| Show ATTORNEYS ATTORNEY'S SON ASKED FOR RETURN OF N. N SCHOOLBOY Y Father Pleads for Free Hand Police Quit Case NEW YORK Feb 28 JP- JP Murray Levine father of Peter Levine year old year old New Rochelle N. N Y schoolboy who has has' been missing si since sine e last ast Thursday said toda he had received promises from fed federal era 1 and Westchester yv county authorities that he could negotiate ate without any interference with those who may be beh holding beholding my boy Levine declined to state whether er he had definite information his hisson hisson hisson son had been nor would he comment on a a. report that 60 ransom ranso had been demanded said T 11 can say nothing now he huskily i ia a to breaking to haye r a 8 completely free hand hando to o sav save m my boy l e father ather a well-to-do well New York att attorney with offices on Fifth avenue avenue ave ave- nue first called in New Rochelle police and then th tt sought the aid ald of ot the he federal bureau of investigation after his boy disappeared Last Seen Thursday Peter was last seen returning to his home from school in New Rochelle Rochelle Ro Ro- chelle Thursday Levine addressed an appeal to newspapers the public and his friends not to attempt to communicate communicate communicate cate with him by telephone at his home lome so that he might have complete complete com com- liberty to deal with the ab ab ab- In his statement the father explained explained ex that he had load made every effort to keep this from the public pub lie lic because of my desire to do everything I humanly can to meet the demands of those who may be beholding beholding beholding holding my boy The authorities local Westchester ter county and federal have promIsed promised promised prom prom- me that I 1 am to be permitted to negotiate for and accomplish the return of my son without any Interference in interference in on their part he cO con con- l Promises Safety Those who may be holding my my boy can safely deal with meI meI me I 1 particularly ask newspapers to refrain from having their representatives representatives representatives telephone my home or congregate congregate con con- in the vicinity Until I have hav had a reasonable opportunity to work this out Jut I shall give no further further fur fur- ther information I I also beg my friends and the pu public lic to leave my home and telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone alone All An people of decent sentiment will ill understand and re respect respect respect re- re my wishes Asked directly whether he had been ix in iQ contact with the kidnapers the the- father answered brokenly I cannot answer thatA that A missing person alarm was broadcast by New Rochelle police last Thursday when the boy failed tailed to return to his home from the Albert Al Ali Alibert it bert Leonard junior high school but the alarm was canceled early Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day morning without morning without explanation Demanded City Manager Irving C. C Brower of New Rochelle said today the case has been taken out Jut of the tM hands of local police The Levines moved into a a. home in New Rochelle about eighty eight years ago from New York They have another child Helen 10 a fifth grade pupil Levines Levine's law practice is general with a specialty in business law He does no criminal and little tri trial l work He is a leader in the Zionist movement in his home town and last spring opened his lass house to a large meeting of the League for Spanish democracy While hile Levine himself refused to comment a n New Rochelle police officer said a note demanding ransom had been received If the Levine b boy JY was it marked the second abduction in ina ina ina a well-to-do well family in Westchester county within three months On December December December De De- De- De cember 4 Arthur Fried a business businessman man was snatched at the home of his moth mother r. r Mrs Jos Joseph ph Fried in White Plains and has not been seen since c |
