Evening star., 1937-01-17

as this should be good for some
money"
Il am confident this man and Who
ever his colleague is are crooks who
have never previously handled q job
of this magnitude, and when they
were advanced to the stage where
they were ready to receive the ram
som they found Charles knew too
much and they dared not release him,
so they destroyed him." DR.. Matt
sons statement said.
He said there is undoubtedly
divine act of providence which de-
crees what shall happen at time
like this. Otherwise, why should that
rabbit have led the Morrow boy to
little Charles hidden body?"
Suspects Detained.
The widespread quests for suspects
resulted in the detention of men at
Fort Williams, Me. and Houston, Tex.
Col. Wilson Burtt, Army comman-
dant at Fort Williams. said he was
holding self-styled Army deserter,
80 years old, who tailed in some re-
spects with the description of the ab-
ductor. Justice Department officials
in Boston said they would investigate,
but evinced little interest in the man.
Houston officers detained man who
acted queerly" and had West Coast
newspaper clippings, including some
referring to the Mattson case. Police
expressed doubt he had any connec-
ton with the crime.
Men detained in Sacramento and in
Prestonburg, KY, were ordered re-
leased and absolved of all suspicion.
Sacramento officers said Virginia
Chatfield, Is, one of the children who
witnessed the abduction, saw Madsen's
picture and reported it bore some re-
semblance to the abductor. The ofii-
GERS added, however. that his finger
prints did not check with those on
the ransom note.
Miss Chatf1eld also viewed a photo
graph of Leigh Haskell Fowler, 81,
held at Bellingham. and said he did
not resemble the abductor. He was
held for hold-up there.
Seattle police cleared Fred Orrin
Haynes. former California convict. who
surrendered when his name cropped
out as a possible suspect.
Text of Statement.
The text Of DR.. Mattson's state
ment:
Although our hearts are crushed
with grief, we feel it our duty at this
time to make statement through
the press to our fellow citizens, as well
as sympathizers throughout the
world
First and foremost, We want all Of
you good people to know we have
been deeply touched by all Of your
kind messages of cheer and, more re-
Gently. the notes Of sympathy when
fate decreed our little boy was not
to be returned to us alive.
Your kind and sympathetic mes
sages have buoyed us up during these
trying days and have served to
strengthen and keep. alive an un-
bounded faith in our fellow man.
"At family, we desire at this time
TO extend to all Of you our heartfelt
thanks and appreciation. not only to
those of you who saw fit to put your
sentiments in writing or other symbols
of sympathy, but to many others
whom we very we'll know were with
us heart and soul through this ordeal
but who felt constrained to give ex-
preston to their feelings because of
fear of intrusion.
From a sense of duty and fairness
I desire personally at this time to put
at rest several unfounded rumors
which have been in existence re-
Gently.
Spikes Possible Criticism.
owing to the most unhappy out
come Of this most tragic affair, crit
icism may develop. I desire right
here and now to most emphatically
label any and all possible accusations
as being entirely devoid of the Slight
est element of truth.
when all of the innermost facts
of the ransom notes, efforts at ram
soming, etc., are finally released for
publication, the public will know that
everything humanity possible was done
to ransom poor little Charles, but
that owing to conditions over which
neither I nor the law-enforcement