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Show EXTORTIONIST HEARING SET FOR SATURDAY Extra Tim Required for Examination Ex-amination of Writing In Lindbergh Notes I gfy AgtnatsltetceJ gfTVMslk ROANOKE, Va, Feb. 1J Hearings for three Roanoke suspect in the Roanoke Lindbergh extortion ease were continued today until 1 p. m. Saturday, pending further Investigation Investiga-tion of handwriting samples in Washington. Wash-ington. Assistant 'District Attorney T. Y. Parsons quoted George L Vogel, counsel coun-sel for Norman Harvey and his wife, Elsie, two of three accused in the attempt at-tempt to extort $30,000 from Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, threatening his Intent second son, as agreeing to the continuance. "We have not yet heard from the samples of Joe Brysnt's handwriting iMil A Waanlnetnii ftatttrriav Mill mim want to check on more," Mr. Psr-sons Psr-sons said, adding that T. N. Staple ton,' United State district sgent, plsnned to leave Immediately for Washington with more sample and fingerprints. Bryant, tha lS-year-old third member mem-ber of the trio, was without counsel. He ha been subjected to repeated questioning. His first Interrogstion was by 8peclel Investigstor John M. Klelth. from the department of Justice, Jus-tice, who obtained bsndwritlng ssm pies In an attempt to determine whether he was ths author of a series of letters to Lindbergh and to locsl police decoys. Keith left Saturday morning for Washington, announcing he planned to have the specimens exsmlned by the buresu of standards. He had not returned today. Vogel had conducted prolonged conversations with his clients, snd subsequently snnounced he was "ready for anything." The trio was arrested Thursdsy noon, when Brysnt thought he cashed a "trap" $17,000 compromise check, which he ssid he accidentally found In a hollow tree stump. It hsd been plsnted by Roanoke police decoys, according ac-cording to instructions givsn in the extortion note exchsnge thst hsd been going on since December. |