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Evening star., 1934-10-17
R|CHBRONX YOUTH
HELD FOR $4,000
Junk Dealers ! Sons Car Il
Found Abandoned Near
Hauptmann Home.
!, she Assosisss4 rrsss.

- the Associated Press. !.
NEW YORK. October H.-The
snatch racket has struck in tie 1ronx
again.
Louis Isposito. 13-ysar.eM son ee
: wealthy junk dsAler. y beins hel1
By kidnapers for t30,ooo ransom.
Federal agents ard police -tust
concluding their case against bruno
Hauptmaian Ia the Iindbersh abdue-
ton ana murder--liave little - work
on. They say the youths family =
too fearful of kidnspert veneeAnce
to cooperate. =
Auts Pound Abanlsnsl.
Esposito vanished Monday evening.
but his disappearance was not made
public until late yesterday.
His automobile WAS found aban-
doned last night IN the Bronx. I
miles north Of his home and about .
mile south Of HauptmAnn's residence.
It's proximity to The AauptnAnn
home, however, was mot considered
significant.
The youth r. the son Of Anthony
Esposito. wealthy junk dealer. Louis.
who was engaged to be married
shortly, left his house Monday eve
ming to drive his grandfather home.
Two hours later Louis sister ans
wered . telephone CALL screamed and
tainted. The voice On the wire had
told her:
I'VE have Louis and you won't zee
him again unless yea pay ~ 2o,oo0."
Peliee NOTIFIED.
The speaker also said to await fur
ther instructions and not to notify
poHce. Omcers were called, however,
and sent out . confidential alarm for
Louis car.
Police inspector Henry Brucknan
said the department was giving the
family Q free hand. despite It's refusal
to cooperate. No guard was stationed
At the home.
A friend said last night that the
Esposito familys wealth was tied up
in real estate, and that 5000 was the
most cash they could raise.
Evening star., 1934-10-17
POOR HEALTH BELIEVED
TO HAVE LED TO SUICIDE
Mrs. Lucille Freear Dies at Emer-
gency Hospital After
Taking Poison.

Dependency over poor health Is
believed by police to have prompted
Mrs. Lucille Freear, II, to end her
life by taking poison yesterday at her
apartment, at ll25 Twelfth street.
She was found suffering from the
effects Of the poison by her husband,
Robert Freear, . pharmacist At Sol
diers' Home, who took her to Emer-
gency Hospital She died there sew
eral hours later
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
issued . certificate of suicide. Police
were told Mrs. Freear attempted to
commit suicide several months age
with gas.
Evening star., 1934-10-17

