Evening star., 1933-05-12
In Washington, could handle 1886. 900


advice he tried to get in touch with
Killeen and found that he was attend
! ing the races at Havre de Grace and
he could not reach him. Some time
| during that day, Means testified, Mrs.
| Mclean told him that she had told
her lawyers where the 100000 was.
The next day, Means said, which was
Sunday Mrs. Mclean told him she
had decided to pawn her jewels to get
the S35 1000.
On that same day, he said, Fenton
called him and after meeting him at
Bethesda, they went to Marlboro. In
the meantime, he said, he telephoned
Whitaker, who was staying at his home
IN Chevy Chase and asked Whitaker 70
meet him at Marlboro. Fenton, Means
said, left him in Marlboro after arrang-
ing to meet him near Leonardtown.
while he waited until Whitaker arrived
at Marlboro. Then they went to
Leonardtown, Means said, and there
Whitaker called Mrs. MCLEAN and an
arrangement was made to have $4,000
in the hands of Rev. Francis j. Hurney,
| pastor OF Immaculate Conception Cath
| olic Church, the next morning.
Means said he had designated Whit
aker as the man who would receive the
$4,000 of Jafsie ransom money and
turn it over for the $4,000 of clean
money" which Mrs. Mclean was to
produce.
Returned in Fenton's Car.
/ On the way back from Leonardtown
and just outside of that CITY, Means
said. he met Fenton and went over the
arrangements with him and got his ap-
proval of them all. Then, Means said
ne and Fenton returned in Fenton's
car to Washington.
That night Mrs. Mclean again told
him, Means said, that she would pawn
her jewels and raise the $35 900 needed
TO redeem the Jafsie ransom money
She said there was some discussion of
his accompanying Miss Poe, to whom
the jewels were given, over to South
Washington, Va, where they were to
be pawned.
| Mrs Mclean also asked me-" said
Means. ito give the 100000 to Father
| Hurney. There was no threat about it
and no question Of Mrs. McLean's
! lawyers jumping on anybody -
wouldn't care if a thousand lawyers
| jumped on me-"
| He said that Mrs. Mclean suggested
| that he call his brother, who he said
| was holding the mCnay, and arrange to
have his brother bring it up the next
day from Concord, N c.. He explained
| to Mrs. Mclean, he said, that he did
| not want to phone his brother for two
! reasons, one that he had forgotten the
| code words he was to use with his
| brother and the other that he was
afraid his brother might think some
one was standing beside him with a
gun in his back as he telephoned. He
| said he did promise, however, to go
down to Concord the next day and get
/ the money after telephoning his brother
from his home in Chevy Chase.
Couldn't Reach Brother.
| Means said he tried unsuccessfully to
| get his brother at Concord on the tele
/ phone and left word for his brother to
| call him up.
Not long after this. Means declared,
Mrs. Mclean telephoned that Miss Poe
| had disappeared with the diamonds, and
she was afraid Miss Poe had been kid
naped. He said Mrs. Mclean wanted
! him to try and find Miss Poe and the
| leWelry. Means said he told her he was
| busy on another angle and suggested
/ that she get in touch with Father Hur-
| ney or her lawyers. He said Father
Hu1ney called up later and told him
Miss Poe and the diamonds had been
| located, but that Mrs. Mclean could
not raise the S35 900, and that the deal
had been dropped
Means said he told Father Hurney
that he was in peculiar situation and
| asked him to write note so that he
| could show it to the Hdnapers, explain
| ing about the S35000 Means produced
| a note which he said was signed by
| Father Hurney and Mrs. Mclean on
April 10, 1892, in which they agreed
to hand over S35,000 in addition to the
| 100000 whenever the Lindbergh baby
was turned over safely to Mrs. Mclean
and properly identified.
Fentcn Becomes Nervous.
As he was handed a black-bordered
| letter by his attorney, j. William Tom
linsor, Means told of a visit Fenton
| made to Washington on Monday, April
II, after he had been Instructed to go
to Concord and get the 100000. Means
! said it had been tentatively agreed upon
| for him to meet Fenton at Waldorf,
| Md. but he later get in touch with
! Fenton and met him at Bethesda.
! 1t was at this conference, Means said
I that Fenton told him that it was to
connections Of Hassel and Greenberg
| that DR.. Condon passed $4,000. Fen
! ton demanded, Means said, some assur-
/
| S35 900 with which to redeem the
$4,000 of "Jafsie's" money he was car
i rying with him. Means described
| Fenton as being very nervous over
having to carry the "Jafsie" ransom
with him, and wanted to get rid of
| 1t in q hurry.
| He said he showed Fenton Mrs Nc
| Leans letter which authorized Father
Hurney to handle all money transac-
! tions. He then left Fenton. he said
| and went Immediately to Concord, tele-
phoning Mrs. Mclean on his arrival,
| and prepared to get the money from
his brother.
| Means asked his attorney for tele-
phone record iof the call made to Mrs
Mclean, but it could not be produced
Means searched his pockets, while
| Tomlinson searched his brief case
At this point Joseph c. Turco, Whit
takers attorney, jumped up and asked
if District Attorney Rover was sit
| ting on it.
Rover said he was not and asked
Mr.. Turco if he had it.
| Means then interjected that his own
attorney had had it and had shown
it to Rover, who had given it back to
Mr. Tomlinson. Mr.. Rover thanked
Means, but the telephone record still
| llOl US lOullQ, dllQ WllIlC dtlOl
neys searched Means went on with
! his testimony.
Describes Clothing.
| Means was shown the kidnapped baby
! or one represented as such-in Aiken
S. c.. on March %, he told the jury
! late yesterday.
| Means said Henderson showed him
the baby.
The voluble Means declared he saw
this baby on the back seat of an auto
mobile driven by Henderson. who had
brought it to Aiken purportedly for
delivery to Mrs. Mclean upon payment
of 100000 ransom.
Means said tine child had on a
knitted cap pulled down over its head
! cJo ,x,ifI, r;oho,, finJ under the