| Show POLICE SEEK TO TRACE RANSOM TO DEAD GIRL Finances of Maid Brinkert Are Placed I Under Surveillance Check Made to See If An Antof Any Ant of Bills Have Appeared j I jin in England BANK DEPOSITS CHECKED HECKE Known to Have Sent Money Mone Home CRr B Press TRENTON N. N J J. June 11 The ll-The The official official of- of tidal afternoon news bulletin on th the tho Lindbergh case Indicated that police were investigating the possibility that some of the ransom paid by Dr John F. F Condon passed through the hands of Violet Sharpe who committed suicide yesterday or her associates The bulletin telephoned here from irom Alpine by Colonel H. H Norman superintendent of state police disclosed that the financial affairs affairs af af- af fairs of Miss Sharpe and of Ernest Brinkert whom she named in an statement had been under un u.n. der police surveillance It also showed that a check had been made to sc see sec l if any of the ransom bills had turned up in England to which Miss Sharpes Sharpe's sister sailed four o r days after the ransom ransom ran ran- som was paid The bulletin dissipated reports that Miss Sharpe had made large bank deposits deposits de de- de posits after the ransom payment and andin in 10 fact showed that the results of ot all alt angles of this phase of ot the investigation tion had been negative TOTAL 1600 Violet Sharpe Sharpes bank deposits total 1600 said tL The various vari van ous deposits have been checked and the source of the money for tor the deposits deposits de de- posits accounted for fork Her statement made the day before before be be- fore ore she committed d suicide shows that from time to time she sent money moncy in small amounts home to England Nothing is available to show the dates No authentic report has been received received received re re- re from authorities at London that any of the ransom ramom money has been received there No report of the receipt re- re receipt receipt re of any monc money presumed to have been cashed by Brinkert has been received from the New Rochelle paLice po po- lice Colonel said that study of at various signatures of Brinkert showed that he sometimes also spelled his name Brenkert and Blond Beauty BeautY BeautY- Brought to Station ALPINE N. N J. J June 11 P-A P PAyoung A Ayoung A Ayoung young man in shirt sleeves and a n beautiful blonde woman were brought this afternoon to the state police station sta tion here where Ernest Brinkert is being held In connection with the kid kid- laping naping n and murder of the Lindbergh baby jaby and the suicide of Violet Sharpe Brought Drought here after his arrest in New Rochelle N. N Y Brinkert today denied the story of Miss Sharpe that he ic had gone out riding with her on the night the baby was stolen He said he was with his wife in Bridgeport Conn Immediately police Continued on Face Pase Two POLICE SEEK RANSOM TRACE Continued rom From Page One cars whirled away presumably to to check up on his alibi albi and other assertions assertions aser- aser asser asser- tons in i his statement The Te approach to the police station staton situated on the old Ringling estate was guarded but a fleeting glimpse could be obtained of occupant occupants occupants pants pant of police cars as they flashed by In one of these cars returned with two passengers in the te terear rear seat scat One was a young man in ina a tan tn shirt with tho tha sleeves rolled up Beside him was Vas a youthful and comely woman with blonde hair Both man and woman looked strai straight ht ahead as the car entered the estate and the guards declined to make any statement statement state state- ment about them told his story to state police today and Immediately thereafter thereafter there there- after aler officers drove rapidly away for foran foran foran an unannounced destination LEAVES WITH CIVILIAN Soon after Brinkert's alibi albI was made public Inspector Harry Walsh o of the Jersey City police who has charge of the Brinkert examination left the state police station staton in an automobile automobile au au- au- au with wih a trooper and an un unidentified unidentified un- un u- u identified man in i civilian cothes clothes It I was Wa determined that this thi man was wa not the prisoner and it i was learned that BrInkert would be b held at Alpine at least lea until his hs alibi was wa checked Presumably he gave police polee the name of the Bridgeport negro but this th information was wa not made public The body of M Miss s Shar Sharpe in whom Mrs Morrow expressed her faith even after the suicide lay today in an Englewood Englewood En En- undertaking establishment where an autopsy was wa performed A partial report on this autopsy disclosed disclosed dis dir closed that the te servant had not been suffering from any ailment had not been pregnant and that there was no physical reason discoverable to t explain explain ex ex- ex plain her act act The young oung woman had been questioned que ques ques- repeatedly because her early routine ton examination did not satisfy police and It i was wa when police caned called again yesterday to continue their Investigation investigation in In- i. i that she drank a draft o of deadly poison The day before beCore she died ed however she had identified a picture of Brinkert Brinkert Brink Brink- ert crt as that of a man who had telephoned telephoned