win mot BE- able TO collect his life I'M
surance, because yous cannot furnish
proofs Of death, % there 10 no corpus
delicti; his business viii suffer from
lack Of his leadership and prestige;
the bank loans are based on the
strength Of his life insurance, and
when they and out hoe he was done
away with and that his insurance
cannot be collected. they viii press the
company for more collateral On their
loans.
Complete instructions for payment
are on next page: Turn over.
INSTRUCTIONS. =
Amount Of ransom $4,000 CD
itor's note: The typed note originally
read $4,000 but this was crossed out
and the figures $50 900 written In with
. pen with the subsequent installment
payments corrected accordingly), 375,-
900 to be paid in $40 bills and SIS 900
to be paid in so bills.
Put this money In rs small . paste
board box as possible; pack and wrap
1t carefully 10 that 1t will be accepted
by the railway express agency; de-
clare the value OF package at $40; do
not state what it really contains
| Address 1t carefully and plainly;
then send 1t by railway express only,
to the intermediary who stoll and one
of our members agree on before he
Is taken from the house.
This intermediary's name will be
| filled in at the bottom Of this page by
Stoll. It will have to be one Of sew
eral business men living in Nashville,
Tenn, who we know to be 4 friend
Of Stcll. and who We are prepared to
watch in order to see IL you try to
set 4 trap for Us We win allow Stoll
to choose one Of these men.
Five Day Limit.
This Intermediary must have alb
solute freedom from police. He must
not even be questioned by any one.
You must not correspond with him.
II he is put wise, the deal Is Oh. and
we win carry out our threat ~ to
Stoll. We must have q clear op-
portunity to contact the intermediary
We cannot do that with police sur
rounding the house. II they do, you
can take our word that we will know
Of this fact in advance, and then
We will make no effort to collect the
money. but will then do what We
have said We would about 'Stoll.
Starting the day after the kidnap-
ing. We give you (five) days (not
including Sunday to get the money
into the hands Of the Intermediary
This means that 1t must be sent on
the fourth day in order to arrive on
the NTH. Do this sooner, II pos
sible, Is the sooner Stoll Is returned,
the easier it will be on him.
Promises Released.
Then, just as soon ~ We get the
money into our hands, Stoll will be
released unharmed. To this We give
you our word
We will call express agency in Nash
Evening star., 1934-10-17
BRITISH LEAD RISES
IN BRIDGE CONTEST
culbertson and q. 8. Players Con
hdent Of Retaining Schwab
Prize, However.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. October 1.-THE Amer.
lean defenders OF the Schwab Bridge
Trophy continued play against a
mounting English lead today in the
third session of the five days of play.
But Ely Culbertson and his team
mates were still confident they would
retain the most eagerly sought prize
in international bridge.
Before play opened today the Brit
ish team, after 120 hands. led, 4O,43O
points to Americas 1850 points.
Evening star., 1934-10-17

octopus, the capitalist, who Is menac-
ing the very foundations Of our cosin-
try. It is q serious mistake for right
thinking men to declare 1t an offense
to kill or kidnap for ransom . cap
italist.
Complains Of Little Money.
However. we cannot aggrevate our
offense any by killing Stoll, II we have
to. He Is the main witness against US,
and his body could not be produced,
50 the law could nos prove we killed
him.
We are taking Stoll to our farm
We have already been told that we
would be dispossessed within 10 days
for not paying rent. Our money u
low. We are not able to feed our
selves for long, much less Stoll. we
are Just about Is desperate as once
respected working men can set,
harassed as we are by capitalists such
A. Stoll, Mellon, Morgan, insult. etc
Prom these conditions there is nc
time for q bunch Of negotiations be-
tween as. other than those In this let
ter No bargaining.
In the kidnapings Of Baby Lind
bersh. william Hamm, jr.: Jake Fac
tor. Charles r. Urchel, Nell Donnelly
Charles Boetcher. I'd. etc, the polict
we're called In and the Federal men
too, yet the families were forced te
paw the ransom money, because ths
police were unable to solve the cases
in time to prevent payment. The po-
lice only delayed the return Of the
victim and caused more suffering Ill
around. Once you call In police you
cannot get rid of them when you dis.
cover that they cannot bring your
father back, and you would like to &C
ahead and pay the ransan - directed
but they won't let you contact the
kidnapers.
Beasts sf shrewdnsss.
You cannot deal secretly with the
police. either. There Is always soms
crooked cop who win tip OF . news
paper reporter for . sum Of money.
You would be unable to catch us In
time to save the Afe Of Stoll. We are
not the average run Of criminal. q
you have found out. The police can
not 20 out to some pool hall and round
up our gang. We have no record. II
Is useless to look In the conyentiona
rogues' gallery for our pictures. OuI
job Il too carefully planned and exc
cuted. Police win waste your time
having you run down to the station tr
look over suspicious or known Grim.
inals. Then 1t will be too late for yor
to save Stolls life. We cannot wait
over d week for our money.
Results of having to kill Stoll: BE.
sides sentimental reasons, the family
Evening star., 1934-10-17
peomiss 70 y hom4 'by 8SeIoek ever

