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The Washington times., 1932-03-08

RANSOM DEMAND REPEATED
|. AND ASSURANCE GIVEN
THAT BABY IS SAFE

kidnapers in restoring the baby"
A similar "hands-off" policy
was adopted by both New Jersey
and New York authorities regard
ing the activities Of "Salvy"
Spitale and Irving Bitz, Of New
York, who were appointed official
go-betweens by Colonel and Mrs.
Lindbergh in opening possible ne
gotiations with the abductors.
Goth Spitale and Bitz vanished
from the overworld Of society.
But as result of their broadcast
that 1.-The kid must be delivered" !"
the underworld was humming
with activity, with mysterious
huddles in hideaways and sequeS-
tered back rooms, with sudden de-
partures and abrupt arrivals.
If the job was done by profes-
sional kidnapers, the chances for
success were good. If performed
by amateurs, it was long gamble.
This was the consensus of un.
derworld opinion, from lowly pick
pocket to gunmen and tor
pedoes."
Everybody was working for one
goal-the safe return Of the first
baby of the land.
Red Johnson Still Key
The main police activity, aside
from the running down Of multi
tudinouS tips" revolved about
the questioning of Henry RED"
JoA--son, sailor sweetheart Of
Betty Cow, nurse of young Lind
bergh.
His movements on the night of
the kidnapping and the day follow
ing were being checked in Engle-
wood, N. j., where he boarded,
and in Connecticut. johnson told
police he had Cancelled an engage
ment with Betty Cow on Tues
day, the night of the kidnapping,
and left by automobile for Hart
ford to visit a brother
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Ladder Is Similar in Construction
To Those Made by Russians in Vicinity