telephoned tele tele- phoned her at the Morrow home on the afternoon of March 1 and whom she told that the Lindbergh had de decided decided de- de de to stay sty another day at Hopewell Hopewell Hope Hope- well wel instead of returning to Eagle Englc wood TELLS OF DRIVE And she said that tha t she had gone for lor fora lora a drive with wih him hi on the evening o of at March 1 She made conflicting statements state state- ste ste. ments ment as to where they had gone ant and before police could pin pi her down on this point she became so s nervous am and hysterical they had to postpone the questioning When they returned she killed herself hersel Brinkert's alibi albi statement that he had spent the night of March 1 in Bridgeport takes a major development development develop develop- develop ment of the Lindbergh case cae into Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Con Con- for the second time Soon after aier the baby was Henry Henr Red Johnson Johon sailor suitor sutor of or Bett Betty Gow Cow the baby's nurse was arrested there Johnson finally finaly established V v lia lat police polee said was wa a satisfactory alibi but his examination developed the fact fac that he had entered the country countr Illegally and nd he was wa ordered deported deported de de- de- de ported He has never been sent ou out of the country countr however and is i still stil sti held at Ellis Ell island no explanation having been offered for failure to deport him hi Johnson Johnon was v as arrested because he hewa was wa driving a green automobile e such sucha a car having been seen leaving leving the Lindbergh estate the night of the kid kid- naping Brinkert also drives a green car and was wa parking it i in New Rochelle Ro chelle when he was arrested last las night In information about Brinkert given out by police he was described as a a taxi driver who had worked a at various other minor jobs and who iho had a small time police record I Iwas It I was learned leare today however that for five months month prior to the day of the he had been employed as asa asa a a butler buter in i a Mamaroneck N. N Y V home and quit that job on the day the baby was vas stolen solen Police Check on Brinkert Story D By BATES DATES RANEY United Press Pres Staff Correspondent TRENTON N. N J J. June 11 l Ernest 11 Ernes t Brinkert taxicab driver friend o of Violet Sharpe the maid who committed committed commit commit- ted suicide rather than face further questioning in the thc Lindbergh kidnap ing n case was yas led lec through New ew Jersey today while police checked his story Brinkert was with wih Violet Sharpe March 1 the night Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr was stolen from his crib Immediately after aler Violet a servanin servant in the home of Mrs Dwight ight Morrow at Englewood had committed suicide yesterday after being summoned for further questioning by police Brinkert Brinkert Brink Brink- ert crt was arrested at New Rochelle N. N y Y He partly party resembled a description of John to whom Dr John F. F Condon Condon Condon Con Con- don paid in ransom he had hada a criminal record and two women claimed they had married him while he represented himself himsel to Miss Sharpe as single Through the night he was questioned in New Rochelle and then at dawn Inspector Harry Walsh of oi the Jersey City police department started on a tour through New Jersey with wih Drinkert Brinkert accompanying him CONFLICTING STORIES Durin During the ni night ht Brinkert had told evasive and conflicting stories of his former life and his activities on March 1 Walsh whose questioning methods led to confession by John Hughes Huches Curtis Curtis Cur Cur- Us that tat he had fabricated a stor story of ransom rasom negotiations in order to make personal financial gains was relentless relentless relent relent- less as he talked with wIh Brinkert He had directed the questioning of Miss Sharpe and had summoned her for forthe forthe forthe the conference she feared to attend attend The inspector placed Brinkert in one room In an adjoining room he placed Dr Condon who had been attempting attempting at at- tempting to connect the taxicab driver with negotiations which led to Colonel Charles A. A Lindbergh paying ransom money while his infant son already lay dead Detectives darted from room to room checking and recheckIng recheckIng rechecking recheck- recheck Ing Brinkert's story They brought in i one woman who claimed she married marred Brinkert last Sep September and had been living with him in New Rochelle Rochele This story differed from Mrs Helen Brinkert married the taxicab driver in 1927 She said last lat night she care what happened to him After hours hour of this the trip to New Jersey was decided upon upon At high speed seed the motor car cr containing police and taxicab driver swung through h Westchester county and thence into New Jersey Jercy The destination could not be learned Today the party had hadnot hadnot hadnot not appeared at any of ot the police headquarters CHECK GIRLS GIRL'S GILS GIL'S RECORD Meanwhile authorities checked back on Violet Sharpe the te demure English girl who suddenly became the central point in i the vast vat international international tonal search for the kidnapers and murderers of the Lindbergh baby She committed suicide because she