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CHICAGO, Sept 1O-Whest-No. 2 red.
55hc; No. 2, restricted billing, .5474c; No.
55Ac; No. 2 mixed, weevily. SAC. Corn
No mixed, 319ic; No. / yellow. 3194@
32c; No yellow. 3194@32c; No. 3 yellow,
slice; No. yellow. sic; No. white. soc;
from Iowa 80 per cent damaged and
musty). Osts-No. white, TIC; No.
white. 16l4M1714c. Rye-No sales. Barley
-S5.25M9BO.
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Net Changes

By United Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 1O.-Closing
prices and net changes on prin-
York Stock Exchange today follow:
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CHICAGO. Sept 10 Eggs-Market. Arm
er: receipts s, ls9 cases; extra firsts, 1874
lsi4c: frsts. l7alsc; current receipts.
146isise; dirties. Hole Butter-Mar-
ket, hrmer; receipts, 10.4ls tubs; extras.
isc seconds lisa Ice: standards zoe
Poultry-Msrket, steady receipts 10
turkeys; fowls. i4ls9l5lsc: springers. 14G
1sc: Leghorns, 11iac; ducks. lO1l2c
1Oc; chickens. i4614lsc; Leghorn broiers.
l3c. Cheese-Twins, 1914 612isc: Young
Americas. l23am13c. Potatoes-On track
III: arrivals. 1911: shipments, ass: market
steady, Wisconsin Cohblers 7o6IS0c; Min
neSota CobblerS. hollendales. soc; Idaho
Triumphs. Sldll0; Minnesota early
Ohios Tnd T5c
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BIZ Times Special

LOUIS ' lille, SEPT. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. S,
grade light steers and heifers mostly $50
higher. other classes fully steady to strong;
bulk common and medium steers and
ter; beef cows, mostly s250635O; practical
top. 81; low cutters and cutters. s1@2.25;
top bulls SO; bulk S2.75 down; bulk stock
steady for Saturday and week; better light
vealers, S5d5.5O; medium grades and most
heavy calves, s3.50@450; throwouts. So
245-295 lbs 81; 300 lbs up $3.50; 140-17O
lbs, S4; 1875 lbs. down. $3.50; sows. S21O0
2.85 and stays, Sl90; market 30635c high
days market steady, unchanged for week
closing bulk better lambs S5.50d5.75: lower
grades including bucks, $3.50 down; fat
head down. Fridays shipments; 234 calves.
3l9 sheep.
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Other Livestock
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600; including Ii 900 direct; scarcely
enough choice hogs on sale to quote q
market scattered sales better kinds, 1O@
15c below Fridays average; some cleanup
sales off more; good 170-230 lbs, $3.50;
actual top, $3.50; choice nominsllJyo quot
able to $4;65 or above; good 10000 az lbs
ing sows. $S25@3.65; no smooth. light
weights sold. Shippers took 200; holdovers
1000. Cattle-Receipts, 300; compared
week ago; medium weight and weighty
steers, steady to Csc higher all grades
light steers, lost early advance closing
steady; light heifers and mixed i! yeaaTnIngs
both fed and grassy kinds, 25m5Oc higher;
general run common and medium grassy
and short fed steers, steady; only. pro-
nounced downturn occurring on better
grade light steers and long yearlings; beef
cows. Csc lower; cutters, steady; bulls, 10
d15c higher vealerS. 50c@S1 higher;
stockers and feeders steady; extreme top
above So 25 at close light steers, $40; bulk
grain fed S7.25G9 $780, Montana grassers up
to S7.75; most Stockers, S4@5.75; best Sc.
Approximately $500 western grasSers in
run. largely she stock and Stockers. Sheep
Receipts. 5000; today's market, nominal;
feeding stations; 90. 400 direct; market I'M
evenly steady to Csc higher; choice range
lambs up more in instances; recent wide
spread between natives and westerns dis
appeared; we'll finished lambs rallied
sharply under broad shipping orders late.
lambs, averaging S2-97N lbs. $500 $50;
better grade natives, $575@650 few, S6.75
native throwouts. $3.5064; range yearhngs,
S3.50M450; better kinds upward to IS;
slaughter ewes. S1.5002.25; range feeding
lambs. scaling 65-78 lbs. $4.75@5.25.
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Deaths

