New Britain herald., 1920-08-05
Intimates Missing Child Is Being Kept Some where in Atlantic City
POLICE ARE AFTER
 WOMAN IN MYSTERY
Accused Man is Identified As August Pascol of New Gretna, N. J.

Philadelphia. Aug. 5.--'The crank" disclosed as August Pascol, of New Gretna. N. l.. refuses to reveal the whereabouts of little Blakely Cough lin unless he Is granted immunity in the kidnapping.
 He is barterinE now to exchange tho child. stolen from his parents home in Norristown on June ,. for his freedom. He Is said to havo gone SO far as to admit the r5 months old baby Is hidden in Atlantic City. Important developments in the case arc expected today following the disclosure early today that tho crank's name is August Pascol. of French and Italian extraction. who recertly lived in this city and since last week in New Gretna, V. J.
 An air of anticipation surrounds the home of George IT. Coughlin. the missing child's father. on the Ply -- mouth Boulevard outside of Norris town, Pa.
 Woman Being Sought : \ woman long suspected as having part in the kidnapping. looms up afresh today. An acquaintance of Pascors during the SIX weeks follow inE the Kidnapping that he occupied "A room In house here, says he krowS Fascoi had n woman friend. The Matc police and postal agents ara low on her track and believe she has the child s..
 Parsof Is still being srilled by tho state police. He was taken to New GretnA after his capture Monday near FEE HRrhor. This was admitted to- day by lU. 4. Attorney McAvoy.
 PaAcjol IA tho right man and he D was In New Gretna before hiH cap ture, '" aaid tho federal ocia1. ''I can nas nothing more at present.
 tccu-rd Was we'll Armed.
 Pascp only recent ybought a farm at New Gretnn from William Gregory and drt,ve from tkis city In n motor / ear last Thursday to take possession, according to ". H. Kelley. railroad agent at Tuekerton. N. J.. near New Gretna.
 Pascoi toTk three or four rifles and n quantity ~ liquor to the New Jersey farm when .he moved there last Thursday, e rordinE 10 Kelley,
 ''Hc remoyt Ed the rires quickly from the motor carN into the farmhouse and he did not appear to want any one Go sec thom." fseiIey. added.
 Hnd Much Liquor.
 "one of my lmen who was helping tho GreRorys tn move spied the rifles. and Paacol utotioned him away from the ear He offered him n drink of gtn which Thy nnan said he refused. understand Pascol took several quarts Of whisSey and Ein to the farm
 We helped to move Gregory. from his fArm," continued Kelley. and we saw both the GreRorys and this man. | was not especially attracted to him urrtil Monday. the day he was arrest ed. Ho came to tLe station early in ahe morning long before the train for Philadelphia was due. to leave.
 "Hc sat In the waiting room and I should say he had a sood case of nerves. In his excitement he would drum his fingers. making n loud noise. 70 loud In fact. pcered through the wicket several times
 Puacol. the police learned today. opened m account with h Philadel- phia bank on June 2I. four days af- fer the father of the kidnapHed child had placed sts.ooO in a hiding place near hts home. The mysterious letter signing himself the crank had di- rected thnt thts he done as a brelim- tnary to the return of tho child. The nrst deposit was ti.ooo. Later largo sums were added. On Monday morning before his arrest PascoI paid !, Inc balance due on his new home in New Gretna with a certified check or she Philadelphia bank.
 Pnscol is described by tho lodging house keeper with whom he lived fin this city for six weeks, as boing very agreeable.
 "He came to me early in June" he said "He was good looking man and we'll drcsaed. There was nothing about him to excite suspicion. He did not seem to he a bad man. though he got drunk occasionally"
 Pascors parents arc French. They came to this country whore the son