The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-14
THINKS MORE THAN
ONE MAN ENGAGED
in TACOMA CRIME
Continued from page one)

FBI men impounded the car III
the basement of the Everett po-
lice station and checked it for nm
gerprints. They tentatively match,
ed the blcod-stains with the blood
of the kidnap victim. Final iden-
LITIGATION awaited laboratory
analysis being made at Seattle.
The tread on tires of the mys,,
terv car repeatedly matched
tracks found in the woods south
of Everett where the little Matt
son boys body was recovered.
Blood-stained chains found IN the
back seat might have been used
to bind the child.
Mud found in the car was CIV
en- q laboratory test to see II IL
was the same as that found OIL
the hands Of the kidnap-murder
victim. our
In another development, Chief
William Cole of the Washington
state police, reported one OF his
patrolmen found hammer near
the battered body of the murder
ed lad. Although it was not STAIN
ed with the child's blood, it was
believed to be the murder weapon.
The mystery car was abandon
ed in front of the home OF Mrs.
Victor Foreland. Noticing it there,
one of her neighbors, Orbin Sto-
yer. reported to the FBl. An agent
came Immediately. He inspected
the car briefly and then asked to
use Mrs. Foreland's telephone.
"It's the car" was the G-man's
cryptic remark to his superior
over the telephone, Mrs. Foreland
reported.
On another front, the search
continued undated for the house
in which Charles was kept during
the days of captivity before his
death. Some reports said that the
house already had been located IN
the suburbs OF Everett, but TINS
could not be confirmed. That Ev-
erett was the base Of operations
of the murder fiend, however, was
believed certain.
A Seattle laboratory was check.
ing the mud and blood samples
The funeral of the slain boy
was held yesterday afternoon.
While the family, relatives and
intimate friends at Tacoma at,
tended simple, private funera
services, the manhunt went on re-
lentlessly.
Suspects in all parts Of the ma
ton were bein" questioned oil
sought, but department Of justice
agents would not reveal what
progress had been made.
Praising the courage of the lad
the Rev. Harold B. Long, pastor
of Emmanuel Presbyterian church
who conducted the last rites, pray.
ed:
"Let this be a time to resolve
that because of this boy the world
shall be made safer for children
AT the request of the sorrowing
family, the services were brief.
The closed casket was banked in
flowers.
DR.. and Mrs. William Whitlock
| Mattson and their children, Will
liam, Jr., l6, and Muriel, Id, were
driven to the chapel by Gus b.
Appelman, intimate friend.
From a dozen widely separated
cities came reports of the man.
hunt for the nations newest pub
lie enemy No. /, over whose head
hangs price Of $1,000 in re-
wards.
An autopsy performed by Drs.
S. NJ. Cresswell and Charles Nc
Call showed that the kidnaper had
stabbed the child in the back with
thin knife or dagger. Death,
however, was caused by q crush
ing blow on the back Of the head.
The medical men decided the STAY
or was a pervert-
Tacoma police immediately
sought a narcotics addict known
to have accosted children near the
fashionable residence of DR.. Will
liam w. Mattson, father of the
victim. The man was described as
parole violator, released from
the penitentiary in 1885.
Officers at Redding, CAL, stop
ped a man, who identified himself
as James G. Simpson of Los An
geles, because the windshield of
his automobile bore blood stains.
Simpson was held when he said
he had been in Everett, Wash,
where the body was found.
Prison officials at Folsom, CAL,
revealed that the state criminal
investigation bureau had been
asked for fnger-prints of Fred
Orrin Haynes, former Folsom in
mate.
Seattle police still were seeking
a former convict named "Tim,"
the name signed to the ransom
note which demanded $4,000
ransom from DR.. Mattson. Other
suspects were being investigated
in states as far away as Missouri
and Texas.
DR.. and Mrs. Mattson and their
surviving children, William. Jr..
l6, and Muriel, Ia, attended pri-
vate funeral services at a Tacoma
chapel. The parents sobbed con-
vulsively at the simple services
which lasted % minutes.
In Everett, state patrolmen and
federal agents continued to guard
an abandoned shack, believed to
have been Charles prison. An au-
tomobile was impounded for in
vestigation.
The state legislature, meeting
in Olympia, received a bill to
make it a felony for any person
to pay q ransom to q kidnaner. If
the bill is passed the payer of
ransom money could be punished
by a Jail or prison sentence. g. 4
Olympic police questioned a
man who Detective Ray Hays said