William Farris. SO. city hospital, acct
dental
John NJ Mum, 70. 1916 Nelson, arterio-
scleroSiS
Louise Edward Young. A. 345s Kenwood,
acute cardiac dilatation.
Edwin Eugene Sims, IS, Soi4 Jackson.
pulmonary tuberculosis
LESSEE Adams, IS, Long hospital. dia-
beteS mellitus.
Joseph w Doughty. IS. 2144 Shelby,
cerebral hemorrhage.
Gertrude Miller, TO- SS4 High, chronic
myocarditis
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BIZ United Press

CLEVELAND. Sept. Hogs-Receipts
100; holdoyer. none; steady; odd lots 100
210 lbs. averages. $3.50: for week, 156 40c
higher: top. $3.50 Cattls-Receipts. $50
few steers IS 25 down; for week generally
IS soc .highes:. package choice steers.
S8.75; other $3.50 down; bulk common to
medium. $3.50 $50; heifers. s3.50d5; few
SIS: cows. S1.50G3.75; late best. 81: sausage
bulls. s2.T5G3.75 largely. Cslves-Receipts
20; for week 81 higher; extreme top on
closing furry SO. late bulk. s8ds50. COM
mon to medium closing. s6m7 so: little un-
der $3.50 late. Sheep-Receipts. so: for
week lambs. Csc to mostly soc higher; at
$3.50 freely: few choice. s6.75: common to
medium throwouts. si65; occasionally.
s55065.75
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NEW YORK. Sept. 1O.-Potstoes- Steady;
Long Island, 40caSl per Darrell New
Jersey, s0cdsl.40. Sweet Potatoes Firm;
Jersey basket, Sidl,sS, southern barrel
Sl2562; Southern basket 50m85c. Flour
Dull; springs: patents. s390d425 pei
barrel Pork Steady. Mess, sl9.25 per
barrel Lard-Stesdy. Middle West-Spot
s5.45G555 per 100 lbs. Petroleum-Firm;
New York Refined. tic gallon; crude
Pennsylvania, s1.526202 barre. Geese
Steady: brown, SisG3isc per ID. yellow
3is03hc per ID; white, Sh@4iac per
ID Tallov-Firm; special to extra. 3ss q
Sac per h. Hides-Native steers, SC; butt
brands. Sc, Coorados 7iac. Dressed
Poultry-Quiet; turkeys. l0630c; chickens
l4G26c; broilers, l4G24c; fowls, l0G2lc;
Long Island ducks, 12'ia6l5lac Live
Poultry-Firm; geese. SMl4c; turkeys, 10@
acc; ROSTERS, l2GlSc; ducks. SQl7c; fowls
l4ml9c, chickens pullets, 20G25c Cheese
Quiet; Young America, 1394G17i2c
Butter-Market Irregular cents per pound
creamery. higher than extras 2i34622Ac;
extra, %; score. 2i@21i4c: f1rstS. 81 score
20020iec firSts IS TO SO score, 1S618iac;
SECONDS, l7al7lsc. Eggs-Market Arm:
special packs including unusual hennery
selections. 23G26c; standards. 2i622c; re-
handled receipts, 20d20iac: Pacific coasts
fresh shell treated 30ia0 SIC: Pacific Coast
shell treated standards. 26is a soc
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EAST BUFFALO. N Y. Sept. 10
Hogs on sale. 800; scarcely enough here to
for weekia: general trade steady to i0c
higher; dependable outlet. Cattle-Receipts
none: weeks supply moderate; long fed
steers ard yearllngs steady to strong;
choice steers and yeaSlings. s5.25d9 Is:
few outstanding loads S9.65d9.90; short
feds and fleshv grassers. S6d z. so: common
"a: cutter grades sl.2762.75. Calves
Receipts. none: yeas. closed. SOC under
last week: good TO choice mostly 81 so;
early bulk S. Sheep-Receipts. 800 lambs
generally sec higher: for week: all grades
sharing advances. good TO choice moder-
diusn, S5I 5.T5 bucks, $500 SIS: few
ewes s2I275.
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Chicago Grain

