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police gave answers to all questions, but
in many instances the answers didn't
answer anything.
Complete information on the progress
of the hunt for the child was becoming
more difficult to obtain because of ar
apparent lack of full details on the part
of State police. in whose charge the
hunt is presumed to be.
Although no man in recent years has
been the recipient of as much spon-
taneous publicity as Col Lindbergh, he
never has courted it, nor has he carec
for it. Under the present circumstances
he has followed a policy of leaving al
dealings with the press to the State po-
lice except for the appeals tor the re-
turn of his child, which have been made
over the joint signatures of Mrs. Lind
bergh and himself.
Pair Named by Diamond.
The brief announcement Saturday
over the Lindbergh signatures, that
"Salvy" Spitale and Irving Bitz had
authority to act as go-betweens in ne
| gotta tionS for the baby's return, ap-
parently was an action taken inde-
| pendent of the authorities, for the lat
ter professed ignorance of it.
Spitale and BitZ have been looked
upon as gang allies in the past. They
were named by Jack Gegs) Diamond
in statement to a newspaper man
| (Which was published posthumously) as
the men who shot him down in the
Monticello Hotel New York; attack
| that nearly cost him his life. Spitale
was questioned late last year in con-
nection with Diamonds murder, but
| was not held.
Newspapers today theorized on the
significance of the LindberghS' action
in naming gangsters as go-betWeens.
Some OF them saw in the announce
nent an indication that Col Lindbergh
had heard directly from the abductors
| and that the naming of Spitale and
Bitz was the result of such communi-
| cation.
This mornings New York American
said communication accepted as a
| valid message from the childS cap
tors" had reached the Lindberghs and
that it gave assurance that "the baby
is alive and safe"
No Messages Received.
However, early today Capt. Lamb was
asked:
Has any communication purporting
! to come from the kidnapers and stating
that the baby is alive and we'll been
received?"
His reply was:
No such messages have been re-
ceived by this department"
Asked concerning any developments,
Capt. Lamb replied:
There is nothing new"
No comment of any kind was forth
coming from the Lindbergh estate,
where Col and Mrs Lindbergh have
1 fhoy,,caI,,ac ;,,%o
/! throughout the days of search.
A statement given by Spitale and
| Bitz to the New York Daily News to-
day said:
I'VE were asked by a representative
| of Col Lindbergh to act for him In
| the hope that the kidnapers would get
in touch with us. We had no ulterior
motives in sacrificing ourselves-be-
cause sacrifice it is-to aid the Lind
! berghs We hope for no personal profit
| whatsoever.
Further, we have not been in COM
munication with the kidnapers, nor
have they been in communication
! with us"
Only Wants to Get Child.
/ Spitale added:
LAS the father of two children I told
I
] family that I was concerned with only
one thing-to recover the child, alive
and in good health. My only thought
/ is that as a man of my word, my prom
Use that III play ball with the kidnap-
ers insureS them a square deal.'
The naming of Spitale and Bitz did
not close the door to any other method
of communication the kidnapers might
prefer. We will follow any other
method suggested by the kidnapers that
We can be sure will bring the return
of our child" the statement OF the
1 Lindberghs said
/ How the LindberghS happened to Sc
/ lect Spltale and BitZ as go-betWeenS
remained a mystery The general belief
/ here is that the Lindberghs felt the
kidnapers would be more willing to deal
with some one they believed would nave
the gang viewpoint, than with lawyers
or the Lindbergh family itself.
! Commissioner Mulrooney OF the Ne"
York City police said he had no kno"l-
edge Of the selection of Spitale and
Bitz until it was published by the news
papers late Saturday night.
Spitale has been arrested once, ac-
cording to police records. but has never
been convicted of crime. BITS rec
ord shows felony conviction. The Mes
OI DOln men nave UctIl LCihN'SN
the police records without explanation
Visits Gang Hangouts.
Spitale spent Sunday visiting numer-
Gus hangouts where outlaws are known
| to hang out, and in passing the Woro
10 his allies to be on the watch for any
word of the kidnapping.
IF this was a professional job, ne
said. Il think 1 will be able to obtain
the babyS release If amateurs dld IT,
am not so sure. They might not oe
! willing to trust me
Henry (RedD Johnson. the sailor