Evening star., 1937-01-12

was slain ABOUT laSt friday, Ills Oouy
allowed to freeze in some exposed
spot, then carried to the clunp of
brush and dumped there some IL or
1s hours before it was discovered.
Car Left in Garage.
One Of the automobiles was LETT in
q garage at Marysville by a middle
aged man who failed to return for it.
A boys cap was found on rear seat.
Tire tracks Of another machine
seen near shack about miles
from where the body was found were
also being compared with those near
the body.
Local officers at Tacoma, Olympia,
Everett, Seattle and other Washing
ton cities were known to be follow
ing clues they have previously al
lowed to remain uninvestigated for
fear their actions might cause the
kidnaper to kill his victim.
A Seattle police broadcast an order
TO officers to watch for 1886 model
blue sedan (Nash), which they said
was to be investigated in connection
with the Mattson case. On1cers were
warned to use extreme caution in
stopping the machine as the driver
was believed to be armed.
The automobile was stolen from
John Long, Of Lilliwaup, Wash, and
was last seen on the Everett-Seattle
Highway January 6, at 2.40 am.
Hoover Pledges Search.
Prior to President Roosevelt's state
1nent today, j. Edgar Hoover, chief
of the Federal agents. had issued q
statement at Chicago asserting his
bureau would use all the resources
ut our command to apprehend and
bring to justice the kidnaper and
slayer of the Mattson boy"
Hoover would not say whether he
would come to Tacoma to direct the
search personally. He referred all re-
quests for information to Nathan.
Nathan, in turn, said the $4,000
ransom demanded for Charles re-
lease had never been paid, though
DR.. MattSon had made repeated at
tempts to do so.
Demand for the death penalty should
the kidnaper be captured and brought
to trial in Federal Court here was a
foregone conclusion, though no officers
could be reached to confirm it.
The prosecutor of Pierce County
announced some time ago he would
seek the death penalty should the
trial be held in State court.
Under the Lindbergh Federal kidnap
ha W nf Icti
assume charge of a kidnapping hunt
seven days after an abduction on the
assumption the victim has been car
1ied acress State line. If the kid
naper is captured he can fight trial
In Federal court by proving no such
crossing of State line was made.
$4,000 Reward Likely.
While the hunt progressed, Lieut..
Gov. Victor Meyers announced a bill
would probably be introduced in the
State Senate today offering a $4,000
reward for information leading to the
kidnaper's arrest. One group of news
papers has already offered 81 900 for
such exclusive information.
Tacoma police broadcast pickup
orders for suspected fugitives, paroled
inmates Of mental institutions and
sadists. An examination of the body
by Coroner Otto H. Mittelstadt of
Seattle revived theory a maniac or
degenerate may have been the
abductor.
DR.. and Mrs. Mattson and their re-
manning children, William, 16, and
Muriel, IA, remained in their home
today. Both the physician and his wife
were reported under the care of spe-
eial nurses
Meanwhile Lieut.. COL Gus B. Ap-
pelman, close family friend, announced
funeral services would be private and
would be held as soon as investigating
officers completed their examination
Of the body and members of the family
regain suficient control.
Paul Sceva, another close friend,
who made the first positive identiflca-
tion Of the boys body at Everett yes
terday, said, "The family will stay
inside the home until after Charles
funeral. After that they may 60 away
10 escape all this"
Girl Witness Is Ill.
Virginia Chatfield, who with VIII
Ham and Muriel Mattson witnessed
the abduction from the Mattson home
December az, was reported Ill from
shock in Seattle. Her mother said
the 15-year-old girl would aid au-
thorities in the hunt for the kid
naper after she Is calmer." The
girl, she added. is certain she can
identify the kidnaper.
Earlier, Sceva said:
Charles has been dead q long
time, probably between three days
and o week"-long before DR.. Matt
sons last frantic efforts to pay the
ransom. Blood on the body was
frozen, indicating the boy was dead
before he was dragged there.
1.-THE kidnaper has acted like q trout.
coming out of his lair" Sceva declared,
"almost taking the bait and crawling
back In again"
pr. Mattson asked nae 10 tel you