Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

WE0 0ON1, IN. :, July I VI ls
Mrs. Morris Weinberger pleaded
tonight with the kidnaper of her
1lve-week-old baby to make con-
tact with the parents through a.
church or synagogue.
I'VE don't want revenge. We
want our baby" she said in al
shaking voice on a filmed CHS
and NBC local telecaSt.
Mrs. Weinberger, 80, keeping
herself under control with diff
Guilty, expanded on an earlier APP
peal through newspapers to re-
ligious houses to open their doors
so that the kidnaper might find
a way to safely relinquish her
son, Peter. to the pa. Nnts.
Police to Cooperate
please, please" she said, "use
a church or a clergyman to make
contact with us drop a note
in the collection box the
clergymen are all committed toI
us not to turn over information
to the police :"
Mrs. Weinberger added, 1.-The
police have given their word they
won't interfere. Tomorrow is
Sunday and churches all over
the city will be open"
Mrs. Weinberger's husband,
Morris, stood by silently as his
red-eyed wife spoke into the
microphones outside their pleas
ant ranch home. A priest, Father
Thomas Code of st. Bridget'S
Church, also spoke briefly.
Father Code said he was sure
other clergymen, as he himself,
would regard any information
they received from the kidnaper
as sacred as the seal Of con-
feSSion."
You can feel sure you will
be protected" he added. I'VE will
keep that confidence sacred. i
You can leave the child and we
pray that whoever you are i
you will take advantage of this
opportunity"
Last Contact Friday
There has been no contact
with the kidnaper since Friday,
and as far as was known no
actual proof that the mysterious
telephone caller Friday was the
kidnaper.
Police disclosed. however, that
the WeinbergerS received a Sec
ond call Friday from a man they
were sure was the kidnaper.
The man told the parents on
the second call:
III be in touch with you
again."
But as the minutes licked
away into anguiShed hours to-
day. Mrs. Weinberger heard |
nothing more.
Inspector StuyveSant Pinnell,
the Nassau County chief of de-
tectiveS who revealed the second
call, told newSmen:
There's absolutely nothing
new-no contact has been made"
Ransom Demand Boosted
The first call came to the
home of the distraught parents
yesterday at $40 am. The man
informed Mr.. Weinberger that !
his -week-old son was alive and
well, but that the ransom de-
mand had been increased from
$4,000 to $4,000.
The caller also directed Mr. |
Weinberger to announce through |
afternoon newspaper and tele-
vision that he was ready to
meet your (the kidnaper's) de-
am awaiting your
call"
Mr.. Weinberger complied.
Then in the afternoon, amid
dozens of obvious crank calls,
the telephone rang again and it
was the same man. He said:
Il read it in the afternoon
papers. I'll be in touch with you
again."
Note Contained Code
Since then. Mr.. Pinnell said,
there has been nothing further
Mr.. Pinnell did reveal. how
ever, that the original ransom
note contained a code by which
the kidnaper could identify him
self.
Asked If the man who made
the two phone calls used the
code. Mr.. Pinnell said he did
not. He added graphically:
1T was available to him but
he did not"
Asked what led the parents to
believe it actually was the kid
naper calling, inasmuch as he
didn't use the code, Mr.. Pinnell's
only reply was in a similar vein:
We'll, If he was the kidnaper
he could have used it,"
Mr.. Pinnell was pressed as to
whether he felt the caller &C
tually was the kidnaper. He
said he still wasn't sure, despite
the fact that the parents were
convinced.
Meanwhile, the Weinbergers
chung to the desperate hope that
their baby would be given back
to them.
Mrs. Weinberger appealed to
churches of all denominations in
the New York metropolitan area
to throw their doors open so
that they might be available as