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This file concerns the 1935 kidnapping of nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser in Tacoma, Washington, and the FBI's investigation of unknown subjects. The released records include Tacoma office reports, Bureau memoranda, telegrams, press inquiries, and correspondence from Director J. Edgar Hoover. They contain a copy of the ransom letter demanding $200,000, the mailing envelope, and the FBI Laboratory's examination of the victim's handwriting, possible fingerprints, and the Corona portable typewriter used for the extortion letter. Records dated May and June 1935 also show the Bureau dispatching agents, seeking leads on possible local underworld figures, and making inquiries about individuals and vehicles.

FBI file number: 7-HQ-1367 | Documents span: 1935 | Released in 4 parts
Names in this file: George Weyerhaeuser, J. P. Weyerhaeuser Jr., J. Edgar Hoover, E. J. Connelley, F. J. Gillespie, Douglas McRae, Gambora, Earl Leo Beater
Subjects: kidnapping, ransom note, FBI Laboratory, Tacoma, extortion, typewriter examination