Mrs. Elijah Carpenter. Elmi- a
clearinghouse keeper, said that
last Wednesday a man asked to
rent a room for his wife and
year-and-a-half old son, who he
said would join him later. She
said the man never came back.
Praise Anne'S FOrtitude
DR.. John Grier Hibben. presi-
dent of Princetown University,
denied that he had been ap!
preached by any "go-betweens"
or that he had shared in "im-
portant conferences"
Mrs. Hibben said that Mrs.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, mother
Of the kidnapped child. was
simply amazing"
"She is q wonderful young
woman, able to take an interest
In all the people at her home
even at this time"
From Bristol. Pa, came word
that police were still checking a
long letter written from there to
Colonel Lindbergh demanding
$4,000 ransom. The letter was
signed with the name of a man
and a Philadelphia address.
Two men and a woman ques,
toned in connection with the let.
ter were later released by Bristol
authorities. The trio happened
to be passing in an automobile
by the spot designated in the let
ter for delivery of the money.
A request from the New York
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house by any door between 8
and 10 p. m. on Tuesday, the
night Of the kidnapping, without
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A.
Lindbergh knowing it?
"Yes," he replied.
The statement was made at a
press conference. The remainder
of the questions and answers fol-
low:
Q.-Has Arthur Garfield Hayes
(prominent attorney been at the
Lindbergh home in the last "a
hours?
Alt is not known to the 20
lice.
Police Saying Little
Q.-Has Dudley Field Malone
(another prominent lawyer been
at the Lindbergh home in the last
"a hours?
Alt is not known to the po-
lice.
Q.-When did Col. Henry Breck-
inridge (attorney and adviser of
the Lindberghs) last arrive at the
Lindbergh home and where Is he
now?
A.-No answer.
Odd he arrive in an auto
mobile bearing a New York Ii.
cense (The license number was
given.)
A.-No answer.
Odd Colonel Lindbergh ask
the State police to permit a
strange car to reach the house un-
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State police at Monroe was re-
ceived at Trenton. 1t asked in
formation as to the color of the
smudge paint found on the ladder
used by the kidnapers in climb
ing to the Lindbergh nursery.
Monroe troopers said they had
a lead" but could take no action
until they received the desired
information.
The ladder, a makeShift affair,
is considered one of the few i'm
portant clues in the hands Of
police.
Scent Ladder Clue
Another lead on the ladder an
gle was received from United States
Attorney Wallace Collins, Of
Brooklyn. In a telegram to
Colonel Lindbergh, Collins said a
group of Russian workmen, some
of whom showed radical tenden.
cies, built house on Long Island
two years ago and used ladders
similar to that found on the Lind
bergh estate.
These workmen we're employed
by the same construction company
which built the Lindbergh home,
Collins said.
Reports persisted today that AL
Capone was dickering from his
cell in Cook County Jail, Chicago,
for a reduction of his prison term
by the Government in case he
used his influence in the under
world for return of the Lind
bergh baby.
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directly or indirectly in the kid.
naping?
A.-No answer.
Q.-What does the investiga-
ton show as to how the kidnap-
ers escaped?
A.-Escape, started on foot.
Jap Angle Enter
Q.-Has Colonel Lindbergh re-
ceived any letter from Japanese
since the kidnapping.
A.-No answer.
Q.-Was the postcard mailed
from Newark on last Wednesday
penned by the same hand as the
card taken from the mail at Hart
ford, Conn.
A.-Do not know.
Q.-What action is being taken
on the letter intercepted at Ell
mira, N. Y, by New York State
police demanding $500.O0O for the
safe return Of the child?
A.-No word here.
Q.-Pennsylvania State police
at Mansfield ask us to get state
ment from New Jersey investiga-
tors at Hopewell as to what they
think of Mansfield angle. Does
Captain Lamb know about it?
A.-Captain Lamb is still on
the investigation.
Q.-What was the complication
which prompted the Bristol ar
rest?
Ave have no report on this.
Q. Is it true handwriting ex-
perts have compared and pro-
nounced similar the writing in the
reported original note and one
reported received Sunday by Col
onel Lindbergh?
A. No answer.
@. Has any individual made a
report directly or indirectly offer
ing the services of AL Capone for
return of the baby?
A. Not to us.
Q. Will you ask Colonel Lind
bergh If he within the last three
months made an anti-Japanese
speech in the United States or
Canada?
A. Not answered.
Only Mans Footprints
At press conference last night
the following questions were an
Swered:
@. Colonel Schwarzkopf states
that the kidnapping could not have
occurred before 8 p. m. last Tues
day. How is the hour so def
nitely established? BY whom was
the baby seen at that hour?
A. Betty Cow saw baby in room
at 8 p. m.
@. When Miss Cow discovered
the abduction of the child, were
the windows open or closed? Were
the shutters open or closed? Were
any marks found on the window
sill or the windows indicating that
the window was forced?
A. The windows on the south
side were open. The two on the
east side we're closed and were
not unlocked. All shutters were
closed and locked except one win
dow.
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Questioning Introduces Theory Indy
Nav Have Incurred japanese Hatred

