Evening star., 1937-01-15
kidnapping
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hotter rapidly as sharp-eyed detec-
tives swiftly put together the bloody
pieces OF the kidnap mystery:
A deserted shack-suspected of be-
ing the kidnap lair
A sack of blood-stained clothing
found inside, both a boys and a
mans.
A heavy knife-perhaps the one
with which the boy was stabbed in
the back before he was bludgeoned
to death.
A blood-stained automobile, stolen
and abandoned-believed to be the
one in which the nude body was
taken to a point near Everett and
left to freeze in the snow
A machinist's hammer picked up
near the spot where a young hunter
stumbled on the victims body
Among the missing pieces Of the
puzzle were the 1886 license plates
on the car when it was stolen from
an Arlington, Wash. resident.
Information that little Charles, ap-
parently at the dictation of his cruel
abductor, wrote three letters to his
family, was reported in copyrighted
story by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
1t quoted a source above question"
Mayor Raps G-Men.
At Portland, Seattles Mayor, John
r. Dore, asserted in an interview we
could have caught that guy who stole
the Mattson boy If it hadn't been for
the G-Men but the Government says
hands off until the victim is re-
turned"
CDr. W. w. Mattson. the boys
father, requested cessation of all po-
lice activities at the time. fearing the
kidnaper might become terrorized and
kill his SON.
Investigators sought new clues in
Brushlands near Everett.
Federal agents refused comment on
the numerous clues. reports of arrests
or any other developments.
Mrs. Melvin Smith, who recently
moved to San Jose, told Sheriff Lyle
she recognized newspaper photo
sidpll VI IluyllCs as tllc Hidh VIII
rented the cottage on the Everett
Highway
She said the man and a woman
deserted the cottage in December
after failure to obtain lower rent.
Sheriff Sends Information.
1t is about 20 miles south of the
abandoned shack where the blood
stained clothing was found. Sheriff
Lyle relayed the information here for
study.
In its story on the 'inside" of the
negotiations. the Post-Intelligencer
said the last of the boys letters ap-
peared six days after the boy was
stolen from his Tacoma home. Five
days after the last note, DR.. Mattson
made a futile attempt to contact and
pay the kidnapers in response to tele-
phoned instructions.
Told of the story. DR.. Mattson said,
There is nothing to it." Gus B.
Appelman, a family spokesman, said:
Some of it is right. Most Of 1t
isn't"
The Seattle Times quoted a close
friend of the family as saying DR..
Mattson. attempting to pay his sons
abductors, saw two men in an auto
mobile, one resembling the swarthy
man who seized Charles. Both were
frightened away by an accident to an
| oil truck.
Hoover's Remark Cited.
This and similar reports, including
a remark by j. Edgar Hoover, chief Of
the Federal Bureau Of Investigation,
indicated officers were seeking two
men, rather than a lone kidnaper.
I'VE won't discuss the case until
we catch him." Hoover said in Wash
| ington. D. c., then added hastily. II
don't mean him-I mean him or
| them"
Federal Court officials here said the
"John Doe" warrant filed Wednesday
| to make the kidnaper legally fugitive
| from justice under the Lindbergh law
could be interpreted to mean two or
more persons were involved.
More than so patrolmen and almost
as many Federal agents, aided by local
officers, continued today to check foot
by foot the wooded area for several
miles around the spot where the body
was found.
Washington State patrolmen found
what was believed to be a 10-year-old
boys clothing in the shack, miles
from the underbrush which shielded
the body.
Authorities were believed to have
found fingerprints on the ransom note,
on ransom letters sent to DR.. Mattson,
on the automobile, on Charles body
and in the shack A woman's lpstick
was reported picked up near the aban-
doned car.
Muriel and William Mattson, sister
and brother of Charles, who witnessed
the kidnapping, have not looked
through police pictures Of criminals
to find the likeness of the abductor.
An authoritative source said this
fact might indicate the agents know
the kidnapers' identity.
Federal Court officials said it was
virtually certain the death penalty
would be sought under the Lindbergh
law. Two other bare possibilities are
first-degree murder trial under the
State homicide law or under the State
kidnapping law. Death would be the