Evening star., 1932-03-09
BAby'S
FINDING IS DENIED
Boston Mayor Said Kid
napers Demanded II
Hours to Escape.
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municado at Newark police headquar-
tiers, 1t was learned.
Further than admitting this, police
declined to comment on this angle of
the case In reply to question as TO
whether johnson was submitting volun-
tarily to questioning, police answered
"all information must come from Hope
we'll"
johnson was brought here Sunday
after he was spirited away from Hart
ford Conn, late Saturday afternoon.
He was picked up in West Hartford Fri
day when it was found his automobile
a green coupe-resembled one reported
seen near the Lindbergh home the
night of the kidnapping.
What the progress reported earlier
had been remains secret OF the IN
vestigators.
Has there been some valuable clue
come from the long days of questioning
johnson?
The police would not say.
Have Spitale and BitZ, the New York
gangmen named by Col Lindbergh him.
self as go-betweens to deal with the
kidnapers. been able to contact the
baby-snatchers?
I'VE know nothing about Spitale and
Bitz" the State police reply.
Has some telephoned or written
communication to the flyer himself
been of such a nature as to lead police
to hope that the baby soon may be re-
stored to his parents?
The police we're not to be drawn into
explanations Their only answer was:
Progress"
The Trenton and Hopewell sectors
were without outward developments. In
the face of whisperings that something
of great moment might take place dur
ing the night, the Lindbergh house
hold retired shortly after midnight. No
lights showed in the house on the hill
the rest of the night.
Trooper Force Is Cut.
There we're some indications that
Gov Moore was putting into effect his
suggestion that the way for the return
of the baby be made easy. The force
of troopers stationed at the Lindbergh
estate was cut from 25 to 10. Arrange
ments were made by which at a mo-
ment's notice the remaining troopers
can be sent away.
More sensational reports-such
case cannot escape sensationalism with
the demand for facts so insistent and
the authorized sources of such facts so
meager-were heard today, mentioning
Al Capone and seeking to show a pos
sible connection with the affair. One
such report, denied by police, was that
a theory had been propounded that the
return OF the Lindbergh baby was con-
tingent upon a dicker by which Capone
would be freed from the prison sentence
that hangs over him for income tax law
evasion.
The story was as foundationless as
hundreds Of others, which have made
every conceivable suggestion concerning
the kidnapping.
Capone"s only statement from his Jail
cell in Chicago has been the offer of
$4,000 reward for the child's return
b bis parents.
Police Deny Friction.
There we're denials by the police of
any friction With the Lindberghs be-
cause Of the manner in which the
search has been carried on. It was
emphasized that first word Of the alb
duction was telephoned by Col Lind
bergh himself to the State police, and
that he turned the investigation over
to them at once.
The IL dder found near the Lindbergh
home an presumed to have been used
by the kidnapers in reaching the second
floor nursery was looked upon with new
interest today as police intimated they
were narrowing their search for the
persons who purchased the lumber used
in it. The lumber was identified as
having been some left over from the
building of an addition to an institute
for epileptics not far from the Lind
bergh estate. 1t Is presumed to have
been sold to persons living in this
vicinity.