Odd Colonel Lindbergh re-
ceive a telegram from Min
neapolis asking him Ito take
Salvy (Spitale) out of New York"
and deal directly with Chicago?"
A.-Several barrels of mail
and kilograms have been re-
ceived. We do not know.
Q.-What is the status of
Henry Johnson? Has he been
released? While he was being
questioned in Newark, was he
identified by James Bristany as
having been seen in a cafe on
the Boston Post Road the night
of the kidnapping?
johnson Not Identified
A.-Holding at Newark and
checking his story. Our inves-
tigators have not returned from
this investigation and we have
no report of any Identification.
Q.-What were Betty Cows
exact words when she notified
Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh of the
baby's abduction and where were
Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh when
she told them?
A.-TheSe words were said in
excitement and the exact words
are not really known.
Q.-Who was the first person
to give the alarm to police, and
where was it received and by
whom?
A.-No answer.
Mum On Ransom
Q.-Was a telephone call from
Councilman Harry j. Trainer, of
Philadelphia, received either by
the Lindbergh family or police
yesterday afternoon or night and
what was the message?
Ayes, it was concerning a
child in Philadelphia. Investiga-
tors were Immediately sent to
identify the child if possible.
Upon comparison of child with
photographs, ETC., the child was
eliminated from further consider.
alton.
Q.-Have the kidnapers de-
manded any specified sum for
the return of the child?
A.-No answer.
Q.-Has it been definitely es-
tabliShed that the ladder used in
the kidnapping was brought to the
Lindbergh home for that pur-
pose? If not, had the ladder pre-
viously been used at the Lind
bergh home?
A.-The ladder had never been
seen at Colonel Lindbergh's home
before.
Q.-Has the ladder been tested
to see whether it will support
the weight Of a 150-pound man?
II not, will the State police test
it? Was the ladder broken when
found? ''''
Att was tested ana supported
an average man. Yes.
Q.-HaS the investigation un-
covered anything that would in
dicate a. servant, elnploye, or
member Of the household aided
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Purported angles of the case
continued to develop in outlying
cities.
The story of Herbert Garwood,
of Philadelphia, salesman, was
being checked. He said he had
seen a man and a woman taking
a photograph of the Lindbergh
home nine days before the baby
was kidnapped.
Mystery Camera Angle
Garwood said he was talking
to Ollie Wheatley. the Lindbergh
butler, when a green car drove
up. Garwood continued:
There was a woman about
30 years of age in it and an
older man weighing about 200
pounds. They were taking a
picture of the side Of the house
where the nursery is located"
Garwood said that the butler
elected the couple but that when
he was driving away he saw the
woman hidden in the underbruSh
with the camera.
In Elmira. N. Y, letter ad.
dressed to Colonel Lindbergh, de-
manding $5OO,0O0 for return Of
the baby, was intercepted.
The missive directed the Lind
bergS to leave the money at a
restaurant near Mansfield, Pa,
three hours after the money was
left, the baby would be delivered
there, the note said. Police went
to the restaurant but nothing
developed at the time set.
The Washington times., 1932-03-08
SALVY AND B|TZ
FRET H|BBEN

PRINCETON, N. j., March 8 Il.
N.S).-Poised and suave in the
company of the worlds illustrious
men and women to which his dis
tinction commonly brings him, DR..
John Grier Hibben, 10, president
of Princeton University, today
nervously faced the prospect of
his oldest encounter.
He admitted he expected the
two underworld chieftains author
lied by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
to act as go betweens in the hunt
for his kidnapped baby to call upon
him, and the noted educator also
admitted that for once he was at
a loss how to act when he met
them. He declared:
II don't understand why at
tention should center on me.
am not an official agent of the
family. / really won't know how
to act"
The Washington times., 1932-03-08
Welcome Planned
For Madame EU1nti

A group of 100 citizens, headed
by DR.. Carter G. Woodson, direc-
tor of the Association for the
Study of Negro Life and History,
is sponsoring a homecoming in
honor of Nine. Lillian Evanti.
coloratura soprano. formerly of
this city, when she appears in
a concert at the Belasco Theater
on March 20.
Nine. Evanti has studied abroad
for more than seven years. She
is the daughter of the late Bruce
Evans, former principal Of Arm
strong High School.
The Washington times., 1932-03-08
L|NDYS To GIVE
UP ISOLATED
MANSION
Once Happy Refuge Becomes
Bleak House With
Tragic Echoes
BY DOROTHY DUCAs,
Copyright, 1882. by International
News SeFvice)

