Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1932, Page 5

- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, HYATTSVILLE CLUE | IN KIDNAPING FAILS Mysterious Car in Garage Now Believed Property of Salesman. A clue leading to the belief that Baby Lindbergh and his kidnapers might be in Washington or vicinity apparently collopsed early this afternoon after the police had ordered an intensive search | of all hotels and rooming houses for a couple and curly headed child who left an automobile in a Hyattsville, Md., garage at midnight Tuesday. The car, which bore Pennsylvania tags, was still in the garage tod: 1- though the proprietor said the owner premised to return for it Wednesday. Investigation by The Star and Asso- clated Press disclosed that the tags were issued to a Harrisburg, Pa. chocolate salesman, who had been away from there since last November. He is the father of two children, one sged 2!2 years. Although the police had not Jocated the couple or child late this afternoon, the fact that chocolate boxes were found in the machine and that the owner had called at the garage on two previous occasions during the past three weeks seemed to remove us- picion from the automobile which had been described as similar to that be- lieved used by the kidnapers. Police, however, made photographs of the child's fingerprints found on the car, which will be forwarded to the Lindbergh home. Officials at the Rush Motor Cc, where the Pennsylvania automobile was sbandoned, first notified police of the incident this morning. ‘They told police the man and woman drove into_the garage about midnight Tuesday. The baby, wrapped in blan- kets, was held in the arms of the ‘woman. The man, who was driving the ma- chine, according to garage officials, asked to be allowed to leave his ma- chine overnight, signifying his inten- tion of returning for it the following day. The couple failed to return, and officials grew suspicious. Investigating, Detectives Larry O'Dea and Paul Jones of Washington found that a car of similar description had stopped for oil and gas at the King Motor Co., on H street northeast, on Tuesday night. They were attempting to determine the time the car was seen at the Washington motor company in order to figure whether it could have been driven from the Lindbergh's New Jersey home to Washington in the time that had elapsed after the kidnaping. J. J. Crowley, chief of the Prince Georges County force, ordered his men to search Hyattsville and the vicinity for the couple and child. The proprietor of the King Motor Co. told police he has a “regular customer’” with a car somewhat resembling that described by Hyattsville authorities. He consented to go to Hyattsville and look at the car in question. Detective Sergt. Fred Sandberg, ‘ashington fingerprint expert, went to Hyattsville early this afternoon and obtained fingerprints from the car. An attempt will be made, he said, if New Jersey police have fingerprints of the Lindbergh baby, to check them with those taken from the machine. In the car were found samples of candy and ice cream cones, which police suppose the owner of the ma- chine was selling. e The police enlisted the aid of ail Jocal radio stations in the search !lor the couple and child. At intervals of & half hour the following announcement " About: midnigh = ght Tuesday evening, a man and woman with a w.»y::‘—old baby wrapped in a blanket, drove to & g‘rl‘n at Hyattsville and left their debaker automobile, stating they Would come for it Wednesday morning. e have nolt; r;tumed for the car urke requests all hotels and rouo!l;fl.!:f 'l’):umh.w notify him im- With & baby since Tuesday Tight " o FRIENDS ENTER GARNER IN NEBRASKA PRIMARY Petition Filed With Secretary of j ®State Bears More Than Re- ] quired Signatures. B the Associated Press. LINCOLN, Nebr., March 3—Nebras- mfloflm nomination of John N. , Texas Democrat for President, were prlf;le;,fly assured yesterday of cast a preferential vote for him at the State’s pri Ap;fl ) primary election _ Petitions advocating his candidac: and bearing 2,285 signatures taken lzn the five congressional districts were filed l;!-guyegx%rd;y with the Secretary of . The law requires only 100 !ngnlucx:hdmrlcl S f ey nless the Speaker of the House de- clines this courtesy filing, it was ex- plained at the office of the Secretary of State, his name will appear on the Democratic ballot. BARNESVILLE LEAGUE ASKS POWER RATE CUT Special Dispatch to The Star. BARNESVILLE, Md, March 3.