Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1932, Page 5

POLICE PROIBIT ' QUERIES BY PRESS Oharge Newspapers With At- [ sempt to Dictate in Kid- I~ ** maping Probe. (Continued From First Page.) questionnaires has taken a great deal of our time which really belongs to the advancement of the work. Takes Too Much Time. “The police have the work and the case is their uppermost responsibility and this must receive foremost consid- eration. We regret the attempt that has been made to dictate to the police and the disregard that is shown to our earnest effort to co-operate with the press. “The time required to answer these questionnaires is interfering with our work and therefore we will discontinue to answer questionnaires. In place thereof two bulletins wiil be issued from Hopewell, one at 11 am. and one at 10 p.m., daily. “In addition you have our assurance that the moment anything definite de- velops we will issue & bulletin immedi- ately so that you may have prompt and authoritative information.” iscontinuance of the questionnaire leaves the press without any official source of information except the twice- a-day bulletins which Col. Schwarz- kopf's statement promised. At the out- set Col. Lindbergh announced that all official information _concerning the progress of the search would have to come from State police headquarters. Bulletin Issued. The text of the first bulletin issued under the new procedure adopted by po- lice follows. It was signed by Col Schwarzkopf. “John Norman Brett, reported to have been friend of servants, was arrested by Miami police, questioned and claims not to be acquainted with any of house- hold of the Lindbergh family. “Further claims in Miami since Jan- uary 24, 1932, being further investigated by the Miami police, and if his story is found to be correct he will be re- leased. “The possibility of connecting the ladder with construction work going on at Skillman seems to be exhausted. No connection of employes has in any way been established and unless positive in- formation comes in this angle of in- vestigation is exhausted. Farms Are Searched. “Numerous farms on the Pennington and Princeton road and adjacent sec- tions reported as being operated by suspicious persons thoroughly investi- gated, the premises searched and all occupants of the houses accounted for. Nothing of any kind was found to link them with the crime. “Careful and thorough checks have been made of more than 100 former employes hired to assist in construc- tion of the Lindbergh residence. Of those checked none can in any way be connected with the kidnaping case. ‘There are still others to be checked who are difficult to find and who have moved or left the vicinity of Hopewell ‘who will be investigated. None of thesc removals from this vicinity has been coincident with occurrences in the kid- ing. “The above are some of the definite results obtained up to this time. Many ions and bits of information are sul both by telephone and mail, and these have been investigated with- out result. Inquiries in the surround- ing territories are continuing in the hope of obtaining information. ‘Warden Asks Reports. “Col. Leonidas Coyle of the State Forestry Department and Chief War- den Stratton of the Fish and Game ent have been requested to get Teports from all men operating in this area during the last month, of any suspicious circumstances they may have noticed, strangers they may have seen, new residents in the vicinity or saything else that might be of assist- ance to us in this investigation. Tel- ephone reports state that nothing sus- picious has been discovered. | “To_correct the impression given us | that Dr, E. M. Hudson of New York | had offered his services in identifica- tion of fingerprints, we wish to state that he offered his services in apply- ing his chemical process of developing rints absorbed by material on | which they may have been left, but not respondent to the usual powder methods.” Capone Asks Chance. ‘The nine days of investigation have | been filled with hundreds of leads that | have sent investigators into New Eng- land, Pennsylvania and New York. So far as is known, however, the vital facts Temain brief ‘The baby has not been found. Two men with gang influence— Spitale and Bitz—whom Col. Lindbergh authorized last week to act as his agents in dealing with the kidnapers (should they hesitate to deal with him directly) were called into Federal Court in Brooklyn today to answer a charge of prohibition law violation. A gangster volunteer in the baby search—the notorious Capone—pleaded from his Chicago Jail cell for release under bond so he might exert his admittedly extensive underworld in- fluence toward effecting return of the child to his parents. A fourth figure with a gangland ‘background—Morris Rosner—has called , at the Lindbergh home during the past few days, according to Edward P. Mulrooney, commissioner