Evening star., 1933-05-05
GIRL SAFE RETURN
|SEEN IN a HOURS
Report Says Acquaintance
of McMath Family Plotted
ChiId's KIDNAPPING.
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him directions to Shows home. He d.
rected the man. he said, and the car
drove away.
William Lee, who has been acting as
liaison man for the McMath family,
said in a conference earlier in the day
that he was quite sure that some money
had been raised for possible ransom pur-
poses and that Snow would be the logi-
cal man to engage in that phase Of the
negotiations.
Declines to Talk.
Snow, asked whether he had been
visited by five men and, If so, whether
they were representatives Of the kid
napers. said:
Il refuse to confirm such a state
ment."
do you deny having had any nego-
tiations in the case" he was pressed.
Il refuse to say anything about that, "
he said. Il am not at liberty to say
anything"
An early morning arrest for ques-
tioning OF man described by police
as Brava, today proved fruitless. The
man was released after, police said, it
was determined he could have had no
connection with the case.
Police said the man arrived at Hy-
annis police headquarters last night
and presented himself to Chief Of Police
William H. Pratt. He gave his name
as George Sapier of Cambridge and
said he had Travelled the approximately
80 miles to protest against the prac-
tice Of the State police yesterday IN
directing their search In the Indian
settlement at Mashpee, about 20 miles
distant from Harwichport.
The police quoted Sapier as saying
he was Of the Indian race and he
resented the inference his fellow red
men would engage in kidnapping. His
remarks became vigorous. police said,
and Chief Pratt had him locked up on
charge Of evading taxi fare.
Search Is Resumed.
Meanwhile, more than so State
troopers set out again to comb the
remote and sandy reaches Of this sec
ton and inspect cranberry shacks and
unoccupied Summer camps.
The McMath estate remained today,
as 1t has every day since the child
was stolen Tuesday, absolutely un-
guarded and unoccupied save by mem
bers Of the household, In continuance
Of McMaths policy to keep an open
door for any emissaries the kidnapers
might send to negotiate. He has prom
ised the abductors to meet any de-
mand within his power and to afford
them every protection possible:
Scarcely had tn. police undertaken
the days search this morning when
there arrived on the scene of opera
tions Robert r. McMath. a brother OF
Neil c. McMath, father OF the ao-
Quoted girl. and Trent McMath, a
cousin Of the father.
Trent McMath Is an assistant United
States district attorney in Detroit and
Robert McMath, president Of the Mo-
tors Metal Co. Of that city. The men
had flown to Boston and Travelled the
remaining distance by automobile.
Trent McMath, speaking for both
men, said they had come only to help
in any way possible Asked whether.
in view Of the suspicion that the kid
naping might have been the work OF
an organized Detroit gang, he had
conferred with the Detroit police be-
fore setting out for Boston, he said:
'I have conferred with the Detroit
police, but am not prepared to dis
cuss anything" He added, In reply
to q question, that he did not bring
any ransom money.
Daniel Needham, State Commissioner
of Public Safety, who has taken per-
sonal charge of the search In the Cape
Cod area, held q breakfast table con-
ference with his State detectives just
before the troopers set out to continue
their search. AL day yesterday and
part of the night the troopers pursued
their hunt in every remote quarter that
might provide q likely hiding place for
the kidnapers.
Lee Would Be Hostage.
Lee gladly offered himself as hostage
for the safe return Of the child. Neigh
bors Joined in offering whatever aid
they might.
Needham, head Of the State police.
refused q plea Of the McMaths that his
officers withdraw from the case for ~
hours. They became resigned to his
position in the matter.
Needham expressed the belief that
the solution Of the McMath kidnapping
might lead to q solution of the Lindz
hergh case.
The parents were still hopeful that
the kidnapers might contact them, or
failing this, that they might contact
one Of the girls grandparents in De-
troit or Tryon, N. c. All avenues of
contact were left open to the kidnapers,
and Aaron Davis, New York advertis-
ing man, was named an Intermediary.
Davis said that he stood ready to
answer the call Of the kidnapers at any
holIr of the dav or night
State troopers, who searched the back
roads Of Cape Cod all yesterday, faced
dead end to their endeavors. No new
clues were uncovered.
Rhode Island Car Sought.
Meanwhile the search went on in
other sections. The State police Of the
Chesire barracks sent q call through
western Massachusetts and southern
Vermont last night for police Of all
communities to stop an automobile with
Rhode Island registration plates bear
ing colored man and small white
child. When last seen the car was
headed for Bennington, VT. where one
of the main highways to Canada begins.
Earlier in the day police broadcast
message to locate for questioning the
occupants Of an automobile which was
stopped last week in Attleboro for a
trafic violation. The car had yellow
wire wheels as did, according to one re-
port, the machine in which the missing
child was driven away from the Har-
wich Center Grammar School Tuesday
afternoon.
Attleboro police said it was driven by
a colored chauffeur and two white men
rode In the back seat. It bore New
York registration plates.
Columbus, Ohio, police held a j: A:
Grimm for questioning after he had
telephoned McMath offering "informa-
ton" about the kidnapped girl. Massa-
chusetts State police, however, gave lit
tie credence to Grimns story.
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