The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Suspected Lawyer
Kidnapped, Paper Says

Kidnapped, Paper Says
NEW YORK. March 2s G.N.S.I
''New and astonishing disclosure
yesterday followed the Dali
Mirrors exclusive report abou
the diSbarred lawyer who ha
signed q 25-page confession i
the Lindbergh baby kidnap-mul
der" the Mirror said in q copy
righted story today.
The story added:
"The man, himself, was kid
naped on Broadway in New
York city by New Jersey Of.
ficers and held under torture
and threats near Sheepshead
Bay for IL days and nights In
q hide-away cottage.
"He was made to believe that
he had been 'snatched' for ran.
som. He was terrOrixed, beaten,
his lips taped. He screamed
that he had NO money and
no friends with money. When
his nerves were so frazzled that
he was hysterical, after five
sleepless days, he was suddenly
confronted with the demand:
"'You killed the Lindbergh
kid. Now come clean or we'll
kill yOu!'"
AGREED TO CONFESS
''He then confessed 49,
"ThiS man, whose name and
photographs are in. possession
Of the Mirror but withheld on
a pledge to cooperate with jus
tice, lived in Trenton, but was
seized in front of q Broadway
hotel, near Thirty y-eighth Street,
in the evening. He was pushed
into . closed car and rushed
through the city"
The story continued:
"The suspects relatives were
found yesterday. They said they
had not seen him in weeks.
whether his captOrs, all en-
gagged in Gov. Harold G. HOff-
mans reOpened investigation Of
the Lindbergh case, used such
Over-zealOuS third-degree tactics
in a misguided sense Of duty Is
unexplained so far.
"AnyhOw, the suspect, nerv.
Gus, fearful, agreed to confess
IL he were taken to the office
Of Ellis Parker, veteran Burl-
ingtOn county IN. J.) detective,
whom he had known for Is
years
DENIED BY DETECTIVE
at was in Mt. Holly, Parker'a
home, that the purpOrted con-
fessiOn to the crime was obtain
ed by Parker's aides it was
learned.
''In spite Of this, Parker em.
phatically yesterday denied Of
knowing anything about the new
suspect, or that there was any
intention Of taking him into
custody.
Parker did admit, however
that he questioned this former
lawyer some time ago, but
said nothing came of it,
Records Of the Trenton pO
lice headquarters also disclose
that two months ago, Parker
. lifelong friend of Governor
Hoffman mad his chief investi
gator, appeared there and OBJ
tanned q rOgue's gallery picture
Of the diSbarred lawer.
"FOrmer Police Chief William
Walters, In office at the time
Of the Lindbergh kidnapping
had called the attention Of
the authorities to the disbarred
lawyer shortly after the baby
vanished, but questioning then
failed to link him to the crime
., s~ WRITING SIMILAR
"In his purpOrted confession
the new suspect is reported tC
admit he maintained two apart
ments in Trenton at the time
Of the kidnaping-One In 8
shabby tenement district pop
uIated mostly by poor Italians
the ether in . fashionable sec
tion of the city. a
investigators considered thll
significant, in view Of DR.. join
r. 'JafSie' C0ndOn's Statement
that upon one occasion durinl
his negotiations with the kid
napers, he overheard an Italian
voice warning Graveyard john
to whom he was talking on tn
telephone, to shut his mouth
"The ex-lawyer's writing
said to bear q remarkable re
Semblance to that in several o
the Lindbergh ransom notes
which were in . German script
"He ID known to be familia'
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