Show RANSOM NOTES ITES OFFER CLUE IN N. N Toy Typewriter Used by Abductors of Schoolboy NEW ROCHELLE N. N Y March 1 AP AP-An AP An investigator tor or in the of year 12 old old Id Peter Levine disclosed toay today today to- to day ay that two notes were left bythe by ithe the he abductors and that both ap apI apparently apparently ap- ap I were written on a cheap heap dial typewriter of the sort frequently sold as toys to chil- chil dren ren At the same time he said the numerals In Ia the ransom communication communication cation were so placed that it was possible the kidnapers had in intended intended intended in- in tended to demand not as previously reported but only There were f five fe e zeros he added but the authorities had considered considered considered consid consid- ered the supposition that a decimal decimal deci deci- mal mat point had been intended after the third figure Early this afternoon two men dressed in the clothing of laborers del delivered y reir a a. n Levine home They denied knowle knowl knowledge ge of its con con- contents t tents s' s saying saing ying merely they thy had been directed by Mrs Samuel D. D er r wife of a New York city attorney attorney attorney ney and apparently a friend of the Levines t to take it to them could not be reached Im im- im- im mediately Two Notes Found M Meanwhile a police source who declined to be quoted by name but was regarded as wholly authoritative tive ive likewise said the abductors had dir directed ted the Levine family to have an emissary use a fantastic means of indicating willingness to The Levines were told he added added added add add- ed to go to a Third avenue a elevated elevated ele ele- ele- ele railroad line in New York City or t to send someone there and to make a mark with green green chalk on a pillar at a designated spot I The first of the notes he said was found under the door of the Levine home shortly after the he lads lad's disappearance last Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day and directed Mrs Levine to go goto goto goto to a near-by near vacant house There she found the ransom note itself The phraseology of the abductors abductors' instructions concerning the green chalk and the elevated pillar was not obtainable but a competent Continued on Page Two Column your four Held 1 Captive I 5 PETER LEVINE 12 Missing since last Thursday Awaiting IW Word ord From Schoolboys Schoolboy's Abductors I i N t w N N. Y ATTORNEYS ATTORNEY'S HOME IS ISOLATED PENDING CONTACT I Telephone lines are arc being kept clear to facilitate negotiations with kidnapers I RANSOM NOTES PRESENT CLUES GLUES Continued from Page One source said the tho essence of the scheme was that the kidnapers or their emissaries would be In the neighborhood would recognize the Levines or their agent and thus would know the negotiations were proceeding In good faith Break reak Expected Despite the complete official si silence silence silence si- si lence which surrounded the case reports persisted that the family expected expected ex ex- a break today Whether that meant a contact with the kidnapers kidnapers kidnapers kid kid- was not known Almost 24 hours had elapsed since Levine called upon the abductors in ina ina ina a public appeal to contact him He promised they could do so In safety and said the department o of justice and Westchester county authorities authorities authorities ties had agreed to stand aside while he tried to negotiate That was the first word the boy had been The Levine home In this fashionable fashionable fashionable fashion fashion- able suburb again was barred to visitors the windows closely curtained curtained cur cur- tamed blinds pulled down Inside Peters Peter's father his worried mother and his year old sister impatiently awaited some tangible word from the kidnapers that he was safe Louis S S. attorney friend and intermediary for the father de declined declined de de- dined to say whether contact had been made with the abductors Police who lio canceled an eight eight- state alarm at the fathers father's request after he received the note be believed believed believed be- be at first that the time boy a abright abright abright bright fond of detective tales had tricked his isis parents Philip S. S Tilden director o of public safety said he was convinced now however that it was an authentic He said his force of if in deference deference deference def def- to Levines Levine's wishes would stand aside until the father had exhausted exhausted ex ex- hausted every possibility of recovering recovering recovering ering his son unaided Men G Pledge Aid AM Reed New York chief of the federal bureau of investigation and formerly of Salt Lake City said his department also would respect Levines Levine's desire but Tilden said federal federal federal fed fed- i eral agents had been seen in the vicinity of the home Eugene Bilik 12 a classmate at atthe atthe atthe the Albert Leonard Leonara junior high school apparently was the last one to see the missing bo boy Ho lIe said Peter reter left him at the edge of the school grounds only grounds only four blocks from the Levine home af home af after ter classes Thursday to do an er errand errand errand er- er rand at a village store None of the near-by near storekeepers recalled seeing the boy Peter eyed blue-eyed and brown- brown haired was the second person to disappear disappear disappear dis dis- dis- dis appear in this region recently Arthur Fried young White Plains business man disappeared from his home two months ago He Ho still is missing despite repeated offers by his family to pay a ransom Federal Federa agents list the case as an unsolved Levines Levine's appeal was read over station station station sta sta- sta- sta tion serving the New York New City-New Jersey area by Herbert Levien an assistant to It was in part My son Peter 12 years old has been missing since Thursday afternoon after after- noon I have made every effort to keep this from front the public because of my desire to do everything I possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly can to meet th the th demands demand of those who may be holding my boy I The authorities local and federal fed- fed eral ezal have promised me rae that I am to be permitted to negotiate and accomplish accomplish accomplish ac ac- ac- ac the return of my son without without without with with- out any interference on their part Those who may be holding my boy boycan boycan boycan can safely deal with me Until I have had a reasonable opportunity to work this out I shall give no further information |