afternoou. *sass Ktg9 q.
% carefully slaielded '~as the eiri
that she never had . laree number
Of friends. She was or 4 cool, eau
ttosas and observing nature. She
seemed b, learn to watch things
Since her brilliant wedding "a is77
TO Berry ". Stoll, wealthy oilman in
Louisville, Alice continued the visi-
lance. The Stolh built their home
on Lime Kiln lane. On the outskirts
OF town precautions against invaders
were taken. Three large beacon
lights were installed to lieht the
grounds at hight and ghow up any
intruder. A large Great Dane. Hec-
tor. roved the front lawn, ready tc
attack any one coming In the sates
whom he did not know.
Her friends planning to drop In TO
zee her, often telephoned first 30 that
she could chain UP the dog. Three
seryants, also, we're on duty Of the
Stolls estate. . cook, butler and a
yardman.
But on the day q man kidnaped he,
the butler was In town, the yardman
far away across the estate and tn
dog was III.
Evening star., 1934-10-17
Text of Ransom Note
Letter of Instruction to Family Reveals That Kid
ndper Had Planned to Abdact c. c. SfoN,
Her Father.in-Law.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Justice Department disclosed
yesterday that the kidnapers
had prepared for the abduction OF
either Mrs. Alice Speed Ston or
c. c. Sfoll. her father -in-l0tc. The
tert OF the ransom note made
public bv the department was
worded to provide for return OF
Stoli.
The tert OF the note follows:
To the members of the Stoll family:
Warning: Stoll has been kidnapped
for ransom. Overcome your first nat
ural impulse to call In the police.
Otherwise you will regret 1t.
The life OF Stoll, and later on the
lives Of his sons and their families,
depend on the Stoll family reading
this letter thoroughly, and obeying
our instructions from the beginning
and for all time thereafter.
Read this letter and you will
realize that we mean business. We
want the money. not the life Of Stoil,
but II you let the police know the
details Of this letter, or where pay
ment Of the ransom money Is to be
made. or II there Is any evidence
that you mean to double-cross US by
sending q dummy" package, watch
ing the intermediary named In this
letter. or otherwise try to get q trap
for US. We are prepared to do this:
KIN Stoll and burn his body; scat
ter his ashes In . stream of water;
clean the galvanized tank In such
. manner as to defy . microscopic
examination Of 1t. There will be no
ashes left to analyse. This will keep
the law from finding the corpus
deficit, or body Of Stoll. ~
Aware Of Penalty.
This is no idle threat. We are fully
aware that kidnapping Il punishable by
death IN Kentucky, and also we would
be subject to the death penalty under
the Federal law, or Lindbereh law, II
we were forced by the publicity to
take stoll or his body over Z State
line. However, the capitalists with
their power got this law passed. as It
could not be wrong to rid this country
Of the capitalist. or make him share
his money with his less fortunate
brothers. It would be an act Of
patriotism to kill this capitalist. st0ll,
who was overheard to say, concerning
Roosevelt and the N. n. A. Mr.. So
and-so, We are In the hands Of .
dictator. We capitalists do not know
what to look forward to; We are con-
serving our money; why, ] would not
spend one dime to even paint up my
fllling stations" No, he wouldn't, but
he viii spend plenty to get returned
to his family alive. He II really In
the hands Of q dictator now. It u this
Evening star., 1934-10-17
D. C. CORNELL ALUMNI
TO HEAR CREED FULTo.
Corporation Vice President 4
SPEAK at Luncheon Tomorrow
on University Situation.

Greed Fulton. first vice president
the Cornell Alumni Corporation. vii.
address . luncheon meeting Of thu
washington Chapter Of the. Cornell
Alumni tomorrow at 1880 pm. at the
University Club.
Fulton, who attended . meeting of
the corporation at Ithaca last week,
will outline tentative changes and re-
port on conditions ut the university.
Edward Holmes, president OF the
club, will preside.
Evening star., 1934-10-17
MRS. r! ALICE sTOLL
ALMAYS GUARDED
Precautions Taken Since
DAY she VIA sotn to
FoiI Abductofs.