of New York Police. Rosner, the commissioner said, is out on bail pending trial on a grand larceny charge growing out of the sale of stocks. Asked Naming of Go-Betweens. It was Rosner, according to some sources of information, who caused Spitale and Bitz to be named as pos- sible go-betweens, in the belief that professional criminals would not hesi- tate to dea] with them, regarding both Spitale and Bitz as “square shooters.” In his cell in the Cook County jail in Chicago Al Capone, under an 11- year Federal prison sentence for in- come tax law_violation, said he was “pretty sure” he could get the Lind- bergh baby back to his parents if he were released on bond. He proposed that he be released on_bond—"T'll post as much bond as the Government asks, $200,000 if need be"— so that he may have a chance to see what he can do. Capone disclaimed any theories about the kidnaping other than a belief that “some mob did it.” His plan, if given temporary freedom, would be to “get in touch with a lot of people I know.” | “If it wasn't a mob, the kidnapers would have been caught by now,” the gang chief said. “Only a mob could | get away with it. That's why I could help a lot—I know a lot of people.” Prosecutor Is Silent. When George E. Q. Johnson, Federal attorney in Chicago, was asked what he thought of freeing Capone tempo- rarily to give him a chance to help on the Lindbergh case, he said: “I know of no formal move now afoot to free Capone on bond. I don't ‘want to say what my reaction would be to such a move until it is made.” The New Jersey police declined to comment on the Capone offer. They said it was a matter for the Federal Government Henry Johnson, the sailor friend of from consideration. She is at the Lind- bergh home. Col. Schwarzkopf said “no definite responsibility” had been fixed upon Johnson in connection with the kidnap- ing. The best sources of information heretofore have tended to show he was not in the vicinity of the Lindbergh home the night of the kidnaping. He was arrested in Hartford, Gonn., two . He had gone there, he said, to visit his brother. Spitale and Bitz appeared in Federal | Court yesterday under the names James Martin and Morris Grossman. They de- nied their identity, but Grossman and Bitz's rints were found to be identical, and newspaper men were positive in their identification of Spitale. The hearing was postponed until to- day. ‘The two men were among 14 arrested last July after they had fought with police during an attempt to land liquor at a Long Island beach. Knew House Well The Newark (N. J.) News sald today that Johnson was familiar with every room in the Hopewell home of the Lind- berghs, that he visited the house in November, when it was under construc- tion, again on New Year day and & third time three weeks before the kid- naping. gfl’l‘:%l time, the News said, he was accompanied by Betty Gow and on the visit New Year day he was shown through every room in the house by the butler, Olife Wheatley. The State police let it be known they were pressing forward vigorously with their own line of activity; that they had not yet vindicated Betty Gow, the Lindbergh baby's nursemaid, or her friend, Henry Johnson, and that an in- ternational investigation of the pair was being conducted. They said that it had been estab- lished Johnson had entered the coun- try illegally and that if responsibiity for participation in the kidnaping were not fixed on him, he would be turned over to immigration authorities for de- portation. Col. Schwarzkopf stated an inquiry concerning a chorus girl by the name of. Betty Gow who entered the country illegally, served six months, was de- States in 1929, “would tend to dis- prove the fact” she is the same person as the nursemaid. Seen in Movie Theater. Two witnesses were sald by Police Chief Charles Peterson of Englewood to have told authorities that Johnson attended a motion picture show here the night of the kidnaping. He said it had been established defi- nitely that Johnson called the Lindbergh servant, Miss Betty Gow, between 7:30 and 8 o'clock that evening, then met his friend Johansen Junge, husband of a servant at the Morrow home. Frank Stanford, doorman at an Englewood theater, was quoted by Pe- terson as saying Johnson and Junge appeared at the theater a short time later, inquired for a friend, “Billy” Boland, and then went inside. Mrs. Nancy Carlson, waitress in a nearby ice cream parior, established today at Newark police headquarters, Peterson said, that Johnson and Junge appeared there after the show. Johnson previously had been quoted by police as saying he and Junge spent most of the evening riding around in his automobile through the suburbs of Newark. Newspaper Ads Cited. The New York Sun said today that recurrent rumors that Col. Lindbergh is in communication with the kidnapers “were apparently substantiated today” by two cryptic “public notices” pub- lished in a nemnp:r ‘Tuesday and Wednesday and y. The first notice, the Sun said, read: “Letter received at new address. Will follow your instructions. I also re- ceived letter mailed to me March 4 and was ready since then. Please hurry on account of mother. Address me to the address you mention in your let- ter. Father.” ‘Today’s notice read: “Money is ready. Jafsie.” ‘There was no official confirmation of the messages. SPITALE GETS “GOOD” TIP. Plans to Go West as Soon as Trial in Brooklyn Ends. NEW YORK, March 11 (#).