10-06-2017, 10:30 AM
The baby’s been stolen!
The envelope contained a ransom note,
as well as polaroid photographs of baby Kahu
on a couch with a newspaper pinned to the wall
behind her. Baby Kahu was alive and well,
would be returned in exchange for dollars.
If there was any interference from the Police,
or the ransom was not paid in full,
she would not see her baby again.
There would only be one attempt to collect
the ransom; if there was any sign of Police,
or aircraft, she would not see her baby again.
$1 million dollars New Zealand in $100 dollar bills,
$1 million dollars New Zealand in $50 dollar bills,
and $1 million dollars in gold coins. Further instructions
outlining the manner in which Donna Marie Tai Tokerau
DURIE HALL should arrange delivery of the ransom.
The government decided to pay.
(Found, except for the final line, in ‘Police Summary of Facts’ re Terence Traynor’s court appearance http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/494)
The Lindbergh case
Because my father was a pilot, I
took heed when ‘aviation’ reared its head.
A baby, kidnapped twenty years ago,
became my favourite story read, in bed.
Brave pilot’s only son, the story goes.
They’re rich, a servant puts the boy to bed
and closes windows. He would hear a cry
from down the hall. Into the father’s head
a thought of danger leaps, he runs, and finds
the window open, no one in the bed.
A ladder leans against a wall nearby.
The curtains flap. There’s nothing in his head
but need to find his son. ‘Of course I’ll pay!’
He does, but Charles is dead, and flown away.
The envelope contained a ransom note,
as well as polaroid photographs of baby Kahu
on a couch with a newspaper pinned to the wall
behind her. Baby Kahu was alive and well,
would be returned in exchange for dollars.
If there was any interference from the Police,
or the ransom was not paid in full,
she would not see her baby again.
There would only be one attempt to collect
the ransom; if there was any sign of Police,
or aircraft, she would not see her baby again.
$1 million dollars New Zealand in $100 dollar bills,
$1 million dollars New Zealand in $50 dollar bills,
and $1 million dollars in gold coins. Further instructions
outlining the manner in which Donna Marie Tai Tokerau
DURIE HALL should arrange delivery of the ransom.
The government decided to pay.
(Found, except for the final line, in ‘Police Summary of Facts’ re Terence Traynor’s court appearance http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/494)
The Lindbergh case
Because my father was a pilot, I
took heed when ‘aviation’ reared its head.
A baby, kidnapped twenty years ago,
became my favourite story read, in bed.
Brave pilot’s only son, the story goes.
They’re rich, a servant puts the boy to bed
and closes windows. He would hear a cry
from down the hall. Into the father’s head
a thought of danger leaps, he runs, and finds
the window open, no one in the bed.
A ladder leans against a wall nearby.
The curtains flap. There’s nothing in his head
but need to find his son. ‘Of course I’ll pay!’
He does, but Charles is dead, and flown away.