— Lower electricity rates for the Barnes- ville area were under consideration by the Community League here. The vice president, Mrs. John O. Pyles, presided. A committee was named to circulate petitions in behalf of reduced charges and report at a general meeting next Wednesday evening. Composing the committee are Forrest Gott, Reginald Darby, Mrs. Lawrence Price, Leonard Hays and J. R. Lillard. It was decided to hold s card party and Mrs. Reginald Darby was made chairman. Following the business session, chil- dren of the Barnesville School rendered & program. Willlam F. Prettyman of Rockville, president of the Montgomery County Bar Association, spoke on George Washington. VETERAN BILL OFFERED Representative Milligan Proposes | | | Local Medical Examiners. A bill to abolish all regional offices of the veterans' administration and to designate local medical examiners for veterans was introduced today by Rep- resentative Milligan of Missourl as a Democratic economy measure. Churches of All Faith Join Prayer For Stolen Baby By the Associated Press. ¢ NEW YORK, March 3.—Cath- blic, Protestant and Jew united 5 in prayer to a common ‘God for safe return of the kid- naped baby of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh. The prayers were uttered by the Rev. Joseph Pa Comas, vicar of Chapel, Trinity Church; ‘William E. Cashin, rector of St. Church and Rabbi D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1932. KIDNAPERS SOUGHT ON MEXICAN BORDER Calles Orders Close Watch on Pos- sibility Criminals May Try to Enter Country. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, March 3. The en- tire Mexican border was on the look- out last night for the kidnapers of Charles August Lindbergh, jr. Gen. Plutarco Elias Calles, minister of war, who was a close friend of the late Dwight Morrow, the infant's grandfather, ordered all northern mili- tary commands to be on watch along the frontier and at airplane landing fields, Similar orders went out to im- migration and customs guards. The kidnaping of the infant son of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, whose father Was Ambassador to Mexico at the time of the fiyer's courtship, caused & great sensation here. A stream of cablegrams was sent to the Lindberghs from friends _here. President Ortiz Rublo, Foreign Secre- tary Manuel C. Tellez and J. Reuben Clark, who succeeded Mr. Morrow 8&s Ambassador, asked to be kept closely informed of any developments in the search for the kidnapers. SUNDAY CLOSING FOUGHT Senate Group Believed Opposed to Barber Shop Plan. Although the poll being taken of the Senate District Committee on the bill to require Sunday closing of barber shops in Washington has not been com- pleted, indications today were that the measure may not receive a favorable Te] . Chairman Capper, who was in- structed to poll the committee, expects to report the result at a meeting to- morrow afternoon. It is understood considerable opposition has developed in the committee. Senator Copeland of New York intro- duced the bill as a health measure for barbers. It has been objected to by Seventh Day Adventists and by or- nizations that object to Sunday lation. DRIVER FAINTS AT WHEEL Three Cars Damaged and Colored Man Goes to Hospital. Three parked.cars were slightly dam- aged near Sixth and H streets today when Philip Cook, colored, 40, collapsed at the wheel, and his light delivery truck crashed into a line of automobiles. He was removed to Emergency Hospital and treated for cuts sbout Cook 18 by Wi dairy products X face. ber R. Sacks,| Pred A T L] KIDNAPERS SCORED BY BRITISH PRESS Open Challenge to Civilized Order and U. S. Public Seen in “Monstrous Crime.” By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 3.—The kidnaping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, jr., aroused the entire British press to in- dignant editorial comment today. Under the caption “A Monstrous Crime" the Daily Telegraph said: “Few more open challenges to civil- ized government ever have been ven- tured. Every citizen of America, who is able to do so, feels he has to play his part in rescuing Charles Augustus Lindbergh and the whole world will enter into acute anxiety of his parents and share in a hope for the child’s speedy recovery.” “If this cruel and miserable method of Intimidation with a helpless child a8 its victim," the Manchester Guardi- an said, “is really the work of ‘racke- teers’ and if the outcome of it is not a genuine and determined effort to end the whole deplorable business in all its ramifications, then the rot must be sunk very deeply into American life.” LINDY SENT SYMPATHY OF VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY Legislators Offer State’s Aid and Get Bill Fixing Death Penalty for Kidnapers. