The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15
STATE CENTER
OF KIDNAP HUNT
Details of Ransom Letter
Disclosed by Times;
DeadIine Near.
Continued From Page One

900 ransom be sent in bills of Ger
tain denomination, with $1,000 in
ten-dollar bills and the remainder
in fives and twentieS. The bill must
be old, the letter specified, and sent
by express under an insured value
of $40.
The name of a Nashville CTenn)
man whose name The Times in
formant could not recall, was given
as Intermediary.
If the Nashville negotiations fell
through, the letter said, four other
lawyers might be contacted. One
address was in Milwaukee. Indian
apolis was not on the Its of four
Information Revealed Correct
Both direct and yelled threats
were contained in the letter.
Now get the family together .
the letter said, naming the four
Stoll brothers, George, Berry. Will
liam and Charles.
ALSO Mr.. Speed, and attend to
this Immediately if you want to get
Mr. Stoll back.
I'VE will always be against such
business tycoons as Mr.. Mellon, Mr.
Stoll and"
The Times informant could not
recall the name of the third man
linked to Mr.. Stoll and Mr.. Mellon.
None of the ransom letter quo
tations we're released by Chief
Schmidt, but he admitted the in
formation given by The Times in
formant was correct.
Wooded Area Searched
Meanwhile, preparations we're
under way today for a more extern
Sive inch-by-inch search of the
wooded area surrounding the Stoll
mansion, with the conviction grow
ing that the young society matron is
dead.
Both federal agents and police
frankly are pesSimistic about the
chances of finding Mrs. Stoll alive,
but Mr.. Nathan asserted at today'S
newspaper conference that he had
no information whether she is dead
or alive"
Federal agents diScredited the
story of James E. Scales, a plaster
ing contractor, whose experience last
night threw authorities into frenzy
of action.
Scales said his car was SideSwiped
by a sedan about five miles from
the Stoll estate and that he got out
to talk to the driver of the other
car.
Mans Story Is Doubted
The driver, Scales said, threw a
flaShlight in his eyes. threatened
him with a gun and ordered, get
going" Scales, who worked on
construction of the Stoll mansion
and knew Mrs. Stoll by sight, said
he thought he recognized a woman
in the back seat of the sedan as
the missing society woman.
"Nobody's driving Mrs. Stoll
about the countryside now" Mr..
Nathan asserted. and explained that
the flashlights binding glare and
Scales excitement probably pre-
vented dependable vision.
Reports from the hilltop mansion
of Berry Stoll, the young Kentucky
matron'S husband. indicated that he
is on the verge of proStration. A
physician has attended him con-
Stantly since he announced last
I Thursday that all demands have
/ been met.
Local "Jafsie" Appears
One feature of the Lindbergh
kidnapping case was repeated today
when a local "JafSie" appeared on
/ the scene.
H. A. I. Rosenberg, Louisville at
torney. against whoms disbarment
/ proceedings are reported TO have
been instituted. announced himself
as a self-appointed intermediary for
the Stoll family.
Advertising in a Louisville news
paper. Rosenberg offered his service
as a contact man. He was the at
torney who defended Theodore
GeiSking. Indianapolis hoodlum,
when the latter was arrested here
as a suspect in the Jake Lingle muir
/ der case.
Rosenberg explained that he be-
/ lieves his wide contact among the
Louisville criminal world would lead
I the kidnaperS TO have confidence in
f him as a go-between.
He said he had had three phone
call responses TO his advertisement
Two of the callers. he said. hung up
Immediately and the third said he
would call back.
Hift Annln lie QrnhnL