The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-12


 Jersey license, the same as carried by a machine officially connected
 with the Lindbergh search. On the
 next trip he entered small coupe,
 believed to belong to Al Reich, a
 former pugilist associated with Condon in his negotiations. | Condon returned from his sec-
 ond trip last night with the two
 suitcases. He refused to give any
 report on his activities or to say I whether he had established new
 contact with the kidnapers. Reich explained that Condon
 had "been in conference in New
 York" but declined to say with whom.
 Has Condon been in'touch with the kidnapers since Colonel Lind berghs statement last Saturday in-- timating he had been double cross ed?" Reich was asked.
 1T don't know" he answered,
 "but I don't think so." Meanwhile hope for the baby's safe return which ebbed temporar- fly after the news that Colonel
 Lindebergh had been mulcted in
 his dealings rose today. f Inspector Harry Walsh of the Jersey City police, who has been
 active in the investigation from the
 outset, voiced this sentiment in this
 statement:
 "We still hold the best of hopes | for the child's safety, and we be- lieve that the child is still alive. We have very good reasons for this belief, but the present is a poor time to give these reasons" State, county and police officials still maintained every possible way to speed return of the baby, the
 latest move being by the acting prosecutor of Hunterdon county.
 This official, Johnson V. Aller, an- | nounced that the Lindbergh case
 would not be presented to the
 grand jury which meets today. This was in denial of earlier re-
 ports that the case would be sub
 mitted.
 Supreme Court Justice Thoms | Trenchard declared an effort will be made to select jurymen of un- usual ability for the present grand | jury term. This action, he explain
 ed, was in view of the possibility
 that unexpected developments in |
 presented to the jury later. The first excitement caused by
 the posting by the treasury depart
 ment of the serial numbers on the
 ransom money occurred last night at Greenwich, Conn. A woman was
 reported to have preferred one of | the $20 bills in 8 bakeshop on
 West Putnam road. When the pro-
 prietor of the shop, after compar- | ing the serial number of the bill with a list of the currency printed
 in a newspaper, remarked 1t was a part of the ransom money. the customer was said to have snatched the bill. and fled.
 Westchester county highways
 were patrolled for a large green
 sedan, in which the woman rode away. Later some doubt was ex- pressed if the bill actually was one l in the Lindbergh ransom series.
 The proprietor could easily have mis-read one of the long figures, | police admitted. The woman's ac- tion in fleeing was deemed cause for search.
 The Norfolk negotiations under taken by three men presumably still were in progress Two of the
 triumvirate were still absent from their homes there today. John Hughes Curtis, "contact man 'of the group was reported
 in New York yesterday. The Rev H.. Dobson-P Peacock,
 who with Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage compose the other two
 members of the group, reaffirmed
 his optimism in the success of their
 negotiations.
 q am more optimistic than ever," he said, ,s"that the Lindbergh
 baby will be returned. The con- tinued absence of MT Curtis con-
 vinces me that he has been able | to re-establish his contact, despite all recent complicationfs. If he had returned today, 1t would have | indicated a serious setback in the negotiations. feel more optim-
 istic now than I have at any time during our efforts to bring about the return of the Lindbergh baby" The morning police bulletin is-
 sued at Trenton said.
 ssLast nights bulletin contained a report of an apparent attempt to pass some of the ransom money in Connecticut. No other reports of discovered ransom money have
 been received at these headquarE | ters.
 s'Investigators today are check ing on information received from various sources through the mall and are continuing investigations which they were on."