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and a typewritten note directed to Mr. Catlett demanding that he proceed to Oklahoma City imnediately and not comnunicate 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,O00.00) in GENUINE USED FEDERAL RESERVE CURRENCY in the denOmination of TWENTY DOLLAR ($20.00) Bi1ls. It will be useless for you to attempt taking notes of SERIAL NUMBERS MAKING UP DUMMY PACKAGE, OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE LINE OF ATTEMPTED DOUBLE CROSS. BEAR THIS IN MIND, CHARLES F. URSCHEL WILL REMAIN IN OUR CUSTODY UNTIL MONEY HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND EXCHANGED AND FURTHERMORE WILL BE AT THE SCENE OF CONTACT FOR PAY-OFF AND IF THERE SHOULD BE ANY ATTEMPT AT ANY DOUBLE XX IT WILL BE IE THAT SUFFERS THE CONSEQUENCE. RUN THIS AD FOR ONE WEEK IN DAILY OKLAHOMAN. 'FoR sALE---l60 Acres Land, good five room house, deep well. Also Cows, Tools, Tractor, Corn and Hay. 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-8o7, was received. It was from Joplin, Missouri. A letter. to Kirkpatrick read in part:. "...You will paCk TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,O00.00) in USED GENUINE FEDERAL 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 (The Sooner) which departs at 10:lo p.m. 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 wili observe a Fire