Evening star., 1934-10-14
ST0LL BEGS CARE
FOR WIFE IN PLEA
Husbands Appea! to Kid
naper Follows Finding
of Pier Stains.
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scratched out and $4,000" inserted.
What might be new clue in the
case was reported today. Bennett
Turner, 80, a carpenter, said he was
positive a car passed his home half q
mile away from the Stoll place last
wednesday carrying the kidnapped
woman. He said the driver zig
Jagged as though he were drunk.
The woman, he said, had piece OF
sticking plaster across her mouth
and another on the right side of her
head.
The carpenters statement appar-
emily settled the question in the
minds of investigators as to the direc-
ton the kidnaper took and whether
he had assistance.
Saw Women in Car.
Declaring the car approached in
a zig-zag fashion, as if the driver
were drunk, Turner said.
When the machine got near me
pulled over and almost went on the
road trying to get out of the way. As
IT. passed me saw it was new black
Ford (the kind used by the kidnaper'
with a woman and man in the front
seat. The woman had big piece OF
sticking plaster across her mouth that
reached nearly back to her ears. She
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of her head. I thought it was some
woman who had been hit in the
mouth"
Turner said he was positive" the
car contained Mrs. Ston and her abb
ductor. AS far as he could see. he
added, no one else was in tie car.
The sudden search around the Stoll
estate which was pressed throughout
the day with apparently no conclusive
results was joined in by Department
Of Justice agents and local authorities
Indicated it was. ordered from Wash
Ington. Why, they refused to say
except that they sought clues. Fed
eral men were even more reticent.
The peace and quiet of the fash
ionable neighborhood, carefully ar
ranged two days ago in order to allay
any fears the kidnaper might have OF
making contact. was suddenly broken
by the roar of motors as squad cars
rushed in today to make the intensive
search of the area.
Asked whether the search was for
the woman's body, for clues or for
what, after policeman had said the
party might find the woman's body
Dunlap Wakefield, Louisville director
of safety, replied: Il can't say, ex-
cept that we are overlooking no clues u
Wakefield and others searched an
abandoned house, poking under its
rotting floors and into its cellar and
attic, other officers swarmed through
brush and woods and one said, Its
an all-day search; we'll keep at it
till we find something"
At a conference later officials said
the lapse Of time" since the kid
naping Wednesday had caused the
decision that the search should be
made
1t was started nearly 20 hours after
announcement that the kidnaper's S
requirements as to ransom had been
met, and when there had been no re-
ply from him so far as known and nc
indication of Mrs. Stoll's fate.
Mrs. Stoll, Who,- according to her
maid, Ann Woolet, resisted and
offered check to the kidnaper, was
struck on the head until blood came
before she was taken from the house.
and even then only cried, Lets CO.
when the man threatened to kill her
husband if he came in.
The family and Department of JUS
tice agents reiterated on every posi-
bic occasion to newspaper men that
the guards had been withdrawn so
the kidnapers might have no fear of
molestation if he desired to approach
the place for contact with the family
Suddenly, this morning, some 25
squad cars raced from Louisville
through the fashionable Upper River
road and headed southwark along
Lime Kiln lane. Officers, including
Department of Justice agents, city
and county police, separated into four
squads and began to comb an area
approximately a mile and a half in
diameter around the Stoll house.
Headquarters were established in
the Ballard school house a quarter of
mile from the Stoll home and the
officers began search that went over
almost foot by foot the surrounding
countryside, pushing through woods
and brush as though determined to
overlook nothing. There was no indi-
cation that they were trying to re-
cover any ransom money and the only
explanation given was that they were
after any clues.
About so police and Federal men
and some 35 eX-service men joined in
the intense search, after the squad
cars had roamed through the narrow
lanes that lead to the country home
of some of the wealthiest of Louis
ville's citizens. Scarcely 2 miles
away more than 1000 spectators
watched Americas best golfers striv-
ing for victory in the Louisville $4,000
open golf tournament. apparently un-
disturbed by the frantic search that
had been started so suddenly.