The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-13
REVIEWS EFFORT TO
PLACE TOTS arms
ABOUT ANNE'S NECK
Aged Educator Returns From
Mysterious Night Journey;
Hopes For Success
is CONVINCED OF CONTACT
Says Life Would be Worth Moth
ing If he Disclosed lden-
tity Of Gang

Hopewell, N. j., April 13.-P)-
"Jafsie" says he is in touch with the
kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby ir
a renewed effort to place the tots
arms around his mothers neck
Back from mysterious night jour-
ney. DR., John F. Condor, aged edu'
Gator. indicated new negotiations are
under way to get stolen Charles "A
Lindbergh, Jr., from persons who
took $4,000 ransom and then rar
out on their promise to restore the
baby.
A bid to reinforce his assurance
to the kidnapers that they need feal
no harm in negotiating with him
was seen in statement by the u.
year-old retired teacher as he stood
worn and sleepless, on his porch n
the Bronx, New York City.
I'm convinced I had contact With
the kidnapers and I still have con-
tact with them," he said. Il have
never identified them or said wore
against them. My life would not bt
worth anything If said anything
against them"
DR.. Condon's trip and announce
ment came after he appealed once
more to the kidnapers not to double.
cross him. In q renewal Of the last
of series of newspaper advertise
ments signed "Jafsie," he reiterated
What is wrong? Have you crossed
me? Please better directions
Hear Money in London
The Condor development competed
for interest with reports from Lon.
don that the ransom money has turn
ed up there, and rumors, twice
secuted, but persistent here and II
Trenton, that Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh is critically i'll from worry.
In London the Daily Mail sale
Scotland Yard swung into actor
after learning some of the bank note:
had been changed there. Detectives
here began to puzzle over how they
could have got there. The money
was paid out about Z p. m. April 2
The liner Scytl1ia sailed from New
York about II a. m. that day, touch
ing at Boston, from which 1t de-
parted April for England. 1nvesti'
gators thought it conceivable thu
money might have been speeded from
New York to Boston, and taker
aboard the boat.
State police, taking cognizanct
again of reports about Mrs. Lind
bergh, said there had been mo per.
ceptible change in her condition II
the last few weeks" Earlier they
denied q report she had collapsed
Mrs. Lindbergh Is expecting another
child and the reports said New York
physicians had been called.
DR.. Condor left last night with
suitcase after he had spent q Ions
time comforting with Col. Henry
Breckinridge. who Is Lindbergh's
closest adviser.
Tryst 1t Cemetery
The Bronx Home News, community
paper in which DR.. Condor first ap'
pealed to the kidnapers. published
more details describing the payment
of ransom. Before it was paid. thu
paper said, a mysterious woman ap'
preached DR.. Condor In a rummagt
shop and. said meet me In the depot
at Tuckahoe, N. Y, on Wednesda!
at S p. M"
DR.. Condor kept the appointment
but the woman merely told him III
would receive another message. Othel
messages came and on Aprt IL, Col
Lindbergh and DR.. Condor drove X
st. Raymond's cemetery In the Bronx
where the doctor turned over DO,
containing $4,000 to a man behine
q hedge. The man talked with
foreign accent, it was learned.
Police, disclosed they had received
a mysterious message" telling where
definite information of the baby!
whereabouts might be obtained.
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf. SUI
perintendent of state police who !!
in general charge Of the police IN
vestigation, issued his usual morn
ing bulletin and In 1t announced TIKI
latest clue.
Get Anonymous Message
"A mysterious anonymous message
was received" he said, advising thai
definite information Of the kidnaper'
and the whereabouts Of the chile
would be available on a boat on OF
near the property Of the A. A. @
and company Of Chrome, N. ].
"Details Of troopers, together with
a detail Of the Carteret police, search
ed all boats in and near the A. A., G
dock and found only six barges
TWO barges had just unloaded Goa
and four empty barges were about *
be filled with fertilizer. All othe,
boats at neighboring docks vert
examined but nothing Of any i'm
portance was discovered.
This investigation is being con-
tinued."
Col. Schwarzkopf also said In hi
bulletin that Harry Fleischer, Detroit
Purple gangster long sought for ques'
tioning about the kidnapping. was re-
ported to be planning to sail fol
England from Nova Scotia.
Reports were received last night.
he said, that Fleischer was seen dur
ing the last week in st. Johns art
is making his way to Halifax. Auth
critics at st. Johns and Halifax have
been requested to watch for him aI1t
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