The Washington times., 1933-05-12
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On p[actlcal JOKE by Colonel
Lindbergh.
According to Means story, Col.
onel Lnclergh, several weeks be-
Iore the actual kidnapping, hid his
baby in a closet and then said it
mad been kidnapped. Henderson
suggested that members of the
booze ring deliver some beer, take
the child, and if halted, say that
this was another practical joke.
Feared Marked Money
While the kidnap gang was
carrying on its negotiations for the
$1OO,OOO ransom put up by Mrs.
mclean, they were also dickering
!or moE6 money to be turned over
TO them at Norfolk, Va. and also
secured the $4,000 turned over by
Or. John F. Condor. the "Jafsie"
OF the case, in New York.
Means testified that in Chicago,
irving Fenton, another of the
ring leaders, showed him $49,500
OF this "hot" money secured from
Jatsie and made the proposition
that Means get $35, 900 from Mrs.
Mclean to redeem these bills, of
which the serial numbers were
known.
Fenton demanded that Mrs.
Mclean agree to place this hot
money in a safe deposit vault
and keep it there for at least six
months in order to protect the
kidnapers.
RingleaderS Killed
Greenberg and Hassel, named
by Means as two of the Lindbergh
baby kidnaperS, were assassinated
in their six-room suite at hotel
IN Elizabeth, N. j.. early in April
of this year. Both were known
as big shots" in the illegal beer
traffic Of New York and New
Jersey.
Their bodies were found, rid
died with bullets, following what
police believed to have been a
conference on plan to seize con-
troll of the beer industry Of the
two States. The plans were out
lined in papers found in a safe
in their suite.
Shortly after their death the
safe in offices maintained by the
two in the same hotel was mys-
$eriously looted.
Efforts by the Department OF
Justice to locate wellington Hen
derson and Irving Fenton, named
by Means yesterday as the kid
napers of the Lindbergh baby,
have so far been in vain, Off.
cials of the department admitted
today.
"Aides" Sought by Agents
The district attorney at De-
troit has notified the Bureau Of
Investigation that no trace of the
men has been found. He has been
instructed to arrest them both as
soon as found.
All offices of the department
have been asked to lookout for
the two men.
Henderson was described by
Means as being the secret head of
the Third Communist Interna'
C1onal in this country.
There is, or was, wellington
Henderson who was identified
with the Communist party. it was
learned. But Henderson has not
been heard from for some time,
and it is rumored that he is dead
Ed Aubinger was another name
that Means stressed in his long
and rambling tale which started
before the kidnapping of the Lind
bergh baby.
Aubinger was described by
Means as an investigator who
had worked with him in running
down Communist propaganda
Aubinger was well acquainted
with Henderson, Means related
to the jury.
But Aubinger can never be
brought into the court room to
either affirm or refute Means
story. For Aubinger is dead,
dead by his own hand.
According to the Department
of Justice, Aubinger was a Chi.
cago gangster and crook. He
was in trouble and he wired
Means asking to borrow money.
Later he was arrested, and while
out on bond, he shot and killed
himself.
Fifth Day of Trial
Following a conference between
the District Attorney and defense
counsel, Means this morning took
his place in the witness stand as
the trial was resumed for the fifth
day.
@. (By Tomlinson)-Mr. Means,
will you please continue your story
from where you left off yesterday.
A.-On March %, Henderson
told me at Aiken, S. c., that he
would have Fenton contact me at
Concord. He drove to my sisters
and we had conference.
Fenton asked what had hap
pened at Aiken end I told him
Whitaker had visited the Mclean
cottage and had not been stopped
or questioned. 1 showed him the
authorization for me to pay Neil
williams the 100000 when the
baby was returned.
"Mrs. Mclean Unstrung"
I told him Mrs. Mclean was
:restless, nervous, high strung and
had resorted to the use of a Sleep
ing potion. I said I had no posi-
tive information from Henderson
that it actually was the Lind
sbergh child and I had come to
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