Evening star., 1934-10-17
K|DNAPER KNOWN
W|TH|NfEW HOURS.
Invisible Fingerprints on
Note Revealed BY Spe-
cial Powder.
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safely in the hands of the Inter
Mediarys daughter -in-law." The lat
ter, the agents knew, was the wife
Of the kidnaper.
with the safe return of Mrs. Stoll
the primary objective, Director Hoo
yer, who supervised the entire inves-
tigation from . central clearing house
Of information here, ordered the box
Of money paid over to Mrs. Robinson,
the kidnaper's wife, on Monday after
noon. The wife then was In NASH
vile. She received the heavy box Of
e10 and $40 bills from her father-in-
law. who had received it by railway
express from Louisville last week.
Spends Part Of Money.
Mrs. ~Robinson proceeded early
Monday evening to Indianapolis. Mrs.
Robinson spent some of the ransom
money, the serial numbers of which
had been recorded, in Indiana Tues
day and yesterday.
Shortly before 9 O'Clock last night
three women and a man emerged
from house in Indianapolis and
climbed into an automobile. The
women were Mrs. Stoll, Mrs. Robinson
and Mrs. Clegg and the man was
the clergyman husband of Mrs. Clegg.
Justice agents learned of this de-
velopment Immediately and drove to
Z main highway leading southwark
out Of indianapolis, while other agents
telephoned ahead Of the develop
ments. Squads of agents Immediately
began racing in high powered cars
horthward toward indianapolis to
meet the car containing Mrs. Stoll, in
the event 1t eluded the agents racing
TO head 1t on.
Car Forced TO Curb.
At Scottsburg, Ind, the agents
caught up with the fleeing car and
crowded it to the side of the road.
Mrs. Stoll was rescued and the other
three occupants were held for quqeqs-
tionine. Hoover said Mrs. Robinson was
being held as an accomplice of her
husband. Rev. and Mrs. Clegg, 1t
turned out, are relatives of Mrs. Stoll.
She had induced Mrs. Robinson to
take her to the Clegg home.
The minister and his wife had
agreed to aid Mrs. Robinson in re-
turning Mrs. Stoll to Louisville, in
accordance with the promise of the
kidnaper to surrender his victim upon
payment of the ransom.
From the first Hoover and his men
knew they we're dealing with q mad
man, who might do away with his
victim at the slightest provoca tion
The ransom letter, itself. was the work
OF q crazy man, they pointed out
for none but an insane person would
name his own father and his wife as
Intermediates.
The roles played In the crime by
the father and wife OF young Robinson
are under intensive investigation by
Justice agents. Both will be ques-
toned at length. 1t is said they both
have much to explain"
Sons Record Bad.
With the naming of the elder Rob-
tnson. retired bridge contractor OF
Nashville. as original intermediary
Justice agents promptly investigated
him and his family and learned that
his son had q bad record in Nash
vile. The son, 26, tall, slender and
black-haired. had spent 30 days In
the State Insane Asylum at Nashville
for impersonating an of1cer In 1929,
and had been accused earlier this year
Of several attempted assaults on
young women. A charge of robbery
growing out of one Of these attacks
was pending at the time Of the kid
naping. The sons description fitted
that of the kidnaper.
While this inquiry was proceeding
In Nashville, criminologists in the
Technical Laboratory at the new De-
parment Of Justice Building here
were examining the ransom note and
q bloody piece Of pipe under power
full microscopes. BY busting both
sides Of the long, typewriter docu-
ment with q special powder, q num-
Der Of telltale fingerprints were de-
veloped. The pipe had been used to
bludgeon Mrs. Stoll over the head.
The latent prints were checked
against the 1900, 900 criminal finger
prints on file here and within q few
minutes they were found to be iden-
tica1 with those Of one Thomas H.
Robinson, jr., No. 3488, committed
State Insane Asylum, Nashville,
Tenn, 1929"
Handwriting Checked.
Handwriting experts in the labora-
tory meanwhile were studying nota-
tions scribbled on margins Of the
typewriter note by the kidnaper.
Samples of the handwriting Of young
Robinson were compared with the
crudely printed words at the top of
each page Of the message and the
authorities on chirography expressed
the opinion that Robinson had writ
ten the notations.
The notations were added to the
letter at the time Of the actual kid
naping. after Robinson discovered
that the object of his original plot,
c. C. Stoll. father -in-law of Mrs.
Stoll, WAS not at home The letter