The Washington times., 1933-05-12

had put the baby in a closet
temporarily and said the baby
had been kidnapped.
"Just Another Joke"
The whisky runners were told by
Henderson, who was the brains Of
the gang, to go to the house with
some beer, to pick up the baby and
walk out, and if anyone said any
thing to say it was another practi-
cal joke. Henderson said they
would be safe, because there was
no one in the place but Mrs. Lind
bergh and the servants.
One of the connections walked
in, as directed, picked up the baby
and walked out, Fenton said. The
baby was then taken to the cave
where they stored whisky. Fen
ton said the baby was not dead
but was alive and in Aiken.
Fenton said Mrs. Mclean had
sent word that she had no objec-
ton to them taking money from
other sources. He said that
thought of yours about taking
moving pictures of the baby would
absolutely ruin us and will not be
DONE" He said:
You tell Mrs. Nc Lean that
with the exception of Colonel
Lindbergh she is the only one who
has proved herself a sport in this
situation. Everyone is talking
about money, but nobody has put
up any money but Mrs. Mclean.
We trust you, Mrs. Mclean trusts
you. We know that you got that
100000 and will do right with it."
Asks Gag on Mrs. Mclean
He also said that I was to tell
Mrs. Mclean to stop talking with
Miss Elizabeth Poe over the tele-
phoen in regard to a newspaper
story. He said she could have
the newspaper story later but any
story at this time would be dan
gerous. He said they had Mrs.
McLean's telephone wire tapped.
He said:
1--WE will deliver not only the
Lindbergh baby but the other
baby we are using in the northern
district. The baby we have at
Aiken is the Lindbergh baby and
we are working with Curtis and
the rest of them there at Norfolk
with the other baby"
He said that I was to make
some arrangements with my
brother Immediately on my re.
turn. Then Fenton left. I saw
my brother and 1 went in an
agreement with him. I said:
"When I phone you and ask
have you found Frank yet?
you will know everything is
spoiled, but if I say, have you
found Sam yet, it means go
ahead"
My brother had some bird dogs,
one named Frank and the other
named Sam, and we made up that
code regarding the money on the
names of the dogs.
Reporter Insistent
I left Mrs. Means at the
Cadillac Hotel, got in the Cadil-
lac car and drove back.
phoned Mrs. Mclean and had a
conference with her. It was
very late and we did not go into
details but the next morning,
made my report.
I told her just what No. 10,
that was the kidnaper, had said.
I asked:
'Is it a fact you have been
telephOning Miss POe?"
She said:
Il am phoning her. She is
urging and insisting on the
story because she is afraid the
baby in Norfolk is the Lind
bergh baby"
I said are you working on the
Washington Post or are you try.
ing to get back the Lindbergh
baby? She said:
Il am trying to get the baby.
told Miss Poe that when we get
it, she is to write a story in big
headlines about yourself"
I said big headlines in news
papers never meant anything to
me, never meant any more than
a small line in the Concord IN.
c. Tribune.
Fear Eager Miss Poe
I told her I did not know
whether it was positive that the
Lindbergh baby was down there
but had talked with a man who
had held the baby in his hands
and he told me that CASTOR B.
Means was not running anything
and Mrs. Mclean wasn't either.
He said Miss Elizabeth Poe, a
newspaper woman on the Wash
ington Post, is willing to sacrifice
the life of the Lindbergh baby to
get newspaper story and told
me to tell Mrs. Mclean to break
off connections regarding those
phone calls.
When I told her I was not posi-
tive that the baby there was the
Lindbergh baby, she said:
1T makes no difference what
baby it is. You bring it over to
the house. If it's not the Lind
bergh baby, I'll say it's Ned
McLean's baby and use it to help
me get my divorce"
She said this, at the same time
smiling.
walked back to the hotel, got
in the Cadillac car, and drove to
Concord. I arrived about II or IL
at night, March "a. The next
day, around noon time, I got in
my car and left for Washington,
arriving around $3.50 a. m. Satur-