—Counsel for Salvatore Spitale, go-between nam- ed by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to deal with kidnapers of his baby, said today that Spitale has been receiving hundreds of tips daily, one of which “looks pretty good.” The lawyer, Abraham Kesselman, said that Spitale will “leave for the West” on the tip as soon as his trial on a prohibition conspiracy charge in Brooklyn Federal Court is completed. . Kesselman refused to amplify his! statement. He would not discuss the nature of the tip and would give no indication what part of the West he meant. He did say, however, that all ?r the other tips were “obviously worth- ‘The attorney’s statement was mad before the opening of the trial of Spi- tale and Irving Bitz, the second go- between named by Col. Lindbergh, in Brooklyn Federal Court. The two underworld mediators were two of 16 defendants to be placed on trial before Federal Judge Moscowitz under an indictment charging con- spiracy to smuggle liquor. They were alleged to have conspired to land 195 cases of liquor in South Brooklyn. SEARCH OF SHIP FAILS. Captain of Norwegian Steamer Finds No Trace of Lost Baby. BERGEN, Norway, March 11 (#)— Capt. Ole Bull of the steamer Bergens- fjord informed Bergen newspapers by radio from aboard his ship today that Charles Augustus Lindbergh, jr., was not found on the ship when it was searched. An official search of the ship was ordered when it was reported that a baby whose description corresponded to some extent with that of the Lindbergh baby was aboard. WOMAN SAYS KIDNAPING STORY WAS MERE HOAX Ex-school Teacher Claimed to Have been Abducted to Cover Up on Market Losses. By the Associated Press BLAIR, Nebr, March 11.—Mrs. Beulah Van Wirt of Blair, former New York State school teacher, today ad- mitted that the story of kidnaping and ransom she had told was invented to cover up losses in the stock market. Her original story had been that she was_kidnaped in New York last De- cember and held captive for some time before being released after paying ran- som. She said she was released in Co- lumbus, Ohio, with no funds and had been forced to wire home for money. Today she said she had lost her job in a State institution at Albion, N. Y., in November and that she and Dan Van Wirt, her husband, lost the money sent her by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Mefer of Blair, in playing the market. Mrs. Van Wirt's marriage last August Wwas unknown to her parents until Van Wirt appeared here recently. He for- merly studied medicine at Columbia University. PONSELLE WELL AGAIN Soprano Recovers From Attack of Influenza in Cleveland. CLEVELAND, March 11 (#).—Rosa Ponselle, dramatic soprano of the Met- ropolitan Opera Co, ;Epumu has recovered from an attack of luenza that caused cancellation of her con- Betty Gow, nursemaid of the Lindbergh baby, was revealed today to have been %:cea formally under arrest March 6. e charge s violation of the immigra- tion 1aws. The State police said they bad not entirely eliminated Miss Gow cert engagement here two 8g0. Miss Ponselle has been lergoing treatment at the Cleveland Clinic dur- the two-week od, alt] the :?:ga of “fu itselt was ot of great duration, she said. x,' Police Refuse to Talk Drop System of Answerin, Press Is Trying to Dictate to Authorities in Investigation. By the Assotiated Press. TRENTON, March 11.—Fourteen ques- tlons submitted by reporters remained unanswered todsy when Col. H. Norman Schwartzkopf, head of the State police investigating the Lindbergh kidnaping, announced that the daily question- naires would be discontinued. The ques- tions follow: - As being one of the three main possibilities explaining the kidnaping, and in view of many contradictory an- swers, we would like definite informa- tion as to the search conducted by State police in the immediate vicinity of the Lindbergh home. We consider these especially important in light of the possibility that the baby might have been abandoned at any hour since the kidnaping and might now be alive in some remote spot in the wilderness, abandoned as the result of the fright of the kidnaj 2 A. Please tell in detail what steps State police took to obtain bloodhounds before finding as previously announced that “none were available, inasmuch as we are given to understand by dog au- thorities that 100 or more good blood- hounds could have been made available at