Evening star., 1932-03-12

the once-potent Purple Gang" for.
merly gave police much trouble.
In Clare, Mich, Isaiah Leebove, New
York lawyer who said he is counsel fol
Spitale and Bitz, said he thought the
case would come to head very soon. ,
Among the rumors that lacked con-
flrmation today was one that said g
conference was to take place in New
York City some time during the day
with representatives Of the Lindberghs
Police Commissioner Mulrooney anc
Detroit gangsters" participating. State
police purported to have no knowledge
Of the rumored conference.
Dorothy Thompson, another friend
of Henry (Red) Johnson, was ques-
toned several hours at Newark yester-
day, it was learned, but she was not
detained. johnson, sailor who was
friendly with the baby's nurse, Betty
Cow, is held at Newark, facing a charge
Of entering the country illegally.
Other angles of the investigation
we're pursued without visible result
Search of ocean liners which left New
York after the baby was stolen revealed
nothing.
Owney Madden at Work.
Owney Madden, paroled convict, was
reported to be making every effort tc
get in touch with the kidnapers and
have the child returned. Madden IS
fighting an attempt by authorities to
rescind the parole on which he is at
liberty from Sing Sing Prison.
Underworld characters, who usually
shun the public eye, have projected
themselves into the full glare of the
search for the baby. This desire tc
figure in the case was subject to q
variety of nterpretations-an attempt
to win public gratitude, possible reward
or a sincere eagerness to help effect 9
return of the kidnapped child
In this connection it was ever
pointed out that liquor smuggling anc
other Illicit activities have faced new
obstacles as a consequence Of the In
tensive manhunt.
Suspicious trucks and automobiles b,
the hundreds have been stopped. Mair
highways and country roads from Can
ada to the Mexican border have beer
watched day and night. The search
has even spread to the waters of the
Atlantic, while every city, county
State and Federal officer has been un-
usually alert.
Concerted Movement"
The New York Sun said the "benevo-
lent intervention of the underworld be-
gins to look as if there were con-
certed movement on the part Of re-
puted gangsters and racketeers to
muscle in on the Lindbergh case fol
Whatever there is in it-possible re-
ward or perhaps public gratitude"
Police are searching for former
Brooklyn grocer, Dominick Peruo, who
lives on the edge of the Lindbergh
estate, but has not been seen since the
night before the kidnapping. A 16-year-
old son told State troopers Peruo went
away with a relative and he hadn't
heard from him.
Everything that came to light only
deepened the mystery surrounding the
case And while the machinery OF In
vestigation clicked all about them, the
kidnapped baby's parents dragged
through another day of anxiety.
Mrs. Lindbergh, worn but still stand
ing up to the blow, went about her
household duties, and took her meals
on the second floor of the house with
her mother, Mrs. Dwight Morrow. The
Colonel, active as ever, was seen about
the place wearing his gray cap and
suit.
The usual torrid tips poured in, and
Harvard University started collec-
ton of dreams people have had about
the case. The Harvard psychologists
don't hope to solve the KIDNAPPING
they're collecting data on what hap
pens inside some peoples heads.