Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1932, Page 4

" A4 PEACOCK REFUSES 0 VISIT HOPEWELL Rejects Offer of Expenses to Make Trip—Condon Be- fore Bronx Grand Jury. (Continued From Figst Page) naping snd the Maryland gangster mentioned in his bulletin, Col. Schwarz- kopf declined to give any details. He sald the investigation was proceeding in both cases and might be hindered by statements from him. Retrace Kidnapers' Steps. Bearch for the kidnapers was brought | back to where it started 80 days ago— to the foot of the crude, home-made ladder resting against the window-sill| of the looted nursery. Under personal direction of Col. Lind- bergh the search was renewed from the very beginning yesterday when a detec- | tive with a bundle in his arms to rep- resent the baby climbed out of the nur- sery window and took the trail of foot- steps the father found on the night of March 1 when he rushed out in search of the abductors of his first-born. The trip over the same ground yes- terday was made in the hope that some hitherto overlooked clue might be found | that would lead to the identification and capture of the kidnaper-murderers. From the foot of the ladder Col. Lindbergh led the party along the tratl, | which had been followed for two miles | from the house thé day after the kid- naping. The beds of two small streams which traverse the Lindbergh estate were carefully examined on the possi- bility that the kidnapers might have followed them to destroy any scent that could have been picked up by dogs. Concentration on an attempt to pick up the long cold trail of the kidnapers left other phases of the case in ance for the time being. Question Teacher. ‘The district attorney in Kings Coun- ty. Brooklyn, yesterday questioned Mrs. Mary G. Ford, a public school teacher, regarding communications she had had with Condon several weeks ago. Officers also interrogated the teach- er's daughter. ' Miss Gertrude Ford, whom they- located ib & Riverside drive apartment. Both told . substantially the same story of their cantact with the aged “Jafsie” and later 'erz released. District ‘Attorney W. F. X. Geoghan said he nejther believed nor disbelieved their explanition, but would continue an investigation. Mrs. Ford told-her guestioners & story of being in-finanéial straits, thinking “Jafsie” might be able to aid her, and appesing to him in vain for $2500. Inférmation supplied by public school officials started detectives off on this new tangent. They had heard Mrs. Ford talk to Dr. Condon by telephone, they said, and knew she was absent from her duties between February 25 throwgh March 1, the day of the kid- naping. Denied It Was Condon. ‘When they asked her about her con- versation 'flh “Jafsie,” they told of« ficials, she denied it was Dr. Condon she had s to, and said it was her daughter's sician. Under questiofiing, Mrs. Ford said she first thoughts of Dr. Condon When a. private mve called on her about another r and started discussing the Lindl case. Her story. of what followed was this: She wrote:Jo Dr. Condon asking an appointment @botit a personal matter, and adding she would like to be of serv- ice in Lhe Lifidbergh case. He replied by letter, asking for her telephone num- ber. 8he sent him the school number. Dr. Condon called her and she asked him for $2,500--$1.700 to settle an ac- count and $800 for her daughter, who had motion picture ambitions. Dr. Condon told her to write to him. Instead she called him several days later | and some one at ms home said he co\éx;;l do nothisg e school from P! 25 thr March 1 by saying she her ter had been ill. . Shé gave the name of the physician - she #aid treated them. Authorities said they would check that part of the story, Geoghan said he would ask Dr. Con- don to conde to_his office today with the letter Mrs. Ford wrote him. Nevef’Had Seen Her. ’ nun- from Dr. Condon was told of the inter- || rogation of Mrs.-Ford as he came from a mysterious visit to the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., later in the day. “I have never even seen her,” “Did you ever talk to her on the telephone?” he was asked. The aged educator smiled, stuck out his tongue, and said: “That’s my answer.” Although ‘State police said Dr. Con- don’'s daughter had told them by tele- phone her father had been advised by D! Dr. Condén munched sandwiches and poured over-maps as he Was driven up- State by “AL” Reicly, former prize fight er. Two New York City detectives trailed Him in another car. Reich has been his'bodyguard throughout the ne- || gotiations When they arrived at the Wilitary Academy Dr. Condon engaged in a whis- pered conversation with the two detec- tives. They appeared to be consulting the maps Then “Jafsie” hailed a passing motor cvcle with a side car, and he and one of the cetectives rode in it to the home of Col. R. G. Alexander, head of the academy’s department of map drawing, who is understood to have a large col- lecticn of maps of the Eastern sea- board. 