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The Washington times., 1932-04-13

directed Condor to walk a block
south.
Directions Fake
AS Condor walked down the
thoroughfare, which parallels st.
Raymond's Cemetery, ne heard
voice from back of a hedge:
Have you got the money"
Condor said he had. The man
behind the hedge, believed to be
a heavy-set Scandinavian or Ger
man, who previously had met
Condor in Woodlawn Cemetery to
discuss the kidnapers' terms, gave
"Jafsie" a letter containing direc-
tions where the baby could be
obtained.
The $4,000 in bills was turned
over and DR.. Condor hurried
back to the automobile, parked
not far away, where Colonel
Lindbergh was waiting.
Although Colonel Lindbergh,
Breckenridge and Condor made
several flights to the spot where
the directions said the child
could be found on a small yacht
off Gayhead, at the southerly tip
of Martha's Vineyard, off the
coast of Massachusetts, they were
unable to find any trace Of the
missing baby.
From London came reports that
a number of the bank notes paid
near a deserted Bronx Cemetery
by Condor to the supposed kid
napers while Lindbergh sat near
by in his car had appeared there.
Scotland Yard was said to be
tracing their source.
London Clue Traced
Since the money was paid over
on April in New York. it would
have been possible for the re,
cipients to have boarded a trans
atlantic liner, the Scythia, in Bos-
ton the next day, reached England
April II, and exchanged the
money.
Major Charles H. Schoeffel, of
the New Jersey State Police, is in
EceIand in connection with the
Lindbergh case. He was reported
working with Scotland Yard on
tracing the. newly-found bills to
those who passed them.
The other new phase in the kid
nap hunt was revealed in Rutland,
VT. where three Department Of
Justice agents, two Of whom came
from Martha's Vineyard, Mass,
and adjoining regions, pursued an
apparently freshly developed clue.
Indy Trusts Doctor
About 10 days ago Rutland
police received a letter from AL.
bany stating that the Lindbergh
baby would be taken to certain
house there. A few days of watch
ing failed to yield any trace of the
infant.
But significance was seen in
the appearance of the agents
now, since Martha's Vineyard
was named as the place where
Lindbergh was to find the baby
on yacht after he paid the ran
som, 'and where in a plane the
colonel searched, vainly for such
a craft for two days.
While the Norfolk trio of Lind.
bergh ENJOYS still continued ef-
forts to establish contact with the
kidnapers, two of them coming
for conferences with Lindbergh,
the Colonel seemed to pin his
main faith in having his child
restored t0 him through DR.. Con,
don.
He authorized Col. H. Norman
Schwarzkopf. head of the New
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Continued from rage ~
home from a mysterious trip on
which he embarked with q suit
case, the same he carried en- a
secret mission last week. He was
driven from his home by his
companion in the negotiations,
AL Reich, a former prize-fighter.
New Angles Appear
His trip followed secret con-
ference at his home with Col.
Henry Breckenridge, Lindbergh'S
legal adviser.
His active re-entrance into the
case came at the end Of a day
during which two puzzling de-
velopments added curious angles
to the kidnap mystery, already
crowded with sensations.
It was persistently reported
today that new negotiations
we're in progress looking toward
the exchange of the $4,000 ran
som bills for bills whose num-
bers are not known-or for gold,
Had Many Contacts
Virtually all of Condon's nego-
tiations, prior to the payment
fiasco, were local in character.
A Bronx neighborhood paper
was selected as the medium OF
communication through want-ad
advertisements between Condor
CJafsie") and the kidnapers.
Meetings followed at places
such as graveyards in the Bronx,
the railroad station at Tucka-
hoe, a flower nursery not far
from Condon's home, and other
convenient spots.
Police believe the kidnaperS
not only knew Condor, but may
have lived in the Bronx district,
or at least were very familiar
"Jafsie's" early negotiations
with the kidnapers are coming to
light in piecemeal fashion and
reveal a bizarre story that has
hardly parallel in fiction.
Woman Was Decoy
For the first time it is re-
vealed that a woman played a
prominent role in duping Condor
in payment of the ransom. On
March 10 a woman customer en-
tered the charity bazaar in the
Bronx. She came oStensibly to
look at old violins but DR.. Con-
don saw she had no interest in
them. Finally she said to him: {:
Nothing can be done while
all this fuss in the newspapers
is going on. Meet me at the
TuckahOe railroad station next
Wednesday at S p. m. have
a message for you"
The "JafSie" messages already
had been appearing in the news
papers and Condor was quick to
follow this "lead."
Note Comes in Taxi
From then on, Condor was re-
ceiving messages" from the kid
naperS. He was told to keep ad-
vertiSing. He did.
On the night the ransom was
paid, Colonel Lindbergh and
Colonel Dreckinridge met at Con-
do1'S home to await the summons
to the rendezvous. It came when
a taxicab driver delivered a note
at the Condor home.
The note directed DR.. Condor
to be at Dergen's flower nursery
in 80 minutes. There another
note was to be found beneath a
stone under a table outside the
nursery. It was found there. It
The Washington times., 1932-04-13
Cathedral Receives
Wilkes Memorial