HOPEWELL, N. j., March
s (IN.S. 1.-THE Sourl a n d
Mountain mansion of Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh is
doomed to be deserted before
the summer.
The great whitewashed field
stone house on the side of a
thickly wooded hill, where the
famous flier took his wife and
small son to escape the world,
will never be the happy
homestead it was intended
to be.
No matter what the result of
the sensational kidnapping the
Lindberghs will move to another
home, it was learned today.
Sad Reminder
If the little boy is returned by
his abductors, his parents will
fear to live again in the solitude
and remoteneSs of the new house.
And if he does not return, they
will not be able to bear the
sight of the place from which the
boy was stolen.
The Lindbergh house today
stands desolate and silent, its
glaring walls matched by the
whiteness of a snow-covered slope.
Beneath the ice and frost are
red clay terraces. rolled matches
of wild grass, stakes marking
pathways, and spots half dug for
shrubbery.
Hopes Neglected
Friends say the landscaping
will not be done this spring, as
planned. The raw new house in
its setting of cleared forest land
will not be softened by the
brightness of flowers, the gentle
ness of green things rubbing their
leaves against the smooth white
stone. The Lindberghs will never
have the heart to beautify their
camp in the wilderness.
If little Charlie is given back,
they will want to take him some
place where he can be watched
carefully all the time. From the
nursery window of this home the
can only see the
shadowy figure of a baby
snatcher.
A Tragic Reminder
And if the golden-haired son
Of Americas national hero is
not restored to his broken hearted
parents, the house will be full of
the echoes of his baby voice,
echoes that would make the
spacious, tasteful abode a veri-
table house Of horrors. A friend
said today:
81 don't know what will be-
come Of the place. 1t was
planned so happily, so eagerly.
All the pleasure Colonel and
Mrs. Lindbergh took in its
building and furnishing has
evapOrated now. 1t is assO-
ciated with tragedy, irrevOcably.
Perhaps they will MT sell it.
Perhaps they will keep it
against the day when memories
have faded sufficiently to make
it bearable. But I know they
can no longer love it as they
once did"
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Continued from Page -

Whether or not hope was
around the corner for the i'm
minent homecoming of the
stolen infant, it was apparent
that Colonel Lindbergh was
being permitted by authorities
to play lone hand.
Mother, father and grand
mother of the kidnapped baby
were opening all letters them
selves. Mrs. Dwight W. Nor
row, widow of the late Senator
and mother of the former Anne
Morrow, supervised examina-
tion of all incoming communi-
cations.
Gov. A. Harry Moore, of New
Jersey, confirmed this. He said
that the Lindberghs, after open.
ing their mail. only turned over
to police what they wished to
turn over. He declared:
"The kidnapers may have
been scared off by the state
mentS that all mail is opened
by the police. That is not true.
If the kidnapers want to get in
touch with the Lindberghs,
they can do so easily"
Both Governor Moore and
Major Schoeffel at Trenton, N. j.,
expressed their willingness to re-
move State troopers from the
estate if Colonel Lindbergh so
wished. Governor Moore said:
All we want is to get back
the baby"
Capt. John ]. Lamb, in charge
OF the trooper detail on the es-
tate. said he had orders to do
anything possible to aid the
The Washington times., 1932-03-08
Police Decline to Say Whether Ransom
Note Was Ever Received From Kidnapers

was admitted today by Col. H.
Norman Schwartzkopf, COM
mander Of the New Jersey State
police.
HIS was asked:
"WOuld it have been possible
for anyone to have left the
The Washington times., 1932-03-08

that air travel
is less sub
ject to delay
than ground
travel.
S h e W a S
driving her
own car to
Newark Air
port to fly
her Lockh
plane. which
she is about
to turn over
to Bernt Bal.
chen under
charter, when
in about t.
The Washington times., 1932-03-08

performed in Vienna:
Miss Holman. who ended a
long run in the musical produc.
ton "Three's a Crowd" in BoS-
ton last week, and Reynolds
have been mentioned in the
same breath ever since he and
his wife, the former Anne Can
non, were divorced in Reno last
November.
The Washington times., 1932-03-08

mathematical centre of the Hol-
land Tunnel, she had flat tire.
the first in eight years, she
said.
So the first woman to- fly the
Atlantic as a passenger was
towed from under the Hudson
by the tunrel emergency crew,
more convinced than ever that
the roads of the air were best.
The Washington times., 1932-03-08
Paramount Sells
Broadcast Interest

NEW YORK, March 8 QNSO. e.
Paramount Publix Corp. has sold
its half interest in the Columbia
Broadcasting System, Inc, to Will
liam S. Paley and associates for
$5,200,00O, it was announced to-
day.
The Washington times., 1932-03-08

TRENTON. N. j.. March 8 GN.
S0.-The possibility that the kid
napers of the Lindbergh baby
might have been able to escape
by q door from the Lindbergh
home, instead of through the
window, as generally supposed,
The Washington times., 1932-03-08

one-time film
S t a r; Ralph
B | ock, pro.
ducer; T a y
G ar n e t t,
director; and
Helen Vinson,
actress, we're
in a party
t h a t h a d
a We d in
Hollywood to-
d a y 70 m
New York.
Coin TO
stay home a
W lille t h j S
The Washington times., 1932-03-08

