The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-13

NOT FATAL, IS
LATE FINDING
Friends Believe Withhold
ing of Mail Prevented
Ransom Contact
MANY NEW CLUES ARE
BEING DEVELOPED

TACOMA, Wash, Jan. l3.---
(UP). - Ten-year-old Charles
Mattson was stabbed in the back
and then bludgeoned to death by
a degenerate, the United Press
learned today on unimpeachablc
authority.
This development gave point 10
the secret search of G-mcn and
the excited search of approx
mately 1000 Washington officials
and citizens for the kidnaper-
slayer of the boy stolen from his
parents home Dec. 81. The G-
men were seeking a former in
mate Of the Washington asylum
for the insane who has known
mania for kidnapping. They are
armed with definite clues.
The manner Of the child's death
was revealed by q secret autopsy
performed by Drs. S. NJ. Cresswell
and Charles Mccall, working un-
der the direction Of Z. j. Connel-
ly, second in command of federal
bureau of investigation forces.
The three men worked alone
behind locked doors, and their
gruesome task revealed further
evidence of the inhuman torturcs
suffered by the 10-year-old schools
boy.
It was established that Charles
did not die from the stabbing, the
knife missed The vital organs, and
that the slayer completed his job
by battering in almost the entire
rear portion Of the boys head.
The killer was sexual pervcrt,
the United Press learned the sci
enlist had decided.
TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 49,
(UP). - Police of Puyallup. a
small town nine miles east of Ia
coma, are holding a blood.stained
jacket and an abandoned auto
mobile as possible clues in the
kidnap-slaying Of 10 year old
Charles Mattson of Tacoma, it was
learned last night, as 10000 po-
lice led by 45 Omen combed the
Northwest for the killer.
The jacket was found in the
automobile, which Puyallup police
seized. They are examining the
jacket and the machine for finger
prints.
A reliable source said the JAG
ket was of the same color and
type as that worn by the young
est son of DR.. and Mrs. William
w. Mattson when he was stolen
from the family home Dec. u.
Charles had on a blue Upper JAG
ket, a pair of trousers and pair
Of Alaska seal fur slippers.
Puyallup police guarded their
find jealousy and refused 20 an
swer questions about it. II was
understood that they had been adj
vised not to talk by Federal Blu
reau of Investigation agents.
Chief of Police Glen Barton adj
mitted he had been ordered not to
comment.
The federal agents criticized
Tacoma police for informing the
press of possible clue. The Ia
coma police had revealed they
were looking for a former San
Quentin prison convict known as
"Tim" who had been registered
at q second rate hotel here before
the Mattson kidnapping. Tim was
seen in the company of two other
former convicts at the hotel and
they were overheard discussing
plans for a "big job in Tacoma.
"Tim" checked out Dec. rs, the
day before the Mattson kidnapping.
MOB VIOLENCE THREATS
HEARD FOR MURDERER
The search for "Tim" and the
other suspects moved secretly un-
der FBI direction against a back
ground of civic indignation that
brought threats Of mob violence
if the slayer be captured and
brought here.
So savage were the denuncia-
tions of the still uncaptured slay-
err that Federal Bureau of lnvcs-
tigation agents received instruc-
tions to hide the kidnaper if and
when they catch him.
The bearded man who stole and
killed the schoolboy-son of DR..
and Mrs. Mattson had at least a
48-hour start on the peace au-
thorities, the FBI agents and the
thousands of amateur detectives
drawn into the man-hunt.
A Seattle newspaper reported
a nervous man had abandoned an
automobile containing a child's
clothing near Everett, where the
body was found Monday, but
there was no confirmation Of the
report.
The stunned reaction to news
of Charles death gave way to Of
fetal and public wrath which re-
suited in the posting Of the S10,-
900 reward for the slayer's cap
ture by the department Of justice,
q $1,000 reward by Bernarr Nc
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