The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
State May
 Set Bounty


 Chelsea, Mas. Dec. i3-tUP)- Gov Maurice J. Tobln of Massa- ehusetts and his executive council will be asked today to increase 10 3e,250 the total rewards offered for the safe return Of Kidnapped baby Ronald Carlan.
 Executive Councillor John J. saw telle of Boston said he would seek council approval Of a t2,50o State reward to be added to the s3.750 al- ready posted by other agencies and indiyiduak.
 In addition, Sawtene said he would initiate legislation to make Kidnapping of any sort punishable by life Imprisonment in this State. At present the law provided life term for Kidnapping for ransom but a maximum of only 10 years for other abductions.
 Wants Full Penalty
 T believe there is too much for give and forget in kidnap cases, SaWtelle said. 50 I will demand that the full penalty of the law be made mandatory.
 Some nut kidnaps a child and it costs the city and State lots of money to say nothing of the suffer- ings of the parents. When the child is recovered the whole thing cools down. That is why l will seek to have the kidnap law changed.
 Tn my opinion, life imprison- ment is too sweet a penalty"
 Early today a woman neighbor of the stolen baby's parents, Sailor and Mrs. James J. Carlan, was slugged by man only few blocks from the Carlan home. Published reports hinted that the victim, Mrs. Genevieve Kovalchick, 29, had been attacked after being mistaken for Mrs. Carlan.
 Dark Coupe Best Clue
 However, police seized a 22-year- old East Boston man as the aSsail- ant and after questioning him said that such a theory was absurd, They said their best clue was the report that dark coupe, of which they knew a portion of the regis tration number, was used by the abductor.
 The automobile was linked to the Nov. 28 Kidnapping by two witnesses who said they remembered seeing it in the vicinity of the Carlan home the day the six-month-old baby was | taken from it's carriage
 A baby blue blanket was spread on the seat of the car which was driven by slim, dark complexioned man with moustache, they told police. The first three numbers of the cars license were "723.'
 It. Inspector John J. Kirby said the information about the coupe caused police to abandon search for an old woman who neighbor- hood child said had taken the baby after Mrs. Carlan placed him in his carriage for a summing.
 Fits Earlier Theory c
 A man and a woman, whom the police did not identify, volunteered the information about the rnystert- ous coupe last night. They did not say why they had not disclosed it before
 Kirby said the information fitted with an earlier theory that the kid naper may have been a dark moustached man who posed as commercial photographer in the neighborhood. The man took pic. lures of several babies shortly be- fore the Carlan child disappeared but never returned with the proofs nor sought to collect any money.
 He was accompanied by another man, neighbors of the Carlans said
 Mrs. Carlan was near nervous breakdown as the latest of eigh anonymous telephone calls demand. ed that the CarlanS raise $30,00( ransom for the return of the son which Machinist's Mate 3/c lame! J. Carlan has never seen.
 Extension Granted
 Carlan, home on special fur tough from his Oakland, Cal. sta tion, yesterday was granted an ex tension until Jan. 3 so he could b' with his wife and their other son | James, Jr., three.
 Soon after the babys disappear. ance Mrs. Carlan made a radio ap' peal to the kidnapers to return tht child before 1t became ill for lack of proper care.
 Another radio appeal was planned for tomorrow or Saturday by Arch bishop Richard J. Gushing of Bos' ton, who has offered to act as in termediary.
 Carlan, jittery over the man, telephone calls, most of which wer believed to come from cranks, wa worried about the call in which h was asked to raise $30,000. Tn Carlans are not wealthy.
 Woman Also Calls
 The latest call at AIS a. m. yes terday was made by a man wit a gruff voice who said:
 '"This is a $3O,0OO ransom note The Eaby is all right. You will b contacted with further details" Some of the calls were by woman-presumably the companio of the male caller Police hay been seeking a dark complexione man and his red-haired woma, companion who were seen a caf from which the first telephone ca was made.
 Mrs. John Vinisko's MLAL