Evening star., 1932-06-30
THE FOX INDICTED
ASCONSP|RATOR|N IN
RANSOM SW|NDLE
Whitaker, Identified by Mrs.
Mclean in New York, to
BE Returned Here.
NEGOTIATION STORY
TOLD TO GRAND JURY
Ex-Convict, Who Left With Ma.
chine Gun Caravan, Has Armed
Guard for Trip Back.

Norman T. Whitaker, who is alleged
TO have played the role of The Fox"
the chief kidnaper of the Lindbergh
baby" in the $104.O0O ransom swindle
perpetrated on Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Nc
Lean by CASTOR 5. Means, was indicted
today by the District grand jury for
conspiracy.
Whitaker, also known as mo. 19" and
Neil Williams or Williamson. was under
arrest in New York as Mrs. Mclean
went before the grand jury and detailed
her weird negotiations with Means and
Whitaker, who had promised to return
the kidnapped child.
Identified by Mrs. Mclean.
Mrs. Mclean returned here last night
from New York. where she identified
Whitaker, disbarred local patent at
torney and ex-convict as the mysteri-
Gus Fox who met her at Aiken, S. c.,
and El Paso, Tex, in fake plans for
surrender of Charles Augustus Lind
bergh. jr.
"The Fox" who left Washington late
last March ahead of four automobiles
bearing machine guns, according to his
fantastic story told to Mrs. Mclean at
escort of armed Federal officers bearing
papers charging him with conspiring to
defraud her.
His alleged partner in crime, Means,
already is incarcerated in the District
Jail, pending appeal from conviction
and q 15-year sentence for the sensa-
tional swindle.
Mrs. Mclean Only Witness.
Mrs. Mclean was the only witness to
testify before the grand jury today, but
the jury was familiar with all details of
the case, having heard number of
other witnesses at the time of the in
dictment of Means several weeks ago.
Presumably Mrs. Mclean repeated to
the jury the account of her rendezvous
with Whitaker and Means at her cot
tage in Aiken, where the baby was to
have been brought, and at El PaSo,
where she journeyed in another futile
attempt to get the child.
According to Mrs. Mclean, "The Fox"
attempted to secure from her $4,000,
in addition to the S104,000 paid Means,
on the ground that the $4,000 paid the
kidnapers by DR.. John F. Condor had
been rendered too hot to handle" by
the recording of the. serial numbers of
the bills
The Whitaker indictment was the
final act of the grand jury, whose term
expires with the close of the fiscal year.
Mrs. Mclean was presented to the jury
by William H. Collins, assistant United
States attorney. The indictment was
reported early this afternoon to Justice
James NJ. Proctor, in Criminal Division
!, District Supreme Court.
Plot Began March 4.
The indictment cites that the al
legged conspiracy began on March 4,
which was three days after disappear
ance of the Lindbergh baby, and that
1t continued until April 80.
Thirteen alleged overt acts in
furtherance of the alleged conspiracy
are set out in the indictment. March
4 Means is said to have conversed with
Mrs. Mclean; March 5 he had another
conversation with Mrs. Mclean; on
the same day Means is said to have
conversed with Capt. E. S. Land and
Rev Francis J. Hurley and on March
with Mrs. Mclean again. March Z,
1t is alleged. Means stole and carried
away 100000 of the property of Mrs.
Mclean; March 18. he is said to have
stolen an additional $4,000.
Whitaker was introduced to Mrs. Nc
Lean by Means, it is charged. March %
and at that time Whitaker held a con-
versation with Mrs. Mclean. Whitaker
had been introduced as Neil Williams
On the same day. at Aiken, Means is
said to have had conference with
Whitaker. On the next day Whitaker
is alleged to have had a telephone con-
versation with Mrs. Mclean.
Valves Extradition.
On April S, it is charged, Means at
El Paso, Tex. telephoned Mrs. Mclean
at Aiken. Means and Whitaker are
said to have conferred April at El
Paso and on the next day both de-
PENDANTS held a conversation with Mrs
Mclean.
Whitaker waived extradition at q
hearing in New York yesterday He
will be returned here tomorrow under
bond of 100000, fixed by a United
States Commissioner in New York
Former Representative Martin G. Ans
orge represented Whitaker at the hear
ing.
Afterwards Whitaker, portly and 40
was permitted TO talk with his pretty
brunette wife, who is in her early
twenties.