The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-28

Oh following GURUS allegedly
con the evening of May IL
was informed of the finding
of the body" Lindbergh said.
He told of rushing to his
Hopewell home.
did you see the body of
your son? ?" Prosecutor An
thony Hauck asked.
L did"
The courtroom became tense.
Haucks questions, in contrast to
absolute silence, seemed explosive.
Where did you see the body Of
your SOM"
In the morgue at Trenton"
Did you see the doctor that per-
formed the post mortem?"
Il did"
His POise Weakens
Here, for the first time, Lind
bergh's poiSe weakened. He shifted
nervously in his chair.
Did you identify the body of your
son?"
Yes"
by what means?"
by some of the clothes and the
teeth
Lindbergh moistened his lips. His
body became rigid. He stared
straight ahead. 1t lasted but few
seconds and soon he was the cool
and calm Lindbergh again,
He had detailed his activities with
expedition after expedition
tales of telephone conversations
with the kidnapers, radio messages,
details of the actual crime in which
Curtis told him member of his
own household (f1rst, Curtis said it
was a man, then later, girD had
inStigated the crime. He told how
his confidence in Curtis had grown
until, finally, it was dissolved by the
finding of the body.
Regulated Everything"
Lindhergh was led into a resume
of Curtis final statement, confess
irg that all of his stories had been
false.
In general, Mr. Curtis practically
repudiated everything that he had
told me in the past. can't begin
to tell you everything that he said.
1t was about Is or 20 pages long.
In fact almost all the important
information he had given us, he
denied was true"
Lloyd Fisher of defense counsel
revealed marked Difference to
Colonel Lindbergh While the pros
ecutor was bringing out the tragic
details of identifying the body, the
defense repeatedly objected. offer
ing to concede anything Ito spare
Colonel Lindbergh.
In parts of his testimony, Lind
bergh revealed the intensity of his
purpose during the weary weeks he
sought some trace of his baby. He
clutched at anything and every
thing; he listened to anyone who
claimed the power to aid him.
Slept But Little
He slept little; he drove him
self furiously through adventure
that would have been, had Curtis
stories been accurate, filled with
personal danger. On one of his
sea trips, the one off Block Island,
he told of taking a machine gun
lent by the state police.
Time after time Lindbergh
seemed to be stretching a point to
be more than fair in his testimony.
When Hauck asked a question that
obviously was intended to be par
ticularly damaging, Lindbergh hes
itated before answering. AT one
point Hauck asked
Did Curtis express any sympathy
to you for what he had done?"
Lindbergh thought for at least
thirty seconds before he said:
He did in his statements"
Fisher attempted to get into the
record that when Curtis confessed
the hoax, he was a guest in Lind
bergh's Hopewell home, but Lind
bergh denied that his status was
that of a guest.
Was he under arrest?"
He was there to help on the case
and l believed him to be there
voluntarily" Lindbergh replied.
Needed at Norfolk
Fisher then tried to bring out that
Curtis had been kept at the Lind
bergh home when the financial con-
dition of his Norkfolk family de-
manded his, presence there. Lind
bergh, however, confessed himself
ignorant of happenings that pre-
ceded Curtis admission of the hoax.
Curtis sat alert and attentive, his
eyes on Lindbergh's lips as the
colonel made his first public state
ment of the tragedy that DOM
mated his life for three months.
Curtis told Lindbergh the gang
sters had been kept informed by
John" one Of the kidnapers Cur
It's had described and later admitted