Evening star., 1932-05-20
FAMILY OF CURTIS
TO SEEK RELEASE
Hoaxer's Relatives Move for
$4,000 Bail; Peacock Again
Refuses Call to Jersey.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, May 20-Spurning
an offer to have his expenses paid,
Dean H. Dobson Peacock stuck fast today
to his decision not to go to Hopewell for
questioning by New Jersey officials
about the Lindbergh negotiations, which
his associate. John Hughes Curtis. has
confessed were hoaxed.
Meanwhile, members Of the Curtis
family stated they were making ar
rangements to secure the "negotiators"
release on the $4,000 bail under which
he is being held in jail at Pennington,
N. J.. Relatives said Curtis communi-
Gated with them by long distance tele-
phone to say that everything is all
right He gave no Information, they
said, regarding his confession.
Lieut.. G. L. Richard, for the past
two years aide to the commanding
officer of the Hampton Roads Naval
Air Base and prominent recently as
a result of his activities in the Lind
bergh case serving as air pilot for Nor
folk ''negotiators", has been ordered
transferred to Squadron VS-5-S of the
Aircraft Carrier Lexington. The trans
fer becomes effective as soon as the
Lexington arrives on the East coast.
She is now at the Puget Sound Navy
Yard.
Dean Dobson- Peacock, who has stat
ed he is willing to be questioned. but
will not go to New Jersey for that pur-
pose, spoke emphatically in refusing
the offer fr0n1 HONEYWELL
Col. Schwarzkopf has my answer to
that already" he said. II have my
legal advisers, and 1 have been advised
not to go TO Hopewell. I have already
given my answer to Col SchwarzkOpf."
Previously the minister had said that
he did not have time to make the trip
and that in addition he had been ad-
vised not to 20. After O telephone con-
versation with Col Schwarzkopf. in
which he said he told the New Jersey
official that he could not leave for a
day or two and probably not at all.
Dean Dobson- Peacock sent a telegram
in which he expressed Willingness to
be questioned here.
The telegram follows:
Replying to your kilograms of yes
terday and today, requesting my pres
ence, I stand ready at such time as
you may select to meet at Norfolk
your Gov. Moore's accredited rep
resentative, and will fully and freely
give all information in my possession
pertaining to the subject"
Meantime, police officials, encouraged
by the prospect of new development
continued their probe of the faxed ne
gotiations.
Col. Charles B. Borland, director of
public safety. said he was expecting
some development soon in his investiga-
ton Of the local angle Of the hoax con-
fessed by the Norfolk boat builder. He
would not divulge the nature of this
expected development.
John NJ Arnold. commonwealth's at
torney of Norfolk, tsaid he Is keeping
open his investigation to determine II
any Virginia law was violated by Cur
tis. He said no such evidence was
found in his questioning of Dean Pea
cock and Rear Admiral Guy H. Bur-
rage, retired, associated with Curtis in
the imaginary maneuvers to meet imag-
mary men. The same was true he
said, concerning his interview with Capt
F. H. Lackmann, pilot of the yacht
Maroon, aboard which Col Lindbergh
accompanied Curtis during two weeks of
trips TO sea in search of q phantom
boat
Col. boIiano Sald the arrest IN Ph1la-
delpf1ia Of Samuel B. Vernikoff, men,
toned by Curtis as one of the men with
whom he had been dealing, had no
bearing on his investigation.
Dean Peacock spoke freely and un-
hesitatingly during his examination, the
commemorative attorney said He
added that the minister was apparently
convinced of the sincerity of Curtis and
was acting in good faith
In the meantime, vestrynen Of Christ
Episcopal Church rallied to the defense
Of their minister