Evening star., 1932-05-17
BRECKENRIDGE QUIZZED.
Lindbergh Aide Questioned on Futile
S50,000 Payment.

S50,000 Payment.
HoPEwELL, N. j., May IT [P)-col.
Henry Breckenridge, friend and adviser
of Col. Charles A. Lmdbergh. told
grand jury in the Bronx. New York
City, today what he knew Of payment
OF the futile $50,000 ransom for the
murdered Lin6oergh baby.
There was no announcement as 10
whether Col. Lindbergh himself would
be called before the grand jury to tell
how he sat nearby in an automobile
while DR.. John F. Condor passed the
ransom through a cemetery hedge to
the supposed kidnaper.
1t was generally believed, however,
that Col. Lindbergh would not be call
ed. his story being told for him by Col.
Breckenridge, who has been actively
engaged in the investigation ever since
the child was stolen on March /.
Col. Schwarzkopf said today that the
persons who will interrogate prisoners
had been given a general description
OF one of the group being sought. This
was assumed to be the alleged mem
Der of the kidnap band with whom
DR.. Condor dealt and whose descrip-
ton he has given the authorities. The
State police head declined to make
the description public lest he hinder
the search.
Jafsie Appears at Probe.
Jafsie talked today of a murder trail
grown hot and of developments that
might be sensational.
Jafsie-Dr. John F. Condon-has
spent two days in study of rogues'
gallery pictures in New York, in White
Plains and in Yonkers, N. Y. He gave
no hint of reason for believing progress
was being made in the hunt.
DR.. Condor. who paid $4,000 ran
som in a futile effort to obtain the
return Of the baby, appeared at the
Bronx County Court House to tell the
grand jury about his negotiations with
the purported kidnapers. He was ac-
companied by Al Reich, former pugi-
list, who acted as his bodyguard during
the negotiations.
DR.. Condor had been expected to
attend the morning lineup at police
headquarters. but did not arrive. Among
the prisoners it was felt there might
be one or more members Of the kidnap
band with which Condor conducted
ransom negotiations.
The State police have turned back
to this ransom money-au old bills OF
five, ten and twenty dollar denomina-
tions-in the hope 1t may lead to i'm
portant arrests. The serial numbers of
all the ransom currency were kept,
and have been supplied to banks
throughout America. The Government
was requested today to urge again on
bankers the importance of keeping a
close watch for this money, only few
bills of which have appeared.
Two grand jury Investigations con-
tinued. One was In the county in
which the body of the baby was found
last Thursday. The other was In the
Bronx, where the grand jurors are
| inquiring into the ransom negotiations
conducted by DR.. Condor
Moore Thanks Mitchell.
Gov. A. Harry Moore expressed
formal thanks late yesterday to Attor-
ney General Mitchell at Washington
| for the Federal Governments offer of
help in the man hunt. Federal agencies,
however, have been cooperating with
State police throughout the entire
investigation.
Police. blanketing the entire Atlantic
seaboard in their search for the kid
naper- -murderers, find their investiga-
ton handicapped through inability to
determine definitely the motive.
"It is like looking for some one in
~
Dozens of theories have been advanced,
many of them extremely logical. The
one given most credence by the police
/ is that the crime was committed by
gangsters solely for ransom. This is
| the theory held by Gov. Moore He
discounts entirely the theory that the
baby was kidnapped for revenge.
Though Col. Lindbergh has no known
enemies, 1t is pointed out that figure
Of his prominence might have some
foes who were brooding over a fancied
wrong or slight.
Moore's views largely coincide with
those of Police Commissioner Mulrooney
of New York, in that both believe that
kidnapping suddenly became the new
popular racket with gangsters and
racketeers, who have suffered financial
ly from prevailing economic conditions
Carrier Pigeon Found.
An injured carrier pigeon found at
Lowville, N. Y, with the name Of the
colored truckman who found the baby's
body had led to a belief that 1t might
have had some connection with the case
There was no registry number on the
bird, however
Criticism of the manner in which the