Show J AIDE ON MYSTERY ERY TRIP i I Leaves Home by Auto Eludes Pursuit Educator Believed on Way ray to Hopewell Hopewell- Lindy Seeks New Nev Contact Banks r Watch l' atch for Money By United Press NEW YORK April 11 ll 11 Dr John F F. F Condon the Go- Go between who handled negotiations for the return of the Lindbergh baby left his home by motor car today carrying two suitcases His motor car was driven by Al Heich a former boxer who has been rumored as being one of ot the men connected w with th the unsuccessful attempts attempts attempts at at- tempts to ransom the child Dr Condon has been revealed as the person who contacted the thc kidnapers kidnapers kid kid- through personal advertisements advertisements advertise advertise- ments signed in New York newspapers There was a third man in the car The motor car licenses were issued in Bergen count county N. N J. J ELUDES PURSUERS From Condon's home in the Bronx the motor car sped to Fiftieth street and Fifth avenue where the educator got out entered a dru drug store and mad made a telephone call He returned to the automobile and it sped away eluding pursuers There was a possibility he might be to the Lindbergh estate I New York police today announced that a man who gave his name as Sylvan Ortlieb had been turned over overto overto overto to New Jersey authorities There was a po possibility Condon might have been summoned to confront him I HOPE HOPEWELL WELL N N. N.- N. J. J April 11 UP Colonel Coonel Charles A. A Lindbergh and his associates sought vainly today to reestablish contact looking to return of ot his ped son The lines Jines which linked him with the supposed kidnapers were brokenS broken S Saturday y after Lindbergh f found un-d un he had been cheated when he paid 50 50 in small bills a's as as s ransom on the agreement that thereafter the baby would be returned Up to early afternoon nothing fresh had developed to renew contact Meanwhile bank tellers everywhere er were under instructions to trace the five ten and twenty dollar bills which he paid as ransom to parties he regarded as definitely the abudo tors tons of his child Governor A. A Harry Moore of New Jersey insisted today that the men who took the ransom and then dou dow crossed ble-crossed Lindbergh were the real kidnapers N N. N Y ARRESTS MAN MANThe MANThe MANThe The New York police told of arresting arrest arresting ing a man giving the name of ot Sylvan Ortlieb but the Jerse Jersey state police said no such man was under arrest Some department of ot justice operatives operatives opera opera- operatives tives were reported today to have been called off the Lindbergh case It was indicated that this resulted from a n feeling that their efforts were at cross purposes to those of at others at HopewelL The justice men were understood to feel that the was an Continued on Page Pace e Two I S GO-BETWEEN GO ON MYSTERY TRIP Continued Continual From Froni Pore Pare One inside job and they were anxious to proceed on this line whereas others oth oth- ers working on the case casc felt this possibility pos pos- had been sufficiently ex ex- ex x The payment to the kidnapers was wa but this was understood to have been only an instalment The ante had been raised and it wa was understood that the kidnapers had been or more A combination of at newspapers newspapers newspaper offered a reward for exclusive exclusive exclusive sive information leading to return o othe of the bab baby Whether the would view this move favorably was uncertain for hitherto they had discouraged discouraged discouraged dis dis- dis- dis offer of outside rewards lest les these hese complicate their own contacts contacts- READY REIDY TO DEAL Lindbergh still is ready to deal with the he k kidnapers and agrees not to harm them hem He turn turned d In the numbers of bills merely because they had double double double dou ble crossed him Moreover the state police now admit that their primary primary mary work is directed to return of the child child and and there significantly is no mention of punishment or apprehension hension While the police can promse prom- prom he se no immunity it is Js known that they have been cooperating to the utmost on in the thc return problem for a long longUm Um time ime e. e Contacts with the kidnapers apparently apparently apparently were established by means of advertisements in New York papers inserted by Dr J. J F. F Condon whose initials were combined to make the signature Condon aged and kindly a retired public school principal prin prine cipal placed the ads leis the last of which carried the significantly tragic observation nUon What is wrong Have Ha you crossed me Better Belter directions please ON SECRET TRIP John H. H Curtis and Admiral Guy H. H Burrage two of ot the three Norfolk negotiators were reported out of ot the city today supposedly in an ef effort effort effort ef- ef fort to make a new contact with men they believed to be kidnapers or to confer with Colonel Lindbergh The reward offer was made by the New York Dally Daily News the Chicago o Tribune and the Detroit Mirror Mir Mir- It read All law enforcement authorities having failed thus far to secure the return of the Lindbergh baby to its I and Colonel Charles A A. Lind Lind- bergh having been swindled out ol ot the News in conjunction with the Chicago Tribune and Detroit Mirror Mirror Mir Mir- offers reward for exclusive exclusive sive information which will enable the thc News or the Chicago Chicaro Tribune or Detroit De Dc- trait troit Mirror to restore the baby to J its parents A question touching on official approval approval ap ape ap- ap of such a reward offer brought this reply from Colonel H. H Norman of the New Jersey state police early toda today LINDBERGH TO DECIDE This has been taken up with Colonel Colonel Colo Cob nd nel Lindbergh who feels that the of offer of- of fer ler must be carefully considered particularly particularly particularly par par- as to the effect it will have on the safety of the baby My action will depend on Lindbergh's decision Rewards offered a few days after the were recalled at Colonel Colonel Colo Cob nd nel Lindbergh's request Among them was a reward voted by the state legislature of New 3 Jec Jersey It was feared such offers would interfere with attempts of the to negotiate directly and promptly with the kidnapers who might fear outside interference and be led to harm the thc baby In a statement last night the flier said his identification of the men t to whom he paid the money money was accomplished accomplished accomplished only through means furnished furnished furnished fur fur- by the kidnapers in the ransom ransom ran ran- som sorn no note which they left in the baby's baby crib the night of March 1 Colonel Lindbergh's statement follows NOTE GAVE CLUE CLU At t the time the baby was a n ransom note demanding was wa left in the nursery For obvious reasons rca rea- sons it was necessary to withhold a all information regarding this ransom note A means was offered in th the ransom note of positive identification of the kidnapers thereafter Subsequent notes received were identified by this means and at th the time that the ransom was paid over the kidnapers used this safe means t to positively identify themselves as th the ones who had carried off the baby This is the only means by which Colonel Lindbergh can know for a fact that he is dealing with the kid kid- It has been withheld and wilbe will wil willbe willbe be withheld by Colonel Lindbergh fo for future identification It must be remembered that th the baby has not been returned and it Jt has been and still is the policy of the police police police po po- po- po lice authorities that the primary motive motive mo mo- tive live is Js to accomplish the return of th the baby and all efforts are arc and will be bent in this direction SQUELCHES RU RUMORS This statement set at rest various conflicting rumors as to how the avla avla- tor lor was able to identify the men to whom he paid the ransom money I It also set at rest reports that a piece o othe of the clothing in which the child disappeared disappeared disappeared had been shown to the colonel that he might be sure the men he dealt with had his son 5 |