LIMA i m e, re-
marked Will Rogers, comedian,
home today from Gallup, N. M,
where he visited a son who at
tends a military academy.
Will Hays, president of the
motion picture producers and
distribute of America, today
announced plans for a nation
wide poll to determine film
preferences of audiences in the
United States. Each town and
city in. the United States will
vote.
The Washington times., 1932-03-08
JEFFERSON RALLIES

State and regional rallies in
honor@ef the birthday of Thomas
jefferson will be organized and
addressed by members of the
Young Democratic Clubs of Amer
lea, April 13, Tyre Taylor, presi-
dent, announced yesterday.
The Washington times., 1932-03-08

The beauti-
full aim ond-
eyed singer
a nd t h e
youthful heir
will p l a y
the principal
p a rts in a
+ e a l-lif e
drama of the
m in stem
W i in the
n ex t f e W
months.
Their we'd
din G cere-
n0nv will he
The Washington times., 1932-03-08
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Amelia Earhart Gets
FLAT" in Tunnel

NEW YORK, March 8.
Amelia Earhart, noted flier and
wife of George P. Putnam, finds
The Washington times., 1932-03-08
Here's Latest Gossip
From Hollywood Front

HOLLYWOOD, March 8 4.
N.S0.-Lina Basquette, actress
and dancer; William S. Hart,
The Washington times., 1932-03-08
Libby Holman to Wed
Soon in Vienna

NEW YORK, March SITS
orange blossoms for Libby Hol'
man and Smith W. Reynolds.
Evening star., 1932-07-26

Across.
I. The shoulderblade.
8. Support.
IS. Referee.
IS. Producing harmony.
II. Train of attendants.
lS. Language spoken by one OF the
Caucasian races.
19 Hint.
90 Surfeits.
%. Person who affects modesty.
23. A State with a large Mormon
population.
25 Roman divinitiee.
27. Winter vehicle.
%. Defeated competitor.
80. Asiatic peninsula.
80. Singleton: Scot.
80. Charm.
IS. Gushes out suddenly: var.
81. Norwegian snow shoes.
38. Brewers yeast.
80. Trios.
AZ. Mathematical curves.
Al. Sacred solemnity: French.
49, Smallest.
SO. Diseases.
So Genus of pondweed.
81. Subject Of Da Vincis greatest por-
trait
BS. Small valleys.
81. Badgerlike animal.
SO. Limb.
60. Native Of an Italian city.
So. Obliterating.
Ga. Dinner courses.
65. A work Of fiction.
66. Quits.
g. Walk affectedly.
Down.
I. A little cyst.
2. Soup cracker.
3. Side by side.
f. Abyss.
s. Indians
Evening star., 1932-07-26
Egypt's Cigarette King Dies.

Nestor dianaclis, founder Of the
Egyptian cigarette industry, has died at
Cairo. He was over 90 years old, and
was known as "Egypts Grand Old
Man." For 80 years he spent all his
leisure time travelling by camel across
the deserts, and knew more about
son. Gtanaclis was o Greek by birth
and built . 100000 Greek church In
Cairo.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
Strike Over Man Teacher.

In protest against the appointment Of
o man teacher as principal OF st. Mary's
Catholic School. at Hamilton, Scotland,
400 pupils struck recently. Parents,
who organized the walkout, declare the
children will not return until the Edu-
cation Committee agrees to maintain q
tradition Of 40 years and appoint a
Franciscan sister to the headship.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
Patrol Ship Wars on Sharks.