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va, March 3.—The Virginia General Assembly yesterday unanimously adopted a joint resolution expressing sympathy for Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh upon the kid- naping of their baby and calling upon citizens and officers alike to give any aid possible Shortly after the adoption of the resolution, Delegate J. G. Willlams of Culpeper offered a bill which would make kidnaping punishable by death. The resolution was offered by Dele- gate Charles W. Moss of Richmond, who declared that the Lindbergh baby “Is an uncrowned nited Soates” prince in the Ul G EAT AUNT WORRIED Miss Alice Morrow in Constant Touch With News Agency. ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 3 (F).— Miss Alice Morrow, great sunt of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, jr., kept in consiant confact with the Turkish News Agency today for latest reports on the news of the baby's kidnaping. Miss Morrow lives at the American Col- lege for Women on the horus, where she serves as a volunu::'gm Upper left: The last photograph made of Charles A. Lindbergh, 3d, before he was abducted from his nursery room in the Lindbergh home. It was taken about two weeks ago and was distributed to the press by Col. Lindbergh himsel after the kidnaping. Upper right: A view from the air of the home and grounds of the Lindbergh estate near Hopewe:l, N. J,, as the search for clues was conducted from there. Arrow points to the window of the nursery room through which the baby was abducted by means of a ladder. Insets shows both sides of the unsigned postcard which was dropped in a mail box yesterday at Newark, N. J., and which started authorities on an intensive hunt there to develop any possible importance in the card. Lower left: The crudely-constructed ladder by which the baby was reached is seen raised to the nursery window as State police yesterday attempted to reconstruct the crime in detail. Lower right: A view of the crowd of newspaper reporters, photographers and others who gathered at the Lindbergh home before police cleared the estate of all visitors last night as a sudden development in the case. —Star Staff, A. P. and Wide World Photos. HICKSON SUSPECTS ILLITERATE: CLAN Psychologist Thinks Kidnaper May Be Found in Jersey Cranberry Bogs. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, March 3.—A sugges- tion that the kidnaped Lindbergh baby may be found among the “Pineys” in| the cranberry bogs of New Jersey was made last night by Dr. William J. Hick- son, former Chicago psychologist. Dr. Hickson, visiting relatives in Pitts- burgh, recalled an extensive study he made of the “Pineys.” “I worked for 18 months for a Vine- land, N. J., institution for the feeble minded,” Dr. Hickson said. “An area about 25 miles square, part of it near the home from which the Lindbergh baby was stolen, contains about 400 or 500 weak-minded descend- ants of a clan which has persisted from Revolutionary times. “The Pineys live by cranberry pick- ing, stealing and assorted minor crimi- nalities. They are illiterate and suffer from mental illnesses.” ‘These, the psychologist believes, are the type who would perpetrate the dar- ing kldm?mg which has brought into play the full resources of the law and has aroused the sympathy of the Nation. Dr. Hickson says he found the Pineys unhealthy in mind and body, living without the law & precarious, makeshift existence in the pine woods. COLORED MAN FINED $200 ON RUM CHARGE Was Arrested in House at Hyatts- ville Containing 500- Gallon Still. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, March 3.