Evening star., 1932-05-22

York bank. Direct confirmation of the
report was lacking.
The two-day hunt for the man identi-
fed by State police only as "a gangster
reported in Maryland and thought to be
connected with the case" was given real
significance by Arthur Mills, identifca-
tion expert at the Maryland House Of
Correction.
At Baltimore Mills refused to identify
the fugitive, but said he is a character
long identified with the liquor traffic
in New Jersey. ,
Two days before the body of the baby
was found by chance in the woods 5
miles frcm his parents estate, the rum
runner discussed the mystery with Mills
He told the identification expert the
child had been killed by blows on the
head and hidden within 5 miles Of
where the kidnapping occurred.
He said, Mills repeated, that three or
four persons had been involved in the
crime and that he knew some of them.
He prefaced these disclosures with a
complaint that police activities in the
case we're hampering his liquor busi-
ness.
"If somebody doesn't do something
about the case soon, I will" Mills
quoted the man as saying.
Il didn't pay any attention to 1t at
the time" Mills said, but later when
read that the body had been found
communicated my information to Col.
H. Norman Schwarzkopf Of the New
Jersey State police.
Two officers came here yesterday TO
investigate It,"
Identity Is Known.
Although the rum-runner's name has
not been made public, those hunting
him know his identity.
Mills said he first became acquainted
with him when more than q score of
men were arrested at Ocean City, Nd.
in December. 1929. while attempting to
land a cargo of liquor on the beach.
The only information concerning the
progress of the search came from Col.
Schwarzkopf in his morning bulletin,
which said:
Investigators who are investigating
the whereabouts OF the gangster re-
ported in Maryland and thought to be
connected with the case have been un-
able to locate him as yet and are con-
tinuing their investigations"
In later bulletin the chief of the
Investigation said:
Ming Ling is not the name of the
man whom we are seeking in connec-
ton with the report in Maryland"
How the Oriental's name had been
dragged into the hunt for the rum
runner was not explained.
w. G. Pender, attorney from Curtis
home town of Norfolk, Va, who had
been engaged by relatives and friends
Of the shipbuilder, went directly to the
Lindbergh estate upon his arrival from
the South
Then, accompanied by a State troop
er, he went to the county jail in Flem-
ington, where his client is being held,
in lieu Of $4,000 bail, on charge of
obstructing justice and furnishing false
information, after confeSsing the whole
story of his contacts with the kid
napers" was a fgment of his imagina-
ton
He spent two hours in the little cell
where the shipbuilder has been held
since Wednesday. Then he conferred
with District Attorney Anthony Hauek.
VIII Await Relatives.
Later it was learned that Attorneys
Daniel Vicello and Matthew Alercio,
both of Pennington, had been retained
in Curtis behalf. They said they
would make no effort to bail Curtis out
prior to the arrival of friends or rela-
tives of the shipbuilder.
DR.. John F. Condor, who tossed $50
600 of Col. Lindbergh's money over
cemetery wall to a man he know only
as John" had been scheduled to visit
the State Identification bureau at Tren-
ton and other New Jersey rogues' gal
leries today. in a continuation OF his
efforts to pick out q likeness OF the
ransom receiver.
Instead, he jumped into car driven
by his son and. trailed by two New
York detectives in another automobile,
went dashing up into Connecticut
After whirlwind trip to Danbury,
Conn, he announced that his goal was
Pawtuckett, r l., but declined to tell
the purpose of the trip.
He returned to his home at $50 pm,
accompanied by the two detectives. He
entered the house hurTiedly, but about
10 minutes later rushed out to say:
II can't talk. can't talk"
"Dr. Condor" said Col. Schwarzkopt,
'has at no time refused to come to New
Jersey and still shows the most cordial
and complete cooperation with In
vestigators from these headquarters
State police disclosed that Joseph
Perrone, taxi driver who took a note
to DR.. Condor from the man who later
received the ransom, also Is attempting
TO pick out likeness Of the mysterious
John" by Inspecting rogues gallery
pictures.