Primary Receipts.
Oals s...,s.. ...s..... ......sss..'s - ,VOu
corn ...............,..... b23,UOO
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FIT WAYNE. Ind. Sept i0-Hogs-
Steady: pigs, S3.75m4: light lights. $4@
42s: lights $4.25n4.40, mediums, $4,000
4 So: heavies. s425m440: light roughs, S3m
$50 heavy roughs, s2.75m3: stays s2d
2 so: calves. $3.50: eve and wether lambs,
$3.50; bucks, $3.50.
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FTFTFFI FFH0
LAFAYETTE. Ind. Sept Hogs-5d
l5c OF; 225-275 lbs. s4so@44o; 27S-325
l5O-1s0 lbs. S46420: 10o-i50 lbs, SO .506
SITS; roughs. $3.50 down; top calves. $3.50;
ton lambs, S..
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EAST ST. LOUIS, H. Sept. 1O.-Hogs
Receipts, 1000; market. active; steady to
d455: few s4.4O; 1913 h. weights. S425
100 100 lbs, s4@4.4O; sows mainly s3.15
a375; with week ago Csc higher mostly;
pigs. l0625c higher. Cattfe-Receipts,
200; calves, 100; sheep 200.
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WHEA
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CHICAGO. Sept. 10-Carlots: Wheat
90 corn, 343; oats. s.; rye, O., and bar
lev Q.
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PITTSBURGH. Sept. -Hogs-Receipts.
ABS: lighter weights down to s4s5: pios.
S3.75G4; goSd packing sows 50 35d3 So
Cattle-Receipts, so; market. steady to
quoted s5.750675: grass heifers around
IS downward; gross beef cows. 50 5Od B. so
Calves-Receipts. IS: market, steady; good
ceipts, 1000: market. steady: better grade
lambs, S666.50: buck lambs, $3.50 down
ward; throwouts, s2G4; good wethers up to
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Bulls (Yearlings Excludedl-
Good and choice beef ...... 5000 81
Cutter, common and medium. 2.25@ 3.0l
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Shrewd Police Work Frqyed Curtis
Until He Confessed to Ease His Nerpes

Sehwarzkopf and Inspector
Harry A. Walsh, who cleverly led
Curtis into making a full confes-
sion Of his duplicity, said they
were convinced that both Dean
Dobson-p Peacock and Admiral Bur-
rage were mere dupes, who fol-
lowed the fabrications Of the ship
builders distorted imagination in
the belief that they were helping
to restore the Lindbergh baby to
his pal entS.
1t was thought at first that
Curtis had conceived his wild tale
in effort to lift himself from
bankruptcy, into which the fail
ure Of the gas engine and boat
corporation, of which he was prest-
dent, had forced him.
It has developed, however, that
Curtis received no money at all
from Colonel Lindbergh for his
efforts and that he apparently
never figared on obtaining any.
The general feeling among the
police is that financial worry
temporarily unbalanced Curtis to
such an extent that a vagrant
thought that he might gain
honor and glory as the man who
restored the Lindbergh baby to
its home found fertile ground
upon which to grow.
The steady stream of question
ing shot at Curtis fot. two days
by Colonel Schwartzkoff and the
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

rivaled the tales of Baron Nun
chausen as bizarre and fantastic
fiction.
He told Of driving along in his
car on the night of March 9 and
of a man hopping on his running
board.
This man, identified only as
Sam" by Curtis, said that he
had been approached by kidnap-
ers and that he wanted to con-
suit Curtis about 1t. Curtis said
that he only half believed the
man but after a severe cross
examination he began to take
stock in the story.
It was then that he approached
the Rev. Dobson-Peacock and
Admiral Burrage. That started
the weird tale of midnight jour.
neyS to Cape May, of boat trips
with the actual kidnapers, and
Of threats made by them which
Curtis parried by announcing
that he had left a full record
Of his negotiations with them In
a safe deposit vault with their
names and addresses.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Lindy's Wild-COOse Chases Spurred
By Grudging Faith in Curtis Honesty

