| Show I KIDNAP SEARCH MOVES SLOWLY Gang Shrewdest in U. U S. S Declares to Newsmen AS- AS m Rr Br Associated Puss Press NEW YORK April 14 14 Dr Dr J. J F F. Condon aged educator who paid a al ransom to supposed kidnapers of oC the Lindbergh baby told reporters today the kidnapers comprised the shrewdest band ever organized In Inthis Inthis Inthis this country About noon he lie walked from his Bronx home to a nearby drug store and bought stamps he said aid were for Cor replies to letters he received about abou the Reporters besieged him with questions one being whether er he thought the kidnapers were lo local local lo- lo ocal o- o cal men because they seemed so familiar fa familiar familiar fa- fa with the Bronx I cant can't answer that yes or no be he replied but I want to tell teU you OU we weare weare weare are fighting against the shrewdest band ever organized in the United States He refused to answer many questions questions questions ques ques- and replied to others only with bits of poetry which seemed to have no bearing on the case Search Runs Into Blank Wall WallI I By H. H ALLEN SMITH S United Press Staff Start Correspondent NEW YORK April 14 14 Colonel Colonel Charles A A. Lindbergh was as far away today toda- from a solution of his baby's as ns on March 1 when the child was stolen from its Hopewell N N. J. J nursery A night trip on a mysterious errand brought the colonel colonel colo cob nd nel nothing tangible The United Press was advised reliably reliably re reo re- re that the colonel and his associates associates asso asso- elates are at a blank wall their clues exhausted but their hopes still keen Lindbergh is striving to rebuild contacts contacts con con- to restore the child now that his first effort eort through payment of 50 ransom has come to an unhappy conclusion Colonel Lindbergh spent the better belter Continued on Two I KIDNAP SEARCH MOVES SLOWLY Continued From Pate Pare One part of the night nighton on on trails said to have brought rought him to the metropolis Meantime from Cape Cod came word vord of a R mysterious airplane scout scoutS Ing ng that region perhaps on the trail o of f a clue to the kidnapers or answering answer answer- ing ng a new tip that the child might be board aboard a a boat in that vicinity STILL ACTIVE negotiations to return the baby were surrounded with the ic utmost secrecy today while the police olice search on two continents beame be be- came ame more intense Dr John F. F Condon of the want ads continued his mysterious errands dismissing all questions with the le terse remark I still have hope New York police followed a myriad of f trails in an effort to check the source of a 20 bill identified as part o of f the ransom money passed to o the supposed kidnapers by Con Con- don on This bank note was put into circulation within 48 hours after the ransom ansom was paid on April 2 The bill was received receive by David Isaacs from a branch of the East River liver Savings bank Officials of the institution said they had no idea from whom horn they received the bill bill as it probably W was lS among some of the 1500 deposits made on April 4 and 5 HUNT GANGSTERS In Halifax police searched for Harry arry Fleischer of the Detroit purple gang ang wanted for questioning by New Jersey state police in connection with the he A man resembling Fleischer booked passage on a coastal steamer en route to Boston The ship docks at Clarks Clark's harbor a small port of Nova Scotia today Royal Canadian Canadian Cana Caria dian mounted police have been dispatched dis p patched there to search the vessel which is not equipped with wireless In Europe investigation into the was proceeding in London Glasgow Birmingham England Amsterdam Amsterdam Am Am- Barcelona Berlin Hamburg Rotterdam and The Hague |
