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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-01
FIJI Agent Tells of Re-Enoctment
By Alvey Of Kidnapping Details

Earlier, there was a deposition
and testimony about a $50
check the defendant cashed at
Bailey's Liquor Store, 3416
Rhode Island avenue, Mount
Rainier, Md, either Sunday,
November Is, or Monday, No
vember IA, 1860.
United States Attorney Joseph
D. Tydings read what would
have been the testimony of
Alvey's mother, Mrs. Ocie l..
Trumble, IS, who Is i'll with a
heart condition and remained
in her home at Lorton, Va.
The stipulation said Mrs.
Trumble and Alvey lived to-
gether at 3402 Newton street,
Mount Rainier, in November,
1860. On Sunday, November
10, Mrs. Trtimble's statement
said, she and her son had an
argument, he told her he was
going to Florida and gave her
his key, she gave him $40 and
a check for $50 drawn on the
Bank Of Occoquan dated No
vember IL.
She said her son borrowed a
suitcase, assured her he could
cash the check on Sunday and
left the residence at 10 am.
that morning-the day before
Michael Condetti disappeared
and APPARENTLY did not return.
Introduces Photostat
Mr.. Tydings then introduced
in evidence a photostat of the
check, Endorsed by Alvey and
bearing the stamp of Bailey's
Liquor Store. Don w. Duval, of
Adelphi, Md, who was part
owner Of the store at the time
of the crime, testified the store
was not open on Sunday and to
the best of his knowledge no
checks were ever cashed on that
day.
Mr.. Duval told the court the
store was open from 6 am. to
midnight Monday through Sat
urday. He testified the check
was deposited at the Suburban
Trust Co. on November IA,
1860, which is the day Mich
ael disappeared. On cross-ex-
animation, he said Alvey's face
looked familiar to him but that
he did not remember seeing
him in November, 1860.
Mrs. Eve Bailey James, own
er of the store, who lives in an
apartment over it, also testi-
fled that her store was not
open on Sunday and did not
cash checks on that cay. She
said she had never seen Alvey
before.
Tells of Shoes
Frank Parezo, a lithograph
operator who lived at 1925
Franklin street NE. at the
time of the crime, told the
court he saw a pair of shoes,
which turned out to be the
victims, in the street in front
of his apartment at 10 am.
November Is, the day after the
little boy was abducted.
He said he. paid no attention
to them but when lie heard two
days later that Michael's body
had been found he began to
think they might belong TO the
boy. Mr.. Parezo said he picked
them up at l am. Friday, No
vember 10, and took them into
his apartment. Later in the
day, he walked out intending to
hand them over to police and
saw a group of investigators
in the street and handed them
over.
Augustine j. Condetti, So,
father of the victim, made a
quick return trip to the witness
stand and identified the shoes
as his sons.
Mckinley Ash, manager of
the Miami Rescue Mission,
testified that Alvey registered
at the mission some time be-
tween 5 pm. and midnight on
November Is, 1860, the day
after Michael disappeared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-01
Planners Oppose.
Glover Park Route.
81 Vote Hits
D. c. Proposal
For Expresswoy
BY ROBERT ]. LEWIS
Star staff Writer

