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English: Alleged ransom note sent as part of the hoax kidnapping of Aimee Semple McPherson. The note was was lost by police in October 1926. Text reads: "San Francisco, May 18th, Temple Angelus, Los Angeles – We have with us your beloved Aimee McPherson and will free her on payment of 500,000.00 in currency to be paid, at once in this manner. She has injured us and must pay in money or blood. Select your man and have him take a seat in the Palace Hotel Lobby, next Saturday and wear this badge on the lappel [sic] of his coat and he will be approached by one of our men and instructed what to do. He must be secretive or we will not be responsible for his life. No dicks must follow him. Get busy at once. We mean business. Saturday at 11 o'clock. Revengers." |
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| Source | https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002cwk53 |
| Author | Unknown author |
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