Evening star., 1932-05-15
CDN'||D|ON DECLARES
HE KNOWS SLAYER
Jafsie Forecasts Kidnaper
1. WIN Be Taken in
Custody.
Continued From First Page.)

tOIu EAcb ago.
voted to the case by Col. Schwarzkopf
The unexpected statement of DR..
Condor. made as he left his New York
home for a short trip, was:
II know the kidnaper of the Lind
bergh baby and he will be caught. ]
know his name. his nationality. his
physical characteristics and all about
him
Rosner Questioned.
This was added to cryptic utter
ance of the retired school teacher as
he emerged earlier from the quarters
of Charles B. Mclaughlin, Bronx dis
trict attorney, who has announced his
intention of initiating a grand jury in
quiry in which DR.. Condor would be a
witness.
At that time the 72-year-old "Jafsie, -
who treated with the supposed kidnap-
ers partly through newspaper adver-
tisements, said:
Isn't it bad enough to be silent
without being indicted for infringing on
silence? Anything / might say might
add to the discontinue OF oereaved
family
The disclosures Of still another inter
mediary, Morris Rosner, mysterious un-
dercover man. added to the puZzling
mass of data .filtering through the hands
OF investigators.
Rosner, who. appeared for questioning
at police headquarters here, revealed
that he took one of the ransom notes to
New York and supplied list of all per-
sons to whom he had shown 1t. He was
permitted to leave without surveillance
Prosecutor Marshall, the man upon
whom rests large portion of the bur-
den of capitaliZing the police informa-
ton. had a perplexing series of ques-
tions to answer.
Puzzling Questions.
Among them were these:
Did one and the same group OF per-
sons steal the infant, kill him and then
negotiate for ransom both through DR..
Condor and Curtis? .-
Were there separate or interlocking
criminal gangs which operated in this
manner?
Did the contents of the original ram
som note become known to group OF
extortionists who never had the baby
In their possession?
Was the garment purporting to be the
baby's sleeping suit, the token which
was used in the Jafsie negotiations, the
keDulL1c dItlClc OI d
In answering these questions the
public had before it the repeated
official declaration that positive means
of Identification were provided in the
ransom notes received subsequent to
the original demand left in the baby's
nursery. M
Such a premise prompted the final
question of whether or not it might
have been possible to forge whatever
means Of identification was provided.
As an indication of the breadth Of
the police pursuit authorities an
nounced william Allen, colored truck
was being investigated and that his
fingerprints were taken.
Sack Is New Clue.
New York authorities in their efforts
to cooperate escorted James Oracle to
New Jersey for examination regarding
his statements that he had been in
touch with underworld characters who
once demanded 100000 for the baby
return.
Meanwhile, a new clue was an
nounced-a dirty buriap sack.
1t was picked up about so feet from
the improvised grave five miles from
the Lndbergh home where the in
fant's battered body was discovered.
1t was taken carefully to police head
quarters to be examined in the hope it
might in some way throw more light
on the strange case.
One theory was that the child might
have been killed somewhere else and
the body transported in the bag to the
heavily wooded section where it was
found.
If traces Of blood were found on the
sack, this theory might gain weight.
Hope Of finding some other clue led
officials to have all leaves, twigS and
surface dirt, for a large radius around
where the body was found, scraped up
and taken to the Iindbergh garage.
When the collection dries chemists will
analyze and study it.
Curtis remained on the Lindbergh es-
tate to aid by whatever means possible
in the hunt for the men he had be-
heved were the kidnapers.
Most of Thursday night he spent
telling officials the long story of his
negotiations. Yesterday he was taken
over part Of the ground he covered dur
ing his work in Col. Lindbergh's behalf.
Coast Guard Given Story.
Col. Schwarzkopf told of passing on
the nicknames of the five men. their
descriptions and description Of their
boat
AT no time" Schwarzkopf said, twas
anything given to Mr.. Curtis to deliver
or show to Col. Lindbergh and no de-
mands were made upon him by any OF
the alleged group of kidnapers with
whom he was in contact as to any ad-
ditional ransom"
1t had been reported unofficially that
this gang furnished the Virginian with
picture purporting to have been taken
of the Lindbergh baby while he was
their captive, and also to have de
manded 100000 for the baby's return
Prosecutors of the county in which
the baby was found and the one in
which the kidnapping occurred met at
the spot where the body was found.
Both were searching for something
new"-some fresh clue to aid them In
the greatest job of their lives.
Later Prosecutor Marshall said he
was working on new clue, but did not
disclose how important he considered il
or where it had been discovered.
Long, Grim Fight.
ut Is apparent to me-" he stated
"that we must settle down to a long
grim fight to capture and to convict the
man guilty Of this heinous crime.
The time Is past for excuses for lacl
of action because of fear for the safety
of child
There did exist that condition. Tht
hands of officials were tied. They, ir
proper and true sympathy with the par
ents. desired the safe return Of the
child. ~
But now We know he is dead.
Now is the time for swift, deter
mined action"
The officials directing the great mar
hunt have intimated frequently they
were making public none of their find
ings publication Of which might inter.
fere with capture of the kidnaper'
killers
How much or how little they hav'
as a basis for their hope Of success
few know.
There was a belief, however, that {
great mass Of evidence and clues now
haiv1n ciftol nyar ond that r1IIPh Of fIi