Evening star., 1933-05-09
.[|NDbfRGH: WATTS
T0G|vE TESTIMONY
Mrs. Mclean Takes Stand
Again to Describe Meet
ing With "The Fox"
Continued From First Page.)


complained to the court that John NJ
Keith had been seen talking to a woman
deputy marshal assigned to the jury
and to several witnesses yesterday aft
ernoon Keith is Department of JUS
tice agent who supervised the appre-
hension of Means and Whitaker, and
will be one of the Government wit
nesses. Turco. on inquiry of Justice
ODonoghue, declared Keith had made
'..oisiraragii1g statements" about the de-
: lendants.
Resumes Testimony.
ID Keith was summoned before the bench
and the court suggested that Turco
question him. Keith denied having
talked to the deputy marshal and the
woman herself. Mrs Maude Ferris, who
was in the court room, also denied tie
reported conversation. Keith also said
he had no recollection of having made
disparaging remarks to any one. Justice
ODonoghue then dismissed Keith and
announced that the incident was "a
closed one"
Mrs. Mclean. again goWned attrac-
lively in black, took up her story where
she left off yesterday afternoon-start-
ing with her meeting with Means and
Whitaker at her country home in Aiken,
S. c.
Mrs. Mclean said that about March
81. year ago, Means called her on the
telephone in Aiken and told her about
a man who was important link in the
kidnapping case, and that he was known
as the Fox and was the head man"
of the gang that kidnapped the Lind
bergh child. THE Fox" took the phone
and said he would see her the next day
at Aiken.
Says Means Visited Cottage.
She said Means came to her cottage,
that the Fox" had the baby. that he
was dangerous man, "a killer" and
he was taking no chances She
quoted Means as saying the Fox had
held the Lindbergh baby in his arms
within the last 48 hours.
The next day" Mrs. Mclean testi-
fed, Means brought the man referred
to as the Fox They called about the
middle Of the day and Means intro
duced me to the Fox"
Rover asked the witness if she saw
''the Fox" in the court room.
Yes, Mr., Rover" Mrs. Mclean re-
piled, turning her head in the direc-
tion of Whitaker. There he sits, at
the end of the table. The man with
the glasses and wearing grey suit"
Whitaker smiled as his attorney, to
assist Mrs. Mclean in indicating
Whitaker, clutched Whitaker's lapel
and pulled him forward.
Plan to Return Child
Means left The Fox with me-" Mrs
Mclean continued. The Fox looked
all around my cottage very carefully.
Then he came back and said he had
the baby and it was safe and sound.
He showed me a little side street near
the cottage and said the car with the
baby would come there conveyed by
four automobiles with machine guns.
told him I wasn't afraid and l would
60 there and get the baby
The Fox asked me about the
money. I told him I had given it to
Means. He said that was all right and
that they were in it for the money. 1
told him I didn't think he was in it
for his health.
1.-The Fox told me he would have
the baby there within E8 hours. He
said he would break through the police
lines that night and would get to Aiken
with the baby in about two days, or
Thursday
In response to questions by Rover,
Mrs. Mclean said The Fox" was
dressed in a yellowish polo coat with
a gray soft felt hat and was attired
''very nicely" She said he wore gloves
and she noticed that he wiped off even
the doorknobS with a handkerchief
after he had handled them.
Get Telephone Calls.
She said Means came back to the
cottage later and had her sign a note
authorizing Means to turn the money
over to Neil williams which was
code name for Whitaker, also alias
THE Fox" and NO 49,"
Sometime after that a voice which
she recognized as Whitaker'S telephoned
that something terrible has happened"
She said The Fox" said he must get
hold CT Means at once, and she under
stood that Whitaker was phoning from
New Jersey. She said she promptly
reached Means at his hotel in Aiken.
and gave him the message. The next
day. she related, Means wired her from
Richmond saying he was sending her
confidential message. and the day after
that woman telephoned from Wash
ington saying she represented The
Fox" The court sustained an objection
by the defense to the testimony regard
lily lllc NUllldll wiz IS4CEliO4lSo IL iOill
Washington, and ordered it excluded
from the record
On Sunday night" Mrs Mclean
went on, means called up and told me
The Fox was in very bad jam. That
the baby had been hijacked from him,
and that he had gotten it back and
everything was all right again. About
Tuesday or Wednesday of that week
Means came to me and explained that
hijackers had taken the baby away from
The Fox but that he had managed to
get it back. and because things were
getting so hot for them, it would be
necessary to deliver the baby somewhere
else. He asked me how about Ell Paso,
Tex. explaining that after giving the
baby to me there the kidnapers could
escape across the bridge to Mexico.
said that was all right with me.
Went TO Ell Paso.
"Means told me that Curtis. down at
Norfolk, was double-crossing Col. Lind
'bergh. and didn't have the baby at all.
He said the Fox had it, and was now
ready to break through with it. I told
him as soon as 1 got word from him
would go down to Ell Paso. Means
said he and Miss Nelson, the nurse,
would start down ahead of me, and l
was to come on later, upon being noti-
fed. Means needed extra money for
expenses and I gave him $1,000. He
and Miss Nelson started off.
Sometime later I got call from
Means and Miss Nelson in Ell Paso, and
they told me that everything was fixed
that the book which meant the baby,
was there and was safe, and that I
should come right down. I left for Ell
Paso at once, and Means and Miss
Nelson met me at the station.
Means told me ON my arrival that
everything was Ok and that things
would move quickly now. Nothing de-
veloped that day. and the next day
Means said there would be- some delay
because the baby was sick. I said My
goodness, let Miss Nelson see the child
at once, but Means showed me the
name of a doctor who he said was
atteraditacr O. the child and that