Word: kidnapped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...insurance policy (adopted also by other surety companies) provides against losses through kidnaping robberies. Robber-kidnapers go to the home of the bank cashier, or other official, compel him to accompany them to the bank, to open the safe for them when the time-lock runs out. By the payment of a small extra premium, banks and businesses can protect themselves from such kidnap losses. National Surety Co. also wrote last week a suicide policy, said to be the first of its kind. A manufacturer (unspecified) wished to borrow $25,000 from his bank. As the business depended largely upon...