Evening star., 1933-05-12
MEANS SAYS BEER RING KILLED
LINDBERGH BABY IN ACCIDENT
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there was no ladder used in the actual
kidnapping"
He said that Greenberg and Hassel
| told their operatives to go to the house
carrying three bottles of beer, to leave
the beer and pick up the baby and go
out. This, Means testified, Fenton told
him was done, and the baby was spirited
away successfully. He said that Fen
| ton told him the baby was taken to a
place where Greenberg and Hassel
stored whisky. Means then explained
that Fenton said that Greenberg and
Hassel had several places, such as caves,
! tunnels and cellars of old houses where
they stored whisky.
Insisted Baby Was Alive.
Means said Fenton. before leaving
him at Concord reiterated that the
Lindbergh baby was not dead and that
the child shown Means at Aiken posi-
| lively was Lindbergh's child
Means then said that Fenton warned
him to tell Mrs. Mclean that nothing
was to be said to any one about the
negotiations. Means reported Fenton
as saying that Mrs. Mclean and Col.
| Lindbergh were the only people who
Were being sports" about the business.
/ He said Fenton complained that police
officers were continually trying to trap
the kidnapers.
Fenton then said, according to Means,
| that he trusted Means implicitly. Fen
! ton warned, however. Means said, that
Mrs. Mclean would have to stop talk
| ing to Miss Elizabeth Poe. member
| of the stan of the Washington Post,
al thu story that would
| accompany the return Of the baby to
Mrs Mclean.
Means testified that Fenton instructed
him to tell Mrs. Mclean not to tell
any one else what she was doing and
not to report any more of the de-
velopments OF the case, promising that
| when they turned over to Mrs. Mclean
the Lindbergh baby they would also
turn over to her another baby, the one
| used in the negotiations at Norfolk,
and, Means testified, give her a real
story"
Said Wire Was Tapped.
After Fenton left, Means testified, he
made arrangements with his brother at
Concord, to whom he had turned over
the money given him by Mrs. Mclean,
for a telephone code signal, which
would be the cue for his brother to
give the money to the kidnapers.
Means explained that his BROTHER had
pack Of beagle hounds and some
bird dogs. Among these dogs were two
named Frank and Sam. Means said
that he arranged with his brother that
il he should call and ask if Frank
is all right" the message was to be
, disregarded, but If he asked about
Sam the money was to be turned
over
He then returned. he said. to Aiken,
where he saw Ms Mclean ani re-
| ported to her the warnings given by
Fenton, particularly as to her conver-
sations with Miss Poe. Means said he
reported to Mrs Mclean that the kid
napers had tapped her telephone wire
and knew every move she made.
Means said Fenton was greatly up
set over the fact that Mrs. Mclean had
| telephoned several times to Miss Poe
at the Post. He said the kidnapers had
| heard her talking with Miss Poe several
| times and that Miss Poe was urging
Mrs. Mclean to let her go ahead and
| publish the story because she was afraid
| that the baby at Norfolk was the real
Lindbergh baby.
Wanted Baby Delivered
Il went to Mrs Mclean" the witness
! continued. land told her that headlines
didn't mean a thing in the world to me,
J that I wasn't interested in any news
paper story, but I was interested in re-
turning the Lindbergh baby.
i told Mrs. Mclean was not positive
| that We had the Iindbergh baby at
| Aiken, because / had no way Of posi-
| lively identifying it. I told her that
the baby might be delivered that night
or in a very short time.
Mrs. Mclean said I don't care what
baby it is. Bring it to me anyway"
Means declared Mrs. Mclean said she
had scheme in which she could make
use Of such baby.
cottage" Means said, land said the Fox
had called up and had some ideas of his
| oWn-that he was worried about the
dangers of the Norfolk end. She told
me the Fox wanted me to come up to
New Jersey right away.
L got in my car and drove to Con-
cord and from there to Washington. ar
irving at my home in Chevy Chase ON
March IS. There I found a number Of
| letters, including one from Ed Aubinger,
| the man ! had talked with in Chicago
| who had connections at Hopewell There
was memorandum from Eds connec-
tions about the death Of the Lindbergh
! baby.
Informed of Death.
The memorandum said that in an
| effort to remove the baby from its
/ hiding place on March 7 the child had
been dropped, hitting his head, and was
dead. That was the first information I
had that the baby was dead. The let
ter from Aubinger was on Hotel Taft
stationery in New York and was post
| marked March 10. The memorandum
, was inclosed in the letter.
! Means produced the letter and en-
velope, but not the memorandum con-
corning the death of the baby. He
did not explain what became of the
memorandum
Il called Mrs. Mclean on Easter
Sunday, March 81" Means went on,
and told her was going on to New
York to see the Fox. Mrs. Mclean told
me when the nurse in charge of the
Lindbergh baby had called her on the
telephone and told her the baby was
all right that the nurse had identified
| herself as No. 10, and had asked Mrs.
| Mclean to identify herself by her
number.
Later Fenton told me the nurse
| who had been at Aiken with the baby
| had come up to Norfolk and on to
Washington and he had had the nurse
| telephone Mrs. Mclean to assure her
that the baby was all right
Il told Fenton I had information
| that the baby had been in an accident
and was dead.
There's not damn word of truth
| in that Fenton told me. Where did
| you get such story as that? The
baby Is alive and we have it.
| Wanted to Collect.
"Fenton told me not to pay any t.
tention to Curtis. the minister or the
admiral at Norfolk-that the Lindbergh
baby was not down there and they just
wanted to collect some money at the
Norfolk end.
"The next day. on March %, got
letter from Whitaker saying he wanted
| to see me right aWay. He explained the