The Washington times., 1920-08-12
ADMITS BABY .
IS STILL ALIVE
Hope. for Recovery Is Renewed
by New Confession of
Pasquale.

PHILADELPHIA Aug. 12.-Augusto
Pasquale. 1.-The Crank" liar, thief, ex-
tortionist, black mailer and probably
kidnaper OF Blakely Coughlin. of Nor
ristown, was spirited out OF Philadel.
phia at 11:20 o'clock last night.
In the custody OF Major Lynn @.
Adams, superintendent OF the State
police, and three other officers "The
Crank" occupied the center OF the
back seat of a big automobile, and
his departure marked the end OF the
busiest twenty-four hours the police
have had since his capture a week
ago Monday.
Probably the most encouraging out
come OF yesterdays activities, which
included a trip to Egg Harbor with
"The Crank" was his admission for
the first time that he had seen the
baby alive. He admitted the child
had spent a night in his farmhouse
at New Gretna in company with Joe
and "Joe's woman" who. he still main
tains, are the real abductors Of the
child.
SAYS HE SLEPT WITH BABY.
Pasquale even vent so far as to say
that he himself slept with the baby.
He said he ran a finger about the
childs gums and counted nine teeth
that had broken through. which would
be about the right number, since the
child was teething wher he was kid
naped, June 2, from the home of his
mother and father, Mr.. and Mrs.
George H. Coughlin, of Curren ter
race, Norristown.
He was a nice little fellow" said
Pasquale, healthy and everything,
and the words came from him in such
nf hone
eral points in the hearts Of the police.
Pasquale's admission that the baby
lis alive and that he had seen IT the
Thursday before his arrest followed
an Identification of 1.-The Crank" by
an Egg Harbor woman who saw Pas
quale and a woman in the Egg Har-
tor railroad station the morning Pas.
quale fell into the trap set by the
State police for his capture.
WANTED $4,000 MORE.
The woman is Mrs. Harry Foster.
wife of an Atlantic City county de-
tective. Their home is directly oppo-
site the station at Egg Harbor. She
said the woman had the child and
seemed to be in a controversy with
'Pasquale.
A few days before this Pasquale
and the same woman were seen by
Fred Bergen, florist near Pasquale's
house. A baby was with him at the
time and in this instance they also
seemed to be arguing. Pasquale Is
said to have admitted this and added
that his disagreement with the woman
was because she did not want to re-
turn the child without gouging
Coughlin of another $4,000.
On top of this, 1.-THE Crank said he
does not know where the baby is at
this time, and for the first time
since his arrest the statement is be-
lieved by a police official. Captain
Souder last night said he thought the
man was telling the truth.
BELIEVES CRANK OUTwITrED.
Captain Souder added that Ne is
now fully convinced this woman and
the man who is said to be her COM
panion, or husband, or intimate rela-
tive have double-crossed Pasquale.
While Pasquale was being dragged
over New Jersey yesterday in an at
attempt to learn the whereabouts of
the baby, arrangements were being
made in Norristown for an early
morning hearing for the man. The
charges are so drawn up as to in
clude kidnapping, accessory after
kidnapping, blacmail, extortion and
a Federal charge of using the mails
to defraud.
These new revelations Of The