Chapter 28 Section 3

James Mulroy, a 24-year-old reporter for the Chicago Daily News, walked into the editor's office. "We've just received reliable information that Samuel Ittoson has a kidnapping case that hasn't been reported to the police." The editor said, "Go, dig up this story." But Samuel was unwilling to disclose, saying it was out of consideration for the safety of the hostages.James just spent his days in Etoson's office.It wasn't until he promised to keep it secret for the thousandth time that Samuel told him that it was the young son of the Fanks family who had been kidnapped.

When Jacob Fanks learned that it was a reporter who rang the doorbell, he was furious.At this moment, he really hated these all-pervasive inquisitors. When his life was at stake, he still dared to risk the world's displeasure in order to compose a small piece of news to please the public.Drive him away, Jacob ordered the servant. Not long after, the servant returned.I can't get him out, sir.He asked if you let him come in and wait with you, or let him sit on the curb and wait?He said, please think about it, if the kidnappers just drive by here and see a guy in a suit and leather shoes squatting on the sidewalk in front of your house, what will happen.

At this time, the "Chicago Daily News" received another message that a young boy about the age of Bobby Fanks was found drowned on the shore of Wolf Lake in Hedzic.More importantly, it is currently "unidentified".The editor-in-chief immediately sent another young reporter, Alvin Gerstein, to the Olinishaka funeral home to investigate, and soon got news. "From what we have learned, it is likely to be the same child as the young master of the Fanks family." The editor-in-chief said to Alvin on the phone, "James has already entered the Fanks family. You call and put Tell him again what you just said to me, and see how he can persuade the Fanks family to go to the funeral home for identification."

It was not yet one o'clock when Alvin Gerstein called Fanks' house, but Jacob Fanks gave James a hard look.Alvin told James that the young boy at the funeral home was about 10 or 11 years old, 5 feet tall, weighed about 100 pounds, and wore tortoiseshell-rimmed glasses. Or he was simply unwilling to consider the unacceptable possibility that the kidnappers had already torn up his ticket. Jacob shook his head like a rattle after hearing what James said: "No, no, that's not Bobby." Jacob insisted .One, Bobbi was bigger than the kid; two, Bobbi wasn't that heavy.Most importantly, Bobby doesn't wear glasses.What Jacob didn't say was that he didn't believe that the kidnappers would kill the children before receiving the ransom, which was too unreasonable.According to common sense, the purpose of kidnapping is to blackmail.The kidnappers would never be so stupid as to tear up the hostages and stuff them into some kind of culvert, and then turn around and ask the family members for money.

However, as time passed, the kidnappers did not call.At two-thirty in the afternoon, Samuel Itolson, acting as a lawyer, made a decision for Jacob, and decided that Bobby's uncle Edwin and James Mulroy should go to the funeral home together: "It may not be Bobby. than, but it’s always okay to look.” At 3 o'clock, the phone at Fanks' home finally rang, and Samuel, who was the closest, grabbed the receiver.The other party didn't even ask who was answering the phone here, and said, "This is Johnson. I sent a taxi to pick you up. Please get off at the pharmacy at 1465 East 63rd Street."

Samuel said, "Wait a minute, I'll put Mr. Fanks on the phone." "Johnson" repeated the same to Jacob.Perhaps because he was too nervous, Jacob hung up the phone and immediately forgot the address of the pharmacy.He asked Samuel, and the lawyer said that he didn't remember the number either, but only had the impression that it was on 63rd Street.The two looked at each other, not knowing what to do. The phone rang again, and this time it was Jacob who grabbed the receiver, thinking it was the kidnappers.No, it was Edwin, calling from the undertaker.Edwin said he saw the child.The child was none other than Bobby Fanks.

Now, instead of a drowning or an accident, the Hedžić police station was dealing with a kidnapping-murder case.Sergeant Edward Andison immediately summoned Tony Mankowski and the railroad signalmen to lead the way to the scene where the body was found.Sergeant Andison was annoyed along the way, complaining that Tony and the others shouldn't have gotten the body out of the culvert.Now this case has become an important case, but the scene and the corpse have changed beyond recognition. Isn't this deliberately adding to our confusion? The culvert was surrounded by lakes, woods, and open fields, and the nearest occupants were at least a mile away.The police spread out around the culvert, carefully searching every inch of the ground, but most of them returned empty-handed.

The mobilization of the police attracted curious passers-by in twos and threes.The investigators took the opportunity to ask them if anyone heard any strange noises or saw any suspicious signs the night before.Only one person said that when he came home from get off work at the Ford Motor Assembly Plant at 12:40 in the middle of the night, he saw three people walking and talking along the railway line. Just disappeared in the dark.Sergeant Edward Andison carefully noted down the physical attire of the three suspects, but soon discovered that this was just the first of several irrelevant clues received by the police in the following days. strip.

At 3:30, a yellow taxi pulled up to the house, and the maid who answered the door said she didn't think anyone in the house had called a cab.The driver hurriedly asked if this is No. 5052 Alice Road?Does Mr. Jacob Fanks live here?The maid asked him to wait.After a while, Samuel Itosun came out. "Who sent you here?" "A Mr. Fanks called for the car." "Do you know where to go?" "Mr. Fankers didn't say where he was going, only that he would be picked up at this address." When Samuel returned to the study, Jacob was hesitating whether he should still follow the taxi?Samuel advised, since the child is no longer there, there is no need for you to take this risk.Besides, none of us knew the address of that pharmacy.