A memorial tablet to the late
Mrs. Charles M. Wilkes, secretary
treasurer of the Bishops Guild
of Washington Cathedral, was
presented to the cathedral yester-
day by the guild. The tablet will
be placed in the Shadow House
in the Bishops Garden on Mount
st. Alban.
At the guild meeting yesterday
Mrs. William E. McReynolds was
elected secretary, and Mrs.
Charles F.. Roberts, treasurer.
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dence that Kelley is forging. Po-
lice officers have testified to
every tiny detail Of the kidnap.
ing of Kahahawai and the find
ing of his body in Mrs. ForteS-
cues car.
Silent witnesses"-the blood
stained sheets with which the
body was wrapped, the rope used
to bind the shroud, even the
signet ring of the dead youth
have been waved before the jury
by the adroit prosecution, and
almost without objection from
Chief Defense Counsel Clarence
Darrow.
Clash Over Ring
The only clash between oppos-
ing counsel came over the ring.
The defense protested that it
was irrelevant, but Ju d g e
Charles S. Davis finally admitted
it in evidence.
The apparent Indifference of
the super-clever Darrow to the
strong net of circumstantial evil
dence surrounding his clients
has led court observers to believe
his defense will consist in a SEN
sational coup"
Kelley believes that the main
spring of the defense plan lies
in Lieutenant .Massie. The young
Naval lieutenant will shoulder
the blame for the killing, plead
ing justifiable homicide, the legal
term for the "unwritten law" &C
cording to Kelley's deductions OF
Darrow's scheme.
To circumvent this. the young
Irish prosecutor is carefully erect
ing what would seem to be an
unbreakable wall around the de-
PENDANTS.
One State witness, however, has
given testimony that may be of
aid to Darrow as he seeks to prove
the great emotional strain that
MaSsie was under as the result
of the brutal attack on his wife.
Percy Bond, a policeman testi'
flying for the State, recounted how
Lieut., MaSSie congratulated him.
The Washington times., 1932-04-13
BY MRS. ANNE KLUEGEL
Copyright. 1892. international
News SerViCe)

HONOLULU, 7. H., April
13 GN.S.).-The Territory Of
Hawaii is heaping up "silent
witnesses" in an effort to
convict the four Americans
accused of the "honor slay-
ing" of the native, Joseph
Kahahawai.
Bloodstained sheets, a signet
ring. the watch taken from the
dead man, a bloodstained and
sinister Navy towel, a torn blue
shirt, another white shirt with the
cuff torn off, a woman's dainty
blue dressing gown, a Navy As
caliber revolver, a 32-caliber steel
jacketed bullet. -.
All these and more are amcng
the exhibits produced by the
prosecution to prove by circum-
stantial evidence that Mrs. Grace
Hubbard Fortescue, Lieut.. Thomas
H. Massie and the two naval en-
listed men. Albert S. Jones and E.
j. Lord, are guilty of killing
Joseph Kahahawai, accused Of at
tacking Mrs. Thalia Massie.
DarrOW Like FOch
And yet the motive of the shoot
ing-the eXpiation of the hideous
crime of attack-has not once
come to the surface as the trial
moves swiftly to it's conclusion.
In the background, silent for
the most part, sits Defense Couu
sci Clarence Darrow. reminiscent
of that great military strategist,
Marshal Foch.
He promises to confound his
enemy with surprises, to provide
shock troops and reserves.
He, like Foch, knows the neces-
Sity of striking powerful and de-
cisive blows.
All Hope in DarrOw
That he will do so when the
hour arrives no one doubts.
But what can the defense pro-
duce to convince the polygot
jury that the defendants are in
nocent if the community itself
is indifferent to attack cases?
So far not an inkling of the
defense plans has been disclosed.
But we who sit watching the
unfolding of this great drama
know that the steady hand and
the clear brain of a great lawyer
will somehow find an answer to
the riddle that for the moment
battles us.
The Washington times., 1932-04-13
VOLCANO PERIL
STILL HOvERS

