Evening star., 1932-03-13
L|NDBERCH BABY
SAFE, AGENT SAYS
Rosner Insists He Has Proof
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for about three hours Then he was
off again in the limousine for the
delicate work" which he declined to
reveal.
Rosner laughed when he was asked
why he was using Craik's car.
Irked by Gang Charge.
"That's how busy I have BEEN" he
said. 1T didn't even know whose car
or whose chauffeur had until my wife
told me a few minutes ago."
He was a little bitter that various
persons called in to act as "go-be-
tweens' by Col. Lindbergh had been re-
ferred to as members of the under
world.
He referred to his own indictment
for grand larcency. and said it SEEM
ingly had been forgotten that an in
dictment is not a conviction.
They made no distinction during the
war" he said They didn't examine
a man to see If he was upperWorld or
underworld
His wife a comely blonde, sat in on
the interview. Rosner is a swarthy,
stocky man, who appears to be of Latin
extraction. He would say little about
himself except that "I have served my
country as much as any man il Uniform
has ever done"
Let me repeat" he said as final
word, whoever has our baby need have
no fear"
In Washington, Senator Thomas said
he thought Rosner will help Col Lind
bergh."
trust" the Senator added.
He explained he became acquainted
with RoSner in the Capital while the
latter was seeking position as a spe-
cial investigator for the Department
of Justice.
The two underworld characters origi-
nally named by Col. Lindbergh as his
go-betweens," Salvatore (Salvy) Spitale
and Irving Bitz, were acquitted by a
jury in Brooklyn Federal Court Of a
laws. The jurors deliberated only 80
minutes.
Expected to Go West.
Yesterday counsel for the pair had
said Spitale, as soon as the trial ended,
was going off to investigate a clue in
the Lindbergh case which he termed
pretty good
At the same time another of Spitale's
lawyers was quoted by the Detroit News
as announcing in Michigan that the
Lindbergh baby was saIe and well.
This led to reports Spitale's "hot tip"
would take him West.
After the verdict was announced
Spitale was asked where ne was going
and replied:
I'm going home to my children"
He and his friend BitZ had been ar
rested last Summer in a gun battle on
the Brooklyn water front. They we're
tried for conspiring to land 1876 cases
of liquor.
At Trenton, N. j., Col. Schwarzkopf
issued statement which said there
was nothing definite to link Betty Cow,
the Lindbergh nursema1d, and Henry
johnson, her seaman -sultor, with re-
port they were together in Vancouver,
British Columbia, between July and
December. 1880.
He said this angle had been thor
oughly investigated by local authori-
ties and the Royal Northwest Mounted
Police" and it was determined the girl
referred to was a Betty Cox and not
Miss Cow, while there is nothing def
mite to link the Henry Johnson now
held in Newark, N. j., with the cir
cunnStanceS."
johnson was arrested three days
after the kidnapping in Hartford, Conn.
ALI Angles Investigated.
"All angles of Johnson's activities in
connection with the Lindbergh case
have been thoroughly investigated by
various agencies of the cities men
toned by him." the statement said,
land nothing definite has been estab-
hshed which would indicate he was re-
sponsible or implicated in the case"
Then Col. Schwarzkopf explained
johnson was being held on a charge Of
violating the immigration laws because
''in 1927, while subject of Norway, he
deserted Norwegian ship which was
docked in New York, thereby entering
the country illegally"
He said police of Miami, Fla, and
Department of Justice agents had in
dfcated" they were satisfied J. Norman
Back, who had been investigated, was
not in the vicinity of New Jersey prior
to the kidnapping.
The statement said mo communica-
tions received in this case" have any
similarity with threatening letter re-
ceived in 1929 by Miss Constance Nor
row, sister of Mrs. Lindbergh.
In an earlier statement Col. Schwarz-
kopf disclosed that his own investi-
gators had been sent into three States
to track down leads and follow clues.
He did not reveal what States they are.
"The results of this investigation" he
added, "are not known and will not be
known until they communicate or re-
turn"
He also spoke Of independent inveS-
legations going on all over the country,
but implied that they had turned up
nothing of importance yet.
Report No Progress.
The endeavors of his own men, he
acknowledged, had mot revealed any
information of productive nature In
the past "a hours.
The circulars sent throughout the
Nation by the Department of Justice
likewise had borne no fruit as yet, ne
said. They made plea for informa-
ton regardless of the source" and
promised to deal with all informants
in strict confidence.
Col Scharzkopf emphasized that this
pledge was not to be construed as a
promise of immunity to the kidnapers
THE matter of immunity to crimi-
nails is beyond our control" he said, but
added:
I'VE have no control or supervision
over the activities of Col. Lindbergh or
his representatives in any respect"
For nearly a week statements COM
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