80 TO TAKE PART IN MUSICAL DRAMA Well Known Church and Concert Singers to Stage “Yeomen of the Guard” Next Week. Bighty Washington singers will par- ticipate in a production of the Gilbert and Sullivan musical drama, “The Yeoman of the Guard,” to be presented | | High || nightly next week at McKinle; School auditorium by the Washington Civic Opera company, in co-operation with the Community Center Departe ment. The company plans to offer various other productions at the audi- torfum during the Summer months. The National Symphony Orchestra will supply an accompaniment for the || opera under direction of Alfred Man- ning. The production is being coached by J. Humbird Duffey, an authority on Gllbert and Sulivan tradition Members of the cast and chorus of the opera are well known to the Wash- ington public as church soloists or singers who have appeared at various recitals throughout the District. Leading parts will be played by Esther Melick Ingram, Alma Bishop, Maxine De BSilvia, Alma Harris, Jesse || Veitch, Ira Phillips, Elliett Button, J. Raymond Balne, Harry Crow, jr, and Melville Veitch, supported by a well- trained chorus. Rehearsals are in progress at the City Club BuM.lng 1320 0 street. Seynstialing ‘The Pruldem of Nicaragusa has been suthorized to bring about payment of insurance claims arising out, of the fite i it Managua | Tollow! earthquake af last y:f ‘and to discontinue any insur- ance ¢ompany in the country which sbide by w local judicial de- abey- | he said. || ,| Questioned l | MRS. MARY G. FORD, |released by the district attorney of ing her yesterday about a repogt that she had communicated several weeks sago with Dr. John F. Condon, inter- mediary in the Lindbergh case. He directed her to keep in touch with him | and to come back to his office for further questioning whenever he desires. -—A P Phnlo CURTIS INVOLVED TRIO IN FAKE CONFESSION| Shipbuilder Had Said Their Names Were All Those of the Same Man. By the Assoclated Press PHILADELPHIA, May 20 —Federal agents here today said they believed the names of three Philadelphia mem were mixed up in the confusion of names and aliases that John Hughes of negotiations with the Lindbergh baby kidnapers. One of the men, Bamue) Vernikoff, was arrested yesterday as an alleged rum-runner. Thé others are being sought on liquor charges. The agents gave their names as Samuel Goldberg, known as “Sammy the Gas Man,” and Vernikoff’s_brother, Morris. ‘Willilam Dunningan, chief special in- ment here, said, however, that neither the Vernikofls nor Goldberg are suspect- ed of implication in the Lindberg! In an early statement, Curtis gave a number of names which he said were those of the same man. In his con- fession he sald the only real person in the statement was Sam Vernikoff, who, he said, was known by all the names. Dunningan said three separate indi- idusls were included in the names given n said, had used the names Samuel ernikoff and Sam Kline. Vernikoff, he stated, has used only his own name so far as known The three men were indicted in Bal- timore last February on liquor charges Dunningan stated the three also were under indictment for rum running in Norfolk. STRESSES ADVERTISING Theater Director Says Proper Pub- licity Imperative for Success. ture could not exist, Clifford Brooke, director of the National Theater Play- ers, sald yesterday at a luncheon of the Washington Advertising Club in the Raleigh Hotel. The luncheon was held in Mr. Brooke's honor. Ernest S. Johnston chairman of the 8pring Frolic Com- plnce tomorrow night at the Shoreham Hotel. | A New York public schoel teacher, was | Kings County, Brooklyn. after question- | Curtis made part of his imaginary tale | vestigator of the Prohibition Depart- | case. | by Curtis. Samuel Goldberg, Dunnin- | Morris | THE -EVENING STAR, WASHIN FAMILY OF CURTIS: 0 SEEK RELEASE |Hoaxer’s Relatives Move for| $10,000 Bail; Peacock Again| Refuses Call to Jersey. By the Associated P NORFOLK, Va, May 20.—8purning | an offer to have his expenses paid, Dean H. Dobson-Peacock stuck fast today | to his decision not to go to Hopewell for | questioning by New Jersey officials | about the Lindbergh negotiations, which his associate, John Hughes Curtis, has | confessed were hoaxed. | Meanwhile, members of the Curtis family stated they were making a rangements to secure the “negotiator’s” | | release on the $10,000 bail under which | he is being held in jail at Flemington, | |N. J. Relatives said Curtis communi- cated with them by long-distance tele- | phone to say that “everything is all | right.” He gave no ihformation, they sald, regarding his confession. { Lieut. G. L. Richard, for the Wt‘ M.vln years aide to the commanding | | officer of the Hampton Roads Naval | | Air Base and prominent recently as | a result of his activities in the Lind-| bergh case serving as air pilot for Nor- | folk “negotiators”, has been ordered transferred to squndron V8-5-8 of the Alrcraft Carrier Lexington. The trans- | fer becomes effective as soon as the | Lexington arrives on the East