Evening star., 1936-05-02

SIOH Oy Fuut II. WcftUct, UtSOWICu
attorney, that he-not Richard
Bruno Hauptnann-ktdnaped the
flyer hero's son. WendePs inpolue-
ment in the case delayed for three
days the execution of Hauptmann,
Gou. HOFFMAN trusting the tnuesti-
cation of Ellis Parker, sr. Wendell
quickly denied his confession"
charged he Das kidnapped and tor
tured.
BY the Associated Press.
BROOKLYN, May 2.-Murray Flee
field, 28-year-old liquor salesman, in
dicted in the kidnapping Of Paul H.
Wendell, disbarred Trenton, N. j., law
yer, and Sol Marcus, Trenton cigar
store owner, held as an accessory after
the fact, were paraded in the lineup
at Manhattan police headquarters to-
day.
Bleefeld was asked only if he had
made a statement to District Attorney
William F. X. Geoghan. He an
swered, Yes"
The statement, Assistant District
earlier. included the charge that Ellis
H. Parker, sr., Burlington County,
N. j., detective, planned the kidnap-
ping. Parker's son, Ellis, is still a
fugitive, indicted with Bleefeld and
three other men.
After the lineup Bleefeld and
Marcus were returned to Brooklyn.
Arrested at Albany.
Bleefeld was formally arrested in
Albany yesterday. He had been in
Savannah, Ga, but left suddenly for
Cincinnati. Geoghan's Office, it was
learned, heard of his departure and
notified three New York detectives,
waiting in Detroit, to proceed to the
Ohio city. They accompanied him
by plane to Albany.
BleefeId has a record of several
arrests in New Jersey. He was never
convicted of any crime, however.
Madden said Bleefeld told of meet
ing the elder Parker in connection
with efforts to have prison sentence
reduced for his brother, jeff, convicted
OF possessing explosives.
The prisoner was quoted as telling
of visit in which he talked with Par
ker at his Mount Holly Office, asking
what chance my brother had of get
ting out before the time was up"
Madden continued to quote Blee-
field:
During the course of that CONVEX
sation Mr.. Parker said to me, I have
been commissioned by Gov. Harold
g. Hoffman to make complete in
vestigation of the Lindbergh kidnapping
case. I have complete charge of it
and I have man named Wendell
under suspicion. I have had him
under suspicion for the past four
years and I'm very anxious to get his
confession
''At that time Mr.. Parker outlined
the plan he was going to use to get
a confession, but to me it seemed
to be legal one. The whole thing
was Parker's scheme"
Madden said he would take Blee-
field before the grand jury today.
Says Lid Blown OF.
District Attorney William F. x.
Geoghan, who departed for home and
bed while Bleefeld was in the midst
Of his involved disclosures, declared:
His intimate story has blown the
lid off the whole case"
Geoghan said Marcus told him he
had delivered $3.50 in two trips to
New York to Mrs. Bleefeld, but had
severed his connections with the af-
fair when he had learned the money
was to permit Bleefeld to remain out
Of reach of the authorities.
Seeking Hotelkeeper.
The district, attorney said he was
searching for Trenton hotel
keeper who gave Marcus the money.
At Pennington, N. j., yesterday the
Hunterdon County grand jury cleared
Wendell of any completely in the kid
mapping of the Lindbergh baby.
One of the witnesses before the grand
Jury was Ellis Parker, ST., who had
previously expressed belief Hauptmann,
executed as the Hdnaper, was inno-
cent.
Parker had told the Mercer County
grand jury, which cleared Wendell of
any part in the Lindbergh kidnapping,
that he thought Wendell guilty as
hell"
Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck said
that before Parker appeared at yes
terday's inquest he asked the detec-
tive If he had found anything in his
investigation to support the KIDNAPPING
charge against Wendell.
Il could find nothing to sub
stantiate the confession" Hauck
quoted Parker as replying.