The Washington times., 1932-03-17
ESTATE VIEWED
WEEK BEFORE
KIDNAPPING
Girl Witness to Study Photos
Of Suspects Today;
Other Leads Fall
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.Creston, Iowa, was found not to
Be the missing infant.
That q blue sedan with New
York license plates reported to
have been seen near Dunellen,
". j.. the day before the kid
naping at Hapewell was Of mo
Importance" as the occupants
had been seen in the region
several times since. ...
Clothes Clue F1imsy
That no report has been re-
;ceiVed from the New York State
police concerning clothing found
by them which has any i'm
portance in the case.
That no report has been re.
.ceiyed by Newark and New
Jersey police concerning their
Investigation into q kidnapping
plot revealed by q New York
prisoner.
That there was no knowledge
by police that the LindberghS
had employed a private detec-
tive agency to assist in the
search for the kidnapped baby.
Numerous disbursements en-
eountered by the official investi
gators was illustrated in Schwarz
kopf's first bulletin today detailing
activities in the search for the
baby.
JCkeSterS at Work
The bulletin follows:
''Betty Cow is stilI in the
Lindbergh house and has been
in the house continuously. She
has never been taken to New
ark, Jersey City, or any place
else.
Telephone message received
from Newark said . Mrs. Citra-
Misn Of Newark, was in pos.
session Of valuable infOrma-
tiOn that would lead to pres
ent whereabouts Of Lindbergh
baby. Investigators were sent
there and discovered that this
was . vacant lot.
Another phone call was re-
ceived later which was checked,
members OF the Newark police
picked up q Mr.. Sherer. Mr..
Sherer, on being questioned,
stated that his mother had .
dream as to where the baby
was. This man is being held
by Newark police. This is just
another Of the many bits Of in
formation we are constantly
receiving. .......
"Annette COpin, the nurse en-
plOyed by the Lindberghs be-
tween the times Of Marie Cum
mingS and Betty Cow, has been
located and questioned, and
could add nothing to assist in
the investigation.
The anonymous message re-
.ceived from Atlantic City was
investigated and found to be
without foundation"
Private ENJOYS Of the Lind.
berghs appeared to have made no
more progress than official in.
vestigators in picking up the trail
,of; kidnaperS.
Racket .14ideS Fail
Morris Rosner, "Salvy' Spitale,
and Irving Bitz, who undertook
the. task Of making, contact with
members Of the underworld, if not
the kidnapers themselves, in ef-
forts to recover the child, carried
on whatever work they did today
In secret.
Herbert C. Wildey, Morristown
chief Of police, asked for con-
certed police action in the kidnap
hunt. In q letter to members Of
the New Jersey State Association
Of Police Chiefs, Of which he is
president, he said:
"The time to abandon the
watchful waiting attitude In the
Lindbergh kidnapping case has
arrived. If the citizens Of this
nation are depending on deni-
Seus Of the underworld to re-
cover loved ones who have been
ruthlesSly taken from their
homes, il Is time the fact be
made known 50 that State and
municipal governments may dis
pense with their police depart.
ll1entS and dicker with the law
breakers at so much q case,
thereby saving the taxpayers
considerable money.
The blot on the fair name
OF New Jersey can only be re-
moved by the speedy and safe
return Of Charles A. Lind.
bergh, jr."
Mother, Baby Captives