Evening star., 1933-05-12

ing. arriving at FL Paso on April 4. He
said somewhere ON the route to El Paso
he wrote a letter to Whitaker asking
him to come to Ell Paso.
At Ell Paso, Means said, he saw Hen
derson, who told him that the Lind
bergh baby was across the Mexican
border at Juarez and would be turned
over to Mrs. Mclean as soon as ram
som money could be collected from other
sources
Means said that the night of his ar
rival in Ell Paso he and Miss Nelson
went over to JuareZ and met Hender-
son again. Henderson told him, Means
said, that the baby was well and to
have Mrs. Mclean come down imme-
diately. Means said that Henderson ex-
pected the money from other sources to
be collected at almost any time.
Means said he reassured Henderson
that his brother in Concord was ready
to turn over the money put up by Mrs.
Mclean just as soon as the baby was
received and properly identified. Then,
Means said, he telephoned Mrs. Mclean
to come to El Paso Immediately, which
she did, arriving on April Z.
At later conference with Henderson,
Means said, Henderson told him that
the baby had been sick in Jaurez and
it had been necessary to call in doctor
Means said he asked to see the baby,
but was informed he could not get
through"
Nurse Coaldn't See Baby.
Henderson later reported, Means
said, the baby had been suffering from
colitis as a result Of improper milk and
water, but was better. He said Hen
derson gave him the name of the doc
tor who was treating the baby and
this he turned over the Mrs. Mclean.
He said that an effort to have Miss
Nelson see the baby and to report on
its health also failed.
Upon Mrs. McLean's arrival in Ell
Paso, Means said, he arranged for Hen
derson to come and see her. The con-
ference was to take place, he said. at
10 o'clock on the night of April Z. but
the plans went awry when an ASso-
ciated Press reporter, asking Means
about story that had broken in Mex
leo, frightened the kidnaper away.
Means testified that as soon as he
got in El Paso he got in touch with
Sergt. Nilly Smith of the Ell Paso de-
tective force. and without intimating
the nature of the case, received assur-
anceS of the assistance of Smith and
other members of the force If he needed
them. He said he also was taken to
see Mayor Sherman of Ell Paso who also
assured him he would be given what
ever assistance was necessary.
The Associated Press man, Means
testified, was in his room at 10 o'clock,
when Henderson, arriving for the con-
ference with Mrs. Mclean, was fright
ened away. The newspaper man. he
said, was asking him about man who
had told authorities he vas a son of the
late Theodore Roosevelt, who had ap-
piled fer license to get married. in
Mexico.
Money Regarded Hot"
After negotiations for the return of
the baby at E. Paso had been dropped
Temporarily, Means testified, he and
Whitaker went to Chicago. He said be-
fore leaving El Paso he borrowed 5000
from Miss Nelson On the way to Chi
cago, he said. he read Of the ransom
money paid by "Jafsie," and told Whit
aker that was the reason for his going
to Chicago. Whitaker warned him. he
said. to get out of the business if that
was what he was going to Chicago for.
and refused to give him any help in
Chicago.
He also testified that on the way up
to Chicago he and Whitaker quarreled
over money. He said Whitaker already
owed him $500. and asked for another
loan of the same amount, which he
gave him. Then, he testified, Whitaker
became insistent upon being paid his
expense account, and he refused to give
it 10 him, saying he did not have time
to bother with trifiing matters like that
at that time.
At Chicago, Means testified, he saw
Fenton again and was shown 5000
OF the Condor ransom money He said
he and Fenton arranged to put the
money in a locked boz with two keys.
Fenton to keep one and he to take the
other one back to Ell Paso and turn it
over to Henderson.
At this point Means explained to the
jury that the Condor rarsom money
was what is known as hot money" in
the underworld and could not be used.
Irtercepts Telegram.
He said Fenton was anxious to make
the exchange of the $4,000 of hot
money for the S35 5000 which Mrs. Nc
Lean had promised to put up. He said
Fenton showed him a telegram he had
intercepted from Mrs. Mclean to Miss
Nelson at El Paso and wanted it de-
ciphered The witness said he told
Fenton it meant that Mrs. Mclean was
willing to make the exchange.
About this time Whitaker called me
up Means said He asked me about
money for expenses. He called me up
again the next morning about the ex-
pense money, and l told him to stop
worrying me, that l had more impor-
tant things en- my mind. We had
quite a few words, and I told him I
was going East
Means statement about the quarrel
with Whitaker fits in with Government
evidence previously introduced. United
States Attorney Rover had read to the
jury early in the trial telegram which
Whitaker allegedly sent to his sister
here, asserting He is drunk. Cheat
ing me-"
Means said he arrived in Washington
on April 13 year ago, and the next
day Fenton called him up from Fred
erick, Md, and wanted him to meet
him there to arrange for the exchange
of "Jafsie money" He said Fenton
asked him to arrange with some one
to make the exchange with Mrs. Nc
Lean as Fenton was reluctant to ap-
pear in the transaction.
Means said he Immediately called up
Whitaker, told him he would adjust
the expense accounts, and he wanted
him to come and see him about some
thing very important. In the mean
time, Means said, he drove to Frederick
and met Fenton at hotel there. He
said Fenton had the $4,000 with him
and he also wanted to know If Ms.
Mclean could get for the kidnaperS
also the $4,000 reward which had been
offered for return of the baby. He said
Whitaker arrived the next day and
wanted to know why Means had been
shadowing him. Means denied having
had any one trail Whitaker.
Letter From Attorney.
Means described the first conference
at which Mrs. Mclean offered to ex-
change S35,00O for the $4,000 of,"hot"
Condor ransom money. He testified
that the kidnapers had stipulated that
the Jafsie ransom money was not to be
used by Mrs. Mclean for six months,
but should be kept in strong box.