He became. Their forests were as little-known as they were. An army of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers unleashed "the greatest manhunt in the history of the Northwest." Challenges that would be discouraging to some people, he would be looking for the way to go into the future and have it be better, she said. Things still move relatively slowly in an enterprise geared to the speed of growing trees. Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping, 1935. Frederick's great-great-grandson Bill Dr Gilded age era timber baron Frederick Weyerhaeuser was one of the richest Americans to have ever lived. No improvements were added, beyond a sign reading WELCOME and a request that visitors be careful about fires. As expected, Waley denied any knowledge of the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping, but agents found two of the ransom bills in his pocket. Someone in the area shot at something and alarmed them. George H. Weyerhaeuser Obituary (1926 - 2022) | Lakewood, Washington Funeral arrangement under the care of Mountain View Funeral Home Add a photo View condolence Solidarity program Authorize the original obituary George H. Weyerhaeuser July 8, 1926 - June 11, 2022 (95 years old) Lakewood, Washington George H. Weyerhaeuser Obituary Then he was blindfolded and led into the woods, across a running stream. When it failed to start, he got out and looked under the hood. On July 17, 1935, Waley was transferred to the Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco, a new maximum-security prison, established in 1934, to hold violent and incorrigible criminals. Next Miss Helen Leonard, a kindergarten teacher in Longview, Wash., wrote to Philip Weyerhaeuser and asked him if the company could also open campgrounds for people who wanted to get out in the woods. We own or control approximately 11 million acres of timberlands in the U.S. and manage additional timberlands under long-term licenses in Canada. Fliss was arraigned on Saturday, November 14, 1936, before Judge Cushman. Rather than wait, he decided to walk home, taking an overgrown path that bordered the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club grounds. Weyerhaeuser became. On February 15, 1936, a man with bushy red hair entered the Canadian National Bank of Commerce in Seattle, attempting to change $300 in ransom bills. Waley claimed that Margaret had no knowledge of the kidnapping until after it occurred, but later she helped them collect the ransom. He wanted to be a track star. Then they moved to Tacoma, Wash., which was even quieter. The man grabbed him, put his hand over his mouth, dragged him to the car, dumped him on the floor of the back seat, put an old blanket over him and told him not to move or make any noise. Mahan was trapped in Butte, Mont., escaped, kept on the run for two years and was finally caught, tried and sentenced to 60 years. When last seen as he went out of sight he was wearing a sweater, brown corduroy trousers and tennis shoes. George Weyerhaeuser Sr., the fourth-generation heir of his family's timber company, died June 11 at the age of 95, leaving a lasting legacy on the region and industry. Waley, still wearing his hood, whiled away the time playing his ukulele. Meanwhile, at about 9 p.m. June 8, 1935, Dainard stopped by Margarets grandfathers house in Ogden, Utah, to pick up a suitcase he had left there and learned that the Waleys had been arrested in Salt Lake City. Gavin Newsom (D) blocked the move. Because Dainard was considered the brains behind the kidnapping, he was sentenced to serve 60 years in prison on each count, the terms to run concurrently. Mrs. John Bonifas, the wife of a stump farmer, was preparing breakfast for her husband and four children. A herd of 425 elk (protected) roams the woods, the lake is famous for rainbow trout and the view of the mountains is free. On the way he practiced broad jumping. U.S. At about noon, William Dainard, disguised in horn-rimmed eyeglasses, got into the car. Wife of George Hunt Weyerhaeuser. There are additional tools below. He did me no harm, Weyerhaeuser said of the man during a 2016 interview with radio station KUOW. He was also heavily involved in the design of the companys 425-acre corporate campus in Federal Way, which opened in 1971 to international acclaim as one of the first suburban headquarters. She identified