CRIME IN AMERICA

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21935, 19 October 1934, Page 12

CRIME IN AMERICA

ATTEMPTED BLACKMAIL OFFENDER SENT TO GAOL ANOTHER KIDNAPPING CASE UNIVERSITY STUDENT By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received October IS. 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 17 A young employee at the Ford plant in Detroit, Edward Lickwala, confessed that he sent a note to Mr. Edsel Ford demanding 5000 dollars, on penalty of death. When Lickwala was arrested by Federal agents he said: "I never intended to kill him. I just knew he had plenty of money and I wanted some of it." In one of the most speedy disposals of a blackmail oase since the Government took a hand in the campaign to eradicate this form of crime and the kidnapping evil, Lickwala was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, two hours after he had confessed. In New York, Lewis Ksposito, a college student, son of a reputedly wealthy junk and scrap-iron dealer, is said to have been kidnapjied and held for a ransom of 20,000 dollars. The family has refused to confirm the story. Kentucky officials have decided to ask for the death penalty for the kidnapper of Mrs. Stoll, His capture is believed to be only a matter of a few hour!. DEATH OF INFANT ACCUSED GERMAN RESISTING NEW JERSEY TRIAL XEtV YORK. Oct 17 The German' carpenter, Bernard Hauptmann, arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Colonel and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh's infant son, yesterday failed in an attempt to avoid extradition to New Jersey to face a trial of murder. The District Supreme Court dismissed an application for a habeas corpus writ after a hearing in the course of/which a witness positively identified Hauptmann its a man he had seen in the vicinity of the Lindbergh home a few days prior to the kidnapping. Handwriting experts stated that the ransom notes were undeniably in Hauptmann's handwriting; The Court granted Hauptmann 48 hours ill which to file an appeal.*