At the request of the government OF
Northern Ireland. H. M. 8. Doom, q
patrol vessel, has been warning on
a great number Of them, some of which
were rs feet long. The sharks have
been handicapping the herring fishing
Evening star., 1932-08-24

wood Gardens" an interesting number,
following Immediately with the over
ture from Wagner's "Rienzi," and filled
the wait for the adjustment Of the
amplifiers with several lighter num-
bers. The band, well balanced or
ganization, played q varied program
and was enthusiastically received.
Musician Birley Gardner played
cornet solo, which was brilliant per-
formance of scales, arpeggios, trills and
cadenzas, and graciously responded to
an encore. The last numbers were
Anchors Aweigh," followed immedi-
ately by "The Star Spangled Banner" )"
during which many of the several
thousand listeners stood at attention.
The aides and ushers were members
Evening star., 1932-08-24
$4,000 At OUTING
OF WIRE AND PEPCO
Employees, Families and
Friends Participate in
| Many Athletic Awards.

A crowd estimated at $4,000 persons
attended the annual outing of the
Washington Railway & Electric Co. and
Potomac Electric Power Co. Relief AS
sociation yesterday at Glen Echo Park
They were employees of the two COM
panies and their families and friends.
Numerous prizes were awarded in
athletic contests and games which were
features of the day. Results OF the con-
tests we're:
Fffty-yard race for girls weighing rs
pounds and under-First, Mary Hewitt;
second. Norma Royal. Same for boys
First. Eugene Shoemaker; second, Mar
tin Quigley.
One hundred-yard race for girls
weighing between rs and 90 pounds
First, Florence Ray; second, Lillian
Wheeler second, Edwin Guilford.
One hundred-yard race for girls be-
tween 90 and lis pounds-First
Beulah Staub; second, Elizabeth Whit
ney. Same for boys-First, Vernon
WEIGH: second, John Cumberland.
Peanut race. girls IS and under
First, Helen Graves; second, Mary Di
Giacomo.
Potato race. boys Is and under
First, Paul Varnell; second, Foster
CabineSS
Balloon bursting contest, girls, u to
17-First, Beulah Staub; second, An
gelina Stasulli
Cracker eating contest. boys, II to
17-First. Robert Miller; second
William Barbee.
Stepping contest, ladies, IT and over
First, Dorothy Kuhnert; second
Blanche Oliver.
Sack race, men, II and ove--First
Leo Leonia; second Sumptor Embray.
Obstruction race-First, Angelina
Stasullo; second, Blanche Oliver.
Bottle contest-First man, Leo
Leoni; first woman, Angelina Stasullo;
second man. George Dom; second
woman, Dorothy Knott.
Husband calling contest-First, Mrs
Poole: second, Blanche Oliver. The
winner of the pig race was Eugene Guy
Evening star., 1932-08-24

dancers did their numbers well. Un-
usual was Debussy's Veil Plastique."
which Miss Chace did in white with
many yards of veil to manage, and her
prettiest work was in the 'Tanzerln,
the closing dance number OF the pro
gram. In Cadman's "Kwahu, the Eagle:
Mr.. Shafer gave remarkable exhlol-
tion of the giant bird in action.
The "Bavarian Holiday" built on
native airs, was a delightful bit OF
pantomime which Mr. Shafer, Betty
Elfelt and Amalie Preische did. Other
dancers were Nancy Brock, Wilma
DinoWitzer Louise Ward, Virginia
Weeks, Lois Balcom, Gertrude Ruzicka,
Dorothy Perle, Ruth Raine, Avis Belt,
jeanne Leasure, Jane Phelps, Celene de
Urquiza, Mercedes de Urquiza, Eleanor
Evening star., 1932-08-24
Music and Mnsicians
Reviews and News of Capitals Programs.

King Barbara Bagley, Betty Bagley,
Virginia Elmendorf, Frances Kennedy.
little Marian Lester Shafer, Fred
NageI and Don Mclaughlin. Villa
Semple and Victor Neal were the piano
accompanies for the dances.
The band opened the program with
the leaders own composition, Long
Evening star., 1932-08-24

Of Troop SO Of the District Boy Scouts,
directed by Scoutmaster Thomas A.
King. and William F. King was In
charge of the lighting.
Gilbert and Sullivan's famous op-
eretta, H. M. S. Pinafore," will be
given by the Estelle Wentworth Opera
Group Friday evening as the next OF
the festival programs. K. B.