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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1956)
Boys Declare ;aiir Statesman, Salem, Ore., fit.. Nov. io, oo (Sec. 11)-17 - Kidnap Area By ARTHUR W. EVERETT MINEOLA. N.Y., Nov. 15 m Two teen-age brothers toiiay sin Hied nut Anseln Lamarca as the man they saw lurking near the scene of little Tetw Weinberger's kidnaping last July 4. The boy, Daniel Lucas. 13. and hi. brother. Michael, 15, tesiifled at Lamarca s kidnap-slaying- trial that they saw the defendant "slouching" in a battered Ply mouth car near the Weinberger home about 15 minutes before the baby was stolen. Daniel ( got down from the wit ness stand, walked to within four feet of Lamarca and pointed at him to indicate that the defend ant was the man he had seen in tlie cat.. His brother made a similar iden tification by nodding his head af Lamarca. Both boys testified that a picture of Lamarca's car looked vKr-irt-:- tike" vfttF-f 'nHtwy less than a block from the Wein hergcr'home that afternoon. Note In Kvidrnre Both brothers said the man they identified as Lamarca in the auto- i-oiobile- Appsi4-'.to be- wnUng.. Hb this CHI IHf 1 HHft state put in evidence the ransom noli left by the kidnaper, which revealed for the first time his threat to the baby's life,'- Written in green ink in a small hand on single sheet of notebook-size paper, the ransom note read;. "Attention: "I'm sorry this had to happen but 1 amJiL. bad need of money and couldn't get it any other way. , "Don't tell anyone or go to the police about this, because I am watching you closely. I am scared stiff and will kill the baby at your first wrong move. "Just put 12.000 two thousand) in small bills in a brown envelope and place it next to the signpost a! the corner of Albermarle Road ?.nd Park Avenue at exactly in o'clock t ojn o r r o w i Thurs day) morning. If everything goes smooth, I will bring the baby back and leave him on the same corner 'safe and happy' at exactly ill noon. "Can't Walt" "No excuses. I can't wait:" .The note was signed "Your Baby Sitter." An attempt to pay the ransom was made as directed the nexi day but the kidnaper failed to appear. Police quoted Lamarca after his arrest as saying he brought the child to the scene but turned away when he saw police and newsmen there. Then he drove to the spot where h abandoned the baby. '. Earlier Peter Weinberger' mother aobbed in angnish for her dead child as she identified (or the jury the clothes the infant wore when he was kidnaped. Fights fir Control Tiny, b r u n t Mrs. Beatrice Weinberger, 32. had struggled for control for nearly an hour as she testified for the stale against La marca, the kidnaper of her J2-day old son. He is accused of murder ing the baby by abandoning it, in panic and fear beside Long Is land highway. But when little Tcter's diaper was displayed to her for identifi c ation. M rs. Weinberger emild .not go on. She dropped her head in her hands and wept. Her moans echoed across trie courtroom filled with some 50 silent spectators. After a brief recess, Mrs. Weifv h.erger stood in front of the wit ness box, clutching a railing to keep from collapsing, and identi fied the clothe in which she lat dressed her baby. Fath article she identified with a flickering, tearful glance, F.ach time she then turned her head awav. Thus she established as slate's "-evidence a tiny- under shirt, kimono, and a diaper and blanket. N Denial Lamarca, SI. does not. deny the kidnaping, for which he can be aent to the electric chair if con vieted. He also is charged with first degree murder, also punish able by death. He has pleaded innocent hy reason of insanity' brought on hy personal financial woe, A slight, dark-haired father of two small children of his own, Lamarca kept his head bowed, his eyes on the floor. Not once did he meet Mrs. Weinberger's eyes as she glanced his way. Defense attorney David Marko witz waived his right to an open ing statement to the all-male jury of fathers and grandfathers. He told newsmen that Lamarca will testify later in his own defense. Dist. Atty. Frank Gulolta. de scribed in detail the kidnaping and subsequent manhunt the nation' greatest kidnap search since Bob by fireenlease was stolen and aiain in Kansas City in 1953. Starts Friday 9:30 A. M. Shop Friday Nite Until 9 P.M. wHaiaaiaMMiMMHMHHIMi A ROBERTS BROS. STORe , ..n"-"""" . . . a -rhei f--f ,1 Ili ft "Reported in Lebanon leaders DAMASCUS, Syria. Nov. 15 iff Reliable sources ajd tonight Leb- anese Premier Abditlla Yafi of-1 fered and then withdrew his-resig-i nation following differences with President Cnmille Chamoun over their country's attitude to Britain and France. The sourees-Hseid Yafi - wanted Lebanon to break diplomatic rela tions with Britain and France but that the President opposed the move. 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