Evening star., 1934-10-14
Stains on Pier and Torn
Telephone Book Found
by SearCherS.
AREA AT KIDNAP SCENE
COMBED BY POLICE
Fear for Life of Louisville Society
Matron Seen Prompting
New Move.
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSONlhLcu EIccss
LOUISVILLE, KY; october 13.-
What appeared to be blood stains on
a nearby boat house pier and a mys-
teriously torn telephone book were
found late today shortly after Berry
v. Stoll had broadcast another frantic
plea to his wife's kidnaper.
The spots on the pier were noticed
by three youths while police and Fed
eral agents combed the brush and
woods near the handsome 16-acre
Stoll estate. That sudden move which
began this morning had been inter-
preted by at least one police partici-
pant as indicating the family feared
Mrs. Stoll met death from the kid
naper. The husbands latest appeal
indicated the same feeling.
in her present weakened condi-
ton, even a day may be too long" he
declared. The 26-year-old society
woman was i'll with a cold when
slugged and forced from home last
Wednesday.
Efforts were made Immediately by
investigators to determine whether
the stains on the pier and those found
on a blanket inside the broken-open
boat house might be blood. They also
worked to determine whether there
was any connection with the abduc-
ton in these latest clues that have
entered into the baff1ing case.
Telephone Book Torn.
The telephone directory had IS
pages torn out. The last page miss
ing was opposite the one containing
the names of the Stoll family. The
Harrods Greek section of the book
showed some score of names marked
by a line drawn across them. Black
fingerprints were on the directory.
The youths, K. j. Schwabenton,
Cliff Langley and Dan Grey, jr., said
that several times in the last two
weeks they had seen an old. canopied
boat at the seldom used pier. The
boathouse Is on the Ohio River a
short distance from the Ston estate.
Investigators Immediately began ef-
forts to determine whether the spots
were bloodstains and to try to learn
the significance of the youths find.
Stoll's appeal late today followed
his announcement of yesterday that
he had complied with all the require
ments of the Hdnaper who snatched
Mrs. Stoll from their home last
Wednesday and demanded $50, 900
ransom. Today's announcement. is
sued to newspapers and broadcast by
radio in the hope it would reach the
kidnaper, said:
We are not in any way trying
to catch or trap the party who
carried my wife of, but, not
having received any word from
Alice, we fear that she may have
been abandoned and we have con-
Sented that she be looked for, as
she is i'll, and in her present weak
ened condition, even a day may be
too long. We pray that she will
be released in a safe, warm place
and We be notified Immediately
how to reach her. We have COM
piled with everything requested.
(Signed) BERRY V. STOLL."
Cash Demands Met.
The reiteration that all the kidnap-
er's requests had been complied with
was not elaborated upon by any MEM
Der of the family or officials, but it
was evident that the $4,000 in cash
had been sent as demanded. There
was no indication, however. that the
kidnaper himself had actually re.
ceived it. 1t became kn n author
itatively that there ha been no
contact with the kidnaper since yes
terday's plea by Stoll and it appeared
that he had not communicated with
the family since his first note giving
directions was left. In that long.
neatly-typed document, typewriter
figures demanding $4,000 had been
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