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Lamb made his announcement {today at the morning press conference. at which he replied to a long list of prepared questions, In accordance with procedure in- sisted on by police, reporters had to submit their questions in advance and not allowed to ask for more defi- answers than the police chose to For that reason several of to- wers failed entirely to clear up which are still a mystery. The gave answers to all questions, but |in many instances the answers didn't answer anything. Complete information on tite progress of the hunt for the child was becoming more difficult to obtsin because of an | apparent lack of full details on the part |of State police. in whose charge the hunt is presumed to be. Although no man in recent years has i been the recipient of as much spon- | taneous publicity as Col. Lindbergh, he | never has courted it. nor has he cared for it. Under the present circumstances { he has followed a policy of leaving all | dealings with the press to the State po- | lice except for the appeals for the re- | turn of his child, which have been made over the joint signatures of Mrs. Lind- bergh and himself. Named by Diamond, The brief announcement Saturday, over the Lindbergh signatures, that “Salvy" Spitale and Irving Bitz had authority to act as go-betweens in ne- | gotiations for the baby’s return, ap- | parently was an action taken inde- | pendent of the authorities, for the lat- | ter professed 1gnorance of it | Spitale and Bitz have been looked | upon as gang allies in the past. They | were named by Jack (Legs) Diamond in a statement to a newspaper man (which was published posthumously) as the men who shot him down in the Monticello Hotel (New York) attack that nearly cost him his life. Spitale was questioned late last year in con- nection with Diamond's murder, but | was not held. Newspapers today theorized on the | significance of the Lindberghs' action in naming gangsters as go-betweens. Some of them saw in the announce- ment an indication that Col. Lindbergh had heard directly from the abductors and that the naming of Spitale and Bitz was the result of such communi- cation. This morning’s New York American said & communication “accepted as a | valid message from the child’s cap- tors,” had reached the Lindberghs and that it gave assurance that “the baby is alive and safe.” No Messages Received. However, early today Capt. Lamb was asked: “Has any communication purporting to come from the kidnapers and stating that the baby is ‘alive and well’ been Teceived?” His reply was: ‘No such messages have been re- ceived by this department.” Asked concerning any developments, Capt. Lamb replied: “There is nothing new.” No comment of any kind was forth- | coming _from the Lindbergh estate, | where Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh have | secluded themselves from interviewers | throughout the days of search. A statement given by Spitale and Bitz to the New York Daily News to- day said: | “We were asked by a representative { of Col. Lindbergh to act for him in | the hope that the kidnapers would get | in touch with us. We had no ulterior motives in sacrificing ourselves—be- | cause sacrifice it is—to aid the Lind } berghs. We hope for no personal profit whatsoever. “Further, we have not been in com- | munication with the kidnapers, nor have they been in communication with us.” Only Wants to Get Child. Spitale added “As the father of two children I told the representative of the Lindbergh family that I was concerned with only one thing—to recover the child, alive and in good health. My only thought is that as a man of my word, my prom- ise that I'll play ball with the kidnap- ers insures them a square deal.¥ The naming of Spitale and Bitz did not close the door to any other method of communication the kidnapers might prefer "We will follow any other method suggested by the kidnapers that we can be sure will bring the return our child." the statement of the aid | | were nite Pair dberghs happened to se- and Bitz as go-betweens d a mystery. The general belief the Lindberghs felt the 1ld be more willing to deal they believed would have viewpoint, than with lawyers Lindbergh family itself ymmissioner Mulrooney of the New York City police said he had no knowl- 5 o e e published by the news- urday night 1 arrested once, acC- of a crime. Bitz's rec- ord shows a felony conviction. The files f b have been removed from the police records without explanation. been ed Visits