Evening star., 1936-04-29
$5O,ODO BAIL SET
TO HOLD WEISS
Under indictment in Wendell
KIDNAPPING, Taxi Driver
BIames Parker.
Nv the Associated Press.

By the ASSoclaIeo FIesS.
BROOKLYN, April 20. - Harry
Weiss, 28-year-old Brooklyn taxicab
driver, was held in $50,000 bail today
on an indictment charging kidnap and
assault of Paul H. Wendell, disbarred
Trenton attorney. whose confession
to the Lindbergh kidnapping delayed
the execution of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann for three days.
Weiss. arrested yesterday in Youngs-
town, Ohio, was arraigned before
Kings County Judge George w. Martin
after he had appeared in the Manhat-
tan police headquarters lineup and
had been questioned by District At
torney William F. x. Geoghan.
His counsel. former Magistrate JOS
eph Goldstein, asked in vain that low
bail be set. naming specifically the
amount of $500 which was set fol
Martin Schlossman, another Of those
involved in the kidnapping. SchloSS-
man Is free in bail
1T might be wise to keep him in jail
at present for his own preservation
and health" the judge said.
Blames Ellis Parker. Jr.
Weiss. Geoghan had said earlier,
confessed his part in the kidnapping
and named Ellis Parker, jr, son of the
famed Burlington County, N. j., de-
tective chief as the finger man."
THE district attorney" Judge Mar
tin said, surely must have some good
reason for his request for high bail"
Geoghan recited briefly the history
of the caSe-how Werdel was seized ir
midtown New York and taken to the
Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn
tortured and held prisoner for days
before he was taken to New Jersey as
"the kidnaper" of the Lindbergh baby
Weiss entered plea of innocent te
the indictment His attorney in ask.
ing for lower bail said Weiss desired
to aid the authorities.
Weiss, the prosecutor said, charged
Parker fingered" Wendell the day HI
was abducted, helped in the torture
by which Wendels confession" tt
the Lindbergh crime supposedly wa!
obtained in a Sheepshead Bay hide
out, and supervised writing five Wen
del confessions.
Saw Him Yank Ropes.
"I saw Parker yank the ropes tina
pulled Wendell up and down like
jackrabbit," Geoghan said Weiss tole
him of the torture.
Geoghan said Weiss told of Par
ker, disguised in goggles and fals'
moustache. pointing out Wendell tt
his abductors on a midtown Manhat'
tan street.
Weiss, indicted for participating il
the abduction, was arrested yester.
day in Youngstown. Ohio, and re.
turned here. Parker. son of the re-
nowned Burlington County. N. j., de-
tective. and Murray Bleefeld, also
named in the confession. are under
indictment. Both are fugitives.
Geoghan said Weiss told him:
"Bleefeld told me I would attain
my ambition to become policeman
by helping him in this case. Bleefelc
said this fellow Parker has lot oi
influence in New Jersey and if you
go through with this you may be
made q G. man = asked
Parker If Bleefeld was kidding me
about being made State trooper and
he told me that I would be made a
trooper or crime investigator"
Parker supplied imitation glass and
metal guns for the kidnapers. hand
cuffs and police badges, Geoghan
quoted Weiss.
Woman's Identity Revealed.
Geoghan also revealed the identity
Of the mysterious blond witness whose
information he valued so highly that
he assigned her police guard. She
was Mrs. Henrietta Berger. he said,
linked with Weiss, but not involved
in the crime.
Geoghan announced after lengthy
questioning Of her that Mrs. Berger
carried a note for Weiss to the hotel
where Wendell had stayed but was un-
aware of its contents.
weiss, according to Geoghan, re-
ceived $40 from Parker for expenses
but received no other remuneration
II thought he was the kidnaper
Bleefeld told me he was, but the
first day we had him in the clear !
began to have my doubts" the pros
ecutor quoted Weiss.