VALPARAISO, Chile, April 13
N.SD.-Although the Andean
volcanoes were quieter, the grum-
bling craters still emitted dust and
smoke which prevented aerial sur
veyors from approaching them
closely.
The fate of herdsmen and coun-
try-folk in many of the foothill re-
gions remained in doubt.
Oswald Hardey. research flyer.
returned here today after a survey
of the entire volcanic area, report
ing that dense clouds of the vol
canic ash hung over the mountain
range. He said the rich vineyards
of the foothills we're almost sub
merged by ashes and dust.
The Washington times., 1932-04-13
Capt. Roberts Named
ArtiLLeru Teacher

Capt. Caesar R. Roberts, Coast
Artillery Corps, now stationed at
Fort Totten, N. Y, has been
ordered to Washington as in
structor, Coast Artillery, District
of Columbia National Guard, re-
lieving Major Frank C. Scofield,
who has been with the District
National Guard for the past four
years.
The Washington times., 1932-04-13
WOMEN PLACE
THEIR HOPES
IN DARRON
Mrs. KIuegeI Confident He Will
Strike Telling Blow
When Hour Comes

Mrs. Anne Kluegel, a constant
spectator at the ForteSQue-MGSSie
trial in Honolulu, has t0ritten eT'
cluSiUely for International NetDS
SerUice another analysis OF the
sensational trial. Mrs. Kluegel
tDon fame By leading the ctUic de,
mGnd for Legislative reform in
HnWdii tollo1Uing the attack on
Mrs. ThGltG MGSSie. Her presence
in court along tDith other pronli.
inent White tDonen has been q
source of strong consolation to
Mrs. Grace Hubbard ForteSque.
The Washington times., 1932-04-13
HarbOr Collision
Costs Sailors Life

NEW YORK, April 13 G.N.SJ.
A Coast Guardsman, James C.
Reilly, was drowned today when
the Coast Guard tug Manhattan
and the freighter Guayaquil
crashed in the channel between
the barge office and the Statue
of Liberty.
The Washington times., 1932-04-13

According to the present itin-
erary, Miss Earhart will fly to
Miami by Eastern Air Trans
port and there will board one
of the Pan-American flying
boats for the flight through the
West Indies and down the coast
of South America to Buenos
Aires. She will fly westward
across the Andes and continue
up the West Coast to the Pana-
ma Canal Zone and thence
back to Miami,
The Washington times., 1932-04-13
Capital Votes 3 tO1
For DrY LaU RepedL

Of a total of 13,495 votes cast
by Washingtonians in the Liter.
ary Digest's poll on prohibition,
10,491 we're for repeal and 1904
were for continuance of the
Eighteenth Amendment, accord
ing to incomplete returns from
this city made public by the
magazine today.
The Washington times., 1932-04-13

start in May
on a 10000
mile S o u t h
American fly
ing trip that
will take her
to 18 coun-
tries.
She will go
as a paSSen-
ger. Whether
she will be
a ccompanied
by her hus-
band, Georg ;
P. Pu t n am,
publisher, has
not yet been
The Washington times., 1932-04-13

sequence she
will go into
Manh a t t a n
supreme court
this week in
an attempt to
collect $780,
900 from the
Fox Theater
Corporal ion,
Pet e r Clark,
Inc, the Flat
bush Avenue
q n d NevinS
Street Corpo-
ration, an d
t he William
Fox Circuit of
-N
The Washington times., 1932-04-13
TheaterS.

