The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-04

Rear Admiral Guy H. Burragel
where John H. Curtis and Mrs Cur
tbs already are missing on a mys-
terious mission in connection with
the investigation.
Arrival in England of Major
Charles Schoeffel of the New Jer-
sew state police for conference
with Scotland Yard operatives.
with Lindbergh when he re-
turned, was another man, believed
to have been John Fogarty, pri-
yate detective, retained by Lind
bergh to aid in the search for his
infant son, kidnapped from his erin
On March /.
The return of the flyer was linked
with a. visit of the seaplane at cut
tyhunk, Mass, yesterday morning
Occupants said they were looking
for the yacht "Sallie." They were
believed to have established con-
tact a few hours later with a yach,
off Penikese island.
Residents said three of the men
were middle-aged, and the fourth
was younger.
Charles D. Church, retired hsn'
erman, said the men talked WIZ
the commander of a coast guaro
boat in the harbor. He said they
left shortly after noon and new IN
a. northerly direction.
over Penikese island, Churcn
said, the plane dropped within
what might have been hailing dis
lance of the yacht anchored on
the island and appeared either to
examine it or communicate with II
AS Lindbergh returned to his es-
tate his car passed two automobile
loads of newspaper men at the in
tersection of the Providence line
road. The car stopped and Lind
bergh was said to have called out:
'Are you the police?"
mo. we are the press" was the
response. is there anything new
Colonel?"
"Thank you," the flyer said as ne
drove on into the estate.
All last night New Jersey state
police repeatedly said neither
Colonel nor Mrs Lindbergh had left
the estate.
The theory that the kidnapers
took the baby aboard a craft OF
some kind and may be on the high
seas or in some secluded inlet was
given more credence by the contin'
ued absence of John Hughes Cur
tbs. Norfolk shipbuilder, one of the
three negotiators with the sup
posed kidnapers. Admiral Burragt
and Dean II. Dobson Peacock, the
other two men negotiators wouie
give no light on Curtis absence, o.
as to his mission. Admira! Bur
rage left his. home last night artel
In contrast to these facts wa
Colonel H. Norman Schwartzkopf''
statement that "there is no proc
to the report that there is. a new
rum row angle in the investga'
ton" The superintendent of state
police stated there was nothing
new in his bulletin to the press.
Schwartzkopf made no common
upon the arrival of Major Charles
H. Schoeffel, of his force. in Lon
don yesterday. Schoeffel went t
| England to follow some leads witt
Scotland Yard. Presumably he vii
check more thoroughly concerning
Betty Cow, the Lindbergh baby
| nurse.
A rumor that two servants of thu
Lindbergh household had been ar
rested led reporters to submit
question to Colonel Schwartzklp
asking vertification or denial. Thu
question was ignored. 1t was re
called that similar queries fire
quently have been ignored by stat
police land the fact that Colone
Schwartzkopf disregarded this on
| was not accepted as substantiatlni
the rumor.
Hunterdon county officials a
Flemington reported that no ser
wants were under arrest in connec
/ ton with the Lindbergh kidnapping
The nursery from which the bah.
was abducted is in Hunterdol
county.
Vineyard Haven, Mass, April A.
| (UP)-Many islanders believed to
day that Colonel Charles A. LIND
bergh, over the weekend, tried t
keep a rendezvous with the kid
napers of his baby somewhere Il
Vineyard Sound, through whicl
the Iindbergh cruised on thei
honeymoon three years ago.
| The belief was based on the fac
that a mysterious Sikorsky am
phibion cruised above the SCUM
| throughout the day, yesterday. an.
landed on a pond on Cuttyhunl
island. 1t carried four men, thre
described as middle-age and tn
other as somewhat younger. Ma
tives thought one of the men wa
addressed az Colonel" and anoth
err as Doctor The visitors dine,
at the Poplars, an island hotel
and before departing asked ma
tives to forget" they had bee
there. They declared they wer
seeking a yacht named Saliie.
A report which went uncon
firined was that, few hours later
/ the mon aithe,. ava mined from a lof