The Washington times., 1937-01-13
OTHER CLUES
ALSO TRACED
BY G-MEN
Two Seized in Canada
as Suspects; Rites
Today for Boy
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believed to be a black coach with
the back seat and floor stained
with blood.
Fingerfrints Sought
Rushing the machine into the
garage in deep secrecy, all Of
ficers here blandly denied they
knew anything Of the find, but
it was further learned they made
arrangements for a close exam1na-
ton for fingerprints and otner
evidence which may connect II
with the kidnaper.
The fact that the car was only
picked up yesterday-if it is the
abductor'S machine-woMd mdl'
cate the trail is hot. That the
quarry is not far from Everett,
and this possibility spurred the IN
yesigators into greater activity.
Another late development was a
report from Lowell, on the Great
Northern railroad, near Everett.
that a man had been taken into
custody in the yards and rushed
to Seattle under heavy guard. The
Omen had their usual mo COM
ment" on this, while the station
agent at Lowell said he knew
nothing except some men grabbed
this fellow and hustled him away"
The boy was stabbed in the back
before being bludgeoned to death,
international News Service learned
after an autopsy was performed
bv DR.. S. M. Creswell and Dr.
Charles Mccall, medical associates
Of DR.. MattSon.
All Clues Traced
AS the new and most important
development electrified the army
Of law enforcement agents on the
case. the drive was continued on
all other reports, suspects and
clues.
The Northwest was engaged IN
its great man-hunt with a deter
nnination to bring the fiend to
Justice, to capture him dead or
alive, and there was a grim attl'
tude from the citizenry that lent
an air Of probability to the talR
Of lynching freely heard in this
vicinity and around Tacoma
where DR.. and Mrs. Mattson are
burying their son later today.
There were two other develop
ments, besides the finding OF the
lead here, which received close at
tention from the G-men and Other
officers. These were the discov
cry Of a shack. perhaps the hide
out of "Tim," near the spot where
the body was flung and the hold
ing Of two men in Grand Forks,
B. c., for questioning.
Shack Investigated
State patrolmen and Federal
agents had established q close
guard around the shack, which is
in a thicket of woods, accessible
only by a narrow, rutty road. They
went over the structure inch by
inch, following the report Of two
nearby farmers who said that two
weeks ago, the night after Charles
was whisked from home, a car was
driven to the shack and remained
all night.
No one was seen near the place
again. the farmers said, until last
Sunday night, when a car was
driven in there, remained a short
time, and then disappeared. It
IVES at about this time, tnvestiga.
tors believe, that the nude and
battered body was consigned to
the snow.
state police removed a huge
four+foot window from the shack
and turned it over to Omen to be
examined for fingerprints. A tin
cup and mirror also were exam
ined for fingerprintS and a pair
Of boots were to be compared with
fingerprintS found near the body,
Two men arrested in Canada, it
was reported here, were seized by
the Royal Canadian mounted po'
lice for illegal entry into the eoun.
try and fined for carrying fire
arms without q permit. They
were said. to be carrying rifles,
shotgunS, pistols and a consider
able amount of ammunition.