Evening star., 1932-06-29
VOLUNTARY RETURN
Of FOX" EXPECTED
IN BABY HOAX CASE
Whitaker Probably viii Waive
Extradition Quiz in New
York Today.
SISTER is QUESTIONED
HERE AND RELEASED
Rover Prepares Evidence for Trial
on Charge of COnspiring
With Means.

Norman T. Whitaker. identified by
Mrs. Evalyn walsh Mclean as "the
Fox" self-styled leader of the Lind
bergh baby kidnaperS, is expected to
waive extradition proceedings in New
York today to facilitate his return here
under Federal charges of conspiring
with CASTOR B. Means to defraud Mrs,
Mclean of a $104.000 ransom fund.
Whitaker, also figuring in the strange
Means case as mo. 19" and Neil Will
liams," was TO be given a hearing in
New York this afternoon before a
United States commissioner. He Is
under bond of 100000, following his
arrest Monday night in Brooklyn by
special agents of the United States
Bureau Of Investigation and New York
detectives.
A sister of Whitaker, Miss Dorothy
Whitaker, was arrested here yesterday
afternoon and questioned for some time
at the Department of Justice She was
released when investigators found
nothing to connect her with the Means
negotiations. Justice agents are en-
deavoring to learn the identity of a
woman who played a minor role in the
case.
Rover Collects Evidence.
When brought to Washington, Whit
aker will be lodged in the District Jail,
where Means is being held pending his
appeal from conviction on fraud
charges. The District Supreme Court
sentenced Means to Is years in the
penitentiary. So far nither Means nor
Whitaker has admitted an acquaint-
anceship.
United States Attorney Leo A. Rover,
who conducted the prosecution OF Means
before Justice James M. Proctor, is
marshaling evidence and witnesses in
readiness for the forthcoming trial OF
"the Fox" Much of the evidence and
most of the witnesses used in sending
Means to prison will be employed
against Whitaker. There Is a posi-
bility that Means may be called to the
stand for the first time at the trial OF
Whitaker. Means cid not testify for
himself.
With the capture of Whitaker, Fed
eral officials hope to clear up many
loose ends of the fantastic Means plot.
Although Government officers frankly
scout claims originally made by "the
Fox that he engineered the abduction
of the Lindbergh child and received the
$50, 600 paid by Col. Lindbergh on April
last, a thorough inquiry is being
made into whitaker's activities at the
time of the kidnapping and payment Of
the futile ransom. 1t is reported he
was N the New York area about the
time of these events.
Mrs. Mclean asserts that Whitaker
told her he had held the baby in his
arms and that 1t was well-although at
the time the body of the child appar-
entity was half buried in a clump OF
bushes 5 miles from Sourland Noun
tain, near the Lindbergh New Jersey
estate.
Arrest CIimaxes Wide Hunt.
Arrest Of Whitaker disbarred local
patent attorney and ex-convict, cli-
NAKED an intensive Nationwide man
hunt by special agents under j. Edgar
Hoover, director of the United States
Bureau of Investigation. Many sus-
poets were located, questioned and elm
mated before the trail which led to
Whitaker became "hot." The original
clues were picked up in North and
South carolina and in Texas, States
in which THE Fox" was known to have
visited during the negotiations with
Mrs. Mclean.
1t is understood an additional charge
may be lodged against Whitaker when
he arrives here as result of the at
tempt of "The Fox" to induce Mrs.
Mclean to pay an additional $35 900 to
partly redeem" the $4,000 ransom
fund which Lindbergh rendered useless
when he recorded the serial numbers.
Mrs. Mclean was about to pay this sum
when her lawyers learned about the
whole deal and put stop to further
negotiations.