— Frank Harper, colored, who was ar- rested in a house on Wells avenue north, said by police to contain a 500- gallon still, the largest ever found in a house here, drew a fine of $200 on charges of possession of liquor when convicted by Judge J. Chew Sheriff in Police Court yesterday. Emma Rhine, elderly Riggs road resi- dent, who was arrested several weeks by County Policeman Willlam E. ifton, forfeited $50 collateral. Caroline Barton, colored, of North Brentwood, was fined $50 for possession, but appealed. She was arrested by County Policeman Claude Reese. A nml.lt:s}ne was imposed on Eila Brooks, colored/ of Melrose, convicted of main- taining a disorderly house on it of Policeman Ciifton. Twenty-two persons arrested In & raid in Melrose Bottom, led by Chief of Police Albert Anderson of Hyatts- ville, forfeited $4.50 collateral each on Ch"fi. of disorderly conduct. Wilbut Nash of Beltsville, accused of assault and battery by Mrs. Marle Elliott, was acquitted when the prose- cuting witness said she would accept an apology, and Mr. Nash said he was sorry they had a it WILL PLAN BANQUET Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., March 3.—The 'Baby Liked Rough Play, Lindbergh’s Butler Reveals Declares He Wishes He Could Get His Hands on Kidnapers. By the Associated Press. HOPEWELL, N. J., March 3.—Ollie Wakeley, butler-chauffeur for the Lind- berghs, expertly balanced an armload of sandwiches and coffee for the State troopers yesterday and declared with a Scotch burr that he'd “like to get his hands on the one who stole the baby.” His young face was lined with worry, |and he seemed to welcome an oppor- | tunity to talk with somebody about the case. “My wife was so crazy about that baby,” he said, “that she’s been in a terrible state ever since this happened. “Sometimes 1 used to be afraid the colonel would object to the way she fussed around the little boy. The col- onel always insisted that the boy should not be idolized. He used to tell me to forget that the little fellow was Col. Lindbergh’s son—just to treat him like any other baby. “The baby was very intelligent. He liked his father to play with him, too. And the colonel used to rough-house him and push him over on the floor.” Then Wakeley seemed to realize that he was talking to a reporter. “I can’'t say any more. My job is valuable,” he declared, and hurried away. MANY PHONE CLUES T0 LOCAL POLE Motorist Certain Kidnaped Child Was in Sedan Passing Red Light. Public_anxiety for the safety of the kidnaped Lindbergh child resulted in at least a dozen telephone calls to head- quarters last night from citizens whose suspicions had been excited by various automobiles. One man, who did not disclose his identity, was certain the Lindbergh in- fant was in an automobile which ran through a red light on Rhode Island avenue last night, apparently coming into the city from Baltimore. The man reported the machine, a large sedan, was bearing New York tags and occupled by a man, woman and child. The woman, according to the citizen, apparently was trying to shield the child from scrutiny when the machine his automobile. The informer, however, was unable to supply the license number of the machine, Althou&l: he described it in detail. Other calls came from persons who saw automobiles which, they thought, should be traced in the Na- tion-wide search for the missing child. Police on their part were all cars arriving in the city following a telet! and radio message yester- day which said: “Look out for and arrest occupant of an automobile bear- ing Pennsylvania tags 4476-B. Hold car and all occupants. Flash Detec- tive Bureau. They are wanted for the abduction of Col. Lindbergh's child.” While all reports of suspicious auto- mobiles were investigated, police found mhh:&.w indicate that thekidnapers might have come this way. priihase it MY Swimming tigers have bee: in | after w-.muwmm LADDER HELD VITAL - CLUEINKIDNAPING fGrave Tactical Error Likely to Result in Capture, Criminologist Says. Special Dispatch to The Star. | NEW YORK, March 3 (NANA)— | The superintendent of & detective agency which has been internationally famous for many years, but who re- fused to permit the use of his name or that of the agency, pointed today to errors which may result in the capture of the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby. “Every criminal catches himself,” said this authority on crtme detection, “and the kidnapers of the Lindbergh | child will not be an exception. They | thought they were committing & ‘per- fect crime.’ They took every precaution %0 leave no trace, and when they cealized footprints were mevitable they removed their shoes. But with all these precautions they committed one grave tactical error which is very likely to cost them their freedom. They the ladder to the house. “There is a vast difterence between an amateur ladder-carrier, 5o to speak, and a professional and the footprints left on the Lindbergh lawn will tell the story. If the kidnaper 1s a laborer ac- customed to working with ladders, & painter, a carpenter or something like that his footprints will be in a straight line. If he is unused to putting up ladders the footprints will show distin signs of wavering. Needed Confederate. “This may seem at first glance a very slim clue, but you can't imagine how important such information is when a suspect is picked up. “Another thing which leads me to believe this is a far from perféct crime is that the kidnapers inevitably must have had a link either with some one in the house or some one closely con- nected with the house. “When a burglar wishes to steal woman's jewels he knows that all has to do is wait outside the house between 6 and 8 in the evening, When she is likely to go to her room to dress for dinner. After he locates her room the rest is easy. He knows every woman hides her jewels in the top drawer of her dresser. No confederate is neces- sary to pull off such a job. Nurse Complicates Situation. “But in kidnaping a baby an en- tirely different procedure is necessary. The child is frequently put to sleep early, perhaps even before electric lights are necessary, so the kidnaper must learn in some other way the loca- fon of the room. Even more important, he must know the layout of the rest of the house and the habits of the occu- pants to determine the time when suc- of a child such as the Lindbergh heir the situation is further complicated by a nurse, who is in almost constant at- tendance. A confederate familiar with the houshold routine thus becomes an absolute necessity. “With these two red -proof clues, the chase is off to & good start, but the police are facing & tremendous task, They will be hounded and har- ried at every turn by a hundred thou- sand cranks who remember what they never knew and see what they never saw. The first week may be devoted to nothing but chasing these wild goose Stories” (Copyright, 1932, by the North American Newspaper Alli Inc.) Maserati, Italian Racer, Dies. BOLOGNA, Italy, Alfieri Maserati, noted bullder driver of racing automobiles, died today an . Maserati won the ‘Monsa In in 1931 and had raced ot several times, \ (3 ILINDBERGHS WAIT [LIFE,TERM FACES IN VAIN FOR CHILD| BABY KIDNAPERS Area Near Home Cleared|Eight Other States Provide in Hope of Aiding in Death Penalty for Such Baby’s Rescue. Crimes, By the Associated Press. s __(Continued From First Page) The kidnapers of Col and Mrss ence with police authorities Jersey Oity [Charles A. Lindbergh's baby face s police were ordered to search all baard- | maximum penalty of life imprisonment ing houses and hotels. Instructions |if captured and convicted. But eight et o ook & °4 man, & WokAn and | States have provided a death penalty a baby." for crimes such as theirs. T oK Do I e ot aiod| They are Alabama, Delaware, Titinols, yesterday was kept under police eye | Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas throughout the night. Police had a de- urlpuon of the man believed to have and Virginh. from ct | who figured in the famous s he | creted cess would be most likely. In the case |ly posted the card. Newspapers, announce- ments from the stage and the radio were enlisted in Newark to spread the man's description. He was described as about 40 years old, short of stature, weight about 150 pounds and with dark gnlr. He wore dark clothing and a lerby. It was an uncertain clue at best, but nothing was being left unturned. Search already has been started- for every one of the fifty or more men en- gaged in the construction of the Lind- bergh home. This action is predicated on the police belief that the kidnapers apperently were thoroughly informed as to the location of the nursery, for they came bringing a three-piece ladder just long enough to reach the second- story window opening into the child’s' New Jersey, room. Col. Lindbergh and his wife, the for- mer Anne Merrow, mads it clear that their interest was solely with their stolen child and was not concerned with the capture and punishment of the kidnapers. The never talkative fiyer maintained his silence throughout last night, leaving al lannouncements of the progress of the hunt to State police and the Governor’s office at Trenton. It was quite clear, in statements made