining seven pieces of candy. He gave each of ‘the four chil dren gue Piece and told ‘them. he o would then tie them” to kitchen chairs—the first one to break loose “would ..get the remaining three pieces of candy. Ludwig said James,13, the oldest of the children, told them that While they were tied to the chairs the father turned on the gas gets on the range and a water heater. . Just then, Ludwig quoted James further, the telephone rang and Ryley went to answer it .While his father talked on the telephone, James said he broke loose and ran to summon neighbors despite his father's attempts to stop him. ‘ All the children’ recovered.
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Morning Herald
Hagerstown, Maryland, US
Thu, Jun 01, 1950
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