naval planes were always at
his back and call and destroyers
were always in readiness to obey
his commands. AS he reported
progress and gave out optimistic
reports, the early skepticisn as
to his motives was replaced by a
grudging faith that he really
had got in touch with the kid.
naperS.
Colonel Lindbergh soon devoted
most Of his time to running about
the country and hurrying out to
sea as directed by Curtis. He
was at sea with the Norfolk man
when the tragic news OF the find
ing Of his sons body came to him
and a delay in the transmission
Of that message kept him from
his wife'S side for several hours
after the news was broken to her.
Announcement of Curtis con.
fession came Unexpectedly yes
terday afternoon. Curtis came to
Hopewell last Fridav at the re-
quest Of the authorities. He was
questioned for hours and last
night Colonel Schwarzkopf gave
out the text Of his story, which
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

checked that for Colonel Lind.
bergh personally.
"And it was because of Curtis
that the kidnapers broke off
negotiations with me-"
"Jafsie" displayed an old news
paper clipping which quoted Cur.
tis as saying that Colonel Lind.
bergh had authorized him to pay
100000 to the kidnapers.. DR..
Condor declared:
That's what broke my con-
tact. I only paid the kidnapers
$5O,c0O. They read about $780,
600 being available and they
though I was holding out on
the other $5O,OOO."
Whether or not the story Of
DR.. Condor leads to the ultimate
capture of the kidnapers and
murderers of baby Lindbergh,
at least it has provided the au-
thorities with the only known
tangible clues upon which to
work.
These clues include the serial
numbers of the $4,000 in bills
of various denominations which
Condor told of throwing over a
cemetery wall to the kidnaper
representative.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

astute Inspector Walsh, famed IN
Jersey as a master Of the art of
cross-examination, weakened and
finally broke down the Norfolk
negotiator and today Curtis, &C
cording to State troopers, is a
bewildered man who acts as
though he were coming out of
a nightmare.
Was Secretly Studied
From the beginning police au-
thorities have questioned the
value of the information Curtis
gave to Colonel Lindbergh,
AS soon as he entered the case.
which was on March 10, an
investigation unknown to him
was made of his past life. At
that time Colonel Schwarzkopf
admitted cautiously that Curtis
would be given every cooperation
but he added, mot for publica-
tion," that he had found nothing
in Curtis record that would
justify the confidence which
Colonel Lindbergh was placing in
him.
F., At that time, police as well as
Colonel Lndbergh's private agents
were clutching at straws in their
effort to contact the kidnapers
and Curtis was given a free hand,
It would be impossible to estimate
how much his activities cost
police and Government agencies.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
MEX|COCERTAIN
HOT TRAIL IS
.FLE|SCHER'S 8
Police Seeking GangSter in
Indy Case See Arrest
With Two Pals Near

