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well, the mineral taste of the water, the fowls and animals around the houses, and the chain to which he had been handcuffed. The Shannons were questioned thoroughly and readily admitted that Urschel had been held at their residences and that they stood guard over him, and advised that he was kidnaped by George Kelly and Albert L. Bates. Bates, a hardened criminal with a lengthy criminal record, was taken into custody at Denver, Colorado, on August 12, 1933, on a local charge. At the time of his arrest had in his possession $66o, later identified by Bureau Agents as part of the Urschel ransom money. He also had a machine gun. The serial numbers of the ransom bills had been circulated to banks throughout the United States and a number of these bills. had been exchanged at the Hennepin State Bank at Minneapolis,. Minnesota. Investigation there disclosed that Sam Frederick, a truck driver of the wolk Transfer Company. had presented $I,000 of the ransom money to that bank. Frederick was immediately located and revealed that on August 5, 1933, his boss, Charles wolk, requested him to accompany two unknown men to the bank, where he obtained a cashier's check under the name of S. H. Peters in the amount of $l,8oo, which he immediately gave to the two unknown individuals. Wolk, upon interview, stated that on August 5 he received a telephone call from a person known to him as "Barney" who requested him to get a cashier's check from a bank for $l,8o0; that subsequent to this call "Barney" with an unknown individual came to his office and requested that he accompany them to the bank for the purpose of obtaining a cashier's check; and that he did not go with them but sent his driver, Sam Frederick. It later developed that the cashier's check had been presented for payment by Peter Valder, who upon interview, advised that he was well acquainted with Barney Berman and that on August 2 Dakota, with the request that he cash the same, which he did; that on August 5 the First National Bank.and Trust Company of Minneapolis called him and advised that this check had been returned marked "insufficient funds." He then advised Berman and he gave him a cashier's check drawn to the order of S. H. Peters on the Hennepin State Bank of Minneapolis in the amount of $l,s0o and requested him to take out the $l,ooo check which had been marked "insufficient funds" and to get the balance of $soo in $ioo bills. It was also discovered that on August 7, 1933, $500 of the Urschel ransom money was deposited in the First National Bank at Minneapolis by Sam Kronick. He was later located and