Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-24
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WHERE she Was CONcIcO Will
blanket.
"A long auto trip followed,
during which she was kicked
sharply in the sides when she
stirred.
She related that she then
was confined in a bathroom for
several hours before she was
taken into the car again, and
pushed out in Grant Park.
1t. Pierson, who said the
story appeared incredible at
first, questioned her in harsh
terms.
"Is this a hoax-a publicity
stunt?"
mo, I wouldn't do this TO
hurt my parents" she replied
firmly. II love them too much"
Father. Fiance Arrive
IT went over her story 20
times" 1t. Pierson said. There
were no discrepancies. She Of
fered to go on the lie box (take
a polygraph lie detector test.
If she's acting, she's a hell OF
an actress"
1t. Pierson said Chicago po-
lice would step out of the inves-
tigation after the young social
lite was reunited with her
father, turning it over exclu-
Sively to the FBI.
The father and her f1ance ar
rived here from Newark by air
late this morning. Mr.. Hart
told newsmen he was going to
take his daughter home "just
as soon as I can"
Miss Hart old police that
her captors had discussed max
ing "a lot of money" through
the kidnapping, and then decid-
ing to getrid of her because she
was too hot"
Not Sexually MOlested
She said that during nearly a
day and a half of continuous
driving, she was fed a diet of
candy bars. She said she was
not sexually moleSted.
She said she felt certain that
she would be slain, but was
ppWerless.
Il was gagged so I couldn't
plead or scream" she said.
with the blindfold, I couldn't
even cry"
Miss Hart sal dshe never got
al good look at the kidnapers
who took 134-carat diamond
engagement ring. an amethyst
ring, a gold bracelet and a good
brooch. She was wearing a
Mickey Mouse-type wrist watch
when she Identified herself to
the policemen about / am.
(CDT). This, she said, was
her own. She still had her
purse and IS.
Scotia Get Rid Of Her"
During the long period she
lay in the automobile. Miss
Hart said, she heard sounds
when the car paused which she
tDk to be dropping of coins into
an automatic toll road collec-
ton box.
She said she thought the
bathroom where she was con-
fined was room in a private
home in Chicago. She said the
car drove into a driveway be-
fore she was hustled out and
Up a flight of stairs.
In the bathroom. she said,
Sae overheard one of her cap
tOrs say:
ED, we're going to make a
lIt of money out Of this"
Later, she said, the same re-
marked, I'VE gotta get rid Of
her, Ed. She's too hot"
Then one of the men entered
the bathroom and told her,
q My friend is chicken. We
ebtta get rid of you"
I At 10:17 am, about nine
hours after she turned up in
the park, Miss Hart was taken
from the detective bureau to
TBI headquarters.
She appeared alternately
calm and emotionally upset
during her stay in a detective
bureau interrogation Office,
:pbbing at one time on a
policewoman's shoulder.
She sobbed during a tele-
phone conversation with her
iather. Her f1ance Gaines said
IN New Jersey before flying to
Chicago that the couples
wedding plans were unchanged.
Their wedding had been set
Tor August 80.
Police said bruises across
her upper arms could have
been caused by her manhan-
ding captors or by the rags
which were used to bind her
for the two-day period.
Earlier, at the Hart home in
suburban Short Hills, Mrs. Hart
told a newsman: