Evening star., 1932-03-22
LINDBERGH CLUES FAIL.
Baby, Kidnapped Three Weeks Ago, is
FL Months Old Today.

By the Associated Press.
HOPEWELL, N. j., March 22.-
Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., was born Il
months ago today and kidnapped Just
three weeks ago And the world still
has no idea where he is.
The ominously recurring phrase,
"still missing" is wearing down the re-
sistance OF parents and searchers.
Chief Detective Elmer Ham OF
Hunterdon County is impatient. ne
said yesterday he believed the papy
uill be returned through Col. Lind
bereh's private negotiations, but not
Until State police have withdrawn. The
noise" created by the huge search has
not helped, he said.
An opinian that certain angles OF
the case ought to be considered py tne
grand Jury. when it meets April IL,
was expressed by the. sheriff, IN whose
county the Lindbergh house is situated.
ATTORNEY General William Stevens, VINO
has taken over the duties OF Hunter-
don prosecutor, because tnat once !.
vacant, said, however, he would not
: mt the case before the grand pury
NAV Probe Gang Invasion.
: There is a possibility, though, that
the grand Jury will investigate the al
I legged invasion of the Sourland country
/ by gangsters from Brooklyn. Old-tlme
! residents of section whose tradltions
! antedate the Revolution resent the In
J trusion of shadowy characters Wnom
I gossip links with the "appleJack" racket
1 and worse.
-, yesterday there was the usual supply
of clues. They gave little comfort. In
Connecticut police were told carrier
nigeon. battered down in a storm bore
a note saying kid in yacht" The note
was in code and was deciphered by q
bootlegger,- they were told. The tip
was unverified. =.
Conflicting reports came about an
other pigeon note found in Brodheads-
Vile pa one was that boys tied 1t to
a dead pigeon as prank. But the East
Stroudsburg Morning Sun said police
knew nothing Of any confession oy
boys .ETfB note said:
5---iPuiied- or the job in fine order.
EfadeEar e1eau getaway. No one even
suspects me. win meet you Monday as
planned Will have the dough with me-
Yours, Red.
New Clue TO Ladder.
Detectives worked today on a new
ladder clue. In an abandoned farm near
(, the Lindbergh estate newspaper pho
tographer found pieces Of Carolina pine
similar to that in the kidnapers lad
der Several pieces of the wood were
slowed way in a light delivery truck,
shavings were strewn about, and In
barn were two newly-made saw horses
on which New York City address mao
been written in pencil.
The New York Daily News quoted
State Senator Emerson L. Richards OF
Atlantic ~ majority leader OF the
Senate. saying state police are
. bunqling case thoroughly" He
said as soon as it was over he would de-
mand an investigation Of the activities
of Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf. head
of the State police and his entire force.
/. Support for the belief that racketeers
have picked the Sourland Hills as
Summer resort was seen in the dis
coverv that the late frankie Yale, once
looked on as Al Capone's Eastern lieu
tenant, had a house in Hunterdon
County. a mile from the Ltndbergh
estate He was slain in Brooklyn in
1929 but it was learned other racketeers
followed his move to the Sourlands.
Succession of Negatives.
The morning bulletin issued by Col.
Schwarzkopf was little more than a
succession of negatives.
He said he had no knowledge Of the
reported entrance into the case Of Wal
lace Caldwell Of Chicago.
He said no prisoner with battered
face had been brought to the Lind
dbergh home, as some reports had it
The cnly statement in the whole
; bulletin which was not a negative was
I. 'Sehwarzkopf's reply to a written ques-
I tion as to how many persons knew of
the Lindherghs' decision to remain
here the night of March /, when the
child was kidnapped
THE persons familiar with the fact
the Iindbergh family would remain at
their HopeWell home Tuesday evening
March II were members and servants
of the Ldndbergh and Morrow house
holds, the total number of persons
familiar with this fact being approx
nnatelv Is"