herself as Mrs. Margaret Von Metz and, although she told a number of conflicting stories, finally gave her address as 847 Condus Place, Salt Lake City, a house she had rented only three days earlier. This time, Weyerhaeuser was told to drive to the Half Way House on the Pacific Highway (Highway 99) near Angle Lake and then turn onto a specific side road. Tacoma Girl to Wed, Kidnapee Reported Engaged TACOMA UPI The engagement of Miss, Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1791-1963. Some of the Weyerhaeuser land is in wilderness so beautiful that it may be worth more for outdoor recreation with the trees growing on it than the trees would be if they were harvested. George Hunt Weyerhaeuser in Ellensburg Daily Record - July 7 1948 George Hunt Weyerhaeuser in Ellensburg Daily Record - July 12 1948 George Hunt Weyerhaeuser in Spokane Chronicle - July 12 1948 George Hunt Weyerhaeuser in Spokane Chronicle - July 12 1948 George Hunt Weyerhaeuser in Spokane Chronicle - July 12 1948 George was packed back into the cracker box and locked in the trunk of the car. With the Fliss sentencing, the government considered the Weyerhaeuser case closed. Connect to 39 Weyerhaeuser profiles on Geni, John Philip Weyerhaeuser Jr, Helen Hunt Weyerhaeuser (born Walker), Ann Weyerhauser, John Philip Weyerhaeuser Walker III, Frederick Weyerhaeuser, "Timber Heirs United in Bridal TACOMA. Current projects include an area for group camping in the Weyerhaeuser woods near the Snoqualmie River. The Union Pacific station agent said a man used the note to purchase a ticket on the 10:10 p.m. train to Salt Lake City. Margaret testified that she had tried to plead guilty to the Federal kidnapping charges because maximum penalty was life imprisonment and FBI agents had warned her that death was the automatic penalty for kidnapping in Washington state. One is that he has revealed a willingness to make decisions himself instead of relying on the long, slow methods of family-plus-experts consultation of the past. The success of the first tree farm marked an epoch in American forest history; by 1967 there were 32,000 tree farms scattered throughout the U.S. One result is that conservationists usually except Weyerhaeuser from the criticism leveled at most timber companies. Among these foreseeable developments, far less than a century distant, is an increased need for space for outdoor recreation. Then she added: "I did not intend to let them hang Harmon or myself" (The Seattle Times). "I got a nice answer the next year," Miss Leonard said. "We can have both," he said. Weyerhaeuser wasnt entirely satisfied with the direction of the company or the industry after he stepped down. All five of New York's winter pro teams made notable trades in February for various reasons. Lowell Elementary School had released its students earlier than usual and George arrived at the seminary 15 minutes early. The son of prominent lumberman J. P. Weyerhaeuser, George was successfully released for ransom and eventually succeeded his father as the chairman of the Weyerhaeuser company. The black Gladstone bag, used to carry the ransom, and an empty tin can, used to hold notes, were found inside. At 6:30 a.m., he stopped in Renton at a Union 76 gas station and asked the attendant, Ernie Backlund, to telephone the Weyerhaeuser residence, but there was no answer. The car rolled down the hill, out of the quiet residential neighborhood. George Weyerhaeuser himself played the stoic. The Mysterious Octopus was one expos written about him and in WeyerhaeuserRicher than Rockefeller a muckraker claimed to have discovered that he was the richest man in the world. He was sentenced to 60 years. Near the Idaho-Washington boundary he was chained to a tree all day while his captors went into the city. The letter instructed Weyerhaeuser to drive to S Renton Avenue and 62nd Avenue S in the Rainier Valley with the money and look for a stake with a white cloth attached on the right side of the road. During the course of the investigation, the FBI recovered more than $157,000 in ransom money, which was returned to the Weyerhaeusers; the rest had either been spent, lost, or destroyed. The German immigrant bought a bankrupt mill with his brother-in-law. Arrested, she confessed and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. In 1935, nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser, heir