Evening star., 1932-03-11
POLICE PROHIBIT
| QUERIES BY PRESS
Charge Newspapers With At.
a tempt to Dictate in Kid
Raping Probe.
Continued From First Page.)

our time which really belongs to the
advancement Of the work
Takes Too Much Time.
"The police have the work and the
case Is their uppermost responsibility
and this must receive foremost consid-
Grafton. We regret the attempt that
has been made to dictate to the police
and the disregard that Is shown to oul
earnest effort to cooperate with the
press.
1.-THE time required to answer these
questionnaires Is interfering with our
work and therefore we will discontinue
to answer questionnaires. In place
thereof two bulletins will be issued from
Hopewell, one at II am. and one at
10 pm, daily.
In addition you have our assurance
that the moment anything definite de-
velops we will issue bulletin immedi-
ately SO that you may have prompt and
authoritative information"
Discontinuance of the questlonnalre
leaves the press without any official
source of information except the twice
a-day bulletins which Col. Schwarz-
kopfs statement promised. At the out
set Col. Lindbergh announced that all
official information concerning the
progress of the search would have to
come from State police headquarters.
Bulletin Issued.
The text of the first bulletin issued
under the new procedure adopted by po-
lice follows. 1t was signed by Col.
Schwarzkopf.
John Norman Brett, reported to have
been friend of servants, was arrested
by Miami police, questioned and claims
not to be acquainted with any of house
hold of the Lindbergh family.
Further claims in Miami since jan
uary "a, 1882, being further investigated
by the Miami police and If his story
Is found to be correct he will be re-
leased
1.-THE possibility of connecting the
ladder with construction work going on
at Skillman seems to be exhausted. No
connection of employees has in any way
been established and unless positive in
formation comes in this angle of in
vestigation is exhausted.
Farms Are Searched.
Numerous farms on the Pennington
and Princeton road and adjacent Sec
tions reported as being operated by
suspicious persons thoroughly inveSti-
gated, the premises searched and all
occupants Of the houses accounted for.
Nothing of any kind was found to link
them with the crime.
Careful and thorough checks have
been made of more than 100 former
employees hired to assist in eonstruc-
ton of the Lindbergh residence. OF
those checked none can in any way be
connected with the kidnapping case
There are still others to be checked
who are difficult to find and who have
moved or left the vicinity of Hopewell
who will be investigated. None of these
removals from this vicinity has been
coincident with occurrences in the kid
naping.
"The above are some Of the definite
results obtained up to this time. Many
suggestions and bits of information are
submitted both by telephone and mail,
and these have beer. investigated with
out result. Inquiries in the surround
ing territories are continuing in the
hope of obtaining information.
Warden Asks Reports.
"Col. Leonidas Coyle of the State
Forestry Department and Chief War
den Stratton of the Fish and Game
Department have been requested to get
reports from all men operating in this
area during the last month, of any
suspicious circumstances they may
have noticed, strangers they may have
seen, new residents in the vicinity or
anything else that might be of assist
ance to us in this investigation. Tel
ephone reports state that nothing sus-
picious has been discovered
ITO correct the iY1nrPSSiOn given 1Is
that DR.. e. M Hudson of New York
had offered his services in identifica-
tion OF fngerprintS, we wish to state
that he offered his services in apply
ing his chemical process of developing
fngerprints absorbed by material on
which they may have been left, but
not respondent to the usual powder
methods"
CapOne Asks Chance.
The nine days of investigation have
been filed with hundreds of leads that
have sent investigators into New Eng
land, Pennsylvania and New York. So
far as is known, however, the vital facts
remain brief:
The baby has not been found.
Two men with gang influence
Spitale and Bitz-whom Col Lindbergh
authorized last week to act as his
agents in dealing with the kidnaperS
SHOULD they hesitate to deal with him
directly were called into Federal Court
in Brooklyn today to answer a charge
Of prohibition law violation.
A gangster volunteer in the baby
search-the notorious Capone-pleaded
from his Chicago Jail cell for release
under bond so he might exert his
admittedly extensive underworld in
fluence toward effecting return of the
child to his parents.
A fourth figure with a gangland
Il background-Morris Rosner-has called
at the Lindbergh home during the
past few days, according to Edward P.
Mulrooney, commissioner Of New York
Police. Rosner, the commissioner said,
is out on bail pending trial on a grand
larceny charge growing out of the sale
Of stocks.
Asked Naming Of Go-Betweens.
It was Rosner, according to some
sources Of information, who caused
Spitale and BitZ to be named as pos
sible go-betweens, in the belief that
professional criminals would not hesi-
tate to deal with them, regarding both
Spitale and Bitz as square shooters" 4"
In his cell in the Cook County jail
in Chicago AL Capone, under an IL
year Federal prison sentence for In
come tax law violation, said he was
pretty sure" he could get the Lind
bergh baby back to his parents If he
were released on bond. He proposed
that he be released on bond-"I'u post
as much bond as the Government asks,
5000, 900 if need be- SO that he may
have a chance to see what he can do.
Capone disclaimed any theories about
the kidnapping other than a belief that
some mob did it." His plan, if given
temporary freedom, would be to get
in touch with lot Of people know 4"
IF it wasn't a mob. the kidnapers
would have been caught by now" the
gang chief said. "Only a mob could
get away with it. That's why I could
help lott know a lot of people"
Prosecutor Is Silent.
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