The Washington times., 1937-01-14
BELIEVED AIDE
OF KIDNAPER
IN CRIME
Hammer Is Recovered
Near Place Boys
Body Thrown
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net Tim" and his accomplice,
or accomplices.
6. Reports from California
that a suspect is under investl-
cation at Santa Rosa and that
Folsom and San Quentin prisons
have been asked to forward pho
tographS of two former convicts
to Tacoma police for possible
identification in the Mattson
case.
The suspect held incommuni-
cado at santa Rosa identified
himself as Harold D. Sproule, 38.
Because road maps of the Pacific
Northwest and stationary of Sc
attic and Vancouver, B. c., hotels
were found among his effects,
Sproule at least temporarily, top
ped the G~men's list Of suspects.
He admitted a long criminal rec
ord dating back to 1923, when he
served time in Sing Sing Prison.
Noses Similar
Another reason why G-nlen were
making an exhaustive check OF
Sproule's activities since the kid
naping was due to the reSem-
blance Of his facial characteristics
to those of the kidnap-Slayer.
Sproule's nose was described as
"long and lean," resembling the
hook-noSe of the kidnap-Slayer. He
has a heavy beard and was shaw.
ing when arrested.
The hammer. similar to those
used by machiniStS, was found by
the State highway patrol two miles
south of the spot where the boys
body was tossed into the brush. 1t
was on the same road.
Rain and melting snow Of the
past three days had washed off
any clues but the officers scooped
I'D soil under the tool and turned
it over to a chemist for examina-
ton. They believed the soil an.
alysis will reveal hair and blood
from Charles head.
Blood Identified
A local chemist identified the
blood on the seat of the car i'm
pounded here as closely as he
could. Scrapings from the seat
and a sample of the Mattson boys
blood, however, were sent to the
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
at Washington for a chemical COM
parison.
The man held at Olympia, &C.
cording to State highway officers,
was seen in the vicinity Of the
fashionable home of DR.. w. w.
MattSon, the murdered boys
father, shortly before Charles was
abducted.
The stake" on the house here
followed a trap at another resi-
dence which clicked on the wrong
persons, two workmen who were
able to establish beyond doubt
their non-participation in any
crime.
Trap Set At House
But the officers, firm in their
belief that the slayer still is
around Everett, Immediately set
up their watch at the new place,
hoping Tim" will appear.
This house, under renovation.
shows signs of occupancy since
workmen halted work temporarily
about three weeks ago. This fits
into the time element, as Charles
was abducted December 27.
Examination of the impounded
cars Speedometer clinched the
opinion of all officers that the deS-
perado did not go far from Everett
after he stole the boy and prob
ably still is in the vicinity.
SpeedOmeter Checked
The speedometer showed exactly
rs miles travel since it was stolen
from Williams. Reconstruction of
this angle is that Tim" trans
ported the boy from Tacoma to
Everett in one car, kept him in a
hideout until he was murdered,
then picked up Williams car to
dispose of the body.
The lmpounded car was left on
an Everett street late Sunday
night few hours after the boy,
then dead probably a week, was
thrown into the snowy brush. A
man swung the machine quickly
into the curb, flung himself out
with such haste he left the door
swinging, leaped into another car,
driven by person not identified
as a man or woman, and sped
away.
The second car is thought to be
the one which transported the
boy from Tacoma and its driver
perhaps Tins" woman accom-
plice, or at least companion.