The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-14
Curtis Describes
Kidt1ap Cat1gsters
Gives Mechanics and Other In.
formation to Aid Police
in Search
SEARCH IS MADE FOR BOAT
Claim Broken Shovel Found in
Brush Was Planted There
by Reporters

names and descriptions of five men
with whom he negotiated on behalf of
Colonel Charles Lindbergh for the re-
turn of the baby were furnished New
Jersey state police by John Hughes
Curtis, Norfolk, Va, boat builder,
Colonel H. Norman Schwarzkopf, state
police head, announced Saturday.
Curtis also described to police boat
which he said the alleged kidnapers
were using and through federal agen-
cies. cooperating with the New Jersey
state police, the coast guard was re-
quested to make search for the YES
sci. Colonel schwarzkopf said that as
yet no report has been received con-
corning the results of the search.
The coast guard was furnished with
the descriptions of the five men, who
were last reported to be on the boat
which Curtis described.
Schwarzkopf said Curtis still Is at
Hopewell.
A broken shovel reported found near
the place where the body was discov-
cred. Col. Schwarzkopf said, was given
to trooper guards at the scene by
Chief Shook of the Hopewell township
police, who said 1t had been given him
by occupants Of a new York automo-
bile parked on the road.
It was turned over to trooper, who
placed 1t at the base of q tree where
1t was found this morning. Chief
Shook said the occupants of the New
York car told him they were Jersey
City detectives, but Col. Schwarzkopf
said they were recognized as reporters
who had been working on the kidnap-
ing case.
Describes Articles Found
The only articles found at the place
where the body lay were two articles
Of clothing on the body and burlap
bag, the state police heads statement
said. The bag was approximately fifty
feet from the body toward the road.
State police have gathered up the
leaves and surface dirt for a consid-
cradle radius about where the body
was found. and took them to the po-
lice headquarters in the Lindbergh
garage. AS soon as they are dry they
will be submitted to chemists for
analysis and study.
Most of the morning state police
bulletins dealt with the examination of
Morris Rosner and Curtis, two Of
Col. Lindbergh's inferno diaries in the
long search for the baby.
"A written statement is being TAX
en- from Rosner." Col. H. Norman
Schwarzkopf reported. Nothing In
any way connecting him with the kid
napers has been disclosed during his
questioning. His activities apparently
were confined to endeavoring to make
contact which would assist the family
in contracting the actual kidnapers."
Rosner. appointed as intermediary
by Col. Lindbergh because Of his re-
puted acquaintance with inhabitants
of the underworld, stated for publica-
ton at one stage of the hunt for the
baby that he had positive knowledge
the child was alive and we'll. Pre-
sumably this statement, and the basis
for 1t, was one of the things police
questioned him about Saturday.
Curtis was with Col. Lindbergh off
the New Jersey coast, preparing to
make another contact with the pur-
ported kidnapers. when the body Of
the baby was found.
While police here turned To science
today for help in their investigation
the coast guard continued the chase
in coastal waters and Is craft under
sealed orders combed the sea for the
kidnaper -murderers.
Meanwhile the Bronx county dis
trict attorney in New York City an
nounced he would begin grand jury
Investigation next week into all the
circumstances surrounding the pay
ment Of the ransom by DR.. Condor,
who himself heads the list of wit
nesses to be called.