Chapter 27 chapter 2

The path turned a corner along the shore of the lake, and it was a section parallel to a canal.The aqueduct connects Wharf Lake to Hyde Lake to the west, where it crosses the north-south Pennsylvania Monorail through a culvert into a sewer beneath the tracks. While walking, Tony Mankowski stopped suddenly.He thought he was dazzled, so he walked to the culvert for a closer look.At this time, he heard a mechanical sound of clanging and rattling, and two small patrol cars were coming from north to south along the Pennsylvania Railroad.Tony ran onto the railroad, yelling in Polish.No one could understand his words, but his terrified expression made the people in the car understand that something must have happened.

The four on the patrol car were Foreman Paul Kolff and his railway signalmen, who were making their daily morning rounds.Paul jumped out of the car and followed Tony, looking in the direction he pointed. "My God!" Paul cried. "What's going on?" asked the person in the car, jumping out of the car as well. "It seems that someone has drowned." The deceased fell upside down in the pipe at the mouth of the culvert, with his feet sticking out.Paul jumped into the knee-deep water, and his mates, along with Tony, assisted in dragging the body out to the ground.

The deceased was a boy, naked, his face and other parts of his body had a different complexion, which had turned brown-gray. Someone brought a rain-proof canvas from the patrol car, and Paul Corff ordered his men to carry the body to the car while he checked around the culverts and drains.He originally wanted to find out if there were any clothes for the child, but there was none, and he only found a pair of glasses on the ground. The signalmen suspected Tony Mankowski had anything to do with the dead man, so they pushed him into the patrol car as well, and the group of five—six if you count the unidentified dead man—continued south. .When they arrived at Hedzic, they stopped to call the police, and then waited on the spot according to the instructions of the police officers on duty.

While they were waiting, Paul Kerff pulled the glasses out of his pocket.It was a pair of elegant glasses at the time, with round lenses and dark tortoiseshell frames.Paul tried to put his glasses on the bridge of his nose, squinting and looking around, feeling dazed.Another signalman, Walter Nieter, took it over. Seeing that there was some mud on the glasses, he took out a large handkerchief from his tool pocket to wipe it off, and then put it on again.Although a little small, it still fits.Paul Kerff said, "Then you take it." One of the police officers who came to receive the body knew Polish and had no trouble taking down Tony Mankowski's testimony.The deceased had some wounds on his head, and the police asked if they were cut when he was dragged out of the culvert.The signalmen and Paul looked at each other, but no one knew.The police then began to teach them that they should not move the body without authorization and destroy the scene before calling the police.Did you find anything else?Paul Kerff remembered and said there was still a pair of glasses.Where?Walter Neat has it.

Walter Neat reluctantly took out his glasses.The policeman looked at it, wrote down a few words in his notebook, and then put his glasses into his police uniform pocket.Afterwards, Walter complained to Paul and said: "Why did you tell him that he has a pair of glasses?" The police sent the body directly to the Ollinishaka Funeral Home on 133rd Street and Houston Road, where they were received by the owner's wife, Mrs. Ollinishaka.After signing the relevant documents, the police handed over the pair of glasses to her, saying they were belongings of the deceased.Mrs. Olinishaka placed her glasses near the corpse's head.

About 10 miles north of the funeral home, the doorbell rang at Fanks' home, and a postman delivered a special post.Jacob Fanks hastily tore open the envelope and pulled out two types of letter paper: Dear Sir: By now, you should no longer suspect that your son has been kidnapped.First allow us to tell you that he is doing well and safe.As long as you strictly follow our instructions in this letter, as well as other instructions we may give you in the future, you need not fear him any harm at all.However, should you deviate, even by the slightest amount, from carrying out these instructions, our punishment for you will be his death.

1. Due to well-known reasons, you must never get in touch with the police or private detectives.If you've done that, let them do their own research and you must never mention the letter to them. 2. Prepare 10,000 U.S. dollars before noon today. The currency units are: 2,000 with a face value of 20 U.S. dollars, and 8,000 with a face value of 50 U.S. dollars.All banknotes must be old notes that have been used.Any attempt to insert new coins or secretly mark the ransom payment will abort the entire exchange plan. 3. Please put the ransom in a large cigar box, if not, a strong cardboard box will do.Wrap the outside of the box with white paper.All gaps in the wrapping paper must be sealed with sealing wax.

4. After preparing the ransom according to the above instructions, please wait at home from 1 o'clock.Take care that no one is using the phone. We will instruct you on further action. Again, this is a very serious deal.If we have reason to believe that you have made any errors in carrying out the above instructions, our threat to you will become actual action. However, if you strictly follow the instructions in this letter, we guarantee that your son will return to you safe and sound within 6 hours of receiving the ransom. your loyal george johnson GKR Mrs. Fankers, Flora, fainted again after reading the letter.Jacob hurriedly sent for the doctor, and at the same time called the lawyer, Samuel Ittoson.Samuel told him to go to the bank to withdraw money immediately, and he went to the police station to find an acquaintance.

Mr. Fanks drove to the bank in the city center and withdrew the money as requested in the kidnapper's letter.When a reporter for the Chicago Tribune later wrote about this passage, he added some dramatic descriptions: "The young bank clerk stared in amazement at the tired and haggard old man before him, put down the rustling new He reached out to pick up the worn-out old coins. After the customer turned and left, the clerk shook his head helplessly at his back."