Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11
"The Crank" Is Sued
for $4,000 Ransom,
Continued from Page Ono


Continued from Pnge Ono
Mr.. Coughlin and his attorney, Ma
ior Larzelerc. were away from Nor
ristown this morning. Mr.. Larzclerc
was back by noon, but would say moth
ing.
A trip through HasGuale $ former
haunts here, with Pasqualc as Exhibit
A, was arranged late yesterday, after
noon and it proved beyond doubt, the
police say, that Pasquale has been
joe
NO person was found VINO had ever
seen Inc crank win thS mysterious
Joe, said 10 De Joscpn IainavnGcs'
u nuss,an ana FORMER Jailoiru a'quain'-
ahGe Oh rasquae' !. o,. A..
rasquaie was ANXIOUS 10 Makc tts
.slp' saSlns ne iel. sure some one III
tne senusiaoiH III Woulu Ir.nrinI't. ..Ina nav
Some interesting information. how
ever was unSovereu py tnr lnvcstlga,
.ons utrk I'M .nTIr pr'Soha,s ,h .ohuuc'.u
TOUT oI Inc Srank, puC no H"'hihs 10
suppoI5 H. nusqua'e Storips. ine naVisn .s,
way uSquate spent llon'S was thc
princiP", .1t supJect 1iscusSeu oy IhoSe VINO
KNEW Inc SIunk'
at Ninth ana me streetS, sald that ut
one SIs nan 1,lie shGrtlS at.'t 'HG rGnsom Oh
Gi-,Vou was usposi!tu pN Mr; ! ougnllh.
siEn b;,,s nna f u.h;ob hn ,''ro roSrontas ont"s
EahIor ' =" obanoe for h;r, '''''''''
Nanm' W '.dhe, '"' nm"
We JUST Pulied on Jop down In
naitimore. ias1uaic Is reported by
Nahier as saying ana want some
money to pay the taxi man who drove
me back from there; 1t easy when
/ you pull 1t right. I'm going down to
the shore until things blow over bit
and then L think Ill BUY a farm Tor
mySeli.
hahler says that Pasquale ut the time
carried two rccyolvers which he showed
with great pride. When the picture OF
the newspapers, hahler recognized II
instantly and gave the police what IN
formation he knew.
Confession Shattered
The personally conducted outing vir-
tually blew to pieces the remaining
parts Of the confession foisted of b,
Pasqualc as being the true story or th'
kidnapping. The tale as related bA
pasqnaie. was that his triend known a.
Joe came up to Pasquaie on thr morn
ing. after Blakely 'ougnlln had peer
stolen from his crib IN Norristown ant
.oid MN that ne hau M ni,',?haire
sid VINO was worth thouSahdS'
Joe was a 1ormcr feiiowprisone'
Ma;tbor matI Toe" nor his wife Who ha,
charge. of the baby, could read or writ
, English. Pasquaie said ne was ,akcn II
as the penman for the gang ana was Z
receive one third or the ransom ior ny
share: faSquale; ms taie cohtihueu
there,ore ehSns'I tan ,n r.oo;uasd saono =
the Slz,ooo money p'an''n.
Pasquale maintains that he never sav
the baby, but he says that on Friday
the 31st of July, after making som
purchases in Philadelphia, he and Joe
, left for. New Gretna, \. -, where b
, had farm, leaving "Joc'S' wife be
hind to care for the child. He an
Joe spent Fri6a% night at ESg tiar
Dor and on Saturday morning drov
over to the farm at New Gretna. Late
in the day "Joc" left him.
On Sunday Pasqualc says that he en-
; countcrcd Joe" in Egg Harbor, and a
= he was low in money received an extr
$500 from the man which was to
deducted from his share in the expecte
$40, 900 additional ransom The la'
time he saw Joe was on MOnda
morning as he was leaving Egg Harbo
to get the new ransom. 1t was Will
attempting to get this that Pasqual
was arrested.
. ,,,o,s uos .,o,o
Always was H'o"e
Il One of the places where Pasqual
: said he had been with both Joe" an
v his wife was Lit Bros. store on th
: afternoon of Friday. July 81, when h
Il purchased n sheet and some other bed
= Clothing.
h Investigation at the store reveale
the fact that on the day previous
# Thursday, Pasquale had bought
g snrcad and a blanket from Perciy,
Imber, brother of Magistrate Imbc
Il a salesman in the muslin department
and had paid for them with a $40 bill
20 At about the same time he bought OF
+ sheet from Miss Viola Mount. also
that department.
IT remember him distinctly" said Il
!. girl when shown picture
7 "The Crank" He pulled out an in