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Show RANSOM NOTE ; TYPETRACED SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Fab. 1 . (UP) O men Investigated today a - - poeeibla clue to the Identity of the a I d a a pa r-sleyer of 10-year-old Charles Mxttson of Tacoma, Wash. Rubber type used in the Mattson kidnap notes bss been traced to the R. H. Smith Manufacturing cora-here, cora-here, according to in vestige-i . Near the company's plant last June, a man giving a Tacoma address ad-dress was arrested on a charge of Impersonating a federal officer, U. S. Marshal John J. Murphy reported. re-ported. Murphy quoted the maa as having said he was In Springfield because hs was Interested In rubber stamps. The man was sentenced In August to three months In jail In November Novem-ber he was released. The type used In the ransom note was of rubber on a metal bass. President Charles H. Twomsy of the Smith company said tha type "unquestionably" "un-questionably" had been manufactured manufac-tured by his firm The badge used by tha man In Impersonating Im-personating a federal agent also was purchased from the Smith company, com-pany, it was learned. Company offt-- offt-- eiala said the man may have been alone near a display of the rubber type long enough to steal soma. |