MEXICO CITY, May IS
T.N.S.).-More than so picked
detectives secured Mexico City
today for Harry Fleischer, De-
troit gangster, long sought in
connection with the Lindbergh
kidnapping.
Chief of Police Manuel Rubio
Oviedo informed international
News Service that a hotel proprie-
tor and the landlady of a lodging
house identified pictures Of the
gangster as identical with a man
who stopped in their establish
ments during the last few weeks.
In Mexico May 6
Fleischer, the police chief said,
was known to be in Mexico City
as late as May 6.
FleiScher and two companions,
Oviedo declared, came to Mexico
City over the new highway from
Laredo in a battered car.
Detectives visiting every hotel
in Mexico City frequented by
Americans declared they were GER
tain they picked UP the gangster's
trail at the Hotel Francis.
The proprietor said his suspi-
cions were aroused by the fact that
the three men, although appar-
emily well supplied with money,
elected to stay in a single room.
Trio Quit Hotel
Oviedo said the suspects regis
tered as r. L. Murrill, Walter
Reed, and e. C. Smith. and said
they were engineers from Berke-
ley, Calf.
Oviedo's detectives learned that
the men took their car to a ga
rage in the Gale de Colon for re-
pairs. After three days at the
Francis, they moved to board
ing house at Gale de Balderas,
where they remained until May g.
The landlady of this establish
ment Immediately recognized Flei'
scher's photograph and declared
the description of the gangsteI
telegraphed here by Police Chief
Grady of Detroit fitted her lodger
perfectly.
BY Presidents Order
Members of the staff of the Ho.
tel Francis also recognized Flei'
scher's picture instantly. Oviedc
said.
president Ortiz RubiO has
ordered me to leave nothing
undOne to capture this gang
ster, believed in the United
States to be implicated in the
kidnapping. am personally in
charge Of the search"
Oviedo said:
Oviedo's statement in particu
lar was a denial Of a report cir
culated last night that Fleischel
had been captured in Monterrey
where he was believed to have
fled yesterday.
MRS. SMITH Is ELECTED
Mrs. Clara Wright Smith was
elected president of the Women''
Democratic Educational Council
at q meeting last night.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

turing him fought for supremacy
and the desire to tell the truth
won.
Curtis cried hoarsely:
"Get me a typewriter, I'll
write It all out"
Then he sat down and for the
first time in more than q month
made the truth his guide. He
didn't excuse himself but he did
write:
81 honestly believe that for
the last seven or eight months
I have not been myself due TO
financial troubles"
Once the full confession was
written and signed, the Norfolk
Shipbuilder broke down and wept.
He began to realize the tragic and
frustrated false hopes which he
had raised in the hearts Of
Colonel Lindbergh and his men
tally tortured wife. He began to
realize that they had spent weeks
following his mythical leads when
they might have conceivably con-
centrated on more valuable clues.
Now Curtis sits crouched miser.
ably in the Lindbergh garage, not
under arrest, but ''held for further
questioning"
He looks into the future and
faces the blackness of despair.
Whether or not he expiates his
tragic masquerade by serving q
jail sentence, he faces q far
sterner punishment for the rest
of his days-social ostracism,
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

Police authorities look at him
today with kindly contempt, con-
vinced that his mind was, at
least temporarily, unbalanced,
although now he seems to have
come out Of the labyrinth Of the
mental world Of fabrication IN
which he lived.
II he wanted to be in the head
lines Of the nation, he succeeded
beyond his fondeSt hopes, but
he had never counted upon pay
ing for that doubtful distinction
by living for the rest Of his days
in a hell Df remorse and shat
tered dreams.
Curtis told Of how he gradually
gained the confidence Of the
kidnapers after many conferences,
during which they finally re-
solved to trust him. The story
became more and more fantastic
as Curtis told tersely of early
dawn rendezvous and Of register
ing at New York hotels under
fictitious names. The weird con-
glomeration Of lies eliminated
In his giving names to the kid
naperS.
Walsh and SchwarZkopf were
hearing his story for the first
time and they Immediately sus.
pected that it was a fabrication.
Then they discussed ways and
means Of getting him to admit
the untruth Of it and decided
that a policy of friendly interest
would work better than the ira
ditional third degree"
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

It was stated at detective
headquarters in Mount Vernon
that DR.. Condor was combing
the photographs in the hope of
finding the likeness of one or
more of the persons with whom
he had negotiated.
Frank Parzych, prisoner and
drug addict, who told police he
was one Of a band of men that
kidnapped the Lindbergh baby,
admitted today that he had con.
cocted the story ITO win SYM
pathy."
Parzych was arrested on a
charge of abandoning his wife
and two children. He had said
he had participated in the kid.
naping with a band of rum
runners and that the infant was
killed as he was being taken
down: the ladder from the Lind.
bergh nursery.
Police Commissioner Edward P,
Mulrooney said the prisoner was
a drug addict and heavy
drinkAr.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Curtis Attempt at Suicide Some Time
Ago Leads to Placing Guard Over Tim

