Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-05
SEARCH REVEALED NO TRACE
 OF MISSING BABY COUGHLIN

Philadelphia, Aug. 4-Postal iuspec- tors announced today that a search of i the house where "The Crank under ar rest in connection with the Kidnapping
 or the thirteen months old son of MT and Mrs. George H. Coughlin of Norris town, Pa, said he resided revealed no
 trace of the missing child. What else was found in the place that might lead to the recovery of the baby or connect The Crank" with the actual kidnap- ping, George A. Leonard, chief postal inspector, said he was not at liberty to reveal. The inspector added that the
 man under arrest, who the Pennsyl-
 vania state police and the postal author lties say the believe is the man wanted IS well to do and prominent in the com munlty where he said he lived.
 It was reported tonight that he was a
 resident of New Gretna, N. J., where he
 recently purchased a house and an au-
 tomobile. His name is said to indicate that he was foreign born Leonard de-
 clared he believes the child is in charge of persons in Philadelphia who do not know it is the kidnapped baby
 Until the authorities complete their
 examination of the prisoner and inYes-
 tigate the story he tells, his name will
 not be made public nor will be the
 place where he is being held will be re- vealed. He was arrested in Egg liar
 bor \. J., Monday and is believed to be
 under detention in South New, Jer-
 sey town.
 To the public the prisoner is known as The Crank" because he is suspected of being the man who wrote letters sign
 ed The Crank" to coughlin demanding
 S12,000 for the return of the child Coughlin placed the money where des-
 ignated on June IT, fifteen days of the
 baby was taken from its crib on the
 fNrNd 41ror CF means of a ladder. The money disap-
 peared without any clue to the child be-
 ing revealed.
 Postal inspectors Leonard confirmed
 the dramatic story of the methods used in trapping and capturing the man sus- pected of being the kidnapper Accord ing to Leonard, the Coughlins recently
 received more letters demanding S10 GOO for the return of the child. Correspond
 ence with the writer was carried on through newspaper advertisements and
 it was arranged that Coughlin should
 drop the money in box from a rail
 road train between Camden and At
 lantic City, when he saw white sheet flying from a tree.
 The Pennsylvania state police and the postal authorities cooperated. One hundred and ten policemen in civilian clothes covered the railroad from Cam @~-4 ~ @ANAS1AlN4S S4lSs oiSldiC6 .Ol OO miles, The distance was divided into sections and each section numbered Coughlin was given a map showing the sections and was instructed to display from the car window the number of the section when he threw out the box. He boarded the train, saw the white sheet flying short distance from Egg liar bor, threw out the box and displayed the figure 13. which were seen by state policemen along the railroad. They immediately went to that section. A
 man was observed coming from the woods, pick up something from the
 track and disappear. He was traced
 through the timber and captured in Egg
 Harbor. Bloodhounds were put on the
 trail to prove the man was the right
 one and they carried the scent to the
 spot where he was captured. State po-
 licemen, who travelled on a special train
 preceding the regular train, also fig
 ured in the capture.
 The prisoner, Chief Leonard said, had
 more than $100 in his clothes. He is
 described as a man of good education.