Evening star., 1932-06-09
|NOTE AUTHORIZING
MEANS REVEALED
Orders on 100000, Signed
by Mrs. Mclean, Barred
by Defense.
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Eaby back would be better if only few
people figured IN the negotiations.
She said Means asked her to get the
Vive Presidents car to return the baby
from South Carolina, and added she
told Means she would try to do this,
but did not explain what efforts, if any,
she made in this direction.
Identifies Two kilograms.
Mrs. Mclean. at the request OF
Wampler, identified two kilograms she
sent Miss E.izlbeth Nelson, a nurse,
who was staying in El Paso. Miss Mel
son accompanied Mrs. Mclean to the
Texas city. The first telegram, sent
from Beaumont, Tex, on April 10, read:
will call you this evening. Very
important news. Tell 10-10-7 TO warn
his friends to look out. Have double
crossed at other end Have 1884 stay
on safe side. Be sure to stay in your
room" This one is signed "6-3-2"
Mrs Mclean said she had Just
learned that the serial numbers of the
money turned over to T. e kidnapers in
New York had been taken and that an
attempt was being made to trace them
through the money. She said she was
afraid they might kill the baby, which
she thought was in Ell Paso if they
| first heard the news from other sources
She said l0l0-7 referred to Means,
1884 to the Fox" while 6-3-2 was
her own code Identification number.
She sent the other telegra m from At
lanta, Ga, on April II. 1t read Have
our friend show this to 7-543 The
! Fox. Will have manuscript (code word
7 n hal n
be released to you safely. Don't trust
author Of books (another code word for
the baby any more. Same thing will
happen again. This message was signed
5-3-3. also her code number.
Mrs. Mclean said the author she re-
ferred to meant the authorities ct Hope
| well, N. J. She said the telegram meant
that she was willing to substitute new
money for the marked bills. which had
been turned over in New York.
Tells of Phone Call.
Mrs. Mclean said that while she
was in Aiken, S. C., she received
telephone call from a nurse in Wash
ington who identified herself as Miss
I Neal" She said this woman asked
her TO have No q CMeans) get in touch
with her later. She said this woman
told her she had been caring for the
Lindbergh baby since March 7.
How is the book?" Mrs. Mclean
said she inquired.
He is fine she quoted the other
woman as replying
Asked by Wampler to describe the
man she knew as "the Fox or Will
liams. Mrs Mclean said he was quiet,
determined and nicely dressed
She said she showed him a photo
oraph of herself which was taken while
he was wearing the famous Hope dia-
nond and that they talked about this
icwel
SIZE said she could not understand
VIZ the Fox wiped off everything
>" t~u7hed i'll her cottage with hand
kerchief. although he was wearing
gloves at the time Mrs Mclean said
she always trusted Means implicitly.
After Mrs Mclean left the stand.
George w White. president of the
National Metropolitan Bank, testified
: he turned over the 100000 to Mrs.
Mclean Richard woodward teller
at the bank. said he prepared the
money which was in bills of sl00 and
$50 denomination.
witness Her testimony was similar 10
that given by Mrs. Mclean. She said
it was always her understanding. as a
result Of conversations she overheard
between Mrs. Mclean and Means, that
the 100000 was net to be turned
over to the kidnapers until the baby
had been brought back and identified.
Mrs. Mclean. dressed in black and
nervously lingering lorgnette. took the
stand yesterday afternoon and related
/ one of the most fantastic stories ever
/ heard in a court room.
! She told how the suave Means. with
! one promise and excuse after another,
/ persuaded her to follow him from
! Washington into Maryland. from there
! to Aiken. s c.. and on down into Ell
! Paso. Tex. in an unproductive search
( for the baby.
The story of NO. 49, or The Fox. "
! one of the kidnapers. was related by
| Mrs. Mclean in detail. She told how
she promised 10 meet this man, whom
/ Means described as a killer in a
lonely South Carolina street under
cover of two. machine guns which she
! had been told would spray her with
! bullets at the first sign Of false move.
! When Means proposed to kill The
, Fox in Ell Paso in order to get the
baby. Mrs Mclean seid she woul5 not
| stand for a murder there. but admitted
! she gave Means some knockout drops
and told him to use those on The Fox
! If an opportunity presented itself.
Asked to Carry Machine Gun.
On one occasion. she said, Means
! came to her and said the kitnapers
! we're getting frightened because the
! police lines were drawing too close.
! H asked me for my permission for
| the kidnapers to carry machine gum
| she testified, land l told him that
would be all right" She said Means
| elso complained occasionally of having
| trouble with hi-jackers. who apparently
we're also after the bab; The Fox"
was supposed to have in his custody.
Mrs. Mclean said Means went to
! Concord. N. c., and after arriving
phcned her that he expected to return
| with the baby. He returned empty
handed. she said, but showed her a
light and battery that had been used
bv convoy car to warn the driver of
an automobile in which the baby was
being transported. He said the car
! with the baby turned back to Aiken
when the light was flashed.
After Mrs. Mclean had left Fairview.
her Maryland estate, end had gone to
Aiken, she said she received a long
distance telephone call from The Fox
who was in Orange or Elizabeth, N. j.
She quoted him as saying:
Have Means get in touch with me
right away. Something terrible has
happened. Means has wonderful mind
and may be able to straighten this out. ."
Mrs. Mclean said she became dis
couraaed when The Fox" and Means
failed to deliver the baby to her in Ell
Paso and that she returned to Wash
ington.
After reaching her home here. she
said. The Fox" and Means communi-
Gated with her, concerning the money
paid the kidnapers in New York bv DR..
j. F. Condor. the "Jafsie" of the case.
THE Fox" told her $4,000 of this