Evening star., 1933-05-13
MEANS RANSOM
I STORY cOLLAPSES
None Of. tindbergh Money
Found in Deposit Box
I! Rented by HasseII.
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codld testify regarding the truth OF
falsity OF Means. more sensational @rey-
elations" are dead, with the exception
Of the allegedly imaginary persons,
"Fenton" and Henderson"
In his brief cross-examination of the
defendant, Rover brought ont that
Means were Violet Sharpe, maid In the
Morrow home who committed suicide;
Hassel and Greenhery, whose bullet
rtddled bodies were found several
weeks ago in a hotel room at Eliza
beth, N. j.; Eu Aubinger, Chicagoan
who. Means claimed, was COVERING
the Hopewell district for Means and
who reported" the Lindbergh baby
had been accidentally killed by oper-
atives Of Hassel and Greenberg: and
william J. Burns, head Of q detective
agency for which Means had worked
The prosecution apparently Is con-
fident that Means own story was Of
more assistance to the Government thar
to the defense In the trial of Means
and Whitaker for conspiracy to defraud
Mrs. Mclean of $4,000 In q deal K
exchange clean money" for the hot
or marked money paid by Mndbergh
Means already has been convicted and
sentenced to IS years for defraudine
Mrs. Mclean Of $104,000 intended fol
ransom purposes.
Whether Whitaker also would take
the stand when the trial Is resumed
before Justice Daniel w. ODonoghue
Monday morning was moot point to-
day. Whitaker has indicated he wants
to testify, but his attorney may decide
otherwise.
The Lindbergh baby was alive ir
Juarez, Mexico, last May II, and tn:
body identified by Col. Lindbergh q.
his infant son was q plant" the Jury
was told late yesterday by Means, who
said the information had been giver
him by Henderson!
Questions Autopsy.
The conversation with Henderson
Means declared, occurred May II &
year ago at Means Chevy Chase home
after he had been released on bono
on charge Of defrauding Mrs. Evalyr
Walsh Mclean of $l04,000.
Means said Henderson claimed thu
autopsy performed on the supposed
Lindbergh baby at Trenton. N. ].
proved that 1t was not the right child
q
ment.
Henderson told me that baby was 6
plant they had made up In Jersey, ant
that later would see communistic dats
in regard to it, he testified.
He told me he had the real Lind.
bergh baby, still alive, at Juarez."
Means previously had identified Hen.
derson as head Of the Communist
Third 1nternationale" In this country
and described Henderson as an asso.
ciate of Irving Fenton," kidnapping
ringleader, who worked under direction
Of Hassell and Greenberg. New Jersey
beer runners, who were found shot tc
death in a hotel In Elizabeth. N. j.
April IL Of this year.
The Mclean and the JafSie ransom
money, totaling! $150.000, is in the
Elizabethport Banking Co., Elizabeth, N
j., Means told the court shortly before
he completed his testimony.
He said the money was In the name
Of HaSseL.
This testimony caused q decided furry
Of conversation in the crowded cour,
room, and bailiffs had to shout loudly
for order as Means ended his testimony
by naming the bank and saying That's
where the money Is now"
Joseph Turco, Whitaker's attorney
cross-examined Means. Turco attempt
ed to bring out that Whitaker was
brought into the negotiations by Means
merely as an agent and that Whitaker
had no detailed knowledge Of Means
dealings with Mrs. Mclean.
District Attorney Rover then cross
examined Means briefly.
Mr. Rover's first question dealt with
two convictions under Federal tndict-
ments which Means admitted, one In
1924 and one in 1925.
Then Mr.. Rover asked, Mr.. Means
where Is Violet Sharper"
Dead" Means replied.
Then Rover asked, Where Is I'd
Harbinger?"
He killed himself" Means replied.
Where Is Irving Fenton?" Rover
Along the Canadian border near
Detroit" Means replied.
do you know where We can ind
him?" Rover asked.
Means then consulted his little black
book and said: you can pick up Fen
ton at 2419, or 3419, Grand River ave-
nue., Detroit, Mich.
Two Men Killed.
where is Henderson," Rover then
asked him.
Henderson is at the same address
as Fenton, the Third 1nternationale
headquarters" Means replied.
where is Max Hassell?" Rover
asked.
shot by Irving Fenton, or Fenton
was behind It," Means replied.
Where is Max Greenberg?" Rover
asked.
"Greenberg was shot standing beside
Hassell," Means replied.
"They are both dead, anyhow, are they
not?" Rover asked.
YES" replied Means.
In Means earlier testimony he said
he had been informed Hassen and
Greenberg were delivering beer to
servants at the Lindbergh house by
means of operatives. These opera
tives" carried three bottles Of beer 70
the Lindbergh home on the night OF
the kidnapping, Means related, and took
the baby away with them without the
use Of a ladder.
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