The Washington times., 1932-05-06
AYERS HE ONCE
! HELD BABY
Of FL|ER
Ex.SIeuth Fails to Meet Big
! Bond; Won't Talk; Pleads
Not Guilty to Charge
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have reported $4,000 more to
compensate them for the $4,000
Of Lindbergh money they were
not able to use.
Money Exchange Arranged
It was the understanding OF
Mrs. Mclean that If this $35, 600
were paid, the $4,000 Of record
ed Lindbergh bills would be given
In exchange for it, according to
her representatives.
However, her attorney, Albert
w. Fox, dissuaded her from pay
ang the additional $4,000. -
The Grand Jury is expected to
report an Indictment Tuesday.
This will dispose automatically
Of a hearing. postponed yester-
day to that date, before Commits
Bioner Needham C. Turnage.
interviewed in District Jail,
where he is held for failure to
raise 100000 bond, Means was
unperturbed. He said Of Mrs. NC
Lean:
"She is one of the finest, most
mOthcrIy women I have ever
known"
Tells of Number Plan"
The former Department Of JUS
ykice operative and confidential in
vestigator for Mrs. Warren G
Harding, wife of the late PreSl-
dent, admitted he had assigned
numbers to each of the princ1-
pals in the alleged ransom nego-
tiations and explained his rea'
sons for doing so thuSly:
"In m n 6 investigations,
particularly where q number OF
members of the same family
are involved, the use Of names
may lead to great confusion.
Therefore, in all my investi-
cations, have assigned num-
bers to principals. 1t is COM
mon custom.
"FOr instance, to avoid any
confusion, a person may be des-
Ggnated as 'thirty-One.' In refer
ring in communications about
seeing that person. might
say that 1 saw 9796, which
adds to 81.
"The same figures or others
might be used, so long as the
total when added would be 81"
Means said that Mrs. Mclean
located him after considerable
difficulty. He had not seen her
In years, he said. She requested
MIN to conduct the search for
the Lindbergh baby in strictest
confidence.
The first interview with the
wife Of the millionaire sportsman
and publisher was at her home
ut 1920 Massachusetts, Ave. N. w.,
where only he and Mrs. Mclean
were present.
Keeps His Condolences
He denied that Father Francis
8. Hurney and Capt. Emory s..
Land, y. S. NJ, cousin Of Col
onel Lindbergh, were present at
that interview.
Means declared that he told
Mrs. Mclean he would not under
take a search for the baby with
out the full knowledge and con-
sent of Colonel Lindbergh, and
said that Father Hurney and
Captain Land were advised Of the
search at his own suggestion.
He had not known Captain
Land previously, Means said.
Concerning the reported turn
ing over by him of 100000 to
an unidentified man, who gave
him the number by which he
had distinguished Mrs. Mclean,
Means had nothing to say ex-
cept:
81 never break condolences.
II someone else breaks a con.
fidence, I'll have plenty to say.
Until then I shall be SILENT"
Silent on Baby
Means interjected this:
II believe now that I would
never have gone to the peni.
tentiary had 1 disregarded con-
fidenceS and talked"
Means, who was in conference
with bondSmen early today, was
not sure, he said, whether he
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Tor his release. Milton Kron.
helm was one of those to confer
with him.
The money, from Mrs. McLean's
personal funds, was paid to
Means on March 7, in her Capital
witness. .
Captain Land had obtained the
sanction of Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh and Col. Henry Brecken.
ridge, his personal attorney. There
was no financial arrangement be.
tween the Lindberghs and Mrs.
Mclean.
Following payment Of the money
according to the Mclean version
of the fantastic tale, Mrs. Nc.
Lean went to Aiken, s. c., and
met Means in a cottage occupied
by her son. Edward B. Mclean,
jr.
Means, she said, reported CON
tact with the abductors. and dc
clared the baby had been taken &C
Mexico.
Means and Mrs. McLean'S
nurse, Elizabeth Nelson, went to
FL PaSo, Tex, and later were
Joined by Mrs. Mclean, who
made the trip by plane. After
A week, they reported, Means
told Of quarrelS between the kid
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