claimed caime she could not further furter undergo under under- go Walsh's Walh's questioning After her death Colonel H. H Norman Noran Schwarz Schwarz- kopf superintendent of state police said she had been under suspicion and Walsh said police were assuming she was the only one who could have been the spy for tor the gang as she knew the workings of ol the Lindbergh household and the movements movement of the Lindbergh family Police particularly wanted to t question queston ques ques- lion tion ton her sister Edna who left lef for England Englad four days after Condon had paid the ransom From Reading Read ing England today tody the United Press was advised that George Shar Sharpe father fath fath- er cc of Violet and Edna Ena when apprised of his daughters daughter's suicide had immediately immedi summoned Emily home This is believed to be Edna Ena as Violet had used both names with the same Toronto To To Ont Oat Ont address addre at one time as an emergency reference A picture of Brinkert was positively identified by Violet the day before she killed herself hersel as the man she was v with wih the night of ot the She and her sister Edna Eda she said had met Brinkert in Englewood in i a ai i harmless flirtation KNEW LINDBERGH PLAN At noon March 1 I the day of the she knew kew the the planned planed to remain in Hopewell that tha night breaking their custom At I 1 o'clock Brinkert called caled and made a date for a motor car trip About 8 p. p m. m Violet had said she Brinkert one other man ma and another woman went riding and remained ou out until 1130 or until after aler the kidnap kidnap- ing had been discovered This was the only time in two years of service serice with wih Mrs Lindbergh's mother that tha she had gone out for an evening with witha a man ma the household reported reported Who the second man and women on the ride were Violet Sharpe could not or would woud not say The second woman on the ride rde was not her sister Violet said Condon has seen sen Brinkert BrInker but has not identified him according to police Brinkert once lived near him a spec spec- men of the ransom money was found in a bank in the general vicinity and ad Brinkert's handwriting is being checked with that of the ransom let et tors Condon received Sister Denies Knowing About STOURBRIDGE Eng Juno June 11 WP 11 A Edna Sharpe whose s sister ter Violet Viole committed suicide in i the te Morrow home at Englewood N. N J J. J J. J denied today today to to- to day that she knew anything about the of the Lindbergh baby I 1 know nothing whatever about the she sho said as she left lef here for her parents parents' parent home in i Beenham Been- Been ham ham What is more Im I'm quite quie sure my sister Violet knew nothing about aboul it i either Ever since that baby disappeared she was wa badgered and questioned by police there until she didn't know what she was saying or doing I 1 used to work for Mrs MacDow in Englewood not far from where the Morrows live lve but I left lef there to take a situation in New York four months month before the After the baby was stolen Violet wrote to me and I 1 went to t Englewood to see her She was terribly upset The police had been questioning her herfor herfor herfor for hours Asked Passport Day of WASHINGTON June 11 1 P l Im Im Immigration migration records show that Emily Sharpe sister of the maid mad who committed com corn suicide in the Morrow home yesterday applied for permission to t leave the country the day the Lindbergh Lindbergh Lindbergh Lind Lind- bergh bab baby was war wa stolen The records show that she was a quota alien aUen and as such had bad to have permission to leave this country Records show she proposed to sail sailon sailon saI on March 18 but immigration authorities authorities au au- au- au are arc r rechecking this thi with wih port authorities in New York The Te immigration bureau has no record of Emily's sister who killed herself hersel Immigration records show that Miss Sharpe had been living at the home of Constance Chilton at Englewood N. N J. J In applying for permission to go to England and return she gave the name of Mrs DwIght Morrow as a ref ref- ref ref- She said in her application she wished to visit her parents parent at Beenham a suburb of or Reading England Eng- Eng land and The records gave the name as Emil Emilj Sharpe officials said Maids Maid's Parents Are Mystified READING England June Jue 11 1 UP The The parents parent of at Violet Shae Sharpe who committed suicide in Englewood N N. J. J yesterday were shocked and mys- mys If led today when word of the tragedy reached them The Sharpes Shapes live lve in a little cot cottage ge geIn In n a village mage near Reading and Geor George e Sharpe Violets Violet's father fater went about his ils hi business of ot delivering coal as usual today The Thc dead girls girl's mother was in a state tale bordering on collapse When a n United Press Pres correspondent called on her she sobbed and wrung her hands Im Im sure poor Violet knew kew nothing about the matter moter the mother said sId referring to the fact that her daughter daugh- daugh ter cr had been under suspicion in the Lindbergh I Violets Violet's sister Emi Emily who went to America merica with her three years rears ago and ad returned in i April Apri for a visit with her parents was at the home of a |