to one of the wealthiest families in America, is snatched off the streets two blocks from his home. A total of 240 sites have been sold at prices from $2,500 to $12,000. Yet George Weyerhaeuser Sr. is perhaps more famous for another role: As an 8-year-old in 1935, he was kidnapped in broad daylight off a Tacoma street, kept in a pit in the woods and released only after his family paid a ransom of $200,000 in unmarked bills. Tacoma Girl to Wed, "to Europe is planned BEGIN TRAINING by, "cruise to Europe is planned BEGIN TRAINING by, Lakewood, Pierce County, WA, United States. What do conservationists think about Weyerhaeuser? It can be brought back to the way it was before the change was made. When my brother and I were boys, my father used to take us duck shootingthis was still good duck country in those dayswidgeon, green-winged teal, mallards and some pintailsand when some development affects the places where we went, I have to make allowances for my personal feelings influencing my opinion of the value of a commercial development there. The other is his awareness of the need for space for outdoor recreation. It appears to be a principal part of his work. Wash. Lee (, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, were" announced yesterday for tte wedding Saturday of Lee (, "for the wedding here Saturday of Virginia Lee (, Kidnapee Reported Engaged TACOMA UPI The engagement of Miss, coroner's representatives, Dr. Abrams said. He retired from the corporation in 1999. Philippine Tycoon Edgar Saavedras Megawide To Build $300 Million Data Center In Digital Pivot. And he was only in his 20s.. George Hunt Walker Weyerhaeuser was born on July 8, 1926. Eventually, Margaret returned to Salt Lake City where she married Robert J. Rea on December 25, 1954. It was quickly identified as one of the ransom notes and the officers arrested the young woman who passed the bill. 2023 Forbes Media LLC. The son of prominent lumberman J. P. Weyerhaeuser also questioned the industrys growing focus on Wall Street, share price and short-term results, which he saw as ill-suited in a business whose products took decades to mature. They reached Seattle that night. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. George Hunt Walker Weyerhaeuser Sr. (July 8, 1926-June 11, 2022), was the Chairman of the Weyerhaeuser company. As one of them said, "They have the best-managed timberlands in the country." Emmett Watson, "Little Boy Lost," Once Upon A Time in Seattle (Seattle: Lesser Seattle Press, 1992); "J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Timber Leader, Dies" The New York Times, May 17, 1935, p. 21; "Big Timber Empire Owned by Family," Ibid., May 26, 1935, p. 2; "Hunt for Kidnapers Centers in Seattle; Death Threatened," The Seattle Times, May 25, 1935, p. 1; "First 'Want Ad' Obeys Ransom Note: Second Begs News for Mother," Ibid., May 26, 1935, p. 1; "Climax Tonight if Cash Ransom Is Raised," Ibid., May 27, 1935, p. 1; "Nervous Men Buy Suit of Clothes for 'Kid About 7,' " Ibid., May 28, 1935, p. 1; "Family May Have Contacted Gang," Ibid., May 29, 1935, p. 1; "Gangland Report Promptly Denied by Tacoma Feds," Ibid., May 30, 1935, p. 1; "Fugitive Gangster Named 'Brains' of Tacoma Kidnapping," Ibid., May 31, 1935, p. 1; John H. Dreher, "Forced into Car, Told Not to Yell, Youth Declares," Ibid., June 1, 1935, p. 1; "Kidnapers Face Death Penalty," Ibid., June 1, 1935, p. 7; "Dreher's Hunch Sent Him to Boy," Ibid., June 2, 1935, p. 1; "Ransom Money Report Sends 'G-Men' Flocking into Salt Lake City," Ibid., June 8, 1935, p. 1; "Mrs. Waley's Grandfather Suspected Wayward Couple," Ibid., June 10, 1935, p. 1; "Kidnaper Hunt Is 7-Day Wonder," Ibid., June 10, 1935, p. A; "Man, Wife Break in Utah Arrest," Ibid., June 10, 1935, p. B; "Waley, Minister Talked at Hideout; Kidnapped Boy Was Locked in Closet," Ibid., June 11, 1935, p. 1; "Mahan Still Believed in Butte," Ibid., June 11, 1935, p. 10; "Life Sentence Declared Hope of Accused Pair," Ibid., June 12, 1935, p. 1; "Court Appoints Dore to Handle Woman's Defense," Ibid., June 22, 1935, p. 1; "Defense May Ask Court to Quash All Indictments," Ibid., June 23, 1935, p. 1; "Mrs. Waley in Plot at Start, Jury Is Told as U. S. Trial Opens," Ibid., July 9, 1935, p. 1; "U. S. Details Kidnapping Charges Against Mrs. Margaret Waley," Ibid., July 9, 1935, p. 4; "U. S. to Bring Its