Word: orthwein
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...names of the venerable Globe-Democrat or progressive (Pulitzer) Post-Dispatch come to mind. But throughout the past fortnight both great papers were soundly larruped on St. Louis' newstory-of-the-month - possibly its story of the year: the kidnapping and return of 13-year-old Adolphus Busch Orthwein, grandson of famed August A. Busch (TIME, Jan. 12). The sheet that ran away with the story was the loud, energetic St. Louis Star...
...family chauffeur bundled Adolphus Busch Orthwein, 13, grandson of President August A. Busch of Anheuser-Busch, Inc., into a limousine and started for a family party at the grandfather's house. As the car neared the highway entrance to the Percy J. Orthwein estate at Huntleigh Village, St. Louis suburb, a Negro jumped out of the shrubbery, brandished a revolver, ousted the chauffeur. Negro, child and limousine disappeared in the distance. The chauffeur hurried back afoot to spread the alarm...
Next day Father Orthwein received a call from one Pearl Abernathy, Negro realtor, who said: "I know where your son is, and I will trade you your boy for mine." Pearl was the father of the kidnapper, Charles Abernathy, 28, himself father of seven children...
Cried Mr. Orthwein: "For God's sake, is he alive...
...Orthwein having agreed not to prosecute Charles Abernathy, both sons returned from a distant house. But local police, no party to the agreement, arrested Pearl Abernathy, sought Charles Abernathy, who fled...