Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-06

called on the wife of negro preacher
at West Elizabeth. Pa. this week and
took from her n white baby left in her
custody shortly after the kidnapping.
The baby's description tallics with that
Of Blakcly.
Postal inspectors believe paquuale,
who has a long criminal record. may
hav" stolen the child and handed him to
the woman n short time later and may
have no real authoritative information
Of the woman and baby's present hid
ing place.
Ransom is not believed to have been
the motive of the woman now Sus-
prCtcd of nStigating the kidnapping.
Sh" is thought to have wanted the baby
for revenge for some real or fancied
wrong.
No Fingerprints of Woman
'DrSpitc all developments thus far"
said Chief Postal Inspector Leonard.
II am confident that there was only
one man engaged in the actual kid
napning. and that Pasquale is that man.
There were no fncCrprintS of a
woman discovered l'y tn" authorities on
the windowSill of the COughlin home
following the kidnapping of the baby.
As far n | know personally. the ar.
resi- Of woman mentioned promi-
""ntIy In the case will not he made to.
day.
''rhcrc wnS no significance in our
refusal to make known the CXaCt hiding
place 0f PaSuuulc. We merely wanted
to satisfy ourselves We wcrr getting all
that was posHibl" from him before we
made it known whore hC was being held
in order to avoid the nOtoricty and cX-
citCmCnt that would follow disclosure
of his whereabouts. do not anticipate
any violence. because the public eau
feel assured that the authorities will
take care Of PasQualc.
II can definitely say Pasqualc was
not in Philadelphia Monday night
despite all reports to the contrary. Up
until this morning he insisted deter
minetlly that he was hired to hang tho
flag. and mas made no other admissions
of guilt.
"As far as tho actual recovery Of the
baby is concerned. we are no further
advanced since yesterday. | think It Is
ridiculous to believe the rcuort that The
Crank did not get tn" Sl2.OOO ransom.
When hr was released on March 20 Of
this year he was virtually broke, and
las since spent money lavishly. We
have uncarthcd several Of his bank nc
counts and other real estate holdings,
UlI HNIUlTtN SlllNf HIS l'l'uN' llblh
jail"
State Police Cautious
State police headquarters at Harris
burg refused information concerning the
time PasGualc was there under exam
ination. Major Adams. the supCrin
tcndcnt. was away. Captain Price. the
troop statiStician. answered that II 'the
Philadelphia police made the statement
that PaSVualc hnd brrn brought from
Harrisburg to Philadelphia. they are
the people to back that statement up
ieorg" II. COughlin, father of the
baby. declined to say whether he would
go to City Hall to sec THE Crank
When asked at his home whether hc
had learned The Crank" was in Phil
ad"lphia. Mr.. Coughin said. Il have
nothing at all to say on that subject.
Chief Filler, of the NorriStown po-
lice was well pleased at the news that
Pn>Qualc had been brought to Phladcl-
uhia lie refused TO confirm the report
that h" had seen the prisoner.
"Thcy'v" got the bird" Filler said
confidently. The police chief would not
express an opinion on whether Fns-
quuIe was alone in the kidnapping or
had aCcOmpliCes.
One Of the circumstances which
lihh'N llIt hhlIDllNNN NJ .NbIIlNlVNU
certain that pasqualc is the kidnappcr
j. that in one Of THE Crank" letters
the kdnnpper said the baby had been
carried away wrapped in coat taken
from tn" house. The family never had
lnadr known that the cont had been
stolen. and therefore the writer Of the
letters could not have known of it cx-
c"pt by having been there.
\ rumOr that pasQual" worked near
the So II" Of the kidnapping is not he
licv"d by III" polio" authorities. James
Carroll, of SwcdPlHnd who is head of
the Alan Wood Iron and Steel Co. po-
lice, was shown the picture of PasQualo.
and was positive that he had never
worked in the Alan Wood plant. Jack
Campion, guard at the Raincy Wood
Coke Co.. who is noted for his mem
ory Of faces, was equally positive Pas.
Qualr had never been employed in the
nrighbOrhOod.
Mrs W. II. IOst and Mrs. J. F..