THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF Flashcards
How did Sam and will plan the kidnapping project?
Sam and bill had 600 between them they needed 2000 more to start their fake / fraud land ownership scheme so they planned to kidnap the only son of a prominent man Ebenezer Dorset they stored their supplies in a cave two miles from the summit the hired a buggy and drove past dorset’s house one evening, the kid was playing in the street and kidnapped him and After dark the return the buggy and came back to the cave
How did the boy treat bill make a list of the things he did to bill
The boy give bill the most troubles first of all during his kidnapping scratched and bruised bill which he had to plaster then he made him the old hank and made him Play along he kept them awake for hours at night again he hit bill with a rock aimed from a string behind his left ear at that time will had lost his balance and fell in the fire across the flying fan with hot water some had to drug him out and four cold water and his head for half an hour moreover hellong to be like while going back to his father he did not want to live bill
Describe the letter that sam and bill wrote to the boys father
In the letter for ransom they mention they had hidden his son in a place far from summit they provide awake location so that no one would find them then they ask for the ransom money that was kept at 1500 then they asked the father to leave the money and the reply at the same spots and in some box as described in the letter at midnight they also ask him to send his reply in writing by a single messenger at half past 8 they want him not reported the police
How did Ebenezer Dorset react to the kidnapping of his son why wasn’t he worried
Ebenezer dorset was calm and peaceful he did not bother to go out in search for his son it’s seems that he was happy that she got rid of this bundle of trouble on the contraryDorset new that his son was rough and tough kid he would give his kidnappers a hard time and they would be compelled to return him back safe and sound
What happened when they took the boy back to his house
The boy started to howl and clung to bill leg his father had a pull him away father also added that he could have hold him for only 10 minutes bill was already scared although it was dark and bill was a fat man he Managed to out run sam for a mile and a half out of summit even though Sam was a fast runner
