The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-11
$4,000 READY
FOR ABDUCTOR
AT LOUISVILLE
Frantic Family Eager to
Rescue III Beauty
From Fiend.
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about feet inches tall: wore dark
gray suit. pin striped; hatless.
B. An envelope, postmarked Nash
vile. Tenn. found on the lawn of
the Stoll estate.
4. A blOOd-stained roll of ad-
hesive tape such as used to bind
Mrs. StOll and her maid.
5. A piece Of gas pipe sixteen
inches long wrapped in brown pa
per held in place with tape.
s. Indication in the kidnapers
conversation that he knew Mrs.
Stoll's husband well enough to use
his first name.
Z. Possible fingerprints on the
telephone the kidnaper jerked from
the wall.
II was early yesterday evening
when the kidnaper appeared at the
Stol estate along the banks of the
broad Ohio river eight miles from
Louisville. Not until today. how
ever, were all the details of the bold
abduction disclosed.
Maid Tells of kidnapping
Mrs. Fowler Violet, a maid, was
in the Stoll home at the time. She
described the kidnapping thus:
The man came in about 3 o'clock.
He looked and acted like a fiend
He asked to see the telephone con-
nections and apparently started to
work on them.
He was in the house about an
hour and a half altogether. After
fooling around with the wires for
some time he jerked them from
their connections and began shout
ing wildly.
Mrs. Stoll. who had been i'll for
several days and who was in her
bed in an upstairs room, was dis
turbed by the noise and came down
the stairs from the second floor.
She was confronted by the kidnaper,
who instructed me to bind Mrs.
Stoll's hands with black electricians
tape which he supplied.
Maid Is Bound and Gagged
Then he tied me to a chair with
wire and gagged me. Mrs. Stoll was
left free to talk and when the man
told her he was going to kidnap
her she engaged him in cOnversa-
ton concerning details of the plot
apparently hoping help would ar
rive. Meanwhile, he left the note
Finally she offered to write
check herself but this seemed to
enrage the man, who struck Mrs.
Stoll on the head with a piece of
pipe and dragged her bleeding, but
still conscious. from the house"
Frank Hardin, a 55-year-old Ne
gro hired man on the estate was
only a few hundred yards from the
house throughout the period the
kidnaper was inside. At one time
he was just outside the door and
passed through the front gate of the
house.
Saw Kidnaper's Car
He had been working in a nearby
field all through the day and told
authorities that he saw a yellow
open car drive up to the place about
il a. m. He also saw the kidnaper's
car, a Ford Va, when it pulled hp
before the house four hours later,
thinking the automobiles bore
friends of the family, which was
widely known.
Mrs. Violet went to detective
headquarters at midnight and
viewed photographs of known Grim
inals. She and her husband were
questioned at length.
Berry StolI recounted today how
his wife had been i'll for a week
and expressed grave fear that she
may not be able to withstand ex-
posure and rough treatment.
Mrs. Stoll's aunt, the former Olive
Speed. is the wife of Frederick NJ.
Sackett, former ambassador to Ger
many. A sister. Miss Virginia Speed.
is in New York studying voice I'M
der Madame Louise Homer.
Mrs. Stoll was a student at Bryn
Mawr. She was described as
vivacious brunette of medium
height.