Gang Hangouts. e spent Supday visiting numer- Ls where outlaws are known and in passing the word be on the watch for any haping. s a professional job." he 1 will be able to obtain If amateurs did it. They might not be st me.” (Red) Johnson, Wiil Rogvrs word of the If this w the sailor | believed Schwartzkop( ction of Spitale and | | Gangsters bring the return By the Associated Press. HOPEWELL, N. J, March 7—A resume of all the information in the hands of investigators in the Lindbergh kidnaping is contained in answers made toaay by Capt. J. J. Lamb of the State police to the following list of prepared questions: Q. Will the police say officially whether or not there was a_demand for ransom in the note left by the kid- napers? A. The family and police both deny there was a note left demanding ran- som. Q. Will the police reveal the contents of the note? A. Police know of no note or con- tents. A. Same answer as No. 1. Q. Did any note instruct Col. Lind- bergh to announce Spitale and Bitz intermediaries four days after the kid- naping? A. No. Q. What token, if any, did the kid- napers leave to identify their later communications to Col. Lindbergh from fake messages? A. None. Q. Have the police or Col. Lindbergh received any messages they believe are from the kidnapers? A. No. Q. Do the State police or Col. Lind- bergh believe the baby is dead or alive? A. We believe the baby is alive. Q. Was Johansen Junge (husband of a seamstress in the home of Mr: Dwight W. Morrow, Mrs. Lindbergh's in Newark last night? A. Yes. Q Was the milk bottle found in Johnson's car the property of the com- pany which furnished milk for the Lindbergh baby? (Henry Johnson friend of Junge and suitor of Betty Gow, the Lindbergh baby’s nurse, was still being questioned in Newark to- day). A. I can't tell you anything about the milk bottle, as investigators have not reported yet. Q. Will Johnson be released under bond or will he be detained further? A. That depends on the outcome of his questioning. Q. Has the report on the questioning of Johnson been received by the State Q. How much ransom was demanded? mother) released after being qupstlonm‘ of our child Police Answer Queries Receipt of Ransom Note or Any Other Communica- tion From Baby’s Kidnapers Denied by Cap- tain of State Troopers. police at the Lindbergh home? A No, not as vet. Q What are the orders to the State police if the kidnapers, after negotiat- ing satisfactorily with Col. Lindbergh attempt to bring the baby to the Lind- bergh_home? A Do everything possible to help them deliver the child. Q. Has Col. Lindbergh asked the State police not to interfere with the negotiations and the safe return of the baby to the house? Has any one made this request? % 'A""Col. Lindbergh has made no such request. (B.) No. Q. What is the basis for the disagree- ment between the police and Col. Lind- bergh as to the method of procedure in this case? A. There is absolutely no disagree- ment between Col. Lindbergh and the police k Q. Was the time at which the baby was put to bed on the night of the Kidnaping his regular hour for going to bed? A. Yes. Q Will you tell the movements of Betty Gow (the nurse) from the time she put the baby to bed until the kid- raping was discovered? A Her movements were the usual movements. Is it true that police are working on the tip that Johnson. when arrested, was on his way to Saco, Me., where a | relative of his, Mrs. Howard Pinkham, has a_baby farm? | A. The investigators assigned to that angle of the case have not reported as_yet Q. Are there any new clues on the ladder? A. None. Q. If the Lindbergh baby was ill why dia Betty Gow leave it from 7:30 to 10 p.m.? ‘ A. The baby was not very ill. It hld( a slight cold Q. When will Col. Lindbergh, Capt. Lamb, or some one in authority grant a personal interview to clear many dis- crepancies in the case? A. There are no discrepancies given out from here. Q. Did Col. Breckinridge (attorney and friend of Lindbergh) see Spitale last night? A. Col. Breckinridge did not leave the house last night. ; friend of Miss Betty Gow, nursemaid to | for about half an hour eating the night | thought the stolen baby, was still detained early today. He was arrested in Hartford Conn., late last wek when police found his automobile and a milk bottle in it. He has been questioned at great length since that time, both by Connecticut and New Jersey authorities. Today he was held by Newark police. There was no indication that he had made any Miss Gow in the kidnaping. A statement