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Ransom found
Ransom found

Ransom found

Date9/12/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ransom found: Police found the $200;000 paid for the release of kidnapped Mrs. Mary Nelles less than 100 yards from this Footes Bay cottage yesterday.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0120415F
Good news: D. G. Farncomb (centre) hears happy report from Police Chief James Mackey (right): His 6-year-old daughter Mary, abducted for ransom on her way to school, has been found safe
Good news: D. G. Farncomb (centre) hears happy report from Police Chief James Mackey (right): His 6-year-old daughter Mary, abducted for ransom on her way to school, has been found safe
5/11/1967
Postal driver abducted. Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off. Police found the abandoned mail t(...)
Postal driver abducted. Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off. Police found the abandoned mail t(...)
3/6/1979
The fingerprint of Bernard Lortie (left) was the only fingerprint found in the car in whose trunk Quebec labor minister Pierre Laporte's body was disc(...)
The fingerprint of Bernard Lortie (left) was the only fingerprint found in the car in whose trunk Quebec labor minister Pierre Laporte's body was disc(...)
1/4/1971
Scared little girl: Annie Trieu, 3, was found in a dark church basement five hours after being abducted from a Metro department store recently
Scared little girl: Annie Trieu, 3, was found in a dark church basement five hours after being abducted from a Metro department store recently
11/25/1990
FLQ communique found last night was in this trash can in Montreal, says radio station CKAC reporter Jacques Payacx, who shows how he rummaged through (...)
FLQ communique found last night was in this trash can in Montreal, says radio station CKAC reporter Jacques Payacx, who shows how he rummaged through (...)
10/27/1970
Policeman searches ground for spent cartridges
Policeman searches ground for spent cartridges
6/14/1976
Sgt. Richard Gooding (left) and Staff Sgt. Robert Dougall lead suspect in attempted kidnapping of John Craig Eaton's 14-year-old daughter, Signy, into(...)
Sgt. Richard Gooding (left) and Staff Sgt. Robert Dougall lead suspect in attempted kidnapping of John Craig Eaton's 14-year-old daughter, Signy, into(...)
6/15/1976
Sentenced to life
Sentenced to life
9/30/1976
Constable Greg-Robbins of Deep River police shows Robert Eskens, 12, a message from the boy's parents in Ajax after he was rescued. Robbins, who shot (...)
Constable Greg-Robbins of Deep River police shows Robert Eskens, 12, a message from the boy's parents in Ajax after he was rescued. Robbins, who shot (...)
1/8/1974
Accused Kidnapper Wayne Lockhart, 22, is helped from wheelchair into police cruiser by Det
Accused Kidnapper Wayne Lockhart, 22, is helped from wheelchair into police cruiser by Det
1/8/1974
Crime - Kidnapping - Eskens, Robert
Crime - Kidnapping - Eskens, Robert
1/8/1974
A Smiling Mary Farncomb, the 6-year-old kindergarten pupil who was abducted for three hours yesterday, walks happily to John Ross Robertson school beh(...)
A Smiling Mary Farncomb, the 6-year-old kindergarten pupil who was abducted for three hours yesterday, walks happily to John Ross Robertson school beh(...)
5/12/1967