Hopewell within two hours after the kidnaping was reported. B. Is it the opinion of State police authorities that bloodhounds would not be able to trace the footprints of the kidnapers within a few hours after the kidnaping? C. In case the answer to these ques- tions is the usual “no answer,” we wish to point out that these matters do not concern the personal affairs of the Lind- berghs and do not concern future po- ported, and returned to the United jlice attempts to contact the kidnapers or recover the baby, but are merely to establish whether a thorough, humani- tarian effort has been made to discover whether the baby might have been abandoned in the vicinity of the Lind- bergh home. If the answer to previous questions is “no answer,” please explain why such an answer was made. Search Held Incomplete. 2. It is our information that there are several thousand acres of wild and wooded land surrounding the Lind- bergh home. A check-up made by some reporters Thursday indicated that some homes within a_fairly short walking distance of the Lindbergh estate have not vet been visited by police. We have already been informed that the search of the area was not continuous and that the National Guard was not called out because it was a “police matter.” Again pointing out the possibility that the baby might have been abandoned in this area at any time since the kidnap- ing, we wish to know: A. How many acres of land around the Lindbergh home have been thor- oughly searched? B. How many police took part in this searca? C. Please name the days upon which the search was conducted, how many men engaged each day, how many acres searched each day. D. Do the State police authorities feel completely satisfied that the baby has not been abandoned in the area of the Lindbergh home, and, if so, how do they arrive at that conclusion. (Again call your attention to ques-| tion 1-C.) If the State police have not ens gaged steadily enough men to properly make a thorough search of the thou- sands of acres of wooded land around the Lindbergh home, why has not some public announcement of that fact been made, so that militia or a posse could have been called in to assist, in order to save the baby's life in the event that it was abandoned in the woods by the kidnapers. Demand Definite Answer. E. If the answer to any of the above | is “No answer,” or “Not to our knowl- edge,” kindly 'explain why. 3. It has been frequently reported that the word “gut,” meaning ‘good,” appeared in the original ransom note. In view of this, or if the State police do not wish to commit themselves as to the existence of a ransom note, in view of any matter they have investigated or learned, have they paid any special at- tention to an investigation covering per- sons of German extraction in the near- by community? Reporters who ques- tioned people in the vicinity Thursday | talked to some persons of German ex- traction who had not been questioned by State police. If you do not care to make a direct answer to this question, have you any other comment to make? 4. If the answer to the previous ques- tion is, “No answer” or “We have no knowledge of this,” or something simi- | lar, will you kindly explain why the question cannot be answered? 5. There is some misunderstanding | as to Johnson's nationality. Can you | settle this point if you have the infor- mation, giving dates of immigration, birth. etc.? 6. In answer to a previous question you told us Betty Gow had not been out of the Lindbergh house at any time on the week end prior to the kidnaping. | It is our understanding that Betty Gow and Henry Johnson, according to state- ments of Johnson, had “dates” together on Sunday and Monday nights. Will | you kindly clear up this seeming dis- 7. Will you please give us a definite answer as to whether Col. Lindbergh bas communicated or attempted to com- municate with the kidnapers by news- paper advertisement, letter, telephone, or by any other means or whether he has réceived any message by letter, tele- phone, telegraph, or by newspaper ad- vertisement or by any other means which he believes to have come from the kidnapers? If the answer to this is the usual “no answer” will you | kindly explain why the question is not answered? 8. Previous answer said that State| police have no knowledge that Morris Rosner has & record in New York. Can you tell us just what his connection is in the present case, whether he is in any way associated with Frank Aranow, and whether he has been or has claimed to be in touch with the kidnapers? Also how long has Col. Breckinridge known Mr. Rosner? Gangster Link Possible. 9. Is Harry Fleischer, Purple gangster, fugitive from Detroit Collingswood ave- nue massacre, being sought Qy the po- lice for questioning in connection with the kidnaping? Is any Detroit gangster being sought? 