|tcspyriehs, 1884. ~ the Assssiats1 Press.
e IoulDvu11. October l7.-Alice
spesd stoli vas elaborately guarded
fro14 early childhood against lid
nspsrs. After marriage, Alice con-
tinued ths prscautions. She prae-
|teed pistol shootns. shs kept .
al@lous dos.
she became the victim Of
sns q the Natioo,ss most sensational
kidnapines.
N. ana Nm. shAllsfss speed,
Emembers Of one of Kentuo1yss oldest
|nnd wealthiest families. always real
nd their immense fortune might be
3 magnet TO draw them III. II has
been estimated 90 high at e10, ,00o, 600.
Fr1tads Of the family recalled today
that tkt yigilancs began when Alice
was born Ct the fortress. like home Of
her sran0father, James Dreckinridge
Speed, at the corner Of Ormsby and
0arvin place In Louisville.
frsteste1 y Esnes.
The sarden where the baby had her
airings was surrounded ~ Q high
spiked fence.
when the little girl started in
school, she went to eemple Collegiate
School hack Of the old Speed home.
Mrs. speed gave lAvishly TO the insti-
tuition. Alice only had to 90 through
her backyard apd across an alley, but
she wAs always escorted by the family
chauffeur.
In later years the speeds sold their
town home and built . beautiful
mansion on Lexington road. The new
home was far from the school. DO
Mrs. Speed had 1t moved to the
highlands. She doubled the amount
Of money raised by subscription for
the endowment. The new school was
built on olenmary avenue and the old
building abandoned.
Freedom Curbed.
Alice WAS not allowed to run down
to the corner for q soda. She never
went with other girls to movies or
wandered gayly with them through
the pnrk. She WAS accompanied to
her friends homes BY Q maid.
After Alice was old enough to drive
her own car, her father made her
Montgomery County sentinel., 1934-02-22
High School Girls Out
For Scholarships Here

University scholarships will be the
goal of high school girls of this city
Who compete in nationwide essay
contest Just announced.
This educational project, known as
the national meat story contest, has
been conducted annually since 1924
under the supervision of teachers in
hundreds of high schools throughout
the country, according to the National
Live Stock and Meat Board, it's spon-
sor.
National, sectional, and state win
ners are selected each year. Miss
Mary Annabel Schwartz, a Gathers
burg girl, was the state champion of
Maryland last year.
Contestants have until March Is to
get their essays in. These essays,
judging from past years, will cover a
wide range of subjects such as, meat
in the balanced diet, the preparation
of meat, meat in the economy budget
the Importance of the livestock and
meat industry, etc.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1934-02-22
p. 7. A. Hears State
Librarian In Church
Early Improvement OF Monroe
Street Is Favored By Local
Organization

Miss Adelene ]. Pratt, State librar-
ian, was the principal speaker at the
last meeting of the Rockville Parent
teacher Association.
She stressed the Importance of a
wise selection Of books for children
gave her idea of model school
library and described the bookmobile
and the wonderful work it is doing in
making wholesome literature avail
able to persons in remote places who
otherwise would not be able to enjoy
reading Of the kind.
At the suggestion of Edgar Reed, a
member of the Rockville Town Coun-
Gil, the association placed itself on
record as favoring early Improvement
on Monroe street, on which the high
school property borders on the west
side, and the president, Mrs. Eugene
w. Scott, was authorized to appoint
committee of three to urge the mat
ter upon the County Commissioners
1t was stated that the Rockville
Chamber of Commerce and the mayor
and Council have indorsed the prof
ects and that other Rockville group.
are expected to take similar action.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1934-02-22
Roads And Street Cars
Discussed By C.. of C.

