Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-13
HOLD SUSPECT
IN k|DNAP|N
At SAN JOSE
Oakland Printer Under Arrest
Following Receipt Of Myster-
ious Tip By Police.
NOTE FOUND In POCKET
Authorities Continue Hunt To
Locate Abductors OF Wealthy
Young Businessman.

OAKLAND, Nov. 13. W.H A
mysterious telephone tip to police
today resulted in the arrest of Burr
w. Poole, 81, Oakland printer, as a
suspect in the alleged kidnapping
of Brooke Hart, %, son of a San
Jose capitalist.
The man was arrested after two
telephone calls came to headquar-
terS. The first said: "Meet me at
Seventh and Broadway and I'll tell
you all about Handsome Jack
Klutas and the Hart kidnapping -
Twenty minutes later the same
voice said: "Youl find a man
driving an Essex coach in E. 18th
street. Pick up this man-'
Inspectors William Marshall and
Jesse Jackson went to the 18th
street location and arrested Poole
in coach He was taken to head
quarters, where police found a
crumpled note in a pocket of his
clothing. 1t read: "Contact Hart s
mother. Ph(one) Jack Klutas. Do
not destroy.'
Meanwhile, police traced the Sec
ond call to Poole's printing shop
and said the voice on each call
sounded like that of the printer.
Poole nervously denied he knew
anything about the Hart case, or
Handsome Jack Klutas.
Some dispatches from Chicago
mentioned Klutas, university grad
uate and alleged extortion racket
eer as a suspect in the Hart dis
appearance. San Francisco police.
as we'll as Chicago officials, doubt
ed, however, if he was involved.
SAN JOSE, Nov. 13. W.pePo-
lice vigilance over telephone lines
was relaxed somewhat today to
permit alleged kidnapers of Brooke
L. Hart, %, "model son. Of San
Jose capitalist, to renew negotia-
tions for his return on payment OF
$4,000 ransom.
Not since the night of his dis
appearance. last Thursday, have
the captors of the youth commun-
icated with Alexander Hart, the
father, authorities claimed. The
sole message was the telephoned de-
by the promise to "get in touch
with you later.'
Members of the family were re-
ported planning to send an air
plane over the CalaveraS dam sec
ton and other wooded areas in
seeking trace of the youth. His
automobile was found abandoned
on a road leading toward the dam.
While waiting for further word,
police continued to run down re-
ports that young Hart, curly-haired
college graduate, had been seen
along the San Francisco waterfront
and also in Marin county, north
west of San Francisco bay.
The missing youth IS wallet was
found on the deck of a tanker
docked near a Los Angeles-bound
liner. Search of the liner was fu-
tile. Some police authorities be-
lieve the wallet was "planted to
mislead searchers.
Three women in Ross, Marin
county, reported that they had
seen a tall blond youth answering
Hart's description the day after he
1hNCoOi6oooic ~
to Ross to check the report.
Authorities considered fantastic
a report that a midwest kidnapping
band, led by an ex-collegian, had
seized young Hart. In Chicago an
attache of the district attorneys
office told the United Press he had
neither accused the gang of the
crime nor had any knowledge of
their operating outside of the mid
west area.
Investigation of the youths per-
sonal life failed to show any motive
for his disappearance, authorities
said. The father described the
boy as somewhat of a "model
SON., who neither drank nor gam
bled, who had a goodly sized bank
account and a liberal allowance,
and who was very interested in the
department store business in which
he was vice president.
Young Hart was to have addressed
a study group the night that he
dropped from sight.