Evening star., 1933-05-16
RANSOM HOAX JURY
Determining FATE
OF MEANS AND "FOX''
Continued From First Page

the wounds that had cut into the
Iindbergh's hearts"
| Rover Answers Turco.
Rover replied feelingly to Turco's
! charges declaring that Lindbergh's tes-
timony was proper and essential
! 1T has been said Rover stated
| that summoned Col. Lindbergh be
cause Of very debased and depraved
reasons. Without dignifying these ac-
cusations with detailed reply-and
have no apology to make for any
thing I have done in this case-1 wish
| Col Lindbersh's testimony was proper
and admissible, or the honorable JUS
tice presiding would not have ad-
| mitted it."
The prosecutor explained that it was
necessary to prove that there was such
| a child as the Lindbergh baby. that IT
| had been kidnapped. that 1t later was
found dead and that it had been dead
! for a long time He said Col. Lind
bergh was the only person who could
have testified that the body found near
| Sourland Mountain was that OF his own
| child.
Has Four Children Himself.
when I am accused OF these vile and
/ debaSed motives" Rover shouted my
only reply as to whether I am so cold
blooded as to reopen sores In the hearts
of the Lindberghs is that God has
blessed Mrs Rover and myself with four
healthy children"
| Mrs. Rover sat in a front seat inside
the counsel rail while her husband ad-
dressed the jury.
Justice Daniel W. ODonoghue began
his charge to the jury at 1:30 o'clock
| this afternoon. 1t was expected the
case would 60 to the jury by O'Clock:
Concluding arguments Of counsel
were being made this morning before
crowded court room, with Justice
| O'Donoghue presiding.
| In their final appeals to the Jury. De-
fense Attorneys j. William Tomlinson
and Turco caustically criticized Rover
for failure to cross-examine Means on
his story of his activities in connection
with the Lindbergh case. and they ar
gued at length that Means had told the
truth on the witness stand when ne tolo
| Of his so-called contacts with the kid
napers of the Lindbergh baby
| Makes Plea for Whitaker.
Turco made a special plea in behalf
of Whitaker, contending that "the Fox
was merely "a decoy' employed by
Means to assist in investigating the
Lindbergh case and in recovering the
baby.
| Replying to Rover's bitter castigation
] of Means late yesterday. during which
| the prosecutor declared that no sensible
person could believe Means Baron
Munchausen" tale, Tomlinson pointed
out that such intelligent persons as Mrs.
Mclean, Col. NJ Robert Guggenheim,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fleming, Rear
Admiral Emory S. Land and Rev Fran
| els ]. Hurney had believed Means claim
| that he could effect return Of the
| abducted child.
| Turco emphasized to the jury that
| Means and Whitaker are not being tried
for stealing the $l04,000 which Mrs
Mclean gave Means to turn over to
the kidnapers for ransom and expenses
and for which Means already has been
convicted and sentenced to Is years in
| the penitentiary. He argued that the
| defendants were on trial for attempt
ing to steal $35,000 which never existed
| and which was never to pass through
their hands" The Government claims
| Mrs Mclean was attempting to pawn
her jewels to raise the $4,000 sum in
response to Means representations that
| the kidnapers were demanding clean
| money" for the $40 1000 of hot" money
paid by Col. Lindbergh through DR.
John F. Condor.
| Turco Arraigns Rover.
| Turco severely arraigned Rover for
! calling Means liar without attempt
ing to disprove his story by rebuttal
testimony or cross-examination.
The attorney declared that "even
CASTOR B. Means is entitled to be pre-
sumed innocent until he Is proven
guilty"
Turco asserted that Whitaker was
by Means on the promise by the latter
that he could earn some money by
assisting in the negotiations. He stress
ed that Means had testified that
Whitaker was just "decoy" who posed
as one of the kidnapers in order to
make sure that Mrs. Mclean had not
set trap to catch the real kidnapers
when they returned the Lindbergh
baby to Mrs Mclean ut her cottage
in Aiken, S. C.
Excoriating the defendants as men
who took advantage of a mothers love
to perpetrate on Mrs. Mclean fraud
gigantic and criminal" Rover began his
closing arguments in the trial yesterday
afternoon.
when the Shiny hands Of the kid
napers reached into the home Of Col
Lindbergh and stole his son on March
IL, 1882" the prosecutor declared, 1.-THE
crime called forth not only the finest
sentiments of some of our noblest citi-
zens, but also the foulest, most debased
most degrading thoughts of criminal
elements"
Among leading citizens whose heart
went out to the stricken Lindbergh
family, Rover said, was Mrs. Mclean
whose first-born also had been threat
ened Swith kidnapping before his un.
timely death under an automobile.
Rover, clenching his fists and rails
ing his voice almost to shout in front
of the jury box. accused Means and
Whitaker Of attempting to capitalize on
Mrs. McLean's emotions by committing
what he declared was a fraud so un-
usual as to be hard for us now IN our
sober senses to comprehend"
He emphasized that Means and Whit
aker are not being tried for kidna Dine