10. Was Betty Gow at the Lindbergh home on the night of February 22? If | not, where was she? 11. Tuesday night you reported “prog- ress” in the investigation. Last night you sald progress was “continuing.” Would you say now there has been “further progress"? 12. Do the facts on hand indicate the case is nearing a solution? 13. In order to set aside speculation caused by conflicting reports can you tell us, without disclosing any vital de- tall, whether any communication has been received, of which the authenti- city is unquestioned, indicating the baby is alive? If the answer is “no answer” will you please state why? 14. One reporter who previously re- quested an opportunity to communicate special information was told to confer with Lieut. Coughlin. itles in their vicinity unless the re. porter is given an opportunity to con- fer with superyising authority in the investigation. % Questions asked shortly before mid- {.x.ht last night were answered as fol- lows © 1. Who is at the time of this ques- tioning in charge of this investigation? A. See subsequent answer. 2. If the answer to question No. 1 “Ggl. Schwarzkopf,” will OCol. f explain why he repeat- refers questions about Henry (Red) Johnson (friend of the Lind- bergh s nursemaid) to Newark pol 14 A. See subsequent answer. is Sch edly g Queries on Charge That lewark police insist they cannot meepond t "questions _sbout Henry Johnson, will Col. Schwarzkopf tell us what Johnson revealed under questioning to State’s Attorney Hugh Alcorn (of Hartford, Conn.) which caused Alcorn to telephone Scotland Yard? A. See subsequent answer. Britons Send Information. 4 What is the vital information which the London Daily Express editors by transoceanic telephone told an | American reporter today they possessed | about Betty Gow (the baby’s nurse- | maid), but could not publish by order of Scotland Yard by the yard's agree- ment with the United States State De- partment? A. See subsequent answer. 5. If you do not know the answer to the previous question, will you please consult Deputy Police Chief Brex in Newark and ask him will he enlighten you about this tremendously important angle of the official investigation? A. See subsequent answer. 6. If Betty Gow is still under police surveillance and is being investigated, why was she permitted to go to Prince- ton, N. J., yesterday unaccompanied ex- fcept by a fellow servant? A. See subsequent answer. General Answer Given. 7. Why is Henry Johnson being held? “The following statement answers | questions 1 to 7. It 1s made by H. Norman Schwarzkopf, superintendent of New Jersey State police: “The Newark police have been in- vestigating Henry Jonnson because most_of his actions have peen centered in North Jersey. A statement was taken from Johnson accounting for his actions before the crime and imme- diately following the crime, up uniil the time he was apprehended in Con- necticut. “The investigation is being conducted by interviewing all people who could have any knowledge concerning movements and actions during the time mentioed. So far, his story has checked satisfactorily. So far we have not been able to fix any definite responsibility in connection with the kidnaping on Henry Johnson or Betty Gow. International Probe Under Way. “But because of international inves- tigation of both of the subjects with reference to-their previous lives abroad, we are not in a position to vindicate them. A communication received from State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn of Connecticut to~ the effect one Betty Gow, a chorus girl, served six monhs | for illegal entry into the United States | and was deported back to Europe in | 1927 and returned to the United States in 1929, the verification of the finger- prints of Betty Gow, who is employed | by the Lindbergh family, by the United States Bureau of Investigation, Depart. ment of Justice, shows no criminal rec- ord in the United States and this would tend to disprove the fact that the two | arz’l%xlm and "ll; slame. “The investigation has brought out that Henry Johnson entered this coun- try illegally. “Both Henry Johnson's and Betty Gow's fingerprints have been sent to Europe for any criminal records that may be on file there. Faces Deportation From U. S. | “If we cannot fix any responsibility on Henry Johnson for participation in this crime, he will be turned over to ninmxmtlon authorities for deporta- tion. | “In anticipation of this, he is being | held by the Newark authprities.” 8. “Al” Capone appealed to the Fed- eral Government today to release him on bond so he can help in the search for the baby. Will you state whether the New Jersey police have been ap- proached? Do they approve? Have they any objections? Does Col. Lind- bergh know of this? Will he comment? Do police think Capone could help? A. The matter of the release of “Al"” Capone has not been taken up by| police conducting the investigation and | this is entirely in the hands of the Federal Government. The police are not contemplating making any such request. 