Evening star., 1932-03-06
GOVERNOR DEFENDS GIRL.
"She's All Right He Says Of Nurse
After Farley.
BY FRANCIS A. JAMESON,
Associated Press 6tan Editor.

Associated PresS 6tau Eultor.
(copyright. 1892. by the Associated Press).
HOPEWELL, N. j., March 5.-A be-
lief the kidnapers of chubby-faced
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, jr., will
soon restore the stolen child to his
parents was expressed today by master
man hunters of the East as they sat
at a conference with Gov. A. Harry
Moore.
The Governor himself announced the
consensus of what he called "thG best
brains of the police and law enforce
ment circles Of the country" as the
ferees started for here.
He dispelled reports concerning the
nursemaid, Miss Betty Cow, who was
subjected to lengthy questioning earlier
in the week. by saying:
THAT girls all right"
He said she admitted having dates"
with johnson prior to the kidnapping,
but that no significance was attached
to them.
In Brooklyn police searched the room
Of Fred johnson, the sailors brother,
with whom the arrested man had
stayed last week. The brother said the
seaman came from Norway nine years
ago, had never been in trouble, had
met Miss Cow last Summer and was
very much in love with her.
They would be married" he said,
but work for a sailor in Winter time
is slack"
Ladder Sent For.
The law enforcement officials who
attended the Governors conference,
designed to coordinate the search for
the missing child, came from as Tar
~I {nnludad SQUQYQl
representatives Of President hoover
from the Department OF Justice.
There was feeling among some OF the
officials that an even stronger ofter or
immunity than made yesterday by the
LindberghS should be issued.
While they were discussing the case
behind closed doors, the ladder the
kidnapers used was sent for and taken
into the conference room. Later, a
number of the conferees came to the
Lindbergh estate to inspect the scene
OF the crime.
The statement Gov. Moore gave out
after the meeting read:
VII Is the general 2in opinion OF those
tion to the known facts 10 the kidnap.
ing crime that 1t has bsen committed
by amateurs and not Up professional
criminals. It bears none OF the ear
marks of those practiced In crime,
even though the result has been sue
cessfully achieved
Police Of every State in the Union
and the long arm Of the Federal Gov
eminent are united In the search for
the criminals and the restoration OF
the child to its parents. 1t Is our
belief that with this knowledge the
kidnapers will soon recognize that
their only hope for successful flight
and safety lies in their giving up the
child by some method that will as
sure its safe and uninjured return. So
long as they retain the child they are
in constant danger.
Sees Baby's Return.
Its destruction would enormously
increase their guilt, their danger, and
their certain ultimate retribution to
the law and avenging justice.
1T Is our belief and hope that they
will Immediately deposit the child in
some safe place and by prompt notice
to the police or Col. Lindbergh per-
Sonally enable 1t to be returned in
safety to It's parents.
This they will do, it is thought, to
relieve themselves from what they must
see Is constant encumbrance to their
freedom Of movement and q hopeless
drag on their efforts at fight"
John A. Swanson, States attorney Of
Cook County (Chicago), Ill. said he
personally thought the first considera-
ton should be to get the child back"
No specific formula could be worked
out, he added, to deal with kidnapping
solutions in general
A centralized control Of the man
hunt. preferably by Federal authorities,
was advocated by Swanson. 1t was not
learned how the conference greeted
this suggestion.
Joseph A. Girth, St. Louis, Mo, chief
OF police, pledged the Investigators the
full support of that city, "Col. Lind
bergh's old home town"
kirr Dodge. public safety director Of