by those in close touch with him, that Col. Lindbergh is ready and to negotiate for the baby's return and to meet the kidni ’ ransom demands. Police continue to guard the contents of the note presumed to have been left on the nursery window sill by the ab- ductors. Even the figure $50,000, gen- erally understood to be the amount spec- ified as ransom, is without confirma- tion from the Lindbergh's. Whether the money has been obtained and is be- ing kept at the estate now, or whether arrangements have been made is equally uncertain. N Reporters Asked to Leave. Col. Lindbergh asked newspaj men last night to leave the estate. p;e ex- El:.lged that the establishment of press iquarters in the garage and the constant movement of scores of news- mon and photographers throughout the vicinity of the farm made it difficult to deal with the kidnapers. The Lind- bergh telephone line was so clogged with calls that it would have been diffi- they sought to The a) ce of the fiyer last night at the entrance to the roadway ‘eading to the estate and his statement fo troopers there that he was confident :he child would soon pe returned was taken by many as indicative of the ‘pmal lb:.l‘lg l:; had been m communica- on e kidnapers and had effected arrangements I?: h:f: child’s early return. cmwa u'oopetr said: “We want you newspaper men and everybody else to be out of the because we to who ht be tened away at the sight 50 many persons.” This, however, was just one of the scores of rumors than flew through the Sourland Hill country. There was indication that if the Lindberghs the baby to expected returned to them it would not be dur- ing daylight hours; for State troopers indicated with the changmg of ufls"o'clock this that the re- strictions against newsmen would prob- ably be lifted during the day. This was taken to mean that there was no thought that the would at tempt to make the return, if one immediately contemplsted, at I until after dark. Tells of Trained Nurse. In Philadelphia last night s man telephoned the city desx of a news- paper and said:- “You may say that a trained nurse is Whether this call, and perhaps the 'd posted in Newark were gen- uine, or the work of cranks, authorities e of the Zhnd Tollowea’ bl ol publication in Wednesday afternoon newspapers of storles that Mrs. Lindbergh was worrled that her child might suffer from lack of grnper attention and diet. The child as been under treatment for a severe cold for several days. Dr. E. M. Hawks of Polyclinic Hos- pital, New York, expressed the ion that a child of 20 months would not suffer merely because his kidnapers might not know the science of infant feeding. “A child of that age” Dr. Hawks said, “is much hardier than an infant and, if healthy, could go for an lndeflnlt:lm!kna vngut lé:loux harm.” Comm ications have reached the 1 b carryin Pat Crowe, Cudahy 4 ping sl vy g0 and v bov Crowe said: ing crime. “I would be willing to serve between, take the money to ;.' your power.” Believe Baby Is Nearby. A feeling that the baby may be se- in the broken country. some- where near the Lindbergh home still persists among many of the searchers. Alrplanes zooming overhead and hunts among the gullies, caves and thickets of the neighborhood still go on, although the search has already been extensive. There are many hiding places like the “rock house,” a cleavage large enough to conceal a man, in which John Hart, a Revolutionary hero, is said to have hidden from redcoats. The entire mountain ares was photo- graphed from the air with “flying &peed” by & ial aerial photograph- ing fleet of four planes. The result may have some value if the kidnapers took the child into the mountainous country. The fieet, flown by pilots who recent- the Miss] special Mosalc e map last night at the Curtiss-Wright pho- tography studios in New York. Last night Maj. Thomas Lanphier, former commander of the 1st Pursuit Group and close friend of Col. Lindbergh, landed at Roosevelt Field, N. Y., after a four-hour flight over New Jersey. He refused to discuss the re- lulnolhhunrch,bu't".ltt‘mlmad to police. The troopers, it was under- stood, were to conduct a foot party to investigate the cabins. NEW YORK POLICE AID. Lindbergh's Former Guard Sent to New Jersey to Help in g March 3 2 Montana provides a minimum penalty of one year, with no maximum specified, and the sentence provided in other States ranges upwara to life. Here are the maximum penalties