9. Washington officials say that the enlistment of “Al” Capone’s aid in negotiations with the kidnapers could be effected if Col. Lindbergh, Gov. afloore or somebody of equal responsi- ility here requested. He would be ad- | mitted to bail on authority of the| Attorney General's office. Is any such move contemplated? A. See answer to question 8. 10. Has Nelson F. Lyon been ques- | ggid? Do police wish to question A. It has been determined this man has no definite information or connec- tion with the case. No Definite Theories. 11. Have the police developed a d. - nite theory of any kind as to where the | baby might be held—that is, in the im- | mediate Hopewell area, in the New York | metropolitan area or at some point far- ther away? A. All three of these are possibilities and we are investigating all angles. 12. Was the Lindbergh attic searched? Were any fingerprints, footprints or other clues found- Is the attic reached by a disappearing staircase? A The whole house has been thor- oughly searched from cellar to roof and nothing definite has been found other than that which has been reported. 13. Have the police any more knowl- edge tonight concerning the identity of the kidnapers or the present where- abouts of the baby than they had the night of the kidnaping? | A. No answer. | 14. What are the latest developments in the police investigation? A. Many clues have been run down his | the kidnaping: Was by both New Jersey police and revealed 16. Was Johnson ever at the bergh home? Were his dates with the nursemaid the two nights previous to the kidnaping at the Lindbergh home or the Morrow home? A. Answered by statement at end of | question 7. hulng dates with Betty 7. Besies Gow two nights immedia - ceding the kidnaping and telephoning to her the night of the kidnaping, did Johnson communicate with her in any way afterward or otherwise continue his attentions? A. Answered by statement at end of q\lf;llfln 1. . Have penmanship experts linked Johnson with cards taken from the mail at Newark, N. J, and Hartford, Conn., these cards being hand-printed? Were :Oh;hurda the work of the same per- | A. Same as last answer. O n 8l ent i u;‘g after the kldn:;i’;:’:?‘ o . No. ~ Early Evening Questions. estions and answers exc ed earlier in the evening follow: - 1. What are the latest developments on the following angles—(a) Henry Johnson, (b) investigations at Skill- man, (c) the “recheck” of the Hopewell l;;zé”(d) the investigation of the cl A. (a) Henry Johnson still held at Newark, (b) continuing, (¢) continuing, (d) continuing. 2. Has Col. Lindbergh left the estate today on business connected with police investigation? 0. 3. Has the family turned over to the police any communications, whether apparently false or otherwise, purport- ing to have come from the kidnapers? If 0, how many, and what can you tell us as to their contents? A. No. 4. Have the police received any com- munication independently purporting to have come from the kidnapers? Are nnz o;‘ them genuine? . No. 5. Did Betty Gow (the baby’s nurse- maid) leave the Lindbergh home at all, even for a short period, on the day of ? Where did she go? During the week end preceding the kid- naping? Where did she go? A. No. 6. You reported earlier that you had no information on the rumor that the baby was found in Connecticut and was being bfouulhtl to .Yers:‘y I?::‘;Ye ygg Sheriff Reiley of Bridgeport. now any information on this report? A. Have not received any. “Calls for Opinion.” 7. Do you think it possible “inside” information on the Lindbergh family's | plans could have been conveyed by | Henry Johnson to Johanson Junge| (friend of Johnson and husband of a| Morrow servant) and by him either intentionally or unwittingly to the kid- PR P his calls for an opinion i calls for < 8. Does Col. Lindbergh wish the po- lice withdrawn from the case? Does Col, Lindbergh wish the press to halt publication of all or part of the news pertaining to the kidnaping? A. No answer. 9. Has any actual contact been made with the kidnapers either by the police or by Col. Lindbergh? A.'No answer. 10. to say definitely that Col. Lindbergh has received no notes from the kidnapers that could be considered genuine? A. No answer. 11. Since New Je ering the length of tife & person may be held for investigation, 11 we as- sume that Henry Johnson is remain- ing in custody voluntarily or that & charge has been placed against him? A. No charge has been placed against him. 12. It is reported from Hopewell that a local constable says nammer marks on the kidnapers’ ladder are so distinc- tive that amount to positive means of tracing the workmen who made it. Is this correct? A. No. 13. Erna Schulz, Englewood hair- | dresser, is quoted as saying she was called to the Lindbergh 23 and cut off the baby's curls. Is this correct and has a new description of the baby minus the curls been broad- cast? A. Babby's hair was just trimmed. 