TRENTON. N. j., March 1S
UN.S0 Following a statement
by Gov. A. Harry Moore, of New
Jersey, that John Hughes Curtis,
Norfolk shipping man who con-
feSsed to taking q series Of nego-
tiationJ over the Lindbergh baby
kidnapping, had twice attempted
to commit suicide, Col. N. Norman
schwarzkopf, of the New Jersey
State police, today declared that
he knew of only one attempt by
Curtis to kill himself. He said:
eve have information from
o ,nfidential source in Nor
folk that this man became in.
vOIved In financial difficulties
and had attempted suicide.
"After receiving that infOr-
nation, for his own protection
we placed q guard over him "a
hours in the day.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

the investigation into the kid
naping and murder of the Lind
berGh baby, said:
'"The provisions Of the law
which might apply concerning
Curtis and his activities were
studied and discussed.
"Curtis was questioned dur
ing the night and is to be
questioned further today. No
particular developments result
ed from the nights question
ing and action on Curtis win
be deferred until his further
questioning is completed"
The charge planned against
Curtis specifically alleges viola
ton Of Section 13 B of the crime
revision laws Of 1898.
It deals with ANY person who
has hindered the apprehension,
knowingly or willfully gives false
or untrue reports of any person
who has committed the crime OF
treason, murder, manslaughter
or any other crime"
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

"He has neither attempted
suicide In Hopewell nor had an
opportunity to do 50.
PREVIOUSLY MISLEADING
"He is still being detained
for questioning"
Previously, Governor Moore had
said:
"Curtis attempted to commit
suicide for the second time be.
cause he has been respondent
over the disgrace and grief he
has caused his family, Colonel
and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
and himself.
HE feels that he has wrecked
the lives of his family"
Governor Moore also stated
that a warrant for the arrest OF
Curtis had been issued and thai
he would be put in jail "for his
own health"
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Jafsie lnspects Suspect Photos;
Addicfs Kidnap Tale Admitted False

NEW YORK, May 1S G.N.sJ.
DR.. John r. Condor (Jafsie), who
was the central figure in the pay
ment of a $4,000 ransom to the
purported kidnapers of the Lind
bergh baby, today was suddenly
whisked away from his home in
the Bronx by four detectives, two
from New Jersey and two from
New York.
Previous to the visit of the de-
tectives to his home. "Jafsie" had
announced he planned to rest all
day.
An important announcement"
concerning the mysterious trip
was to be made later today, it
was reported.
Views ROgueS Gallery
DR.. Condor later appeared at
the detective bureau in Mt. Yer
non, N. Y, to check over pictures
In the Rogues Gallery
The four detectives, from time
to time, pointed out pictures for
him to inspect.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Jufsie's Contact Still Held Genuine;
Professor Is Bitter Against Curtis

tell about his dealing with John"
the big, blonde representative of
the purported kidnapers, today
viewed the unmasking Of Curtis
as clearing the stage" in the in
vestigation into the Lindbergh
baby murder.
He said that he knew all
along" the Curtis negotiations
were fraudulent and he charged
that it was Curtis who caused
Jafsie's contact with the kid
naperS to be broken off. DR.. Con-
don said:
'T fully expected Curtis to be
shown up sooner or later. I
have known for many days
that he was lying.
''He hat given me what was
purpOrted to be . picture Of the
mystery chip on which the kid
napers were supposed to beA .
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

Support of the authenticity Of
Condon's contact" with the real
kidnapers was supplied by Hugh
McQuillen, New York head 0e the
intelligence bureau of the Depart
ment of Internal Revenue.
McQuillen examined the Origt-
nal ransom note left behind by
the kidnapsrs In the nursery Of
the Lindbergh home at Hopewell,
N. J., and compared the hand
writing with that in the note re-
ceived by Condor frcm the sup
posed captorS he did business
with.
Handwriting Same
The handwriting in both notes
was apparently the same, dag.
nosed McQuillen.
Condor. preparing for his testi-
mony before the Bronx grand
jury on Friday, in which he will