The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06

3WoEy D. l<auuy uHVui VhasSSs 0iIu
cousin Of Col. Lindbergh, who OBJ.
tanned Lindbergh's permission for
Mrs Mclean to 30 ahead, although
Lindbergh was not told OF Means
connection with the. case. Mrs Nc
Lean also solicited the aid OF Faith.
or Francis J.. Hurney, prominent
Washington clergyman. as Means
suggested the Catholic church
could be OF assistance.
On March g.; Capt. Land, Father
Hurney and Means met with Mrs
Mclean at her home. Means ex-
pressed certainty that he could re-
cover the baby.
II know the very man who did
t." Albert Fox, Mrs McLeans at
torney, quoted Means as saying.
II met O man In. New York
speakeasy who was In prison when
I was and he asked me to stage
the kidnapping. ! refused, Of
COURSE"
The next night Mrs Mclean
gave Means the 100000 In bills.
= About the middle Of March.
Means informed Mrs Mclean he
would hand the baby over to her
at Aiken, o. g. Mrs Mclean mo-
tored there. For q week Means
had one alibi after another.
Finally he said II had been
necessary to transfer the negotia-
lions to 81 Paso, Tex. as the baby
was being held In Mexico. Mrs Nc
Lean met Means In 81 Paso. Again.
more excuses and alibis. Mrs Nc.
Lean returned to washington and
told the story to her attorneys.
on April 18th she formally de-
manded that Means return the
100000 Means said he went TO
Concord, N. c., got the money, and
on the way back was stopped In
Alexandria, Va, by mysterious
stranger who whispered to him:
Means had assigned numbers 70
all the principals In the vase ana
eleven" was Mrs McLenn's secret
So when the stranger whispered
IT thought I was being approached
by someone directly representing
Mrs Mclean, 10 Isgavs him tns
Mrs Mclean and her lawyers
gave Means until last Monday. to
return the money. When he failed
10 comply, J, Edgar Hoover, chief
Of the Justice departments bureau
OF investigation, ordered him ar
rested, and Means was apprehend-
"eieven" to him, FOX quoted Means
Cd here yesterday.
There was q protest IN 1921
when william j. Burns, head OF
the bureau OF investigation, ap.
pointed Means o special agent IN
the Justice department. Attorney
General Daugherty was reported TO
have asked Burns to diDmiss
Means. but Burns defended him as
zone Of the best investigators Z
ever knew Means for Q time
was closely associated with Jess
smith, friend OF President Hard.
ing. Smith committed suicide here
shortly after the oil scandal In
yestigation began.
Later Means was sentenced TO
two terms Of two years each IN
Atlanta for conspiracy. 70 violate
the prohibition laws ana attempted
bribery. After his release on July
10. 1875 he published THE strange
Death Of President Harding" Q
volume purporting to be en- expose
Of the Harding regime. May Dixon
Thaoher, who collaborated with
Means In writing the book, has
since repudiated Il.
The following statement on be-
half OF Mrs Mclean was issued BY
her attorney:
"In offering my services early
last March to Join IN the search Tor
the Lindbergh baby, ! requested
that my. name be not MENTIONED
ana this was the understanding
with Colonel LindberEh.
"It II, Of course, not necessary
for me to explain why % deepIy
sympathized with Colonel ana Mrs
Lindbergh. ! felt that ] migns
make an effort 70 help. even
though realised the chances o.
success were necsssarily very re-
'"Xccordlngiy ! conferred with
Captain Land ana Father auFnsy
r rn% ,n's money n the ~ custody Of an
inform salary whom ! employed to
MAKO the ransom payment IN case
Inc Lindbergh baby was found.
nv plan was carried out without
s sns sn Snd Without the iknowisdss
a. NV attorneys.
"When Il became evident that
no clue Of any value hAd been dls.
covered. q realised the plan ned
failed. With respect 70 CASTOR =.
Means, who acted ~ intermediary,
that Il & matter which - now IN
the hands OF the authorities."
Unknown In Hopcwell.
HopeweIi. N. j., May e-(UP)--
atsfs nolice have received no in.
juetics thak connects CASTOR b.
Means with their liberalization Of
thS kidnapins 81 Charles Augustus
LIndbsrsh, Jrs 4 va rsvea'sd 20
6tol. X. Norman seAwartzkopf.