Evening star., 1932-05-14
METAL scooP is FOUND.
Believed Recently Used in Effort to
Bury Bab.'.

HOPEWELL. N. j., May IA 1P).-The
metal scoop of a broken shovel was
found in the underground today close
to the spot where the body OF the Lind
bergh baby was discovered THURSDAY.
Police said there were indications 1t
had been recently used.
The prosecutors of Hunterdon and
Mercer Counties visited the place where
the body was found with various police
officials and while they were there
Robert Gear. jr, a Jersey City detec-
tive who was a member of the party,
hunted around in the tangled bushes
adjacent to the spot where the body
lay
Suddenly he stopped, thrust his arm
into the dense underground and brought
out the shovel scoop. Hasty examina-
tion showed dirt clinging to the metal
which police believed to indicate that
recent use had been made Of the in
StrUment.
The prosecutors and police officials
were plainly impressed with the find
but would not make any statement at
the time as to what they inferred from
the discovery The scoop was care
fully wrapped in paper to prevent
erasure Of possible finger prints. or
other valuable clues, and taken to the
police station in the Lindbergh garage
The prosecutors both said there had
been no other development OF i'm
portance in the case since yesterday
Ground to Be Examined.
The walled hollow where the body
of the murdered Lindbergh baby was
found was scraped clear today and
the scrapings were sent to experts for
analysis in the hope that science might
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As the little body was being cremated
yesterday State police built twofoot
high wall of concrete blocks around the
spot where the long hunt for the KID
naped baby ended Thursday afternoon
Previously the police had merely stood
guard over the place, but the wall was
raised to make doubly sure that no
bungling step might destroy possible
valuable clues.
Net only was the entire surface
scraped up for analysis, but a burlap
bag found near the spot also was sent
to the experts.
The rest of the morning bulletin dealt
with the examination of Morris Rosner
and John Hughes Curtis, two of Col
Lindbergh'S Intermediates in the long
search for the baby. John F. Condon
another intermediary, who paid q
$4,000 ransom in futile effort TO OBJ
tain return of the child was released
yesterday after lengthy questioning.
Rosner Making Statement.
"A written statement is being taken
from Rosner," Schwarzkopf reported
Nothing in any way connecting him
with the kidnapers has been disclosed
during his questioning: His activities
apparently were confined TO endeav-
% Io urn{ Yucvt1d
sist the family in contracting the actual
kidnapers."
Rosner. appointed as intermediary
by Col. Lindbergh because Of his re-
puted acquaintance with inhabitants OF
the underworld, stated for publication
at one stage OF the hunt for the baby
that he had positive knowledge the
child was alive and well. Presumably
this statement, and the basis for it
was one of the things police questioned
him about today.
Mr.. Curtis" Schwarzkopf continued
after telling of the examination oi
Rosner, lis being questioned as TO the
contacts he had with the alleged kid
napers. These contacts were by tele-
phone and in person. This is being
continued and the check-up on such
information as we get from him is be-
ing vigorously pursued"
Curtis was with Col Lindbergh of
the New Jersey coast. preparing to max
another contact with the purported kid
napers, when the body Of the baby wa
found less than miles from the hom'
from which he was stolen on the nigh
of March /.
While police here turned to scienc,
today for help in their investigation, tn
Coast Guard continued the chase IL
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