pro- vided by each of the 48 States: Alabama, death; Arizona, life im- prisonment; Arkansas, 21 years; Cali- fornia, 20; Colorado, 7 for each person kidnaped; Connecticut, 30; Delaware, death. Florida, life; Georgia, 7; Idaho, 25; Illinois, death; Indiana, life; Iowa, life; Kansas, 10; Kentucky, death; Louisiana, 20; Maine, 20; Maryland, 21; Massachusetts, 10; Michigan, life; Minnesota, 40; Mississippl, 10; Missouri, death; Montana, no maximum; Ne- braska, life, if injury done, death: Nevada, life; New Hampshire, 30; life;, New Mexico, 99; New York, 50; North Carolina, 20; North Dakota, 20; Ohio, life; Oklahoma, 10; Oregon, 25; Pennsylvania, life; Rhode Island, 10; South Carolina, life; South Dakota, 15; Tennessee, 20; Texas, death; Utah, 10; Vermont, 25; Virginia, death; Washington, 10; West Virginia, 10; Wisconsin, life, and Wyoming, 14. MRS. HOOVER SEEKS NEWS OF KIDNAPING First Lady, Fearing for Lindbergh Baby, Sends for Latest Reports While on Florida Cruise. By the Associated Press. GREENCOVE SPRINGS, Fla., March 3—Great anxiety was felt by Mrs. Her- bert Hoover today over the fate of the kidnaped Lindbergh baby, and she sent a secret service agent ashore from the to receive latest search. He telephoned to Jacksonville and Associated Press dispatches, saying no definite trace of the child had were k leaving Jacksonville yesterday it was the motor ship would to the mouth of the St. Johns . Augustine an iytona Beach. Instead, the boat headed in the oppo- site direction up the river and anchored here last night. It was reported the party might proceed to Palatka before returning to Jacksonville to resume the cruise down the east ecoast. WAR ON KIDNAPERS PROPOSED IN HOUSE Cooper of Ohio Demands Prompt and Drastic Congres- sional Action, iver for By the Associsted Press. War against vide this character. These recent kidnapings emphasize the need for legislation mak- ing punishable by death such offenses. “It has gone to the state,” he added, “where they cannot even hold a funeral in Chicago unless Mr. Capone and his gang approve.” Representative Sabath, Democrat, the | Tllinois, rose to the defense of Chicago. “I deplore kidnaping as much as any one,” Sabath said, “but I also deplore the statement about the City of Chi- ‘I am sick and tired of hearing Chi- cago berated by certain gentlemen 'm they have nothing else to talk al " Actlon on the Cochran bill to make interstate kidnaping a Federal crime was deferred today the House Judi- ciary Committee. The measure again will come up for discussion Tuesday. Some committee members felt congressional action should await solution of the Lindbergh kidnaping case. A. Lindbergh during the bolsterous days after his Atlantic flight, was sent to the Lindbergh estate today to represent Police Commissioner Edward P. Mul- toasy, ‘believi | o™ Feection i Harry Col. Lindbergh's orl’lfllll Tepresenta- tive at the time of the ocean flight. Sergt. Finn will not take active part in the search around Hopewell, N. J., as that is being handled the Jersey authorities, but will act as liaison man between Col. Lindbergh and Commis- sioner Mulrooney in connection with all New York un!h: of the case. At the erence in Bruno’s apart- hone call was put through bergh’s private number and he Lmroved the Pinn ent. It developed at this conference that Bruno had received many telephone calls from persons belie they had clues which might solve the mystery of the Lindbergh child’s whereabouts. Because of Mulrooney and Sul- in close touch with him the kidnaper, fearful he tried to telephone Col. Lindbergh direct, might call Bruno to nh&!-hmuh him the terms on which baby would be returned. Ar- made for ment a on Col. A woman from the Lindbergh house- hold, accompanied by & man, visited police headquarters todsy and looked over the rogues’ gallery pictures in the Bureau of Criminal Identification. Police declined to discuss the identity of the two persons and were reluctant to discuss the matter, but it was learned from a high police official that the woman was & member of the Lindbergh househol id. The two first visited Commissioner Mulrooney and then were taken over a circuitous route through a series of of- fices to a rear stairway to the Bureau of Criminal Identification. Three New Jersey officials also visited Commissioner Mul and remained in conference. with for about 15 minutes. The officers mm as New Jersey police and refuged 10 make Any