coast. | She is now at the Puget Sound Navy | Yard. Dean Dobson-Peacock, who has stat- ed he is willing to be questioned, but will not go to New Jersey for that pur- pose, spfke emphatically in refusing | the offer from Hopewell “Col. Schwarzkopf has my answer to | that already,” he said. “I have my legal advisers, and I have been advised not to go to Hopewell. I have already | given my answer to Col. Schwarzkopf.” | Previously the minister had said that | he did not have time to make the trip and that in addition he had been ad- 1 ! | versation with Col. Schwarzkopf, which he said he told the New Jersey official that he could not leave for a | day or two and probably not at all, Dean Dobson-Peacock sent a telegram in which he expressed willingness to | be questioned here. ‘The telegram follows: “Replying to your telegrams of yes- terday and today, requesting my pre |ence, I stand ready at such time as | you may select to meet at Norfolk | your Gov. Moore's accredited rep- resentative, and will fully and freely give all information in my possession | pertaining to the subject.” Meantime, police officials, encouraged | by the prospect of a new development, continued their probe of the faked ne- gotiations. Col. Charles B. Borland, director of | public safety, said he was expecting some development soon in his investiga- | tion of the local angle of the hoax con- | fessed by the Norfolk boat builder. He would not divulge the nature of this | expected development. John M. Arnold, commonwealth's torney of Norfolk, (said he is l(e!pm open his investigation to determine any Virginia law was violated by Cul’-‘ is. He said no such evidence was found in his questioning of Dean Pea- | cock and Rear Admiral Guy H. Bur- | rage, retired, assoclated with Curtis in | the imaginary maneuvers to meet imag- inary men. The same was true, | said, concerning his interview with Capt. F. H. Lackmann, pilot of the yacht | Marcon, aboard which Col. Lindbergh | accompanied Curtis during two weeks of | trips to sea in search of a phantom | Without cleverly planned advertising | | and publicity the stage and motion pie- boat. Col. Borland said the arrest in Phila- delphia of S8amuel B. Vernikoff, men- tioned by Curtis as one of the men with whom he had been dealing, had no bearing on his investigation Dean Peacock spoke freely and un- hesitatingly during his examination, the commonwealth’s attorney sald. He added that the minister was apparently convineed of the sincerity of Curtis and mittee, reported on the progress of | was acting in good faith. plans for the function which will take | In the meantime, vestrymen of Christ | Episcopal Church rallied to the defense | of their minister. he | Curtis’ “Sam?” SAMUEL VERNIKOFF, Also known as Torresdale, photographed in Philadeiphia May 19. He said he knew John Hughes Curtls, fake mediator in the Lindbergh In Curtis’ original story he men- | tioned the name of “Sam” as the man after he surrendered | case {who first gave him information the kidnapers. TOUGH TIMES AHEA CHICAGO, May 20 (/7).~—Tough times vised not. to go. After & telephone con- | are ahead for some future members of the “Alimény Club.” “‘Alimony row’ is too soft,” Joseph Sabath said yesterday. “From now on,” he added, stone quarr At present ex-husbands sent to jall | clgarene lighters in the theater ' | about D | Judge | iTO | mes, ‘transhucent programs which “the men | I commit will support themselves and the county by working im the Bridewell D. C., FRIDAY EDUCATOR CLINGS TORANSOM THEORY Princeton U. Head Believes Killing Coolly Planned as Safest Way. (Copyright. 1032, by the Associated Press.) PRINCETON, N.. J—May 20.—The close of a week of startling develop- ments which began with the finding of the body of Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., finds John Grier Hibben, president of Princeton University and intimate friend of the Lindberghs, still clinging to his belief that the child was stolen for ransom. For the first time since the Lindbergh baby was abducted, the head of Prince- ton today disclosed his theory on the crime of the century. “To me it i8 very obvious that this crime was conceived and carried out by gangsters whose motive was the obtaining as much of a ransom as they could from Col. Lindbergh,” Mr. Hibben said “To carry out their plans they evi- dently were perfectly willing to murder an innocent child as well as kidnap it.” Mr. Hibben said he doubted the pos- sibility that panic inspired the slaying of the child. “Gangsters as a rule are pretty cold brutes;” Mr. Hibben said. “The gang- sters in this crime may have become frightened after the kidnaping, but I doubt it. “It is quite possible that they be- lieved possession of the child highly dangerous to them and figured their | chances of collecting a large ransom were just as good, if not better, with the baby out of the way. “The greatest fear of the no doubt was the difficulty of ing the child without being caught. 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