The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-18

being within the state Of New Jer-
sey shall for the purpose of pre-
venting or hindering the appre-
hension of any such person whether
within this state or not, knowingly
or wilfully gives false or untrue re-
ports shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor for which the maximum
sentence shall be three years i'm
prisonment, $1,000 fine or both"
The dramatic concession Curtis
made before dawn Tuesday and an
nounced late that afternoon, was
followed or accompanied in Just as
sensational manner by these devel-
opments:
Identified Writing
DR.. John F. (Jafsiel Condor was
revealed as an authentic negotiator
through Identification of the hand
writing on letters he received.
Hugh McQuillan of the bureau of
investigation, department of inter-
nal revenue. identified the writing
as by the same hand that wrote the
original ransom letter left in
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.'s crib the
night he was stolen-March /.
Frank Parzych. Brooklyn mar
cotic addict, who insisted for
twenty-four hours that he had a
hand in the kidnapping Of Colonel
Lindbergh's son, confessed today
that his whole story was a product
of his imagination.
He was taken back to Brooklyn to
be arraigned on a charge of aban-
doning his wife and children-the
charge on which he was first taken
into custody.
The Bronx county grand jury.
which heard details OF Jafsies
want ad negotiations Tuesday,
summoned Or. Condor to tell his
story Friday.
Jafsie Assails Curtis
DR.. Condor, accompanied by four
detectives, today visited the Mt.
Vernon detective bureau in an at
tempt to identify from the rogues'
gallery the man to whom he paid
$4,000 in ransom for the Lind
bergh baby.
DR.. Condor. police said, was going
over all of these photographs on
file there. Three Bronx detectives
and New jersey detective &C
companied him.
Jafsie blamed Curtis for his own
failure to save the life of Baby
Indy and return the kidnapped
child to his grieving parents.
Ne knew all along that Curtis
was faker," he said.
He ruined my chances OF main
tanning contact with the kidnapers,
established about a week after the
baby was stolen,' he charged.
when Curtis announced to the
newspapers he had been authorized
to pay 100000 for the return Of
the baby, he ruined my work"
Condor stormed.
THE kidnapers threw that Offer
in my face with me authorized Ia
pay only $4,000. I didn't hear
from them again for a long time
Radio messages ordering an end
to the coast guard search for tin
phantom vessel described by CurtI
dispatched twenty minutes before
the death at Washington of Rear
Admiral Frederick c. Billiard, COM
mandant, who had directed the
search from his bedside. He was
not told of the Curtis confession.
Minister Is Stunned
The Rev. II. Dobson- Peacock,
Norfolk rector, who with Admiral
Guy H. Burrage, retired, unwitting-
ly served as a front" for Curtis
negotiations, was summoned by
Colonel II. Norman Schwartzkopf
to come to the Lindbergh home at
his earliest convenience. The min
lister, processing confidence in Cur
It's. was stunned. Burrage had no
comment.
A feverish hunt for Harry
Fleischer, Detroit gangster and
racketeer, was ordered in Mexico,
where he is believed hiding to
escape questioning in the kidnap-
ing and murder.
A guilty conscience that tortured
the soul OF the Norfolk boat
builder, who suffered a nervous
breakdown a year ago. four days
Of intensive questioning by iiolice,
and discrepancies uncovered by po-
lice and newspaper men led to Cur
It's confession and the rapid Sc
quence OF developments during the
night.
And by a strange trick OF fate
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