Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-24
'JAFS|E'
SUBMITS
A APPEAL
Asks Man Who Got Lind
bergh's Money To Make
Restitution.
NO CLUES FOUND
Hunt For kidnapers Not
Producing A ny Tan
gibIe Results.

BECKETT, Mass, MAY "a. U.n)-
DR.. John F. "Jafsie" Condor today
issued a statement asking John"
to return to Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh the $4,000 which he (Jafsie)
paid as kidnap ransom in a Bronx
cemetery.
DR.. Condon's message, given to
a representative of the Springfield
Union, follows:
John: Money gave you is use
less. You can't get rid of it. Re-
turn it to Colonel Lindbergh in
time. Get your $4,000 reward.
(Signed) "Jafsie".
DR.. Condor is vacationing here at
the summer cottage of his friend,
Walter C. Goodwin. The John
referred to in the message is the
unknown man to whom DR.. Con-
don tossed the ransom money.
BOSTON, May "a. U.P)-A report
carried by a press association other
than the United Press, that he had
given to authorities the name Of a
likely suspect in the Lindbergh kid
naping case, was described as "old
stuff by Police Superintendent
Michael H. Crowley today,
THE report being circulated to-
day concerns information which I
gave to the New Jersey authorities
more than two weeks ago-before
the baby's body was found" said
Crowley.
HOPEWELL, N. j., May "a. (U.P
Col. H. Norman SchWartzkopf, in
charge of the investigation into the
Staying of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr,
said today the information supplied
by Michael H. Crowley, superin-
tendent CT Boston police, had been
checked and found to be without
foundation
HOPEWELL, N. j., May "a. (U.H
--Jafsies payment of $4,000 to pur-
ported kidnapers of the Lindbergh
baby was investigated further by
the Bronx county grand jury today
as New Jersey offered $4,000 re-
ward for capture of the actual kid
napers.
Jafsie CDR. J. F. Condon) mean
while was resting in the hills of
Beckett, Mass, a Berkshire village
where he went with his friend Wal
ter c. Goodwin.
The New Jersey state reward was
offered as result of legislative ac-
ton last night under suspension of
rules.
Assemblyman Theron McCamp-
bell only dissenting member of the
house, said New Jersey has spent
enough on this case. And this is
no more than a publicity stunt"
At the same time bill was offer
ed in the senate which would make
kidnapping for ransom punishable
by death.
Col. H Norman SchWarzkopf, in
charge of state police had no major
development to report He did offer
some comment on a Maryland
gangster" reported involved in the
case.
A man known as Katz, Schwarz-
kopf said, had stated he knew who
was responsible for the kidnapping.
Description of this person referred
to as Katz was received and investi-
gated. 1t is believed by the investi-
gators that the informant was mis-
taken in his Identification as to the
description and the name he gave
NEW YORK, May "a. U.P) =
Three witnesses appeared today be-
fore the Bronx county grand jury
which is investigating payment of
$4,000 by DR.. John F. Condor to
purported kidnapers of Charles
Augustus Lindbergh, jr.
The three were Gregory F. Cole
man of the Bronx Home News,
Morris Rosner, who was engaged at
the Lindbergh home at one time
during the search for the baby,
and Sergt. James Finn of the New
York police department, who has
served as a bodyguard to Lind
bergh.
Rosner was asked and agreed TO
sign an immunity waiver.
The grand jury adjourned until
June 2 without taking an action.