by Johannsen Junge, the home of Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow (Mrs. Lindbergh's mother), in Engle- wood, tended to remove Johnson from naping. Junge said he and Johnson night (the night of the kidnaping) about 9 o'clock and that Johnson tele- phoned Miss Gow from there When she told him she could not see him that night. Johnson took Junge for a ride in" his newly purchased automobile They drove around Englewood, Junge sald, until midnight. The abduction occurred some time be- tween 8:30 and 10 p.m. Questioning Not Finished. When Capt. Lamb of the State police was asked today what the result of the questioning of Johnson had been, he replied “The questioning is not completed as | yet.” | Spitale and Bitz are the only | betweens the Lindberghs have {out by name. Scores of others, how- ever, have offered their serv and have promised to protect the interests of the kidnapers so long as the child is returned unharmed. Every church in America—Protestant, Catholic and Jew- ish—has been designated by spokesmen for each as ready and anxious to receive the baby into its care, with no ques- tions asked. Dudley Field Malone ternational lawyer; den, publisher g0~ ingled prominent in Bernarr Macfad- Warden Lawes of Sin Sing Prison: Mrs. Charles Lindbergh, sr, of Detroit (grandmother of the baby), and many others nave been designated as ready to serve as inter- mediaries. Pat Crowe, on whom public attention was focused when tried for the kidnaping many years was one of the first to profler his services. The general advice of those in au- thority as well as of well wishers has been that the return of the baby is of such transcendent importance that any thought of arrest and conviction of the kidnapers is not now a matter of con- sideration The Lindberghs them- selves have “followed this reasoning from the outset, and have indicated | terms, whatever they may be. Ransom May Not Be Object. any communication had been received from the kidnapers, some authorities to- day were considering the possibility that ransom was not the object of the kid- naping. 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It wa. realized that the kidnapers may have communicated with | Col. Lindbergh and 'that both he and | the State police have withheld the in- formation in the interest of the baby's sefety. Two of the principals in the great mystery held a brief reunion in the | pantry of their home last night. The young mother came down from the second floor, where she had spent prac- tically the whole day with her mother. and the young father left friends and officials conferring in front of house about the search for the kid- napers of the Lindhergh heir. The famous fiyer prepared sandwich- es for the two of them, while his wife opened a bottle of milk and filled two glasses. They remained in the pantry statements involving either himself or | suspicion as a participant in the kid- | went to the Morrow home last Tuesday | their willingness to meet the kidnapers' | In the absence of definite word that | the | lunch. Both appeared calm. | | | BOARDING HOUSE SEARCHED. | No Trace of Missing Child Found at i Home of Johnson's Relative. SACO, Me., March 7 (#).—Search of | a “baby boarding house,” operated here | by Mrs. Howard Pinkham, a relative o(‘ | Henry Johnson, held at Newark, N. J., | Iy after midnight today failed to dis- close any trace of the missing child. | THREE ARE QUESTIONED. | | Remark Made by Woman Leads to Probe at Astoria, N. Y. | | NEW YORK. March 7 (£ —Two women and a doctor were questioned at the Astoria, Queens, police headquar- | ters today about a remark one of the women was reported to have made re- garding the Lindbergh kidnaping | ""An air of mystery surrounded the | investigation, as police declined to ‘ld(‘“l,l’)' the three persons, and the al- | leged remark was not made public. | A man, whose identity was not dis- closed, overhead the remark and noti- fied police. The woman who made it belicved to be a nurse, was questioned and told police the incident was a “joke." Police, however, invited the cther woman and the physician to As- toria headquarters for questioning and decided to investigate all the circum- stances surrounding the incident None of the three was placed under arrest SOLD MILK TO PAIR. | Restaurant Man Says Two in Green Car Had Baby With Them. NORWALK, Conn. March 7 () — | Jimmy Bistany, owner of a restaurant on the Boston post road between Stamford and Norwalk, reported to Norwalk police today that he