The National Capital Plan
ming Commission today lined
up in opposition to the District
Highway Departments plan to
build an expresSway in Glover
Archhold Park. Z
In an 8-to-2 vote, members
urged that the Districts 100
foot-wide right-of-way within
the park be turned over to the !
National Park Service. .
The action disclosed today by
Mrs. James H. Rowe. jr.. COM
mission chairman, was taken in
response to a request by the
Budget Bureau that the plan
ming agency make its position
clear on a land-transfer
proposal.
A bill to accomplish this
and thus block construction of
a four-lane highway traversing
the 3-mile-long park-has been
introduced in Congress by SEN
ator Mansfield, Democrat of
Montana. Hearings on this bill,
it is understood, are soon to
begin. !
Fear Park Damage
A highway such as is pro-
posed would destroy" the area
for park purposes, the commits
sion indicated. !
An expressway through the
park is linked to plans for con-
struction of a bridge across the
Potomac River at Three Sisters
Island. and to possible use Of
Wisconsin avenue as an in-city
corridor from Route $40.
The park extends almost
from the Potomac River, near
Three Sisters Island to a point
near Wisconsin avenue in
Northwest Washington. 4
T. Sutton Jet, director Of
National Capital Parks and an
NCPC member, said today a
Park Service study shows that
a four-lane expressway would
take about 80 acres of the 183-
acre parkland.
Hold Executive Session
In revealing the commissions
action, Mrs. Rowe said the vote
was taken in executive session
at the last meeting, January II,
in response to the Budget Bu-
reau's request.
Vice Chairman A. M. Wood
ruff told the planning group q
study was made by the agency's
transportation com mittee,
which he heads, led members to
the conclusion that "the park
should be preserved and that
the proposed highway would
destroy it as a park area" 5
The two commission members
who oppose transfer of the
right-of- to the Park Serv-
ice were Joseph Barnett, of the
Bureau Of Public Roads, and
Frederick J. Clarke, District
engineer commissioner.
In its report to the plan
ming agency that was disclosed
today. the Park Service said
the Mansfield bill constitutes
"a major step in counteracting
the tremendous pressures for
the use of park lands through
out the Nation for non-con-
forming purposes. The reports
adds that in the Washington
area alone $50 acres of park
land have been diverted" since
1850, and that a major part
is being used for highways and
bridge approaches. +
In a reference to the pro-
posed Three Sisters Bridge, the
Park Service report said that
the need for it lis certainly
far from settled"
LAS recently as last Septem-
Der the action of Congress in
eliminating from the District
budget the funds for ramp con-.
nections from the hTree Sisters
Bridge to Reservoir road GER
tainly further indicates that
there is great concern in the
minds of the legislators regard
ing the destruction of the
Glover-Archibold Park" the
report said. {
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-01

the bushes and opening an
other.
The agent said Alvey was
asked if he had ever molested
other children. He said Alvey
told him he had picked up
other boys in Georgetown, in
Anacostia, on Benning road
and in Virginia many times
and told the agents his usual
pattern was to take them. to
an isolated area by bus be-
cause taxis cost too much.
Mr.. Todd said Alvey told the
FBI men he didn't know
whether there had ever been
police investigations Of the
other molestations and had
never been anything in the
newspapers about them.
Alvey told the agents fur
ther. Mr.. Todd went on, that
he didn't remember what he
had done with Michael's belt
and shoes. He said Alvey told
them he thought he took a bus
out of the Ardmore area.
Testifies Further
The FBI agent then testified
Alvey was driven to Brentwood
Village near Michael's home
where the defendant showed
them the store where he first
had seen the boy. Alvey told
the agents he had struck UP a
conversation with Michael, had
said he would help him get
whatever he wanted and then
had gotten on a bus at Four
tenth and Rhode Island ave-
nue. NE. with the boy, it was
testified.
Mr.. Todd said Alvey told the
agent he went to Alexandria
and visited some bars after
throwing his clothes in King
man Lake and several days
later recognized Michael Con-
detti's picture in the paper,
which was the first time, Alvey
said, he knew the boy had died.
The government already has
INTRODUCED evidence, however,
showing that Alvey turned up
in Miami, the day after the
crime, and Mr.. Todd said they
were unable to find any place
he had been in the Washing
ton area before going to Flo
rida.
Took License Numbers
More than $4,000 persons
were interviewed and 1000 sus-
poets were checked by the FBI
before Alvey's arrest, Mr.. Todd
testified. He said agents inter-
viewed everyone in Brentwood
Village, every resident of the
700-unit Rhode Island Plaza
Apartments nearby, everyone
who lived between Michaels
home and st. Anthony's School,
and everyone between Brent
wood Village and Ardmore, Md.
FBI agents even took down
the license plates of every
Maryland car that drove into
Brentwood Village Shopping
Center, where Michael had gone
to look at book bags, and inter-
viewed the drivers.
Assuming he had been en-
ticed." Mr.. Todd said, 1--WE
contacted every store between
Ardmore and Brentwood Vii
lage to see whether Michael
had been there. That was our
first big break. That way we
located Mrs. Mary Leistra and
Mrs. Dorothy Greenwich"
The women, sales clerks in
the Palmer Park store, testi-
fled yesterday to seeing Mi
chael in the store with a man
the day he was killed and Mrs.
Leistra positively identified AL
vey as the man.
Deposition Read
Mr.. Todd's testimony came
on the fourth day of Alvey's
trial on a Lindbergh law kid
nap indictment, as the Govern
ment sought to wrap up its
case this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-01
D. {. Doubles
Team PROBING
Relief Cheats
Commissioners
Step Up Effort
On FreeIooding

