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Name and location of repository
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Item
Title
N602-3
Date(s)
- 1936-12-28 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
A child's dial typewriter used for ransom note, with a hand operating it. Photograph ordered by the Seattle Star. On December 27, 1936, Charles Mattson was kidnapped by an armed and masked intruder at his parents' home at 4605 No. Verde. The ransom note left behind appeared to be typed on a child's typing machine or made with a child's letter stamps. The note contained less than 25 words and demanded $28,000 ransom. Misspellings were corrected with pen and ink. (T. Times 12/28/1936- 1/25/1937, pg. 1) (filed with Argentum)
Kidnappings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Mattson, Charles--Kidnappings;