had sold a bottle of milk at 11:30 pm. Tuesday | to a man accompanied by a woman nnd‘ baby. Bistany told police the man, who was riding In a green coupe, answered newspaper descriptions of Henry (Rec) Johnson of Englewood, N. J. detained in Newark, N. J. for questioning in the kidnaping of the Lindbergh baby. Johnson, friend of Betty Gow, the baby’s nurse, was taken to New Jersey after being questioned in Hartford. | Bistany said the man paid for hot milk and said it was for the baby. Bistany asked the man if he wanted a little sugar in the milk. The customer | went ouiside and returned with an | affirmative answer. JOHNSON COMPANION HELD. { Man Says He Rode to Bridgeport With feispect Monday. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., March 7 (# —A man who said he rode from New York to Bridgeport last Wednesdav with Henry (Red) Johnson, detained for questioning in the kidnaping of the Lindbergh baby, was taken into custody here today. | Police, who refused to disclose his name, iook him to police headquarters for questioning. LUNCH STAND BANNED HOPEWELL, N. J. March 7 (®).— Two men in a big moving van drove | up the road leading to the Lindbergh | estate before dawn yesterday. State troopers rushed to meet them. The van was loaded with lumber which, | the men said, was to be used to build & “hot-dog” stand | The troopers ordered them to return | with it. o2 | Because so many well-to-do women | of the district are smuggling goods into ' Ulster, the Liffords customs it has asked that a woman customs be stationed thare. amed Kidnap Intermediaries 1f the. kidnappers of our child are unwilling to deal direct we fully authorize "Salvy" Spitale and Irving Bitz to act as our go-between. We will also follow any other method suggested by the kidnappers that we can be sure will Above is the note signed by Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh to the kid- napers of their child, naming two men believed to be well known Broadwa, racketeers to act as “go-between" be- tween themselves and the kidnapers. The men named. “Salvy” Spitale and were accused by the late Diamond of putting him on the spot in the Hotel Monticello in 1930, according to the story published by the New York Daily New Below: “Salvy” Spitale, New York racketer, designated by Col. Chgrles A Lindbergh to act as an intermediary with the kidnapers of Charles A. Lind- bergh, jr. A. P. Photos. DIAMOND'S WIDOW THINKS BABY SHFE Selection of Spitale and Bitz| ““a Lot of Baloney,” She Says in Interview. Confidence that the Lindbergh baby will be returned to his parents was ex- pressed today by Mrs. Jack Diamond, widow of the notorious New York gangster, who is appearing this | week at a Washington theater. “It's all & lot of boloney.” Mrs. Dia- | mond said, when asked what she of selection of Salvatore Spitale and Irving Bitz, New York un- derworld characters, as “go-betweens in negotiations with the kidnapers. “Work of Professionals.” “I think the boy will be returned.” Mrs. Diamond explained, “but I don't think Spitale and Bitz will have any- thing to do with it. I know nothing about the kidnaping except what I've read in the papers. 1 do know Spitale and Bitz, though. They used to run husband of a seamstress emploved at| i, the Lindbergh kidnaping case, short- | errands for Jack. Spitale is a gentle- man. I don't know Bitz very well “That kidnaping was the work of professionals. It was too smooth to have been done by amateurs. The kid- napers probably will wait until the ex- | citement blows over a little and then get in touch with Col. Lindbergh. If you ask me, all they want is coin of the realm. They won't harm the child” Mrs. Diamond expressed sympathy for the parents of the miss “I know just how they feel’ said. “You sec, I have three little nieces. Jack used to support them Now that he's gone. T provide for them If one of them should be Kidnaped, I| don't know what I'd do.” Has No Information. “Do you think the kidnaped baby still is somewhere in the East?” a re porter_inquired “If 1 knew where he was I'd go get him.” Mrs. Diamond responded “How soon do you think he’ll be re- turned?" “I don't know. If I attempted to say. the police probably would question me. and there’s nothing I can tell them. I I knew anything I'd go to them. The wouldn't have to come to me." The interview was given at the Ebbitt Hotel. LINDBERGH REFUSES SHEPHERD DOG AS GIFT Florida Man Sends Animal to Hope- well, but Telegraph Official Receives It. By the Associated Press HOPEWELL, N.-°J. March 7.