The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-25
THREE MEN STILL ARE
SOUGHT BY OFFICERS

NEW YORK, April rs. (UP).
Several "public officials of New
Jersey" are involved in the kid
mapping of Paul H. Wendell, Dis
'trict Attorney VIM. F. x. Geoghan
said last night. ;.
He declined to name them, but
announced his investigation would
20 "beyond the five men now un-
der Indictment" and find those re-
sponsible for the kidnapping OF
Wendell, disbarred Trenton at
torney whose confession" of the
Lindbergh' baby murder delayed
the execution of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann three days.
= Ellis Parker, the rural New
Jersey detective who spends much
of. his time chasing chicken thieves
was ordered last night to arrest
his son, Ellis Jr.-one of the five
men indicted on charges Of
kidnapping and torturing Wendell
New Jersey state police have sent
an alarm through eight eastern
states for young Parker's arrest.
SAYS YOUNG PARKER .
ARRANGED KIDNAPPING
Geoghan said young Parker, an
employee Of the New Jersey motor
fuel tax division, arranged the
kidnapping, disguised with a false
mustache, and dark glasses. AS
soon as he was indicted, Geoghan
added, he fed from his Mt. Holly
home in an automobile that was
going 80 miles an hour.
The elder Parker is county de-
tective of Burlington county, n.
J. His SON lives in that county.
and therefore District Attorney
William F. K. Geoghan Of Kings
county called on Parker to arrest
his son. The elderly, round-faced
Parker scratched his bald head in
bewilderment as he stood outside
the Elks club in Mt Holly, N. j.,
and was told he had just been
given his most important assign
ment.i Momentarily' he seemed to
have lost all the cunning that
earned him such an awesome rep
utation for the solution Of homi-
eide cases. 49,. "
HAS NO IDEA
WHERE SON IS
"Why, haven't any idea where
to find Ellis" the elder Parker
said. ."I've been looking for him
all day." -.
State police decided they might
be able to help the Burlington
county detective, so late yester-
day they sent an alarm through
eight states for young Parker's
arrest. ~.
While waiting for Parker to be
arrested, Geoghan outlined the
people's case against him. He said
the Indictment of Parker, Murray
Bleefeld, Harry Bleefeld, Harry
Weiss and Martin Schlossman was
only the start of the Wendell in
vestigation. -
eve will go beyond those in;
dictments," Geoghan said, "and
get the men who We're behind it
ALL" \.
The Wendell confession came at
time when: Coy. Harold G. Hoff-
man of New Jersey-who believes
Hauptmailn had scesMplices in
the LlndBergh crihe-wss looking
for some excuse fQr keeping the
condemned German alive. But
since Geoghan already, has said
that Hoffman had no connection
with the Wendell incident, there
was no indication who Geoghsn
was talking about when he men
toned "the men behind this" 1t
was Hoffman, however, who de
tached young Parker from his
regular duties and assigned him
to the Hauptmann investigation.
Wendell. said he was picked up
in New York on February II by
men who took him to. "a house in
the Sheepshead Bay section.
GEOGHAN SAYS ia
PARKER "FlNGER NAM,
Parker was. the finger man
for the gang Geoghan said,
"and he was the one. who fur
nished the handouts used on Wen
del. He came over to New York
and introduced himself as al
White Schlossman thought that
White was. q New Jersey det9c-
tive who was trying to find the
real Lindbereh kidnarer. so ne
ION the night ofEFebruary II