The Commissioners have Or
dered new moves to screen
cheaters from the Districts re-
lief rolls, including doubling
the number of investigators as
signed to a welfare freeloader
probe.
In announcing this stepped
up effort, the Commissioners
said they are deeply disturbed"
by the initial freeloader statis-
tics from the special investiga-
ton.
A team of five Welfare De-
partment investigators began a
check last November of $50
cases, all in the aid-to-depend-
ent children category. OF the
first 20 cases examined, II were
found ineligible for welfare
payments.
The Commissioners yesterday
said they had called for a
speed-up in this investigation.
Five more men will be switched
from regular Investigations of
referralS by social workers of
suspect cases to this special
team.
Warnings With Checks
Other moves ordered by the
Commissioners were:
/. To send warning notes yes
terday with the $4,000 welfare
checks. These notices re-
minded recipients that it is
against the law to violate the
welfare rules. Violations will
be dealt with severely" the no.
tices said.
2. That all cases of cheating
will be referred to the District
Attorneys office for possible
prosecution.
3. A request to the Corpora
ton Counsel's office to recon-
mend any changes in the laws
that might be desirable $50
that violators in the future can
be dealt with more effectively"
The Commissioners, in a news
release, said that they:
g. Are deeply disturbed at
what may turn out to be wide
spread violations of welfare
laws and regulations. :" They
said welfare workers have been
directed ito exert maximum
effort to prevent any new
abuses and to take special steps
to uncover existing abuses
without waiting for special in
vestigators to find them"
The Commissioners report
went on to say that the 20
investigated cases may well
be too small in number to
indicate positively a general
condition, but they point to
alarming possibilities"
No Embarrassment Intended
The check of welfare cases
had been ordered by Congress
at the suggestion of the Senate
District Appropriations SUBJ
committee headed by Senator
Byrd, Democrat of West
Virginia.
Yesterdays announcement by
the Commissioners concluded
with the statement that:
I'm adopting these measures
the Commissioners do not wish
to humiliate those persons who
are unqualifiedly eligible for
public assistance, but they do
wish to make it crystal clear
that violators will be Summarily
removed from the welfare rolls
and prosecuted whenever the
nature of the offense warrants. "
Before the special probe was
started, there were IA investi-
gators who were assigned to
checks of case referrals from
welfare workers. Yesterdays
action means that the special
team has been increased from
five to 10, leaving four men for
the routine case checks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-01
Prosecution Weighed
In SCI Investigation
State Offers Help to Two Counties,
But Towes Is Cool to Grand Inquest
BY ROBERT GRUENBERG
Star Staff Writer

An investigation of possible criminal violations by savings
and associations already difficulty under the
State and Federal level in Maryland.
Maryland Attorney General Thomas Fnan, in letters
today by the States attorneys of Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties promised the help of his office in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-01

curing indictments and prose-
cution.
Discussions also have been
held with the United States
Attorneys office in connection
with the prosecution of savings
and loan figures not yet in
volved in Federal Court actions,
it was learned.
Meanwhile, Gov. Tawes told
a press conference that he does
not think a grand inquest" Of
the savings and loan matter
by the House of Delegates is
necessary.
The grand inquest is ex-
pected to be requested by Dele
gates Carlton r. Sickles, Demo-
crat of Prince Georges, when
the General Assembly convenes
next week.
II don't know what a grand
inquest would accomplish, "
Gov. TaweS said. He said that
government agencies involved
in administering Maryland's
new savings and loan laws and
with investigating criminal &C
tivities are doing a good job.
Promised State Funds
Mr.. Finan said that he had
been promised fu1:ds by Gov
Tawes-exactly how much was
not discloSed-for extra per-
sonnet to carry on the investi-
gative work. and that Assistant
Attorney General James P
Garland is heading the probe
Mr.. Garland, along with Dep.
uty Attorney General JOSEPH
kaufman, has been carrying the
main burden in the civil action.
started last fall which so fal
have resulted in six savings anc
loan associations being place.
in receivership.
While handling this civi
work, Mr.. Finan wrote, eve
have come across transaction!
which warrant further investi.
cation in order to determine
W h e her criminal violations
have been involved"
Offers Assistance
Pointing out that States at.
torney personnel was limited
and that the county officials IL
nearly all cases have not beer
involved in the receiverShips
from their inception. Mr.. Finar
offered ANY assistance which
you my require in conductor
with the preparation of any
criminal indictments, as we'll a!
in the prosecution of any case.
which may be warranted"
The attorneys general office
earlier this week revealed at a
Federal hearing involving the
Mutual Security Savings &
Loan Association that a crimi-
nal investigation by the Mary
land State police and enforce
ment authorities of at least
one other State has been
undertaken in connection with
the firm.
At the Federal level, State
law enforcement officials indi-
Gated, indictments could more
readily be obtainable than un-
der the Maryland criminal
code.
One of the greater hurdles ir
State prosecutions for embez.
element after trust, or larceny
after trust. legal authorize!
point up, is the matter of prov.
ling intent to defraud.
In the Federal courts, how.
ever, they say a number of say.
ingS and loan figures have beer
successfully prosecuted for mai
fraud upon a showing that they
made false claims in connection
with Federal savings insurance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-01
BY JERRY O'LEARY
Star Staff Writer

