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formed the. typewriter exchange Sergt.
Carper no longer was able to keep up
the installments on the machine and to
have asked what disposition should be
made Of it.
The typewriter was returned to the
Chicago firm, at its request it was said,
and subsequently has been resold to
some one in New England. Detectives
here traced the typewriter back to Chi
cago, where they found the letters Car
per had written to the typewriter COM
pany.
No further word has been received by
Sir Willmott or Lady Lewis from the
extortionist, who wrote them two let
tiers this week demanding $500 under
threats against their 5-year-old son,
Wllmott, jr., Sir Willmott said today
so far as I know" Sir Willmott
said, "the investigation is only mark
ing time. I have received no word
since Wednesday"
A description of Carper has been
broadcast to all police precincts by In
spector Frank S. w. Burke, chief Of
detectives. and all officers have been
instructed to arrest him on sight
As the investigation progressed. it
appeared Carper might be linked only
with the LongWorth case, in which
$500 also was demanded. Sergt. Car
per disappeared from the Marine Bar
racks about the time Mrs. Longworth
received the first letter.
Carper, who has served intermit-
tently in the Marine Corps since be-
fore the war, is understood to have
last been seen in Washington about
three weeks ago. He has a wife and
child living here, according to police,
but neither of them could be located
today.
Inspector Burke adopted policy Of
silence this morning, following an hours
conference yesterday afternoon with
Sir Willmctt.
New Leads Developed.
Burke disclosed that three new leads
have developed in the investigation, but
declined to reveal their nature. The
investigation into the notes sent Mrs.
Longworth, Sir Willmott, Ben Lyon, a
Washington banker, and about a dozen
other prominent persons in the Capital
was narrowed down today to three
points. They are:
/. Inspector Burke is reasonably GER
tain" the identity of the man who wrote
two letters to Mrs LongwOrth Is eStab-
lished and is reasonably certain that he
is the Marine sergeant who deserted his
post March 8.
2. A possibility that the person who
wrote the notes TO Mrs. LongWorth may
be the same one who wrote the Lewis
letters, with any direct connection
hinging upon the Bureau OF Standards
examinations.
8. Other notes, including those to Ben
Lyon and the banker, demanding 5000,
have been discarded as the work OF
eranks.
Burke refused to make public the
text of the notes to Mrs. Longworth,
but said they contained, "a demand
and q plea" Police have maintained
from the beginning that neither OF
the letters to Mrs. Longworth threat
ened the safety OF her 7-year -olo
daughter Paulina.
In addition to a comparison OF the
Longworth and Lewis letters with let
ters Carper wrote to Chicago, Bureau
of Standards experts also are compar-
ing specimens of typewriting obtained
from a machine found yesterday In
downtown Office building.
Their report Is expected late today or
at least by Monday morning.
Marine Corps records show Carper
was born at Fort Omaha April IS, 1896.
He applied for enlistment in the Marine
Corps July 10, 1917, and was given a
discharge with an excellent record
October 18, 1919. He came back into
the service August IL, 1927, and served
until he was again discharged with an
excellent record August 10, 1881.
Carper again entered the Marine
Corps September 8, 1881, at Indian
apolis, Ind. Records show his next OF
kin Is his wife, Mrs. Christine Carper.
of Mars Hill. Indianapolis.
Carper was appointed a sergeant IN
the Marine Corps September OF last
year and was detailed to the detach-
ment at the barracks here September
II last. He was on furlough from Sep
tslNber IL TO pecember 81.
A reward OF $50 has bean ppGted hy