Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-24
KNOWN KIDNAPERs SOUGHT.
Police Seek Men Missing Since Baby
Was Stolen.

ECEEWELL, N. j., March "a (P).-
T. = investigating the kidnapping Of
tie baby son Of Col. Charles A. Lind
Ec--3i concentrated their efforts today
in a search for two known kidnapers"
who have disappeared since the child
was stolen.
The pair are Harry Fieischer, Detroit
purple gangster, and Able Wagner, an
alleged associate. Raids in New York
City and Long Island failed to trap
them, but the hunt has only been in
tensified by their elusiveness.
Seen in New Jersey.
"Abie Wagner, recorded as a known
kidnaper, was alleged to have been
seen around central parts of New Jer-
sey shortly before the kidnapping, +"
Superintendent of State Police H. Nor
man Schwarzkopf said in today's Of
fetal bulletin on the case.
Since the kidnapping he has not been
seen or accounted for in any way. 1t
is desired to find Able Wagner for the
purpose of questioning him and hav-
ing him account for his activities just
prior to and at the time of the
kidnapping.
Investigations covering the whole
State of New jersey New York State,
Long Island, Philadelphia and various
parts OF Pennsylvania have not as yet
disclosed his whereabouts.
Fleischer Is Missing.
Harry Fleischer, also a known kid
naper and involved in the Price kid
naping in Connecticut, has been unac-
counted for since the kidnapping An
unsubstantiated report associates Able
Wagner with Harry Fleischer. Every
effort is being made to locate Harry
FleiScher so he may be questioned con-
corning his whereabouts prior to and
at the time of the kidnapping"
Col Schwarzkof said several babies
reported to be the Lindbergh child had
been examined without results, al
though some Of the likenesses were
remarkable"
Police Funds Depleted.
The great baby hunt, unsuccessful
after % days. threatens to leave the
State police broke.
Unprecedented expense involved in
trying to find the baby, amounting in
its Nationwide phase to probably hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, has hit
the law enforcement facilities of New
Jersey particularly hard.
So hard, in fact, that Col. SchwarZ-
kopf told the Budget Commission his
departments funds have been sadly
depleted" The police expenditures
started leaping upward the moment Col.
Lindbergh phoned for aid after he
h.. 1
Costs Are Curtailed.
Scores Of troopers went on night and
day duty. eating in restaurants Thou
sands of costly messages were sent
Here and elsewhere police took many
trips of investigation. The total cost
of the search quickly mounted far
beyond the sum of the $4,000 ransom
demand said to have been made.
Now Col. Schwarzkopf is curtailine
costs Food for the troopers is cooked
at a police barracks and some of the
many telephones have been removed
from headquarters in the Lindbergh
garage. An emergency appropriation
may be asked.
Mail Order Detective Grieved.
Everywhere authorities continued tc
run against blank walls. On a tip q
man In Brooklyn knew something, de-
tectives sped there. They found
Thomas La Sale, a cripple who i:
taking a detective course by mail He
explained he merely had written Col
Schwarzkopf and others suggesting
what they should do.
The ladder used by the kidnaperI
was brought here again from Trenton
Police explained they wanted to com.
pare it with wood found on an ole
farm about four miles from the Lind
bergh estate.
Late last night Schwarzkopf denied that
Ralph Shenton. Schenectady youth, haC
tried to gain access to his headquarter.
to give information. Shenton appeared
In Hopewell and sei' - heard New
York racko'-"''"' about tht