Evening star., 1934-10-13
Sixty Men Dash From Hiding
PIaces-GroundS of Coun.
try Home and Nearby
School Center of Activity.
HUSBANDS STATEMENT
/ SAYS HE is HOPEFUL
Efforts to Keep All Planes From
Air Is Pushed by Family.
Member of Official Posse Fore
casts Case Is on Verge of Big
Break"
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BY the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, KY, october 13.-
6qauds of city and county police to-
day rushed toward the vicinity of the
Ballard school house, a quarter Of
D mile from the home of Mrs. Alice
Speed Stoll, kidnap victim. They
came from several directions in auto
mobiles and motor cycles at high
speed.
The sudden activity of the officers,
who had for almost two days remained
scrupulously out of sight, on the plea
OF the Ston family that the kidnaper
might have an opportunity to contact
them, was not explained but the
vicinity of the little school house,
which few minutes before had been
es quiet as usual on Saturday, sud-
denly became filled with the roar of
motors.
Body" Mentioned.
The men spread out as though to
search the 16-acre Stoll estate and to
comb the woods and brush Of nearby
places. A policeman who refused to
reveal his name said he believed big
break" had come in the case, and said
he would not be surprised even to find
the woman's body.
Meanwhile, w. S. Kammerer. spokes-
man for young Stoll, made public the
latter'S statement that he was still
hopefully waiting.
Strict orders again we're issued that
no alrplaneS leave any Kentucky air.
ports, Kammerer said, and in COM
munication with Bowman Field Off
cialS he said, this order must be en-
forced; we have the means to enforce
1t. The same request went to Fort
Knox near here and request was made
TO Gov. Ruby Laffoon to have the
Kentucky National Guard enforce the
request if necessary at any airport in
the State. Kammerer would not say
whether the family thought Mrs. Stoll
might be returned by plane or whether
the kidnaper, If he saw planes in the
air, might fear he was being watched
from the skies.
so Men in Hunt.
In the excitement caused bv the
sudden appearance of the police. some
60 men in all, no one in authority
stopped long enough to hint at anv
explanation save the one officer who
gave as his theory that some sud-
den turn in events had caused the
orders for the intensive and quick
search.
The Stoll family, aided by Depart
ment Of Justice agents and the CITY
and county police, had for nearly two
days given the whole area around the
big country estate the appearance of
desertion. All family statements given
out had stressed that this had been
uone TO allay any fears the kidnaper
might have OF molestation from DOS
siole search for him or arrest in case
ne approached the place.
Stou paid the $4,000 ransom for
She return of his wife "a hours ago.
Inc klcnaper'S note found last We'd
nesday on the bed on the second floor
OF the Stoll home, lengthy and care
fully typed document covering several
pages, was filled with abuse of the
Stoll family. 1t threatened harm to
other members of the family besides
MRS. Stoll, who. was hit on the head
with an iron pipe by the abductor.
MRS. Stoll, according to her maid,
Ann Woolet, gave up and said, Lets
go, then" after the kidnaper had
threatened, If Berry comes, I'll kill
him"
The note, which in its original form
had demanded $4,000, had been
changed by the kidnaper before it was
left, the original sum scratched out
and the amount made to read $500
Young Stoll said at the time the note
kept referring to c. c. Stoll, his father,
and that he believed the writer was
some one who knew the family. The
text of the note was never made pub
lie, offlcialS giving the impression it
contained much detail as to how the
ransom was to be paid.
Whether the $4,000 ransom
had been paid to "the parties" or had
been delivered to an intermediary
was secret.
Investigators. led by agents of the
Department Of Justice, continued to
trace down with systematic thorough
ness all available clues in the case
They emphasized that their work was
entirely separate from any activity of
the family. They said, too, that
cranks as well as persons who were
sincerely trying to be helpful had given
q great number of tips and informa-
ton, very little of which had been
helpful.
Takes Wild Chase.
A brief statement issued at noon
yesterday that the ransom terms had
been complied with closely followed
Stolls return from a dashinp auto
mobile trip through four counties in
which he and a detective sergeant,
were reported to have pursued an
automobile containing a man and a
woman, the latter with her head
bandaged.
Ston, wealthy oil executive husband
of the victim, left his estate on Lime
Kiln lane shortly after o'clock yes
terday morning, accompanied by the
police officer, and drove at breakueck
speed through Bardstown, Hodgen-
vile, Hardyville and Elizabethtown.
Sheriffs In the four counties blocked
of the highway.
The Department of Justice, it was
reported here today, has developed
no clues of importance from finger
prints of the kidnaper found on i'm
plements he used while in the Stoll
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