Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1932, Page 5

STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JU E 30, 1932. *x A-S° MG‘ CURTIS REFUSED * WSTRAL RUUNG Counsel Claims Prejudice When Weekly Quotes Prose- cution on Guilt. __(Continued From First Page.) he was skeptical of the authenticity of Curtis’ negotiations until Curtis him he had seen some of the ransom bills in the possession of the gang with which he was dealing Lindbergh Ignores Statement As the Curtis statement vg Lamb, Col. Lindbergh was wiiti at the prosecution table. Whe Tead of “John's” defiant re: was & murmur of angry among the spectators, read by The statement went on to tell the way in which Curtis said the pers told him they stole the baby It quoted the kidnapers as tel Curtis on one occasion that the baby was “all right, except it won't pay at- tention when called.” During the frequent mention of the murdered baby Col. Lindbergh kept his head bowed over his writing. The face of Betty Gow, the baby'’s nu remained impassive after one startled look of apparent indignation. Capt. Lamb said this statement was completed by Curtis at 5 am. May 1 the day after the baby’s body was found. Wanted to G Lamb testified that wk were assigned to go to Cape ‘Wildwood, N. J., to check up the details of the state pressed a desire to accom “Can you locate the houses sons you mention in your Lamb said he asked Curtis. “T'll try,” he quoted Curtis as replying. Other witnesses have told how Cu did go with the detectives and was un- able to find the kidnapers or the houses where he said he had met them before. Curtis sald in the statement Lamb yead that the kidnapers had planned the kidnaping 35 to 45 days in advance that they entered the nursery by & lad- der, took the baby from its crib, went Along. | downstairs and were let out of the | house by a member of the household. “Had Inside Help.” “They had inside help,” Curtis re- ported he had been told. Lindbergh and his three ser- Betty Gow and Mr. and Mrs Wheatley—heard this evidence with no show of emotion. Under examination by Harry Stout legal veteran whom the defense tried to have ousted from the case before the trial opened, Lamb told of Curtis pick- ing a picture from the Newark, N. J, rogues gallery as that of “John” of the kidnap band. The subject of the pic- ture, he said, was found to be an inmate of an insane asylum, Was Allowed to Sleep. ut interrogated Lamb as to treat- Curtis after the baby was allowed to go to bed G?” he inquired granted that “He only ex; rivilege essed a He was b replied once mb then read a second statement which told of the entrance Bur- tk tatement, Curtis of the kidnapers { Lar known as “Dynamite” or “Din,” strong resemblance to Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, superintendent of State police. PCiLarsen had dirty brown hair,” the statement read, and Schwarzkopf stared at the witness. | Definite Group Buspected. | Out of the trial has come a dis- closure that police have a definite up of men under suspicion as the kidnapers and murdere Speculation regarding who they might be and whether an arrest was near shared interest with the progress of the trial. The disclosure came from tight-lipped, wary Frank J. Wilson. internal revenue agent, who is credited with helping to put Al Capone behind bars and who now hunts the baby killers. Pressed by Pisher, Wilson refused on the witness stand yesterday to di- vulge the identity of a certain man, his_object being to shield a trail the authorities are hotly pursuing. ring Curtis’ stories diverted on from important clues, the witness said the “interviewing of a certain man at a certain time,” fol- Jowing Curtis’ suggestions, might have interfered with the apprehension of “certain man” was not sus-| pected of the crime, but was “in touch | ith others whom we strongly suspect,” | Wilson explained. If you disclose this man's name e 6 o o o ¢ o o o Leonard Models would it affect the people he's in touch with?” asked Harry Stout, attorney aiding_the State. “I think it would,” Wilson answered Curtis’ counsel battled hard to drag the name from Wilson, but he fiatly refused and, after Lindbergh held a| whispered conference Wwith the State| forces, all reference to the mystery| man was stricken out, the State con- senting. 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