The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-13

only that which they wished police
to have would be given to authorities
March s police gave note Of en-
couragement Progress" was being
made, they said. Colonel Henry Brock
enridge, close friend and advisor of
Colonel Lindbergh, left the estate
hurriedly for an unannounced desti-
nation.
Colonel H. Norman Schwarzkopf
head of state police. said Mrs. Lind
berghs health is such I'VE cannot in
terfere" in secret negotiations being
pressed under direction of Colonel
Lindbergh.
March 10 rumors were circulated
that the baby was found five miles
from HopeWell, as the case went into
the second week with no trace found
of the child.
Others Come Forward
While Spitale and Bitz apparently
were unable to get in touch with the
abductors, other persons began to
come forward with the information
that they were in touch with the kid
naperS.
Chief among them were Rev. H.
Dobson Peackcock, an Episcopal
clergyman, Rear Admiral Guy H.
Burbage, and John H. Curtis, a
wealthy shipbuilder. all of Norfolk,
Va, who believed they had estab-
lished communication with the kid
napers and DR.. John F. Condor, a
retired New York educator.
The Norfolk trio asserted they had
been approached by emissaries OF
the kidnapers and hoped to effect the
return of the child They made sew
eral trips on yacht off the Atlantic
coast near Norfolk. but kept their
activities shrouded in secrecy. A con-
ference between Rev. Peacock and
Colonel Lindbergh took place at Hope
we'll but the clergyman would make
no statement other than he was con-
fident the child would be returned.
A similar conference was held later
between Curtis and Colonel Lind
bergh, but both declined to disclose its
nature.
DR.. Condor asserted that he estab-
lished contact with the kidnapers
through personals inserted in the
metropolitan newspapers. He signed
himself as "Jafsie" and the "Jafsie"
notes were later widely publicised
after attempts to locate the child had
failed.
COnvinces Lindbergh
1t was DR.. Condor who convinced
Colonel Lindbergh that communica-
ton with the abductors had been es-
tablished and persuaded the colonel
to turn over $4,000 to the alleged
kidnaperS.
After the money had been paid and
the child not returned, the serial
numbers of bills used in the ransom
fund were made public and several OF
them were passed in the New York
area by persons who never were ap-
pretended.
One of the most mysterious angles
of the case was the trip OF Major
Charles Schoeffel of the New Jersey
state police to Europe. Authorities de-
clined to say what his mission was eX-
cept that he was making the trip IN
connection with the Lindbergh case.
During recent weeks. no develop
ments were reported in the case, al
though Colonel Lindbergh and his
representatives continued to make
trips by plane to unknown destina-
tons.
Almost unlimited resources were
behind the investigation with TIT
combined fortunes of the Morrow!
and Lindberghs estimated at more
than 20 million dollars.
In addition. police in every Ameri-
can city had been cooperating in ar
effort to locate the child. Several
hundred arrests of persons having nc
connection with the crime were made
as authorities throughout the country
took advantage of every possible lead
Principals in Case
The dramatis personae OF the