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Greenlease Kidnapping — Part 1

77 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Kidnapping & Ransom · Topic: Greenlease Kidnapping · 76 pages OCR'd
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SL 47-29 <Q. What did you do when you found him in this condition? Ae T had to bury hin. 7 ; oon Q Where didyou bury him? 7 : A. In the back yard. "I took a religious medal off BOBBY and later sent it ina note to BOBBY's family. I covered up the spot where BOBBY was . buried with dirt and I told BONNIE HEADY to go buy some flowers eA a fae a eee eee ee as I wanted to.set out a flower bed. BOWNIE. HEADY bought the flowers and I planted them in a day or so where I had buried BOBBY GREENLEASE . wy ralled the G EENLE EASE three pay stations in Kansas City a balked with on one man an named LEDTERUAN I told Mr. LEDTERMAN I had BOBBY and that he was safe. I told — Mr. LEDTERMAN that BOBBY would be returned safely if $600,000 were paid in tens and twenties. I told him I wanted them in Federal At at ; ° E 8 qa eso Punm torn len Fe daral Besant i eS ey LAVA VD POoMGL os Loot. ¥ "I sent Mr. GREENLEASE a letter andplaced it in the U. 5S. Mail at Kansas City, Missouri and told him in the Mter that if he ware going to make a contact he should place the ad "meet me in Chinsenll in tha VWanene MAtsr Stan Un TOUNnTTDWAN wart oA ten le we 1 wid he ES Bhi WILD Leip adw Wak uy whl © Mee LEVI EIAL RellevOow Le ancw ah BOBBY could answer certain questions. Mr. LEDTERMAN asked me to ask BOBBY the name of his chauffeur. ; \ ®I told them to put a white flag on the car aerial _for twenty — wet we ae thor wees ol and on ae BE te wes minutes and they wele to MILVS up and dow Matt. Street be tween 26th and 39th Streets. I dm't know whether they followed these instructions as I wasn't there and depended upon the ad in the papers I wanted to test them and made another call and talked to Mr. LEDTERMAN again and told him we would try again. I told him to go out Highway 69 and get a note-underneath a sign, some view signe I placed the note there and I saw LEDTERMAN get the note. T was in uy car. "The next contact was made by telephone and this tim I told him to go to the corner andpick up a note. In the meantime I was worried because J knew BOBBY GREENLEASE was dead but Is till tried to éollect, and the final arrangements were that Mr. LEDTERMAN would place the $600,000 about ten miles east of Kansas City on Route 0 on side road 1OE. The money was in an Army duffel bag and was placed on the side of a bridge. I didn't see anyone following him Sete hate Gates EEL a a 9 LECT, TO SR NN apne a Ay) TDs ener ee arene op emma e
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