Post by bookrefuge on Sept 29, 2012 7:23:09 GMT -5
From the “Laundering Ransom” thread:
I do not know if this 1932 newspaper report was accurate or not. The implication—one I have found rather intriguing--is that one of the accomplices “got out of Dodge” by leaving the country on the first ship to Europe.
I hired a genealogist who procured the April 3, 1932 Scythia passenger list for me. I have reproduced it below. No name jumps out at me, but maybe one will for Michael. My researcher told me that the Scythia was basically an immigrant ship. This is, in fact, the ship by which the Whateleys reached the US. The eastbound passenger list for April 3, 1932, was a short one. The names are very “UK” and not Germanic.
As some of you know, I have been interested in the theory that James P. Warburg might have been behind the kidnapping. He stated in his memoirs that he sailed to Europe in April 1932, so naturally I was curious if he sailed on that voyage of the Scythia.
He did not. The Scythia was not his style of ship. I had my researcher look into it, and she found that Warburg sailed on the high-class Europa, which arrived in England April 7. By searching old newspapers online, I then found that the Europa departed New York on the evening of April 1st—about 24 hours before the ransom was passed. That’s cutting it mighty close, and it doesn’t eliminate the possibility of a role by Warburg, but he was definitely not the one who carried those notes across the Atlantic.
For those who may be interested, here is the passenger list for the Scythia, April 3, 1932. Of course, only those who boarded in (B) Boston would be a potential carrier of the bills.
1. Dalby Margaret NY
2. Findlay Winifred NY
3. Findlay Joan NY
4. Findlay Elizabeth NY
5. Gaiter William NY
6. Heron Thomas NY
7. Harris Ronald NY
8. Ketteridge George NY
9. Ketteridge Euncice NY
10. McCann William NY
11. McCann William NY
12. McCann Annie NY
13. Mulloy Catherine NY
14. Owens Eina Olwen NY
15. O’Connor Arthur NY
16. O’Connor Annie NY
17. Raleigh James NY
18. Sweeney Ellen NY
19. Toolan Thomas NY
20. McCarthy Marie NY
21. Brewer Margaret B
22. McMahon Annie B
23. McDonald Robert B
24. Robinson Eleanor B
25. Shaw Joseph B
26. Wilkinson Wilfred B
27. Wilkinson Donald B
28. Wilkinson Dorken B
29. Wilkinson Beverly B
30. Wilkinson Betty B
31. Wilkinson Fanny B
32. Wilkinson Wilfred B
33. Carr Harry NY
34. Harrison Louis NY
35. Williams Elizabeth NY
36. Williams Megan NY
37. Uhl Marjorie NY
38. Uhl Josephine NY
39. Williams Elizabeth NY
40. Williams Megan NY
41. Uhl Marjorie NY
42. Uhl Josephine NY
43. McCarthy Marie NY
44. Ashley Stephen NY
45. Ashley Elsie NY
46. Ashley John NY
47. Cornwall Clarie NY
48. Calvert Albert B
49. Freeman Sarah B
50. Oliver Dorothy NY
51. Waring Hilda B
52. Yates Lucas B
53. Boyd Patricia NY
54. Crudon Herbert B
55. Coverdale Mary B
56. Freeman Lilian NY
57. Cowland Isabella NY
58. Ray Elizabeth B
59. Kaye Fred NY
60. Kaye Mary NY
61. Smith Charles NY
62. Smith Hewitt NY
63. Smith Albert NY
64. Smith Lloyd NY
65. Bentley, Jasper John NY
66. Bentley Michael NY
67. Bentley Zara NY
68. Bentley Kathleen NY
69. Braly James B
70. Duncan Andrew NY
71. Davey Archibald NY
72. Esson Marie Mabel B
73. Esson Jean B
74. Fisher Charles B
75. Grant George NY
76. Hart William NY
77. Laberge Milly NY
78. MacPhail Laura NY
79. Newman Edith B
80. Paterson Donald NY
81. Paterson Mary NY
82. Rigby Eva NY
83. Rigby Yvette NY
84. Shelley Malcolm NY
85. Sinclair Rosabelle NY
86. Smith James NY
87. Smith Peter NY
88. Smith Herman NY
89. Shelley Diana NY
90. Eland Emily B
91. Barns Hattie B
92. Macy Ralph NY
93. Richards Grace B
94. Stansell Katrina NY
95. Wright Kate NY
96. Bartol Ann B
97. Healy Ethel
98. Healy Helen
April 13, 1932: LONDON REPORTS RANSOM MONEY/ San Antonio Light and Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune/(AP)
In London today, the Daily Mail said Scotland Yard swung into action after learning some of the LKC banknotes had been changed there. Detectives here are puzzled over how they could have got there. The money was paid out about 7pm April 2. The liner Scythia called from New York about 11am that day, touching at Boston from which it departed April 3rd for England. Investigators thought the money may have been hurried to Boston from New York in time to catch the Liner.