Continued from page u
and seriousness of purpose marks the
successful civic group. He urged
greater interest in national affairs.
Harris Hull, news broadcaster OF
the Washington Post, spoke entertain
lingly on "The Radio in News"
The following new members were
approved: Ebert Clagett, Martins
Lunch Room, S. M. Hamilton, Walter
A. Miller, J. Harry Gormley, Mich
olas Brewer, B. G. Sanders, H. L.
Elliot, Charles E. Moriarty, Stephen
jC. Cromwell, A. F. Beane, Samuel
Grossman, William Steinberg, Russell
s.. Magruder and Carl Eastwood.
President Walter F. FunderbunS
presided and Townsend Howes acted
as secretary in the absence of o. w.
Anderson. A committee of Rockville
women served refreshments at the con-
Iclusion of the program.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1934-02-22
DIR. Wade To Preside At
COnley-FOr- Governor Meet

DIR. J. Hubert Wade will preside at
the dinner to be given in Beaver Greek
Community Hall this evening for the
purpose of organizing Washington
County Conley-for- Governor Club.
This will be similar in aim to that re-
Gently formed in Frederick County,
which was the first Of the county
groups organized to assist in the
campaign of DR.. Charles H. Conley of
Frederick for nomination as Demo-
cratic Governor at the primaries next
September.
More than 200, it is said, are expect
ed at the Beaver Greek dinner meet
ing and in addition to representatives
of various counties those present will
include a number of the Baltimore
men who are strongly advocating DR..
Conleyis nomination. He will be the
principal speaker.
On Wednesday evening DIR. Conley
attended the meeting of the Club of
the Alumni Association Of the Uni
versity of Maryland at College Park.
L. Med. Sylvester is president of this
organization. III
Montgomery County sentinel., 1934-02-22
Rev. Frank S. Niles Is
Inquiry Club Speaker

Mrs. Reuben Pumphrey and Miss
Edna Hauke were hostess for the In
quiry Club of Rockville, which met
Monday evening in the Assembly
room of the Presbyterian Church with
the Women's club as guests. After a
short business meeting, Mrs. Eugene
Scott sang, "Homing" and Mother
McCree," with Miss Elizabeth Robert
son at the piano.
The guest speaker, Rev. Frank Sar-
geant Niles, for seventeen years a
Missionary in China, now pastor of
the Georgetown Presbyterian Church,
spoke of the Revolutionary Movement
in China, inaugurated and financed,
through contributions by Sun Yot Sen
the first president of Ccina, who was
a Christian. Mr.. Niles stressed the
fact that Revolutions are necessary in
heather countries to bring about re-
forms. Stunt Yot Sens brother-in-law,
the present president of China askes
these four questions:
1. How can I get the guidance of
God for the Affairs of State?
2. How can 1 convince my mother
that Christianity is Superior to Bud
hism?
3. How can l get the help of Christ
for the rural problems of China?
/ 4. How can l get Christ to help me
to defeat the forces of Communism :?
Montgomery County sentinel., 1934-02-22
Rockville Methodist Church
News Notes

The pastors theme at the Rockville
Methodist Church Sunday morning
will be "The Stewardship of the Cos
pei" In his message Mr.. Sheppe will
point out that not the smallest part
of mans stewardship is that of the
stewardship of the Truth of Christs
Gospel.
= The second episode of "Leave it to
the Jones" will be feature of the
Sunday evening worship service. This
is religious dramatization of how
one family helped the Church succeed
in its Kingdom Extension program
Those taking part will be Mis-.
Frances Ricketts,, Miss Dorothy Kraft
Miss Betty Young, Mr. Julian Hoskin
son, and Mr.. B. ]. Lanier. The pas
tors Sunday evening theme will b
"The Great Obstacle"
On Tuesday night the Council O
the Young Peoples Division held it
monthly business meeting followed b,
training class for all of the officer
OF the division. The meeting was pre-
sided over by Miss Mary Margare
Kraft, president of the Division. Tn
weekly worship service which will b
held at the Church Sunday evening a
6:45 will be led by Miss Hilda Kraft
Montgomery County sentinel., 1934-02-22
Rockville Quints Meet
TOwsOn Here On Saturday

