The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-01
CONFESSES HE TOOK
PART IN BOEYTCHER
AND BOHN SNATCHES
Federal Prosecutor Homes to
Link Captive in Lindberoh
Abduction
ARRESTED IN BARBER SHOP
Americas Public Enemy No. T.
Denies Part in Other
Kidnap Cases
ARRESTED IN BARBER SHOP

Chicago. Feb. 1-(F-After ~ hours
OF almost continuous grilling. Verne
Sankey. "a, described as United State.
Public Enemy No. l, chung persistent
" to his denial Of any implication In
the kidnapping Of Charles Augustus
Lindbergh, Jr.. while demands for hi
custody poured In from many parts Of
the nation.
Sankey. closeted with government
investigators who so far have wrune
from him without trouble confessions
OF participation in the abductions Of
Charles Boettcter II, Denver capital.
list. and Of Haskell Bohn, in st. Paul
Was wanted by at least three states.
With reports that detectives work
Ing on the Lindbergh case were en-
route to Chicago to Join in the ques-
tioning and that even Col. Charles A
Lindbergh himself contemplated q
plane trip to Chicago. Colorado, South
Dakota and Minnesota pressed their
claims for custody Of the confessed
Sidnaper.
Kinkead In Chicago
County Prosecutor NJ. r. Kinkead
OF st. Paul, who asserted he had evil
dence to link Sankey with the Lind
bergh case, and Thomas e. Dahill, st.
Paul chief Of police, arrived shortly
before noon with extradition papers
signed by Governor Floyd B. Olson
fer return Of the prisoner to Mime.
yota for the BONN kidnapping.
Colorado and South Dakota au-
thorities demanded Sankey be tried
for the Boettcher abduction either In
Denver or Deadwood, 8. D., where he
Is under federal Indictment for kid
mapping. Boettcher. government agents
said, was held In Sankey's Gam VAL
ley ranch near Deadwood.
The former Gam, s. D., ranchman
and one-time railroad engineer, de-
MED he had any connection with the
Lindbergh kidnapping. or the abduc-
ton Of Edward G. Bremen Of st. Paul
and william Hamnn, Jr., also Of ST.
Paul, but the authorities pushed their
grilling Of him In the hope Of uncov-
ering some new light on these
''snatches,' particularly the Lind
bergh case.
In his confession Of the Denver and
st. Paul kidnapings Sankey told Pur-
Wis that he had collected the $50, 900
ransom for releasing Boettcher and
$4,000 for freeing Bohn.
Prosecutor to Chicago
From st. Paul, County Attorney NJ.
r. Kinkead was en- route to Chicago
to aid in the investigation. It was
Kinkead who announced early last
month thnt he had found evidence
which he said indicated that Sankey,
long sought by the law, had had some
connection with the Sourland Noun
tain Lindbergh abduction In New Jer-
scy.
Handwriting experts. Kinkead said,
had found similarity In the writing
Of the Boettcher and Lindbergh ram
som notes, and telephone call from
Minneapolis to m undisclosed town
In New Jersey-scene Of the Lindbergh
k:dnaping-had been uncovered. The
call, he said, was made from . gaso-
line station. by man who answered
Sankey's description, ten days after
tie Lindbergh baby was seized.
The prosecutor also accused 6ankey
Of scheme to abduct tho former
heavyweight boxing champion. Jack
Dempsey, and Babe Ruth. the home
run baseball star. adding that evi.
dence to support his allegation had
been found at the sankey ranch.
When advised In New York Of Sank.
ey's capture, Joseph B. Keenan,, spec
lal attorney general and government
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