Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-13

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uncovered.
The fact that Colonel Lindbergf
was sufficiently convinced of thu
authenticity of one gang to pa,
$50 900 led to the supposition thai
they may have exhibited pieces oi
the missing baby's garments OF
given symbols from the origina
kidnapping note demanding $4,000
ransom, left in the nursery wher
the child was stolen.
Promises Every Effort
J After announcing the finding OF
the body to the press, Colonel
Schwartzkopf issued the following
statement:
As long as there was a posi-
bility of the baby being alive, the
police have been proceeding with
a certain amount of suppressed
activity in order not to interfere
with any negotiations that might
result in the safe return of the
baby.
Now that the body of the baby
has been found, every possible
effort will be eXerted and all men
necessary will Immediately eXer-
else every effort to accomplish the
arrest of the kidnapers and muir
derers.
We have under suspicion a
! group of persons suspected OF be-
ing the kidnapers and immediate
steps will be taken and are being
| taken to accomplish their arrest.
/ Emergency telephones for this case
are lying on the ground where they
were placed by telephone men
within IS feet from where the body
was found"
Later, he amplified his statement
as follows:
"A preliminary telephone report
from the county physician indi-
| Gates that number of positively
! identifying characteristics have
been, discovered in the body found
| today, which would identify it as
being the body of the Lindbergh
| baby.
Betty Cow has positively identi-
fled the garments found on the
body discovered today as being the
garments in which the Lindbergh
baby was clothed on the night Of
the kidnapping. Tie sleeping suit
was not on the body, but the two
shirts on the body have been posi-
lively identified by Betty Cow.
Mrs. Morrow Mrs. Lindbergh's
mother) and Mrs. Lindbergh were
at Hopewell house when it be-
came known that the body found
today was that of the Lindbergh
child
The body was found on the left
| side of the road going from
| Mount Rose to Hopewell. More
than 20 additional troopers were
Immediately ordered to duty upon
the discovery of the facts which
have come to light today. Addi-
tional men are being detailed as
! needed.
Information concerning the
gang referred to is now being
| checked and such parts of it as
will not interfere with the ap-
prehension of the gang will be re-
vealed in a later bulletin"
Killed Immediately
The medical report tended to con-
firm the theory that the baby had
been killed almost Immediately af-
ter the kidnapping. After Miss Cow
had identified the body at the
Trenton morgue, slipping in the
back door to avoid large crowd,
DR.. Mitchell said:
Miss Cow was not able to iden-
tify the body entirely to my salts
faction. I shall make my report
on an unknown baby But if the
Lindbergh family claims the child
I shall release the body to them as
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.
None of the Lindbergh family has
seen the body yet.
II examined the body for two
hours in a post-mortem, removing
the scalp and exposing the left side
of the skull, which had been badly
fractured.
The death could have been
caused by a bullet, by the child
having been banged against a tree,
hit by an automobile or hit with a
club or other instrument. In any
event, death was caused by frac-
tured skull. The baby had been
dead about two months. 1 could
not say what day he died, because
the body has been exposed and de-
Perforated faster than if it had
been in receptacle"
Condor Silent
Regarding those angles, Colonel
Schwartzkouf issued the following
special bulletin at 1870 a. m. today:
THE ransom note is not avail
able and the prosecuting authori-
ties have classed it as important
evidence and have ordered that it
should not be made available to
the press.
Betty Cow was at the Trenton
morgue last night and stated that
the body resembled the Lindbergh
baby.
mo footprints were found in the
vicinity of where the baby's body
was located. The whole territory
was thoroughly secured by the in
FeSGIBdlOIo 4lOili NAilo OlANc, cfcu
10 the extent of scraping the su'-
face of the ground around where
the baby's body was found, putting
it in containers and bringing il TO
these headquarters for the purpose
of check and analysis.
Or. Condor and Mr. Curtis will
be at these headquarters in a few
u1inutes for questioning in conpeo
ton with this case and win be
turned over by the police authorities
at this point to the prosecuting au-