Evening star., 1932-05-21
HUNT INTENSIFIED
IN L|NDBERGH CASE
SchWarzkopf Says Police Are
Continuing Search for
Known Gangster.
BY the Associated Press.


HOPEWELL, N j., May 21.-Search
was intensified today for the mysterious
gangster, believed to be connected with
the Lindbergh baby kidnap case, who
recently said in Maryland before the
baby's body had been found, that the
! baby was dead
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, super
intendent of State police, disclosed for
the first time yesterday that this gang
ster was being sought and today he gave
him first mention in his morning bu-
letin.
investigators who are investigating
the whereabouts of the gangster re-
ported in Maryland and thought to be
connected with the case" he said, "have
been unable to locate him as yet and
are continuing their investigation"
Unable to Find John"
That part of the morning bulletin
dealing with matters other than the
search for the gangster follows:
"Dr. Condor (the Jafsie who paid q
futile $4,000 ransom for return OF the
| murdered baby was taken to New Ro-
chelle yesterday by cur investigators
| to look over the criminal rogues' gallery
| in an effort to identify the man known
as John, but failed to make any iden-
tification.
Joseph Perrone (the taxi driver who
took a note from the supposed kidnap-
ers to Dr. Condor instructing him about
ransom payment) had formerly looked
over the criminal rogues' gallery in New
York City and failed to Identify any one,
and Yesterday he went over the gallery
at the Central Bureau of Identification
at the State police headquarters in
Trenton. but failed to make any iden-
tif1cation He will be taken to another
police department today.
THE King kidnapping case "a mys-
teriouS case thought to have possible
connection with the Lindbergh case
mentioned for the first time by Schwarz-
kopf yesterday was gone into by our
investigators yesterday, but no lnforma-
ton of value could be ascertalned.
Confession Doubted.
The possibility that John Hughes
Curtis story of his astonishing lie may
in itself have been false in part re-
ceived police attention today.
! portion of the Norfolk shipbuilder'S
confession that his intermediation ir
the case was hoax already was con-
sidered as disproved. That was the
portion in which Curtis explained hi;
purpose in the elaborate lie was to gel
money by the sale of his story TO news
papers.
Police pointed out the hoax was three
weeks old before Curtis attempted tc
sell his story and that, even so, he
could not hope to find any buyers un-
! less he recovered the stolen Charles Au-
gustus Lindbergh, (which he must
/ have known was impossible, inasmucf
as his negotiations were not negotia-
ticnS at all.
Other Motive Sought.
An inquiry was quietly under way Il
learn if Curtis may not have had somt
ether motive quite removed from thu
sale of his story for inventing tht
deception. It was recalled that, due u
the "delicacy" of the negotiations witt
a vessel at sea, Coast Guard craft re-
Trained from their usual careful patrols
in some waters. fearful of causing tht
collapse of negotiations for the baby
ransom.
AS a result of this relaxed vigilance
rum-runners we're able to move NOR
freely and to land cargoes of liquo
without running the customary gaunt
let of Federal craft, authorities pointed
out.
From Norfolk came word that an at
torney had been engaged to defenC
Curtis from the charge of obstructinl
Justice on which he is held, in lieu @
$4,000 bail, in Jail at Pennington N J
The Rev. H OobSon Peacock who's
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