The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-13

from her home in Louisville's fash~
ionable Upper River road colony.
For a whole day, federal and To-
cal investigators were silent, off,
cially off" the case to allow free
dom for the .family's contact eff
forts
They came and went, however,
appraising clews f1ltering in from
all over the middle west. From
Charleston, w. Va, came word Of
the arrest of a suspect, Walter
Childress, in whose Kentucky
licensed car strands of blond hair
we're found. ChildreSs was released
today.
Nothing New" Is Report
After their apparently futile day,
Mr.. Nathan, tired and weary, met
newspaper men to report the
progress" Of the day.
Lets make it as brief as possi-
ble," he said. There isn't anything
new. This case is just as much
mystery as it was yesterday, if it
was mystery yesterday.
He emphasized, in this connec~
ton, that the federal investigators
would do nothing which would
hamper efforts of the family to con-
tact the kidnaper.
Finger prints taken from the tele-
phone box torn from the wall of the
Stoll home by the kidnaper had
been sent to Washington, but no
valuable information concerning
them had been received here, he
said.
War department Bertillon records
were being examined to determine
whether the prints matched those
of war time soldiers who served
with the roiSsing woman's husband
at Fl. Benjs min Harrison near In
dianapols.
Distinct finger prints also were
reported to have been found on the
piece of paper wrapped gas pipe
with which the kidnaper twice
slugged Mrs Stoll before dragging
her from the house.
AS the kidnapped Woman's family
sat crouched beside silent tele-
phones, police authorities seemed to
be leaning toward the conclusion
that the abduction of Mrs. Ston
might have been a crime of revenge.
Communications Kept Open
In addition to the chance that it
was the work of former Stou en-
ploye, there is the fact that Will
liam S. Speed, wealthy father Of
Mrs. Stoll, was director of the de-
funct National Bank of Kentucky,
one Of the first important banking
houses in the country to collapse in
the Hoover panic.
A receivers suit ponds against
bank directors, in which Mr.. Speeds
counsel is Newton D. Baker, former
secretary of war.
Leading citizens Of Louisville de-
clare Mr.. Speed was blameless in
the bank failure, but suggest that
a depositor, deranged by losses in
CURED in the closure, may have
sought to wreak vengeance upon
the Kentucky capitalist and philan-
thropist by Filis attack upon his
family.
Fear for Victims Life
There also was support for a the
DRY that Mrs. Stoll may have been
the victim of an abnormal person
when a person close to the family
declared the kidnapers last words
before dragging the semi conscious
Mrs. Stoll from her home were:
I'm going to take you to a field"
All channels of communication
with the StOll home were kept open
for contact last night. Radio
broadcasts throughout the night re-
peated this statement, issued yester-
day afternoon:
I'VE have carefully followed in
structions met all ransom require
ments and are awaiting fulfillment
Of promises. The parties may act
freely without fear or restraint
Berry v. Stoll"
This was interpreted locally -
mean the ransom had been deliv-
cred either to the kidnaper or to an
intermediary. probably the latter.