Kidnaping, Murder of Polish
Boy Remains Unsolved Crime
Warsaw - (UPD - On Jan. 21,
1957, a tall, good-looking
school-boy was met by two
men as he left his classes,
climbed into a t?xi with them,
and was never seen alive
again.
Now more than three years
later, despite rewards and
such novel techniques as
broadcasting tape - recordings
of the kidnapers' voices, Pol
ish police remain baffled by
the country's most mysterious
postwar crime.
The boy was Bohdan Pia
secki, 16-year-old son of Bole
slaw Piasecki, "the richest
man in Poland," who became
wealthy running the Comrau
nish puppet church organiza
tion "Pax."
The time was one of politi
cal ferment in Poland. Only
the previous day Roman Cath
olic Poles, with the tacit ap
proval of Stefan Cardinal Wys
zynski, had elected a parlia
ment with a strong majority
for the Communists led by
Wladyslaw Gomulka, who
had returned to party leader
ship in the peaceful revolution
of October, 1956.
The breath of freedom from
the harsh shackles of Stalin
ism was blowing strongly
over the country and' the
hated symbols of the era of
terror were being swept
away.
One of these was "Pax" the
organization reportedly set up
by former Soviet security po
lice chief Gen. Ivan Serov.
When Piasecki's son dis
appeared, the then-free-swinging
Warsaw press was quick
to draw political inferences.
Some implied the boy had
been spirited away to the So
viet Union,or Canada, for pro
tection and to build sympathy
for Piasecki and the "Pax"
organization. Others said -the
motive was revenge for "Pax"
activities, or for Piasecki's
prewar anti-Semitic activities.
Piasecki had been involved
in pro-Axis Fascist organiza
tions in Poland before World
War II. But during the Nazi
occupation of this country, he
fought against the Germans.
IIS
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
Here's a Look at
The World of Germs
It takes several generations
for a man to live his lifetime;
about 75 years, more or less
A dog makes it in about 10
or 12; a common hen does it
in five, and she has to be
lucky at that. Fruit flies and
a few other insects can ac
complish this undesirable goal
in a matter of a few days.
Some insects, with more speed
than good sense, live a life
time in a single hour.
But the smallest of living
organisms, the germs and mi
crobes, are gifted with speeds
higher even than the very
speedy supersonic variety,
and can generate several gen
erations in an hour. Some of
these undesirable characters
become great - great-great
grandfathers before they are
10 minutes old. To them, ex
treme old age seems to be a
matter of seconds.
Twist in Two
They, accomplish this phe
nomenal speed of reproduc
tion by literally twisting
themselves in two. Each mi
crobe becomes a pair of iden
tical twins in a few seconds.
These twins grow, almost like
an explosion, and redivide
times without number. Here
is a problem in multiplication
that can be called division.
These little demons are call
ed micro-organisms, micro
meaning small, and organisms
signifying living beings-mean
ing tiny living things. Most
ly, people call them germs;
it's the same thing. There are
germs of two principal kinds
-plant and animal. Those of
the nature of plants we usu
ally call bacteria. These are
divided roughly into three
kinds; round, rod-like and spi
ral. They are the ones that
cause decay.
Up until scientists began
prying into the private lives
of these little demons, most
people believed them to be
microbes and that they just
grew, like Topsy, in a sort of
spontaneous way. First they
"were not there, then they
were." Of course, in this Lilli
putian world there are many
that seem to be pretty valu
able and essential citizens,
that do a great deal of good.
They make possible the
growth of plants, the diges
tion of food in animals, and
the elimination of waste ma
terials. But, like automobiles
when they get out of control,
they can cause no end of trou
ble. All the encouragement the
microbes and the bacteria
need is warmth and moisture,
a little of the right kind of
food, and they begin to divide.
Away they go until the body
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that harbors them becomes
sick, and possibly dies if the
numbers of the little demons
cannot be controlled. They
can always be depended on to
over-do a good thing.
Knocked for a Loop
Medical science has been lit
erally breathing down the
backs of many of these tiny
culprits for some time, and
has forced some varieties of
the most obnoxious ones to a
standstill. Sooner or later
many other varieties, will be
knocked for the proverbial
outside loop.
No other living thing in the
world thrives better in warm
moist darkness than a mi
crobe. Sunlight makes puny
weaklings of them or kills
them outright, but the trou
ble is sunlight does not travel
around corners or. shine
brightly inside a pair or lungs,
or a stomach or a throat.
These inside dwellers have
to be treated otherwise. Medi
cal science has been onto some
of the tricks and, in many in- j
stances, has found where one
microbe will battle another
microbe to the finish; sort 6f
like "sending a thief to catch
a thief formula. So the men
of science began "choosing up
sides" by organizing teams of
microbes known to be friend
ly against opposing teams of
enemy microbes.
By placing them, in contact
they can benefit by the silent
struggle that takes place; us
ing microbes to fight mi
crobes, but doing this on our
own terms and at the time and
place of our own choosing.
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1960)
4-H Club News
Table Rock Pack Rais
During the course of the
first two meetings of the Ta
ble Rock Pack Rats 4-H club,
w e elected officers and
planned our projects.
I he first meeting was at
Mary Myers, our assistant
leader's home. Officers were
elected-as follows: president,
fat Stnphn; vice president.
Aletta Myers; secretary, Carol
Myers; and reporter, Glenna
Brown. ,
The second meeting was
neid at the home of Pat Strip
lin. Miss Norma Hague was in
attendance and helped us with
some of our problems.
Glenna Brown,
Reporter.