In London today, the Daily Mail said Scotland Yard swung into action after learning some of the LKC banknotes had been changed there. Detectives here are puzzled over how they could have got there. The money was paid out about 7pm April 2. The liner Scythia called from New York about 11am that day, touching at Boston from which it departed April 3rd for England. Investigators thought the money may have been hurried to Boston from New York in time to catch the Liner.
I do not know if this 1932 newspaper report was accurate or not. The implication—one I have found rather intriguing--is that one of the accomplices “got out of Dodge” by leaving the country on the first ship to Europe.
I hired a genealogist who procured the April 3, 1932 Scythia passenger list for me. I have reproduced it below. No name jumps out at me, but maybe one will for Michael. My researcher told me that the Scythia was basically an immigrant ship. This is, in fact, the ship by which the Whateleys reached the US. The eastbound passenger list for April 3, 1932, was a short one. The names are very “UK” and not Germanic.
As some of you know, I have been interested in the theory that James P. Warburg might have been behind the kidnapping. He stated in his memoirs that he sailed to Europe in April 1932, so naturally I was curious if he sailed on that voyage of the Scythia.
He did not. The Scythia was not his style of ship. I had my researcher look into it, and she found that Warburg sailed on the high-class Europa, which arrived in England April 7. By searching old newspapers online, I then found that the Europa departed New York on the evening of April 1st—about 24 hours before the ransom was passed. That’s cutting it mighty close, and it doesn’t eliminate the possibility of a role by Warburg, but he was definitely not the one who carried those notes across the Atlantic.
For those who may be interested, here is the passenger list for the Scythia, April 3, 1932. Of course, only those who boarded in (B) Boston would be a potential carrier of the bills.
1. Dalby Margaret NY
2. Findlay Winifred NY
3. Findlay Joan NY
4. Findlay Elizabeth NY
5. Gaiter William NY
6. Heron Thomas NY
7. Harris Ronald NY
8. Ketteridge George NY
9. Ketteridge Euncice NY
10. McCann William NY
11. McCann William NY
12. McCann Annie NY
13. Mulloy Catherine NY
14. Owens Eina Olwen NY
15. O’Connor Arthur NY
16. O’Connor Annie NY
17. Raleigh James NY
18. Sweeney Ellen NY
19. Toolan Thomas NY
20. McCarthy Marie NY
21. Brewer Margaret B
22. McMahon Annie B
23. McDonald Robert B
24. Robinson Eleanor B
25. Shaw Joseph B
26. Wilkinson Wilfred B
27. Wilkinson Donald B
28. Wilkinson Dorken B
29. Wilkinson Beverly B
30. Wilkinson Betty B
31. Wilkinson Fanny B
32. Wilkinson Wilfred B
33. Carr Harry NY
34. Harrison Louis NY
35. Williams Elizabeth NY
36. Williams Megan NY
37. Uhl Marjorie NY
38. Uhl Josephine NY
39. Williams Elizabeth NY
40. Williams Megan NY
41. Uhl Marjorie NY
42. Uhl Josephine NY
43. McCarthy Marie NY
44. Ashley Stephen NY
45. Ashley Elsie NY
46. Ashley John NY
47. Cornwall Clarie NY
48. Calvert Albert B
49. Freeman Sarah B
50. Oliver Dorothy NY
51. Waring Hilda B
52. Yates Lucas B
53. Boyd Patricia NY
54. Crudon Herbert B
55. Coverdale Mary B
56. Freeman Lilian NY
57. Cowland Isabella NY
58. Ray Elizabeth B
59. Kaye Fred NY
60. Kaye Mary NY
61. Smith Charles NY
62. Smith Hewitt NY
63. Smith Albert NY
64. Smith Lloyd NY
65. Bentley, Jasper John NY
66. Bentley Michael NY
67. Bentley Zara NY
68. Bentley Kathleen NY
69. Braly James B
70. Duncan Andrew NY
71. Davey Archibald NY
72. Esson Marie Mabel B
73. Esson Jean B
74. Fisher Charles B
75. Grant George NY
76. Hart William NY
77. Laberge Milly NY
78. MacPhail Laura NY
79. Newman Edith B
80. Paterson Donald NY
81. Paterson Mary NY
82. Rigby Eva NY
83. Rigby Yvette NY
84. Shelley Malcolm NY
85. Sinclair Rosabelle NY
86. Smith James NY
87. Smith Peter NY
88. Smith Herman NY
89. Shelley Diana NY
90. Eland Emily B
91. Barns Hattie B
92. Macy Ralph NY
93. Richards Grace B
94. Stansell Katrina NY
95. Wright Kate NY
96. Bartol Ann B
97. Healy Ethel
98. Healy Helen