Evening star., 1932-05-23
L|NDBERGH NOTES.
GIVEN ALL POLICE
Justice Department Asks
Test of Handwriting of All
Prisoners in j. S.

The Department OF Justice today
sent to police of the Nation photo
graphic reproductions Of two letters re-
ceived by DR.. John F. Condor during
kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby and
requested that the handwriting be
checked against that Of all prisoners
The letters, scrubbed incoherently
and illiterately by a man declared by
handwriting experts to have been the
author of the original ransom note,
were the last to be received by "Jafsie"
prior to the bitter climax Of the $50 ,00c
hoax
One gave directions for the midnight
rendezvous which resulted in payment
by DR., Condor of the intended ransom
10 vague form behind cemetery wall
on April 2 last.
Other Told Of Yacht.
The other, handed to DR.. Condor in
exchange for the package of Lind
bergh'S money, contained the instruc-
tionS that led Lindbergh and three
companions on wild goose chase to
Marthas Vineyard in quest Of a yacht,
the Nelly"
Both letters appeared to inexpert eyes
as the handiwork of the same person.
DR.. Wilmer Soudcr. handwriting EXPERT
OF the Bureau Of Standards. and B. C..
Farrar Treasury handwriting authori-
ty, advised Lindbersh prior to payment
OF the money that the letters were
written by the individual who wrote
the ransom note found IN the window
sill Of the baby's room.
The letters show some of the charac-
terlstlcs that have given rise to the
opinion that the author was Of Teu-
tonic nationality, The letter *" re-
sembles German script, for example,
and boat" is spelled ''Boad" The ran
som note, not shown in the circular.
contained the German word gut" for
good"
Letters Give Directions.
The letter giving directions for the
ransom payment follows:
Cross the street and walk 10 the next
corner and follow Whittemore Ave. to
the soud
and walk
II will meet you"
The letter directing Lindbergh how
70 find the baby follows:
The boy is on Boad Nelly. it Is a
small Boad % feet long, two person are
on the Boad. the are innosent. YOU
will find the Boad between Horseneck
Beach and Gay Head near Elizabeth
Island"
The circular was mailed to several
thousand chiefs of police, wardens of
penal institutions and other law en-
forcement officers by the United States
Bureau Of Investigation, acting on re-
quest Of Col. H. Norman Schwartzkopf,
head Of New Jersey State police.
Will Examine Prisoners.
It was received and made public here
today by local police. Lieut.. Fred
Sandberg, in charge of the police de-
partment's Identification division, pro-
ceeded at once to investigate handwrit-
ing of prisoners and other suspects ar
rested here.
Col. Schwarzkopf said the reproduc-
tions in the circular were specimens
Of the handwriting represented by two
notes transmitted by the alleged kid
napers in the Lndbergh case" and he
requested that search be made of all
records containing the handwriting of
all persons in your custody or any per-
sons under your observation or cog
nizance"
Any information gained as a result
OF such an inquiry should be forwarded
Immediately to the New Jersey author
tiles, 1t was stated, together with
samples Of the handwriting of any sus-
pected person.