14. Is Gov. Moore's professed belief that the baby is alive and well based on a “hunch” or actual facts in his ssession? pOA' You will have to ask the Gover- 5. Does Col. Lindbergh believe the baby I’: alive? A. No answer. 16. Commissioner Mulrooney discloses that Morris Rosner is under three in- dictments for land fraud. Is this known to investigators at Hopewell? A. Not known. Threats Not Known. 17. Have any threats been made a t Johnson's life? Are authorities afraid to release him for that reason? A. Not that we know of. 18. Why do not the investigators ask | the Government for permission to use the State Militia in a minute re-check of the Hopewell Area? | A. This is police wopk. | 19. Col. Schwarzkopf (superintend- ent of the New Jersey State police) said | today 50 or 60 men were detailed to the Lindbergh home. Has this number been reduced, augmented or fhmm in any WlAy l}r: the last three hours? . No. 20. Could residents of the Hopewell area supply any satisfactory confirma- tion of the moyements of a supposed “old blue car” in the Hopewell vicinity repeatedly for a week until the day after the k)l{dmpxng? A. No. 21. Were fingerprints or footprints of thi b;'by ever taken? . No. 22. Buffalo police radio announces baby found. has a law cov- and carefully investigated and all im- for the Gold Clock on Seventh Street PERFECT Bear in mind that these are mot Chas. Schwartz & Som PERFECT DIAMONDS . . . 30 we are anzious to ‘dispose of them . . . this ez~ plains the unusual clearance dis- LOW TERMS Pay Small Amounts WEEKLY or MONTHLY to suit your convemience A. We have received no such notice. DIAMONDS ONLY OL. H. NORMAN SCHWARTZKOPF, head of the New Jersey State police, who has directed the police investigation of the Lindbergh kid- naping, telling newspaper men about the case at the State House, in Trenton, N. J. Underworld’s Rum Supplies Blocked By Kidnap Hunt Bpecial Dispatch td The Star. HO! N. J, March 11. —The underworld—at least the bootleg element—is uniting in a search for the kidnaped Lind- bergh baby because the inten- sive hunt for the child has paralyzed the rum and beer in- dustry in and around New Jer- sey. Investigators in the Lindbergh case said that the bootleg busi- ness is beginning to feel the pinch of redyced profits, as the patrolling of "oads and ' search- ing of motor cars and trucks by ggllce has stemmed the flow of r and liquor throughout this region. Not a truckload of beer or liquor has moved in these parts for more than a week and flflceu have skyrocketed, particu- rly in Newark speakeasies. Folks: It may be chilly today but Shriss wnd BBLE 2 around the corner! TEMPTING TOPCOATS $19.75 w}lclc!fllc Pr;ccfl are stiffening, the Bargain Days are numbered. Buy Now—Buy Great Value— Buy on the Kaufman Budget Plan. Only $4.75 cash—and balance in $1.50 weekly or $3 semi-monthly pay- ments. o interest or extra charges. 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The kidnaping of the Lindbergh baby may play a part in the forth- coming political campaign, Here in the National Capital, where | interest in the mysterious theft of the | child has been most intense, the po- | litically-minded are beginning to won- der what public opinion will emerge from the episode. Will it be a mani- festation of wrath against the gang- sters and the prohibition situation, or |will it prove a boomerang against those who have been advocating out- right repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment ard a return to unrestricted sale of alcoholic beverages? | At present, of course, there is no in- formation as to whether the kidnaping was the work of professional criminals or amateurs, so it is premature to charge gangland with it. But if thej underworld of crime is responsible, then the speeches in Congress and elsewhere | will break out again on the deplorable | state of affairs that conduces to gen- | eral violations of law. Issue Not One-Sided. | It is not a one-sided issue by any | means. The drys insist that patroniz- ing of bootleggers and Individual dis- respect for law by eminent citizens has led to the general breakdown of law and has made police officers lax. The wets argue that the distribution of liquor being inevitable the Government hes by its laws encouraged a criminal class which, in turn, has bribed and g::x;upud the police power of cities and es. Whatever may be the true cause of present conditions, there is no doubt that the moment the Lindbergh mystery is cleared up there will be an outburst on the general subject of law and order in which debate both the wets and the drys will na‘rt’igip::: The wets will, of course, precip . They feel nt conditions are illustrated by suchvfieold crime as the Lindbergh kidnaping. There are signs, too, that other groups may have comment to make. 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