|
BALTIMORE, Feb. 1.-The
FBI agent in charge of the
Michael Condetti kidnap case
told a Federal Court jury here
today how Joseph H. Alvey
re-enacted details of the abduc-
ton and Staying of the 7-year-
old Northeast Washington boy.
Special Agent Elmer E. Todd
of the Washington field office
told the jury of 10 men and 2
women he flew to Miami,
where the 42-year-old defend
ant was arrested, and accom-
panied him back to Baltimore's
Friendship Airport on Sunday,
November S, 1861. When the
plane landed at Friendship,
Mr.. Todd said, he asked Alvey
if he would reconstruct the
crime and Alvey said he would.
1--WE told him it would be
voluntary and he could consult
an attorney at any time" the
FBI agent said.
He and Alvey, the agent con-
tinued, got in an FBI car at
the airport with Agents Curtis
Scarborough, Edward Brandes
and Edward Powers, who is in
charge of the Baltimore field
office.
Pointed to Spot
"He directed us toward Ken
ilsworth avenue and Benning
road from the Baltimore-Wash-
ington parkway and pointed to
the spot where he said he threw
his clothes from a bridge into
Kingman Lake." Mr.. Todd tes-
titled.
The agent said Alvey told
him that after the crime he
had gone to Union Station and
changed his clothes for others
he had in a suitcase in a locker
there. Mr.. Todd said a subse-
quent search of Kingman Lake
by II Navy divers failed to turn
up any clothing, however.
Then we asked him to show
us the shopping center where
he had taken the little boy, but
he said he didn't recall where
it was" Mr.. Todd continued
eve then drove back over the
parkway to Route 202 past
Kent Village and turned right
on Eighty-Second avenue to the
Palmer Park shopping center.
Alvey told us, That looks like
the place there
Tells of Leaving Bus
HE told us he and the boy
got off the bus at Eighty-sec-
ond avenue and Largo road. He
said he recalled the store in the
middle of the block (the Palmer
Park Family Store) He said the
boy went in alone the first time
Later, Alvey said, the boy came
out and told him he didn't have
enough money. Alvey said he
gave him some more money
but he didn't remember how
much.
This time Alvey said he
went in, too. Alvey thought a
woman said something to him
in the store but that his only
thought was to get the boy into
the woods. Alvey said he wasn't
sure which way they walked
after they left the store because
he had been drinking steadily
for a week and had two pints OF
whisky with him that day.
I'VE then drove Alvey dowr
Route 202, up Brightseat roac
and turned on Second street
(near the Ardmore area where
Michael's body was found ano
asked him to look around. He
said the area looked familiar
and showed us a path hi
thought he remembered"
Tells of Attack
Agent Todd then described
how Alvey said he sexually at.
tackled the boy, first finishing
off one pint of whiskey
throwing the bottle away il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-01
Deposition Read

Mr.. Todd's testimony came
on the fourth day of Alvey's
trial on a Lindbergh law kid
nap indictment, as the Govern
ment sought to wrap up its
case this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-01
Tells Of Attack

Agent Todd then described
how Alvey said he sexually at
tackled the boy, first finishing
off one pint of whiskey,
throwing the bottle away in
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-22
Ten Years AGO.
Taken from tbe june %, 1852 Issue

Taken from tbe june %, 1852 Issu
Private First Glass Nelson
p. VanVorst, of Milford, prev
iously assigned to the 47th
Viking Infantry Division, Camp
Rucker, Alabama, has been
transferred to a new army unit
He will report after a 20-day
leave. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cornelius VanVorst, and
entered the Army on February
21, 1851.
Russell Clayton Emory, an
outstanding member of 1 h e
Glass of 1852, Milford High
School, has been named 20 re-
ceive the Americanism Award,
awarded annually by Blue Hen
Post No. 64S3, v. F. W., to the
male member of the Milford
High School Senior Glass, who
by his actions and activity dur
ing his school career, has best
exemplified those qualities as
sociated with good citizenship.
An outstanding student and
athlete, the 1S-year-old son of
DR.. and Mrs. Russell j. Emory
was selected by a special facul-
ty committee. Other recipients
or the award are Charles
Thomas (1947, Joseph Lank
Q 94S), Richard Clendaniel
194O, FIR d rick Michel
1950), Howard Harrington
(l951).
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-22
Twenty Years Ago
Taken from the June 26, 1912 Issue