All of which means that on
December /, 1923, while she was
appearing in a dancing act at
the Fox Theater, Brooklyn, she
tripped on a stage elevator and
broke bone in her left foot.
The Washington times., 1932-04-13
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Mae Murray Values
Her Legs at $3.50, 900

NEW YORK, April 13.-Mae
Murray's legs are not as pretty
as they used to be. In con-
The Washington times., 1932-04-13
Amelia Earhart Plans
2O,O0O-MiIe Jaunt

NEW YORK, April 13.-Ame-
liza Earhart, first woman to
cross the Atlantic by plane, will
The Washington times., 1932-04-13
Jafsie Thinks Former Student Wrote
Demands for Baby Ransom

directed Condor to walk a block
Evening star., 1932-08-25
BONUS MARCHERS
FREED FROM JAIL
Judge Suspends Sentences of
Two Who Had Been Given
180-Day Terms.

Pomery Gravely. colored, and Harold
Irwin, bonus marchers, sentenced to
180 days in jail following the July %
riots, were released today when Judge
Isaac r. Hit suspended the remainder
of their terms.
The men were convicted Of forcible
and unlawful occupancy of Government
property near Third street and Penn
sylvania avenue. It was said they re-
manned in their billets after a Treas
ury Department official ordered them to
leave and had to be carried from the
building.
Today, after the men had served
slightly less than month of their
term, Judge Hit had the men brought
from the District Jail, and suspended
their sentences, placing them on pro-
baton for year. The judge said: THE
Government is not making compro-
mise with you people. I take this ac-
ton because of certain eXtenuating cir
cumstances In your cases"
Shortly afterward Judge Hit dis
missed a motion which had been filed
by Jesse C. Duke, former attorney for
the men, who asked that Assistant
United States Attorney Michael F.
Keogh be cited for contempt of court
for language he had used in the trial.
Duke pointed to Keogh's use of the eX-
pletives "asinine" and Ignorant" in
referring to his argument. The
judge said there was nothing unethical
in Keogh's handling of the cases.
Evening star., 1932-08-25
BOLIVIAN ENVOY
TO j. s. RESIGNS
Luis 0. AbeIIi to Devote Him.
self to His Private Busi-
ness interests.

BY the Associated Press
The resignation Of Bolivian Minister
Luis o. Abelli has been accepted, it was
learned today at the legation.
The Minister sent his resignation to
La Paz several days ago. He received
the acceptance yesterday. 1t was said
at the legation no successor has been
announced.
Abelli said he had resigned in order
to attend to his private business inter-
estS. He is part owner Of the Aeivaya
tin mines in Bolivia and explained he
has been handicapped by his diplomatic
duties in handling his own affairs dur
ing a period when all tin interests have
suffered heavily.
The retiring Minister presented his
credentials September II last year, sue
ceeding Eduardo Diez de Medina, who
delegate in negotiations with Paraguay
for Chaco non-aggression pact.
While the trouble with Paraguay has
engrossed his country since Abelli has
been Minister, he has not been directly
charged with the solution. Until about
six weeks ago the negotiations were
largely confined to parleys between the
Paraguayan delegates and the two spe-
cial Bolivian diplomats, Diez de Medina
end Enrique Ffnot.
Diplomatic colleagues have said that
between Abelli and the delegates, espe-
cially Finot, there has been difference
of opinion as to Bolivia'S policy in
Washington. Abelli has been reported
as standing for cooperation with
friendly neighboring countries and the
press.
The Minister said he would spend the
Evening star., 1932-08-25
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Evening star., 1932-08-25
PAYS $4OO FOR LAUGH

CHARLESTON, w. Va, August "a
CN.A.N A).-All DR.. B. S. Preston got
out Of $400 investment was some
what nervous laugh. DR.. Preston had
ordered medical apparatus known as
an Alpine light. He was out when it
arrived and the contraption was re-
ceived by two colored janitors They
promptly decided it was a bomb, and,
in company with policemen, sank it in
the river. The nervous laugh was given
when DR.. Preston identified the ruined
machine to the arms of the law
Evening star., 1932-08-25
Patriarch Spanked;
Golden Anniversary
Celebration Halted
Son Takes Mothers Part
In Argument-Party
Plans Cancelled.

ROBINSON, Ill, August IS P.-
There will be no golden wedding ami
versary party at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Caleb Warsbaugh, because the
bridegroom of so years ago got spanked.
The spanking was given to 74-year-
old Caleb by his son, Clifford, who put
the old gentleman across his knees
Warsbaugh and his wife. Ida, 81, had
sent invitations to IL children and Al
grandchildren to attend the anniver-
Sary party, but an argoment ensued and
the younger Warsbaugh took his moth
ers part.
Father Warsbaugh filed an assault
charge. The son pleaded guilty, and
justice Of the peace fined him $13.65.
Evening star., 1932-08-25
ROYAL JOHNSON
HIT BY LEGION
Post Asks if House Member
Got Representatives Pay
During World War.

