Thought he was invincible, huh? Interesting. Thank you.
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From: Randi <gftl(a)bluemarble.net>
To: INMONROE(a)rootsweb.com; INOWEN(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Sun, November 27, 2011 8:40:12 AM
Subject: [INOWEN] Calvin R. Worrall Sentenced to Prison
Owen County (Indiana) Democrat, March 18, 1915, p. 1.
SENTENCED TO PRISON
Former Indiana Legislator Sent to Prison for Kidnapping
A prison sentence of from one to 12 years has been imposed upon Calvin R.
Worrall, a former pension attorney of Bloomington, later in business in
Indianapolis, and well known in Owen County, who was sentenced for being in
a plot to kidnap two little girls at Tillamook, Ore., and hold them for
ransom. Worrall and another Oregon man employed a third man to kidnap the
children, according to word received here. The "go-between" laid the whole
plot before the sheriff at Tillamook and the foster father was informed.
The children were kidnapped, and the father wrote a check for $800 payable
to Worrall as ransom. The check was taken to the office of Worrall and
handed to him, but he refused to accept it, as he had seen the sheriff and
the woman talking together and became suspicious of the "trap." He was
found guilty of conspiracy.
Worrall was born and reared in Monroe County and was a member of the Monroe
County bar for many years. Afterward he formed the Monroe County Fair
Association and was its secretary for several terms. Later he devoted all
his time to the pension business. He served as a representative in the
State Legislature from his district in 1887. Before leaving Bloomington,
Worrall was divorced from Mrs. Worrall who is now a resident of
Indianapolis. Worrall went to Indianapolis himself and started an
employment bureau. He married the stenographer in his office who was an
Indianapolis girl; the pair went to San Francisco, Cal., where Worrall
opened a law office. From there he went to Tillamook and opened a law
office. While in San Francisco he was divorced again.
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