Evening star., 1937-05-17
wendell CASELA|D
T0PARKER 'SNUB'
Detective Worked to Solve
kidnapping After Slight,
Court Hears.
y the Associated Press.

NEWARK, N. j., May 17.-Because
he was "snubbed" at an early con-
ference on the Lindbergh kidnapping
called by then Gov. A. Harry Moore,
Ellis H. Parker. ST., was quoted in his
conspiracy trial today as saying he
decided ito solve the case alone"
Murray Bleefeld, one of three con-
fessed participants in the abduction OF
Paul H. Wendell, testifying for the
Government in the Federal court trail
Of Parker, chief of Burlington County
detectives, and his son, Ellis, jr., was
asked If the senior Parker gave any
reason for delay in producing Wendell
apd his confession" to the Lindbersh
kidnapping
He said Parker told him that he had
been "snubbed" by not being invited
tosthe early Lindbergh case conference.
sHe said he decided to solve the case
albne," Bleefeld testified, "and for that
reason he did not want to share his Sc
cIet until he could break it wide
open."
sClaims Parker Read Confession,
In New York while Wendell was held
there. Bleef1eld testified, Parker put
on a pair of gloves" and read the
former Trenton lawyers confession"
to the kidnapping.
It was the fourth or fifth day" that
Wendell was held, said Bleefeld Re-
euming his account OF Wendel's To-
day imprisonment in Brooklyn, which
followed his seizure in New York on
February IA, 1886, Bleefeld was the
first witness In the fourth week Of ths
Parker trial.
Bleefeld had described Friday the
third degree administered to Wendell
and continued today an account Of =
verbal confession" to the Lindbergh
crime made by Wendell following his
torture.
Later, he said, Wendell began to
write page by page.
He'd write q page and I'd take 1t
out to Ellis Parker, jr," Bleefeld tes-
tined. He'd say he was lying about
this or that and I'd tell Wendell that
and Wendell would change It,"
After Wendell had completed his
Arst confession" Bleefeld said, Ellis
jr., called his father and arranged to
have him come to New York"
Bleefeld said Parker, ST., wanted a
different theory of the Lindbergh
babys death-the confession" said
the baby died naturally-to conform
with the theory of death Of DR..
Mitchell (Mercer County physician).
who performed the autopsy"
Didn't Know What to Believe"
Woman jurors questioned Bleefeld
to determine II he, hearing Wendels
confession" believed Wendell was the
kidnaper.
4 didn't know what to believe -
Bleefeld said.
Bleefeld said he and Ellis. jr., met
the senior Parker and Mrs. Anna Bad
ting, the detectives secretary, IN New
York.
Both Parker, m, and Mrs Bading
read tho confession with their gloves
on," Bleefeld said, then both ad-
vanced their theories Of what was
wrong"
Ellis, sr.. said then, Bleefeld testi-
fed, that he was going to allow Wen
Gel to say the baby died natural
death. because he did not believe IN
capital punish and did not want Wen
del to go to the electric chair"
On February ~, he said both Park
81, Mrs. Bading and himself met
eEain In New York and Detective
Parker put his stamp Of approval on
the confession and said 1t would do
until Wendell got to Mount Holly"
Plans were made among U.s." he
said, 80 as to make 1t appear the
confession was voluntary"
On one occasion In mid-January,
Bleefeld stated, he and Parker, jr.,
waited In Z New York hotel for Gov.
Hoffman.
IT met the Governor I was told
not to tell the part played until this
thing broke Wide open," the witness
eAid.
He said the Parkers conferred with
the Governor and that Gov. Hoffman
asked "how soon they were going to
pick up their suspect" in the Lind
bergh case.