Testimony Against Woman to Speedy End," Ibid., July 10, 1935, p. 1; "Here's Review of First Testimony," Ibid., July 10, 1935, p. B; "The Second Confession," Ibid., July 10, 1935, p. 8; "George Weyerhaeuser's Complete Testimony," Ibid., July 11, 1935, p. 1; "Woman's Story Assailed by U.S. after Dramatic Finish by Dore," Ibid., July 12, 1935, p. 1; "Fear of Hanging Reason for Plea," Ibid., July 12, 1935, p. B; "Judge Quizzed on Interstate Commerce Point in Waley Case," Ibid., July 13, 1935, p. 1; "Wife Convicted on Both Counts in Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping Case," Ibid., July 14, 1935, p. 1; "Prison Sentence Satisfactory to Kidnapper; Dore Abandons Appeal," Ibid., July 17, 1935, p. 1; "Waley Minimum Penalty Doubled," Ibid., July 18, 1935, p. 1; "A Poor Farmer, A Rich Man; But Both Are Happier Now," Ibid., August 11, 1935, p. 1; "Kidnaper of Boy has $7,000 of Ransom," Ibid., May 7, 1936, p. 1; "Kidnaper Is Grilled by 'G-Men' at Tacoma," Ibid., May 8, 1936, p. 1; "Kidnaper of Tacoma Boy Taken to McNeil Cell," Ibid., May 9, 1936, p. 1; "Kidnaper at McNeil Isle, Starts Term of 60 Years," Ibid., May 10, 1936, p. 1; "Kidnapers Companion Exchanged Hot Money," Ibid., October 23, 1936, p. 1; "$5,000 Fine Assessed to Distributor of Ransom," Ibid., November 27, 1936, p. 1; "Harmon Waley, Weyerhaeuser Kidnaper, Gets McNeil Parole," Seattle Post Intelligencer, June 5, 1963, p. 13; "Obituaries: Harmon Metz Waley," Salem Statesman-Journal, February 8, 1984, p. 2-B; "Obituaries: William Dainard," Great Falls Tribune, September 21, 1992, p. 2-B; "Obituaries: Margaret Thulin Rea," Salt Lake City Tribune, November 11, 1989, p. 6-B; "FBI History; Famous Cases; The Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping," Federal Bureau of Investigation website accessed February 2006 (www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/weyer/weyer.htm); Gordon Dainard to HistoryLink.org, January 7, 2012, in possession of HistoryLink.org, Seattle, Washington. Margaret drove his car to the Fir Apartments. Big trees block out the sunlight from plants that provide forage; the sort of undergrowth that flourishes has little food value. After George's father, John Philip Weyerhaeuser Jr. (1899-1956) paid the ransom, he was released in rural Issaquah on June 1, 1935. At about 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, 1935, the kidnappers released George Weyerhaeuser on the Issaquah-Hobart Road approximately four miles south of Issaquah, with two dirty blankets and a dollar stuffed into his pocket. The most important contribution to conservation in the history of the lumber industry, the Weyerhaeuser tree farms also brought about the greatest improvement in the appearance of the landscape. He was also a key supporter for WeyerhaeuserKing CountyAquatic Center, which was a central venue in the 1990 Seattle Goodwill Games. A tract of 120,000 acres that combined virgin timber, second-growth stands and logged-off land was set aside. The trial was concluded on July 13, 1935. On Wednesday, May 29, 1935, Mr. Weyerhaeuser received a letter from the kidnappers instructing him to register at 7 p.m. at the Ambassador Hotel, 806 Union Street, Seattle, under the name James Paul Jones and await further instructions. They became friends and in 1899, when Hill wanted to sell some of the land awarded to the Northern Pacific as a land grant, he offered it to Weyerhaeuser for $7 an acre. But his daughter, Leilee Weyerhaeuser, said the experience deeply affected his outlook on life. Waley and Dainard drove to Tacoma every morning while Margaret stayed at the apartment. It didn't affect me personally as much as anyone looking back on it might think. I slept most of the time. Nothing in American history so spoiled the looks of the country: the worst modern blighted area of highway junkyards and slums is a sylvan park compared to the ruin left by the loggers. Investigative efforts had been curtailed during Georges captivity in an attempt to insure his safe return. Answer. Not so long ago the answer was easy. Also in the works or planned are a wilderness camp where the company's forests run along an ocean beach; a convention center in some highly scenic rural backwoods; a water-sports center on a chain of lakes; a campground area for handicapped people; a fee-hunting and fee-fishing program in which, in selected areas, sportsmen