Taken from the June 26, 1912 Iss
Miss Charlotte Sipple of Eel
ton, who graduated this month
from the Women's College,
University of Delaware, has ac-
cepted a position as teacher of
home economics in the Dover
school.
Miss Lila Chason has return
ed home after serving Asbury
Methodist Church, Harrington,
as a delegate to the Assembly
of Methodist Youth Fellowship
of the Peninsula Conference,
held at Betterton, Md, during
the past week.
%
Samuel Williams of Harring-
ton, who for the past fourteen
years has Ren connected with
the Victor Lynn Lines, Inc.
with offices at Milford in the
capacity of solicitor, and who
for the past three years SER
we'd as their agent in Milford,
has been elevated to the posi-
tion of solicitor of freight
shipments of defense materials.
Mr.. Williams began his new
assignment this week and will
call on companies engaged in
the manufacture of defense
materials in New York, Phila-
delphia, Wilmington, Baltimore
and Washington.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-22

of corn. The wheat crop can
possibly be partly recovered,
but the corn will have to be
replanted. Other farms in the
neighborhood were also visit
ed by the storm, and crops
were damaged.
Gertrude Elizabeth Crocker
celebrated her birthday on
Friday, by entertaining h er
friends. A croquet tournament
was held, after which delici-
Gus refreshments were served.
Guests were Misses Thelma
Eva Daisey. Delaphine Rogers,
Hilda E. Hudson, Grace Anna
Davis, Eleanor Hudson, Ida
Watson, Betty Tingle, Hilda G.
Long, Olthea Daisey, Evelyn
Virginia Truitt, and Florence
Hudson.
Miss Elizabeth Morgan at
tended the National Conven-
tion of the Sigma Epsilon
Sorority as a delegate from
the Philadelphia Chapter, of
which she is president. Miss
Morgan is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Morgan of
Lewes, and is a former resi-
dent of that town, but has
been making her home in
Philadelphia where she h as
been employed for the past
few years.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-22

Mr.. and Mrs. John Ingram of
Queens Village, Long Island,
New York, are spending some
time in Lewes with Mr.. In
grams grandparents, Mr.. d
Mrs. Edgar Ingram, at h ir
home on State street.
Miss Norma Hollis is repres-
enting the University of Della
ware at a Home Economics
Club meeting in Boston, Mass,
this week. She is a guest at
the Lennox Hotel.
Miss Bette Stevenson a stu
dent nurse at the Milford Me-
mortal Hospital, after spending
three weeks with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy d. Steven
son, Milton, will continue her
studies at a Washington hos
pital.
Edwin c. Ryan and C. V.
Townsend, Jr., of Millsboro,
have bought from Albert K.
Richards his poultry farm on
Laurel Road, two miles from
Millsboro. A large feed house
is on this farm which was Op-
GRATED by Mr.. Richards until
he moved to Norfolk about a
year ago.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-22
The Past In Review
News As 1t Was Reported In The Chronicle
Forty Years Ago
Taken from the June %. 1922 Issue

Taken from the June %, 1922 Issu
Miss Mabel A. Benson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
ID. Benson, of fredericksburg,
Md, former residents of Mil
ford; graduated from the Hur-
lock, Md. High School, ait the
commencement exercises held
Tuesday evening.
Edward G.. Adams and Sons
are erecting a plant in the
rear of their meat market in
Bridgeville, for o the manufac-
ture of sausage. and scrapple
for the wholesale trade in the
nearby towns.
The contractors have start
ed laying concrete on the
Milford-Harrington Rd. About
oneIhalf mile has been laid
from the Harrington end, and
the concrete was started this
week from Houston towards
Milford. This necessitates a
closing of portions of the road.
The William willie Road
through Houston has been
well posted with detour signs
and is@ in good condition
through to Harrington. This
road branches off from t h e
Harrington Road one-hallf mile
west of Milford. 1t is expected
that the new road will be
opened for traffic by the mid
die of October.