Evening star., 1932-05-13

CHARLES A. L
and newspapers also were active in
separate searches.
All these intermediates" have
moved like secret shadows through the
weeks of investigation. They explained
that any other course would endanger
the life Of the child. 1t was this secrecy
that made possible the $50,00 "Jafsie"
hoax by which that sum was paid to
man near Yonkers, N. Y, cemetery
on the mans promise to return the
child.
The Norfolk Intermediates
and two associates-were even more
active than "Jafsie," employing air
planes, yachts and fast motor cars in
negotiations that ran up and down the
Atlantic seaboard and out to sea. Col
Lindbergh himself participated in these
negotiations as recently as yesterday,
it was learned
Mrs. Mclean, the Washington wom-
an who, acting independently, put up
100000 in an effort to return the
child to his parents, and who now
charges Castor B. Means, her agent,
appropriated the money to his own use
declined to be quoted. Her attorney
said she was greatly shocked and
grieved.
Efforts at definite identification were
pursued even after the police, the nurse
and the county physician had satisfied
themselves that the skeleton was that
of the Lindbergh baby. A physician
xryt1n % hoL i-kk.
was called in early today, and added
suhstantiation to the earlier identifica-
ton.
Neither parent had viewed the body
up to an early hour today, so far as
could be learned However, an automo-
bile, having Col. Lindbergh as one of
its passengers, arrived at the Hopewell
estate at am. The flyer was ready
to lend his active support to the hunt
for the murderer of his child.
Ransom Note Important Clue.
The mysterious ransom note, re-
putedly demanding $4,000 for the
baby's safe return, was withheld from
publication Col. Schwarzkopf, COM
manding the State police, said it still
was regarded as an important clue.
The announcement that DR.. Condor
CJafsie") and Curtis had been sum-
moned to police headquarters at Tren-
ton was the first definite indication that
police finally were ready to throw aside
their 'hands-of" policy concerning pri-
vate negotiations and demand from the
actions and of the information upon
which they have been acting.
Authorities were still exercising
extraordinary precautions to safeguard
the feelings of the parents. Questions
seeking to determine how the news had
affected Mr.. and Mrs. Lindbergh and
what plans they may have made to-
ward bringing the abductor-kille to
justice were not answered.
Report Made on Autopsy.
The report of the autopsy. performed
by DR.. Mitchell, county physician, was
gruesome in detail. In addition to the
lower left leg, other parts of the body
were missing, due presumably to de-
composition, haStened by exposure. The
left hand and right forearm were gone,
as were some abdominal organs The
conclusion reached by the physician
was without equivocation. He said:
Diagnosis of the cause of death Is
a fractured skull due to external
violence"
Expressions Of sympathy came from
every corner Of the world: from Paris,
to which Lindbergh, then the Lone
Eagle" flew from New York In a single,
uninterrupted flight; from Washington,
where his feat later was given the off,
cial acclaim of the American people
and from Japan and China, to which,
with his wife as navigator and radio
operator, he flew on vacation tour
last year.
A dramatic coincidence was noted in
the fact that In the hour when the
world was hearing news of the baby's
death, Lou Reichers, New Jersey afr
man, was lifting the nose of his air.
plane into the night skies for a two
stop fight to Paris in an endeavor to
cut in half the time made by Col
Lindbergh
The State law enforcement agencies
sprang to the task Of trapping the kid
napers with vigor, Col. Schwarzkopf
announcing that he already had a gang
under suspicion and Gov. A. Harry
Moore contributing the statement that
every attempt should be made now
to find the murderers Of the Lindbergh
baby"
Call Summons Prosecutor.
Significance was attached to q hur-
ried telephone call which summoned
County Prosecutor Irwin z. Marshall
to the Lindbergh home for a conference
late last night.
AS police worked feverishly to be sure
Of their identification. telephones rang
In the State house at Trenton, N. J.
Reporters were summoned to the
Lindbergh estate for an important an
nouncement.
Tho talo,Lo,,a roro ara{r IL mar rol
Schwarzkopf, who has been the field
marshal Of the official investigation,
calling his superior. Gov. Moore.
Correspondent Informed.
"Col. Schwarzkopf tells me the Lind
bergh baby has been found dead" the
Governor informed the Associated Press
correspondent.
Meanwhile reporters summoned by
the police assembled in the garage at
the Lindbergh estate.
Schwarzkopf, a grave look on his face,
told the arrivals to be seated around
the long. table in the garage and then
discussed In detail how the statement
was to be made public.
He directed that no one leave before
he had concluded. And when he had
finished he waved aside all questions
and directed all outsiders to depart at
once.
Among the information to be with
held was any detail concerning the
whereabouts and health Of the Lind
bergh family.
AS he read his typewritten statement
In quiet. deliberate voice he seemed to
be weighing each word carefully before
uttering 1t.
Troopers Answer Calls.
Pencils raced across scratch pads and
there were no Interruptions except for
the almost constant jangling Of tele-
phone bells. State troopers answered
the calls but refused to reply to any
questions.
"As long as there was q possibility
Of the baby being alive. thu police have