The kidnapping of nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser occurred in 1935 in Tacoma, Washington, United States. The son of prominent lumberman J. P. Weyerhaeuser, George was successfully released for ranso
May 25, 1935 front page of The Seattle Star, reporting the kidnapping
Harmon Waley at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Weyerhaeuser in 1944
Old Idaho State Penitentiary
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The Old Idaho Penitentiary State Historic Site was a functional prison from 1872 to 1973 in the western United States, east of Boise, Idaho. The first building, also known as the Territorial Prison, w
George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping
…Waley was arrested at home. After making several false statements, he confessed that he and William Dainard, alias William Mahan, whom he had met in the Idaho State Penitentiary, had kidnapped the boy. He added that his wife had no knowledge of the kidnapping until their arrival in Spokane, Washington. She had been at the hideout…
A facade of the old penitentiary
The dining hall of the penitentiary. Much of the building was burned in the riots. The lines in the photograph are cables used to hold the walls up.
Layout of the penitentiary
Remnants of the pen's chapel, burned during the riots.