—A large German shepherd dog arrived here yesterday addressed to Col. Charles A Lindbergh. Station Master Frederick Leigh noti- fied the Lindbergh home and was told it would not be accepted. The sender, H. Schrade of West Palm Beach, Fla., was notified and asked that the dog be given to any one who would give it a good home. An official of the Western Union Tele- | graph Co. accepted it other coffees in PROWNING & BAINES Gxriecndn Qotiee If’s Vacuum Sealed! TOHRS.LINDBERGH Mourns Daughter, Kidnaped Nearly Four Years Ago in New York. By (he NEW | Budd. almost YORK, March 7.—Mrs. Delia who hasn't known happiness in four years, feels akin to Mrs. Anne Lindbergh. But she hopes that the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby will show its mother more mercy than was vouchsafed to her On June 3. 1928, Mrs. Budds 10- year-old daughter Grace dropped the childish game she was playing on the {sidewalk before her West Fifteenth street home and skipped off with a fatherly man who promised to take her to a birthday party, where there would be lots of frosted cake Clamor and search reached to many parts of the country, netting finally two men, but they were released after accusations against them proved mis- | takes Today the mystery remains as | deep as ever The events that brought sorrow to the Budd household started when one of the sons, Edward, advertised for a farm job to add to the family income The father, Albert, was finding it dif- ficult to make ends meet on his wages {as porter in an office building At the Budd door. in answer to the ad, appeared a kindly looking “gentle. man farmer,” who said he was Frank Howard and that he had a place at Farmingdale, Long Island. —Negotia- | tions for a job for Edward were |started. A few days later the stranger came again—and walked off with Grace to attend a party he said he| was giving for his siste Three little girls said they saw the | two_enter a blue sedan with Pennsyl- | vania license plates, ry_police de- | partment in the United States and Canada was enlisted in the bunt. The nts got a post card. aimost unread- which said My dear friends: All litter girl is to r and into walter Mr. Burt.” ! while the parents were still trembling over the ominous import of this, came another | “Mrs. Budd your child is going to a funeral. I still got her. Howard." Other notes came: a street peddler was found who remembered selling a pot of cheese to the man calling him- self Howard. But never any clue that led to results In 1930. Charles Edward Pope, el- derly caretaker in an apartment house, was indicted on a charge of kidnaping after Mrs. Budd had looked at him in a line-up and said he was the man. Later the parents and three other witnesses | failed to identify him in court and he wasordered acquitted by a judge. Another suspect, who, police said, was_known as Albert Edward Corthell, or Frank Howard. was brought here from St. Louis, but was cleared and freed. So today Mrs. Budd does not know whether her fluffy-haired daughter is dead or alive more despite enjoy the milk. WHIPS in 30 seconds! or hail our route salesman. GRAND JURY CALLE Third Suspect Hunted as Brains of Ohio Plot Foiled by Finding Boy. By the Associated Press NILES, Ohio, March 7.—A special grand jury was summoned today to con- sider indicting two alleged kidnapers of James De Jute, jr.. 12, who was rescued Saturday after 76 hours of captivity. A third man, described as a former bootlegger, was still hunted s the sus- pected leader and “brains” of the plot. The other two, who said they were Dowell Hargraves and John Demarco, both of Youngstown, were hiding with the boy when they were captured in a secret room of an abandoned gambling den near Youngstown. Under Ohio law the men, if convicted, will face prison sentences of 1 to 20 vears. Ten years' additional might be added if evidence was found that ran- som was demanded, but the father of the child, a wealthy Niles contractor, erkra:y has denied that any money was | aske: | Life imprisonment for kidnapers is | provided in Ohio only when they de- mand ransom for & child ounger than || 12 years | Hargraves, the officers yaid. was one of two men who overpdwered Jimmy near his home Wednesday and secreted him in the old gambling den and liquor store house. Demarco claimed, said, that he had just gone to the place to buy liquor. The boy was standing on a case of whisky when the officers t}:}roke through an inside wall and found im. 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