would pay the cost of replacing the fish they catch and the birds they bag. He was described as follows: "Smiling, handsome face, with no distinguishing marks, average height, dark, curly hair, brown eyes." The trial commenced on Tuesday morning, July 9, 1935, in U.S. District Court, Tacoma, before Judge Cushman. A fourth man, ex-convict Edward Fliss, was identified exchanging ransom bills and was arrested in San Francisco on October 23, 1936. Then Louis Bonifas put the boy into his dilapidated Model T Ford and headed for Tacoma. The Waleys also told the FBI they had buried their share of the ransom money and showed them exactly where it was located. See the Elon Musk family tree here at FameChain. discoveries. He denounced "that man whose idea of developing the country is to cut every stick of timber off of it and leave it a barren desert. That man," he concluded, "is a curse!". He could hear the sound of a river. Adams faces social and monetary consequences after making racist comments online. Explore how the celebrity world connects. Two years after he moved to St. Paul in 1891 he bought a house on fashionable Summit Avenue, not knowing that his neighbor was James J. Hill, the railroad builder. George Weyerhaeuser these days is an engaging, friendly individual who looks over the Weyerhaeuser woods with the air of a man who wishes that trees grew faster than they do. However, Dreher had already returned to the Hotel Winthrop to write his exclusive interview with "the worlds most famous kidnap victim," which ran copyrighted on the front page of The Seattle TimesExtra editions and was sent out nationwide by The Associated Press. Between 1933 and April 1935, the Waleys lived in Salt Lake City, Utah; Camden, New Jersey; and Tacoma for short periods of time, living on welfare while Harmon pursued his criminal career, specializing in burglary and robbery. They vanished, and for a long time it looked as if they never would be found. Once the money had been gathered, Georges father was instructed to run a personal ad in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that read, We are ready. "No, I don't mind talking about it," he said to me "I don't think it bothered me unduly." Presently he came to a shingled house on a lonely knoll. Weyerhaeuser Family Tree Check All Members List, James Gamble Family Tree With Complete Detail. He graduated from Lowell Grammar and Mason Junior High in Tacoma, went on to Taft and to Yale, enlisted in the Navy at 18 during World War II while he was in college, graduated with honors after the war, worked as a pulp mill laborer, became a supervisor and finally superintendent of a Weyerhaeuser subsidiary in Oregon. There a tan Buick was parked at the curb, a man standing beside it. U.S. Attorney Dennis advised the court that the charge would be dismissed. Margaret stayed in Seattle. Leave a message for others who see this profile. His special talent was understanding. In 1948, George Weyerhaeuser married Wendy Wagner, whose family had been in the timber business, and the couple had six children: Leilee, George Jr., Sue, Phyllis, David and Merrill. At 11:45 on Friday morning. In North Carolina the company is developing residential parks, emphasizing such attractions as deep-sea fishing and trails for horseback riding. Say 'We are ready.' He doubted it. And sign it 'Percy Minnie.'" The government needed to prove that George Weyerhaeuser had crossed a state line, a necessary element of the Federal Kidnapping Act, and that Margaret had joined the conspiracy. Weyerhaeuser Public Seedling Sales: February in Aurora, Oregon and March in Rochester, In opening arguments, Assistant U.S. Attorney Owen P. Hughes told the jury how George was kidnapped in Tacoma on May 24, 1935, was driven around the Northwest concealed in a trunk, spent at least three days chained in dirt pits near Issaquah and Tonasket, taken briefly into Idaho, chained to a tree near Newman Lake, Washington, and then imprisoned in a closet for four days in a house in Spokane before finally being set free on a dirt road near Issaquah. Besides, he shares the desire for seclusion that has distinguished the family. The company has manufactured wood products for over a century. In early 1936, Federal Reserve notes with altered serial numbers began to surface on the West Coast. 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