The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-16
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indicated intimate acquaintance and hatred of members of the multi millionaire Stoll family. It even quoted in direct language an anti-social statement purportedly made by c. c. Stoll at corporation directors meeting. While in the house, the kidnaper referred to Berry Stoll by his first name and threatened to kill him.
 No Trace of Either No positive trace of abductor or victim has been found since Mrs Stoll was carried, scantily clad, from her home to waiting auto- mobile.
 6. All signs indicate that the $50,000 ransom was sent to a desig- mated spot but Is unclaimed. There is no way even to guess what has happened" said Harold l.. Nathan, sent from Washington to direct federal agents. We have no way to tell whether Mrs Stoll is alive or dead"
 His fear was indicated by the increasing activity of police and hundreds of possemen in both Kentucky and Indiana after four days of inactivity. So long as hope was felt for Mrs Stoll's return the inyestigators held off in fear that they might jeopardize her safety. In the hilltop Stoll mansion there was no sign of activity. Husband in SeclusiOn Berry Stoll, terror-stricken hus- ban who at 30 is vice president of the Stoll Refining company, re- fused himself to newspapermen. Since he dashed frantically across central Kentucky in an automobile last Friady, presumably to pay or hide the ransom, he has connned himself to his 16-acre estate on ex- elusive Lime Kiln lane.
 Homes of his wealthy neighbors, including Robert w. Bingham, ann l bassador to England, we're investi- gated as possible hiding places of the kidnaper. Each resident was asked if his home had been oc- eupied constantly since the day of the abduction.
 Across the river in Indiana Sher- if Luther Childs led a posse through a heavily wooded section populated by squatters. The search CTS operated in a long line, moving about 10 feet apart through the und erbrush.
 George Stoll, brother of Berry, acted as spokesman for the family.
 His single conference with news- papermen revealed the anxiety
 within the Stoll home.
 If we could just get some
 word" he said, 'it wouldn't be such a terrific strain. We would
 do anything just to know how she ieD
 ''' Family Has New Hope Louisville, Ky, Oct 16-(U.P0-
 The wealthy family of Kidnapped Alice Speed Stoll turned from deep
 despair to new hope to-day. :. An encouraging combination or circumstances developed during the sixth day of the abduction case, leading to the conclusion the family believes Alice still is alive and soon may be returned.
 There was no official word from
 the family but the very fact that
 they remained silent was consider ed in some ways a good omen. 1t
 was pointed out that during the
 first four days after Alice was ab- ducted for $50,000 ransom the
 family issued a note to the kid
 naper daily.
 Discontinuance of this practice
 would tend to indicate a contact
 had been established and satisfac-
 tory negotiations completed,
 The case goes into the seventh
 day late this afternoon and there
 was a strong feeling among police that "break" may come tonight.
 Other developments that may or may not have a bearing on the feeling of, optimism in the family:
 l. Increased and unexplained activity of federal agents last night.
 Withdrawal of William Kam- merer as spokesman for the family for the announced reason that he had to Ego to Chicago on business
 3. Departure of John Tarrant, personal attorney for Berry V: Stoil, the husband from the Stoll mansion last midnight,
 The hopes that ride high among members of the family were In contrast, however, to a feeling of quarters. On the other side of the picture were the arguments that Mrs Stoll. 2S-year-old society wo- man, was i'll and scantiiy clad when she was dragged from her sick bed; that she was beaten over the head; that the ransom note openly threatened murder if q contact was not effected within five days.
 The 1900 word ransom note. penned originally to cover the kidnaping of Berry Stoll's father. was subject to many interpreta- tlons. One school of thought spec ulated that 1t indicated the author was interested purely in the ran som money, nointihg out an orig | inal figure of s30.000 had been scratched out and $50.000 substl. | tuted. Another Idea was that its re- | ference to hatred for the rich in- dicated the abductor possibly was | q diskruntled former employe Of | the stoll Refining Company. or Q 1 deposItor in the closed bank In |