The Rockville basketball teams
will meet the Towson Stars on the
Rockville court Saturday, February
oath. The Towson girls are the cham
pions of Maryland, but only defeated
the Rockville girls by score of 22-18
last season and the Rockville girls,
who have only been defeated twice
this year, expect to give them some
pretty strong competition on Satur-
day.
The Rockville boys came out victor
ious over the Towson five last year
and expect to do the same this season
Tuesday, February 81 the Rockville
boys will challenge the Bethesda Fire
Department at Rockville. In the first
encounter with the firemen, Rockville
won, 31-14.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1934-02-22
Mrs. Rachel d. Dwyer

Funeral services were held today
for Mrs. Rachel D. Dwyer, S3, widow
of the late William E. Dwyer. The
funeral took place from the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Ernest W. Moxley,
at Gaithersburg. Interment was at
Laytonsville.
Mrs. Dwyer died following an ILL
ness from pneumonia. She is survived
by sister, Mrs. Mary Jane Hardt, of
Hagerstown; one brother, Charles
Musgrove, of Baltimore and the fol-
lowing children: Mrs. Wilbert Pierce,
Colesville; George L. Dwyer, Glen
wood; Mrs. William Ridgely, Gath
ersburg; William C. Dwyer, Frederick
Lycurgus Dwyer, Arlington, Va; Mrs.
Moxley, Gaithersburg; Mrs. George
W. Marshall, Gaithersburg and Mar
ion M. Dwyer, Baltimore.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1934-02-22
Ann Ricketts,, Once The
County's Most Widely
Known Woman, Is Dead

Miss Ann Maria Ricketts,, 80, a
decade ago the most widely known
woman in Montgomery County,
was buried yesterday with quiet
rites at Derwood. The aged woman
died in a Maryland Hospital fol-
lowing a long illness.
To many residents of the county,
even of Rockville, the notice of her
death is a surprise, for many had
thought she had already passed
away because of her absence from
scenes where she had been prom
inent for over a half-century. She
had been counted out with the
passing of the Rockville Fair,
which she was wont to attend every
year to renew old acquaintances
and form new ones.
The funeral was held at the home
of Mrs. Buck Ricketts,, at Potomac.
She leaves three sisters, Elizabeth
R., Laura V. and Mary F. Ricketts,.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1934-02-22
Two Great Features.

"The First World War" and "Amer-
lea On Parade" two big picture fea-
lures, are winning acclaim in The
Washington Star each Sunday. The
first is a special eight-page roto-
gravure section devoted to the World
War; the other deals with the march
of America from the Civil War to
the present day-a full page of re-
markable photographs each Sunday
Order your copy of next Sunday 5
Washington Star from your news
dealer today.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1934-02-22
John f. Harris

Funeral services were held Sunday
for John F. Harris, 76, former resi-
dent of Travilah, who died Friday in
the Emergency Hospital, Washington.
Burial was in the Darnestown ceme-
terry.
Mr.. Harris was son of the late
Benjamin Harris. He is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Augusta Frisiy, of
Laurel; three sons, Francis NJ,
Samuel F. and Spencer A. Harris, of
Travilah; Jefferson D. and Louis N.
Harris, of Washington.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1934-02-22
COlesville Ball Club
Gives Dance Saturday

The Colesville Baseball Club will
give benefit dance on Saturday, Feb.
ruary "a, from to IL P. M. at the
Burtonsville Grange Hall at Burtons-
vile. A popular orchestra will fur
nish the music. Admission will be SO
cents for gentlemen and 25 cents for
ladies.
Colesville has had one of the best
teams in Montgomery County fol-
some time.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1934-02-22
Moisture in Germ

Thirty per cent or more of the
weight of corn at harvest time may be
water. The moisture content de-
creases after the crop natures at vary
Ing rates in accordance With the
weather and storage conditions, until
1t approximates the average moisture
content, of the surrounding atmosphere,
when the corn is commonly considered
dry.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1934-02-22
Rockville Pitch Club
Entertains POOlesville

The Rockville pitch club, composed
of a dozen expert county seat players,
entertained the Poolesville and Daw-
sonville- Seneca pitch clubs recently
Former States Attorney Maurice Tai
bott headed the committee in charge.