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DAILY NEWS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1934 20 Did Ether Silence Him? COURTHOUSE BURNS Valparaiso, Dec. 27 (JP). Fire early today destroyed the Porter County courthouse here, with loss of $500,000. Defective electrical wiring was blamed. 7 DROWN IN MOTOR Emmen, The Netherlands, Dec.

27 (U.R). Seven persons were drowned, including four children from one family, when their motor car plunged into a canal last night. ETHER HELD HAUPTMANN KIDNAP LINK I5y LARRY RUE. 'prrlht s-'H Nwi Iik.) A bottle of ether found in the parage of Bruno Richard Haupt-jnann, charged with the murder of the Lindbergh baby, may be the answer to one of the most baffling aspects of the crime, The News learned yesterday. YOU'LL LOME BT I If fj li If; jj I i tV )ij rf a A-' vtTi Amoni; the most puzzline lea tures of the kidnaping was the fact that Americas most loved baby Jailed to make any outcry when it 00 was lifted.

from its crib, whisked out of the window and carried down the ladder. There was no sign of violence, and this at one time led to speculation as to whether the baby had been stolen by some one PROOF The late Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. (left) and above, the crib in his Hopewell, N. home from which he was kidnaped.

Was the child in that crib anesthetized with ether before kidnaper took him down ladder? STRAIGHT WHISKEY If you're looking for an economical, hon- ci, siraignt wmsKey, try wtnasor it fif old-fashioned whiskey at an old-fashioned low price. U. S. REVOKES 44 LIQUOR PERMITS Washington, D. Dec.

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with whom it was well acquainted. Bedclothes Not Rumpled. Another theory advanced by the police was that the kidnaper had smothered the baby with a pillow before seizing it. However, even a thirty pound baby likely would have put up a struggle before it would have succumbed to suffocation, and there was no indication that the bedclothes had been rumpled more than if the baby had been taken from its crib by loving hands. If Hauptmann actually did kidnap the baby himself, as the State of New Jersey charges he did, that bottle of ether, investigators, say, provides a reasonable explanation of how the baby was silenced.

Medical experts declare that babies are peculiarly susceptible to the effects of ether. Two or three inhalations from an ether-soaked handkerchief is sufficient to anesthetize an infant. Within a few seconds a baby can be rendered completely insensible and the coma produced will endure for at least a half an hour. This could be done to a sleeping baby without risk of awakening it. Wouldn't Arouse Resistance.

are Harold Riner, 24, now serving time in Sing Sing, and Frank Syrek of 35 W. 64th St. (Read the SUNDAY NEWS) 1 SlfT ISStSS I JPr For New Year's I t-i Evening Wear 'J? if Sunday Night CC 4 and Street Wear In ft Metal Sprayed Taffeta Dresses I I 1 Drese f-; -J anc' Solid Color Taffeta Dresses a I I for: Evening Wear Vv I 4to2 Metal Threaded Dresses Jj IV 1 I I 2for dVi Smart Moire Dresses Vl I I I I 3 Tinsel Effects in Dresses I I LIIL I Metal Trimmed Dresses ft vxo I -7 New Acetate Dresses if 1 CITCC MISSES WOMEN STOUTS II I I I I 14 to 20 38 to 44 ,46 to 52 ANv4r hi- -'41. I BETTER DRESSES I fi at NORTON'S LOWERED PRICES In If 'i I if 375 d75C75 The odor of ether is so insidious that it will not arouse any instinctive or natural resistance, such as chloroform, or other anesthetics. Unless concentrated as by being spilled or poured, the odor of ether disperses rapidly and is not likely to be detected if applied in the manner suggested.

An intensive investigation has been made in the effort to determine when and where this ether was bought. If corked tightly ether will keep indefinitely. Ether is used as a cleaning fluild and as such can be purchased at any drug store. Chemical analysis so far has failed to determine how long this ether has been kept in the bottle. They say that the fluid could easily have been in this bottle three or four years, in other words, have been purchased before the Lindbergh baby was kidnaped.

If the State can prove it was bought before then, investigators contend that the ether bottle will form another link in the chain of evidence with which they hope to convince a jury that Hauptmann actually kidnaped and murdered the baby himself, and should expiate th crime in the electric chair. HITS BLUE EAGLE IN JENNINGS CASE Washington, I). Dec 27 The National Labor Itelations Hoard today asked NRA's Compliance Division to remove the San Krancisco Call Bulletin's Blue Kairle for failing to reinstate Dean S. Jennings, a rewrite man. This is a Hearst newspaper.

Jennings complained he had been forced to resign because of bis activity with the American Newspaper Cuild. ABSENT PLAINTIFF ORDERED SEIZED Incensed because William Koch, rooming house open lor at 311 E. b'Kh St, had repeatedly refused to appear against two men he accused of a $415 theft, Magistrate Jonah J. Goldstein yesterday in Jefferson Market Court issued a warrant for Koch's arrest. The men accused in Koch's complaint.