Phoenix Saddle-liles
The Phoenix Saddle - lites
held their regular meeting re
cently at the home of Bonnie
Holmes. Final plans for the
forthcoming horse exhibition
at the Crater Lions' Sports-
fair were decided upon.
A committee was appointed
to put a display, advertising
the horse exhibition, in Walt
Young's stationery store. Signs
were also placed in Lam
port's Sporting goods and Gib
son's Saddlery. The commit
tee members were Edna
Welch, Marty Graham, Janet
Young, Susan Griffin and
Sharon O'Connors.
A swimming party was
planned Sunday, March 20, at
Twin Plunges. Tentative plans
j for a ride after the Sportsfair
were discussed.
Refreshments were served
by Bonnie and Mrs. Holmes. .
Sharon O'Connors.
Reporter.
EXPAND JET SERVICE
London-(CPD-Moscow radio
announced that expanded
summer airline schedules will
put Soviet jets in service to
Iff national capitals April 1.
East Meadows, N.Y. - (UPD -Abraham
Ornstein, 105, a can
tor in New York City who
retired in 1933, died Sunday.
He was captured by Soviet
troops in 1944, but was re
leased' within a few months
and began profitable publish
ing operations. .
Nationwide Search
The kidnaping set off a na
tionwide search. Telephone
calls which police recorded
on tape demanded a ransom
of 300,000 zlotys (S12,000 at
tourist rate) and 4,000 U.S.
dollars in cash. Piasecki
agreed to pay but the kidnap
pers failed to pick up the
money.
Police found the taxi driver,
who told them his two passen
gers had identified themselves
to the boy as "secret police"
agents. He said the boy accom
panied them willingly and all
three were driven to the Cen
tral Courts building and en
tered it.
The taxi driver was held
for questioning, released, and
then taken into custody again
about 18 months later, on un
disclosed charges, at a time
when he was planning to emi
grate to Israel.
There the trail ended. For
nearly two years, the "Pax"
newspaper Slowo Powszech
ne ran a picture of the boy
daily, with a plea for infor
mation and offers of reward.
Body Discovered
But on Dec. 8, 1958, the
pictures abruptly stopped. The
next day police announced the
body of Bohdan Piascki, his
school books beside him, had
been found in a disused base
ment locker under a grocery
shop 200 yards from the Cen
tral Courts.
The knife with which he
had been stabbed to death was
still in his body. Medical ex
perts believed he had been
killed within a few hours of
the kidnaping.
The tragic discovery con
vinced most doubters that the
boy's disappearance had been
a simple, brutal case of kid
naping for money, without
political implications.
But it failed to move the
mystery nearer a solution.
In the more than a year that
has passed since the body was
found, police arrested a Pol
ish laborer and accused him
of sending ransom notes to
the elder Piasecki. But after
weeks of interrogation, police
said, they became convinced
the man knew nothing of the
crime and had only been seek
ing money.
The police also broadcast
the tape-recordings of the
telephoned demands for ran
som, which they believe were
the voices of the real kidnapers.
Numbers Supplied
Regional stations all Over
the country carried the re
cordings of the harsh voice
putting out the terms for the
boy's safe return.
The public prosecutor's of
fice supplied telephone num
bers where any Pole who be
lieved " he recognized the
threatening voice could pass
on the identification to de
tectives.
But the dramatic bid for
public help failed. All leads
given by helpful listeners
proved futile.
Recently, as the third anni
versary of the kidnaping
passed, police said grimly the
file remained open on the
country's " greatest unsolved
crime.
MAIL TRIBUNE. Medford, Or.
Wednesday, Mar. 1 6. 1 960
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Conductors Air
Strike Vote
Cedar Rapids, Iowa-dlPD-J.
A. Paddock, president of the
j Order of Railway Conductors
and Brakemen, said Tuesday
that . the union's executive
committee later this week will
decide whether to call a strike
vote against the railroads.
Paddock, Cedar Rapids,
said "chances are" a strike
vote will be called, but there
were a number of other things
being considered.
He indicated that the fact
the engineers union has ar
ranged for arbitration of its
dispute with the railroads will
have an effect on whether his
union would vote on a strike.
"The conductors and" en
gineers have been tied closely
on wages and it seems logical
that a decision in that field
will have an effect on our dis
pute," he said.
He said he thought his un
ion and the railroads were
making progress last week in
face-to-face negotiations, but
he wasn't sure now. He said
it is possible they may begin
negotiations again soon.
Nixon Urged To
Start Campaign
Washington (UPD Senate
GOP campaign chairman Bar
ry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) said to
day he has urged Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon to "get
out and campaign" against
attacks by Democratic presi
dential candidates.
"I don't think the vice presi
dent can , wait until after the
Republican convention to start
his c a m p a i g n," Goldwater
said in an interview. He said
he would like Nixon to speak
at some state Republican con
ventions. . Goldwater said that Nixon
has not given a final answer
to his request for more direct
campaign a c t iv i t y between
now and the July 25 GOP con
vention in Chicago.
But Nixon's office told
United Press International
there has been no change in
his announced intention to
participate in none of the
presidential primary cam
paigns and to stick mainly to
his job in Washington.
SAG Refuses To
Permit Film Work
Hollywood-flJPD-The Screen
Actors Guild has refused to
grant its permission to actors
to return to work on eight
films left unfinished when
the actor's strike began March
7.
"The guild will not allow
the eight pictures to go back
into production until negotia
tions have proceeded to" a
point where the guild is as
sured of an equitable deal,"
said SAG Executive Secretary
John L. Dales.
"This point has not yet been
reached."
His statement Tuesday
brought a halt, to optimistic
reports that .the strike was
near setlement..
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