Representative Royal c. johnson, Re-
publican, Of South Dakota, today was
called upon by Victory Post Of the
American Legion to tell the American
Legion whether he received. during his
Army service, any compensation from
the Government as a member OF Cen
gress.
The request, in the form of resolu-
tion, charged that Representative john
son % seen fit publicly to denounce
in furt;,crance of his political interest,
the claims advanced by veterans Of the
World War"
Resolution Is Quoted.
The resolution follows:
whereas. the Hon. Royal G. john
son, member of Congress from the State
of South Dakota has seen fit to pub
licly denounce, in furtherance of his
political interest, the claims advanced
by veterans of the World War.
BE it resolved, that Victory Post,
No. 4, Department of the District of
Columbia, American Legion, requests
information to Victory Post and the
public press as to whether he received
compensation as member of Congress,
while absent from his congressional
duties, during the period of his service
with the military forces of the United
States during the World War. and any
other gratuity in the form of retired
pay, pension, etc, as q result Of such
war service, and
BE it further resolved That if any
such compensation were paid, the
amount of compensation so received be
made public and that the American
Legion take the necessary action to bring
the payment of this bonus to the atten-
tion Of the people of South Dakota and
the entire United States: and
BE 1t further resolved, That a COPY
of this. resolution be forwarded to the
Hon. Royal c. Johnson. to the Legion
posts in congressional district of South
Dakota concerned and to the National
Convention of the American Legion and
the public press"
Denounced Bonus Marchers.
Representative johnson, on August
Is, speaking to an American Legion
banquet at La Crosse, Wis, denounced
the Bonus EXpeditionary Force as Com
munist-inspired and sent to Washing
ton prepared to make trouble for au-
thorities with dynamite, arms and am
munition
Johnson formerly was chairman of
the House Veterans Committee.
According to South Trimble, clerk
OF the House of Representatives, Rep
resentative Johnson resigned from his
seat in the House when he enlisted in
the Army during the war, and received
no compensation from the Government
otner than his regular Army pay.
Evening star., 1932-08-25

next few months between Washington
and New York on personal business be-
fore returning to La Paz and Lima.
Evening star., 1932-08-25

Of the week on the new Post once. with
the r. Z. Coulborn Co. of Philadelphia
as subcontractor on the job.
Steel for q seventeen building with
attic and roof, probably. will be IN
place in less than 80 days. The foun-
dations of the Interstate Commerce
Building are almost ready to receive
the steel. and work there Is expected to
begin In a few days.
The superstructure for the Labor De-
partment will be begun somewhat later.
The buildings lie between Pennsyl-
vania and Constitution avenues, Twelfth
and Fourteenth streets.
Evening star., 1932-08-25

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Evening star., 1932-08-25
Flying Boats in Service.

Special flying boats are being used in
an air service just opened between
Edinburgh, Belfast and other places In
Scotland and Ireland. Landing fields
will be in lakes or harbors near the
cities. Passengers will be taken to and
from the flying boats IN fast motor
launches.
Evening star., 1932-08-25
FIVE KILLED IN CHACO.
Paraguayans Reported Repulsed by
Bolivian Troops.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, August IS R.-Five
Paraguayan soldiers, three Of them Of
ficers, were killed in an attack Saturday
on Fort Arce, Bolivian outpost in the
Chaco region, 1t was announced today.
A government communique said the
attack was repulsed and the Para
guayans fed so precipitately they had
no time to recover all their dead.
ASUNCION, Paraguay, August IS up.
The Paraguayan commander OF the lst
Division has reported to the ministry
of war that there were indications
that Bolivian troops were concentrating
near Forts Boqueron, Arce and TN
funque, stretching northward from
Estero Patino Swamp, in readiness Tor
a mass attack in the disputed Gran
Chaco region.
He reported also that Bolivian cavalry
had attacked Fort Falcon, just east OF
Fort Arce, several days ago, and had
been repulsed by Paraguayan troops.
Two Bolivian planes were said to have