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Ee ed ee 4 and a typewritten note directed to Mr. Catlett demanding that he proceed to Oklahoma City immediately and not communicate by telephone or otherwise with the Urschel family from Tulsa. The package_also contained a typewritten letter addressed to Mr. E. E. Kirkpatrick of Oklahoma City, which read in part: . "Immediately upon receipt of this letter you will proceed to obtain the sum of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,006.00) in GENUINE USED FEDERAL RESERVE CURRENCY in the denomination of TWENTY DOLLAR ($20.00) Bills. It will be useless for you to attempt taking notes | of SERIAL NUMBERS MAKING UP DUMMY PACKAGE, OR ANYTHING ELSE IN TUE LINE OF ATTEMPTED DOUBLE CROSS. EEAR THIS IN MIND, CHARLES F. URSCHEL WILL REMAIN IN OUR CUSTODY UNTIL MONEY HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND EXCHANGED AND FURTIERHORE WILL BE AT THE SCENE OF CONTACT FOR PAY-OFF AND IF THERE SHOULD BE ANY ATTEMPT AT ANY DOUBLE XX IT WILL BE liE THAT SUFFERS THE CONSEQUENCE. RUN THIS AD FOR ONE WEEK IN DATLY OKLAHOMAN. 'FOR SALE---160 Acres Land, good five room house, deep well. Also Cows, Tools, Tractor, Corn and Hay. $3750.00 for quick sale,.TERMS.. BOX ---" You will hear from us as soon as convenient after -insertion of AD." The ad was inserted. On July 28, an envelope addressed to the “Daily Oklahoman," Box H-807, was received. It was from Joplin, Missouri. A letter to Kirkpatrick read in part: ea alae. ".!..You will pack TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000.00) in USED GENUINE PEDERAL RESERVE NOTES OF TWENTY DOLLAR DENOMINATION in a suit- able LIGHT COLORED LEATHER BAG and have someone purchase transportation for you, including berth, aboard Train #23 (fhe Sooner) which departs at 10:10 pam. via the M. K. & T. Lines for Kansas City, Mo. You will ride on the OBSERVATION PLATFORM where you may be observed by some-one at some Station along the Line between Okla. City and K.C. Mo. If indication are alright, some-where along the Right-of-Way you will observe a Fire