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Mary McElroy (kidnapping victim)
Mary McElroy (c. 1907 - January 21, 1940) was an American kidnapping victim. She was the daughter of Henry F. 'Judge' McElroy, City Manager of Kansas City, Missouri. The 1996 Robert Altman film ''Kansas City'' was based loosely on the kidnapping.〔(Trivia for Kansas City. ) ''imdb.com''〕
==Kidnapping==
Twenty-five-year-old McElroy was kidnapped while taking a bubble bath in her father's home on the evening of May 27, 1933.〔Allan May: (Johnny Lazia — Law of the Land ). ''Americanmafia.com'', 2000, retrieved April 3, 2011〕〔David Arthur Walters: (Mary McElroy, the City Manager's daughter ). ''Authorsden.com'', published November 17, 2005, last edited April 15, 2006, retrieved April 3, 2011〕 Her abductors were brothers George and Walter McGee, Clarence Click, and Clarence Stevens. Walter McGee, a divorced ex-con from Oregon, was the gang leader. McGee and Stevens donned masks, forced their way into the house with a sawed-off shotgun, and allowed McElroy time to dry herself and get dressed. She apparently did not take them very seriously; when told that $60,000 was going to be demanded in exchange for her release, she joked "I'm worth more than that!"〔Mara Bovsun: (The lady and her kidnappers ). ''New York Daily News'', July 12, 2009, retrieved April 3, 2011〕
McElroy was taken to a farmhouse in Shawnee, Kansas owned by Click,〔"Victim of 1933 Kansas City kidnapping commits suicide." ''Ellensburg Daily Record'' January 22. 1940 p 2. Web. April 16. 2010〕 where she was chained to a wall in the basement. After demanding the original sum of $60,000, the kidnappers settled for $30,000, which Judge McElroy paid on May 29.〔Hartman, Rudolph H.; The Kansas City investigation: Pendergast's downfall, 1938-1939; University of Missouri Press, Columbia, 1999; p. 125〕 Mary McElroy was released unharmed near the Millburn Golf Course〔"Missouri Court Upholds Death Sentence." ''Miami Daily News'' March 30. 1935. Web. April 16. 2010〕 after twenty-nine hours in captivity. George McGee and Clarence Click were apprehended some time before June 21.〔''Hartman, Rudolph H.; The Kansas City investigation: Pendergast's downfall'', 1938-1939; University of Missouri Press, Columbia, 1999; p. 125〕〔"National Affairs: Society v. Kidnappers." ''Time Magazine'' August 7. 1933. Web. April 16. 2010〕 Walter McGee was arrested in Amarillo, Texas on June 2 after attempting to purchase a car with some of the ransom money.〔"Missouri Court Upholds Death Sentence." ''Miami Daily News'' March 30. 1935. p 15 Web. April 16. 2010〕〔"National Affairs: Society v. Kidnappers." ''Time Magazine'' August 7. 1933. Web. April 16. 2010〕 Of the original sum, about $9,000 was recovered from McGee's person.〔"Missouri Court Upholds Death Sentence." ''Miami Daily News'' March 30. 1935. p 1,15 Web. April 16. 2010〕 About $16,000 of the original ransom was recovered.〔''Hartman, Rudolph H.; The Kansas City investigation: Pendergast's downfall'', 1938-1939; University of Missouri Press, Columbia, 1999; p. 125〕
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