The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-02

NSOllObluCl 4lOllI CSC U who has not left his home since Peter disappeared last Thursday while returning from school. Belief that an automobile parked behind the home yesterday was an official car was bolstered by the fact that it's license plates had been covered by manila envelopes.
 A note generally accepted es authentic, which Levine received late Thursday night after an eight state alarm telling of Peters disap- pearance had been broadcast, was understood to have demanded $60,000 ransom. Investigators said there was possibility that the writer had ne- glected to put in a decimal point 1 which would have made the de- mand $60000 instead of $60,000. They doubted that anyone would believe Levine capable of raising the larger sum. He has an excellent law prac- tice in New York City, but is not considered wealthy.
 Two men arrived at the home in an automobile yesterday afternoon. After seeking admission for 10 minutes, they pushed a note under the door and left. There were re- ports later that this note directed a representative of the family to put a green chalk mark on pillar of a Manhattan elevated railway. The mark, it was said, would represent Levines willingness to negotiate for the return of his son without jeop- ardiZing the abductorS.
 The reports were denied last night by Mrs. Marion Shweitzer, a neighbor of the Levines, who said that the note had come from her husband, Samuel D. Shweitzer, a lawyer and friend of Levine. Mrs. ShWeitzer said the note contained only an offer by her husband to take care of Levine's practice dur ing the kidnap negotiations.
 Levine, aided in his vigil by his wife, Minnie, and their daughter Helen, 10, appeared at the door of his home yesterday, and in tired voice told reporters:
 q have no statement to make. I can't tell you anything. There has been no change since Monday night. When there is any reason to make a statement, I will let you know"
 The death threat note was re- ported to have been received by Rabbi Abraham Nowak of Beth-El Synagogue, and to have been turned over to Reed Vetterli, chief of the New York Metropolitan Area Head- quarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Levine has been ac- tive in Jewish charities, and is a former president of the American Ort Federation, a Jewish aid society.
 The note was said to have named the 48-hour deadline, and to have added:
 "If this matter isn't taken care of within the time we set, we will have to get rid of him."
 Rabbi Nowak's assistants denied the receipt of such note, as did local police authorities. Vetterli refused to discuss the case, despite indications that several of his agents had been assigned to the investiga- tion.
 Attempting to locate refuge to which Peter might have gone if he had left home deliberately, investiga- tors learned that he rarely was away, and that the only other police with which he was familiar was a summer camp at Harrison, Me, where he had spent two vacations.
 The counselor at the camp told police that Peter had been a very intelligent" boy, sometimes "mis- chievouS".
 Friends of the Levine family said that Peters hobbies were chemistry and astronomy, and that he usually hurried home from school to experi- ment with his chemical sets. He also played the piano, they said, and enjoyed practicing after school.