Evening star., 1933-05-09
Mrs. Mclean Takes Stand
Again to Describe Meet
ing With "The Fox"
whitaker is IDENTIFIED
AS PRINCIPAL IN CASE
Agreement to Deliver Kidnapped
Child to Aiken, S. C., De-
scribed by Witness.

Col. Charles A. Lindbergh took the
stand at 2:45 o'clock this afternoon
to testify in the CASTOR B. Means
Norman T. ("the Fox') Whitaker
conspiracy case.
Facing the ordeal with his customary
stoicism, Col Charles A. Lindbergh was
ready to take the stand today in the
ransom hoax trial of CASTOR B. Means
and Norman T. Whitaker as soon as
Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean, victim of
$l04,000 fraud, has completed her
story Of the fantastic conspiracy.
Col. Lindbergh, under questioning by
United States Attorney Leo A. Rover in
Criminal Division 2 of the District su-
preme Court, will relate tragic details
Of the kidnapping OF his first son and of
the gruesome discovery Of its wasted
body just year ago this week.
BY this dramatic move-forced on
the Government by demands of the de-
fense that legal proof be given Of the
kidnapping and death of the Lindbergh
child-the prosecution expects to show
mat the pitiful remains of the little
form were buried in the uIderbrush of
New Jersey roadside the very time
Means and Whitaker allegedly were as
suring Mrs. Mclean they could produce
the ."Eaglet" safe and well
Visits Friends Here.
Mrs. Mclean took the stand this
morning to resume her account of the
yinU q 1,yyv iol, ~,
eminent claims Means defrauded her
of $l04 900 and by which Means and
Whitaker are accused of attempting to
obtain $35, 900 more to redeem the "hot
money" given the actual kidnapers by
'Jafsie," DR. John F. Condor. The
suave rair Is being tried before a jury
OF seven women and five men in JUS
tice D. w. ODonoghue's court room.
Shows Jewels to Jury.
In the course Of her testimony Mrs.
Mclean took her glittering jewelry
from a small purse and held it up in
support Of her contention that she was
acting In perfectly good faith with
Means and Whitaker when she promised
to raise $4,000 additional as q substi-
tute for the Lindbergh ransom marked
money. The diamond necklace and
bracelets, estimated to be worth from
$l00, 900 to $3.50. 900, were handed to
the jurors and passed from hand to
hand. The eyes of the women jurors
opened wide as they fingered the 81
huge stones, two of them 20 carats each,
composing the chain, and the diamond
encrusted platinum bands.
One Of the largest crowds that have
besieged the District Supreme Court
Building since the Teapot Dome oil
trials, struggled, mostly unsuccessfully
to get into the small court room today.
Admission was by pass only, and even
some would-be spectators with passes
could not get in.
Lindbersh at Court House.
Col. Lindberg arrived at the court
house at l:20 in a car Of the United
States marshals Office and was taken
into the court house in the east down
floor entrance while large crowds, gath
cred at other entrances for glimpse
of the famous flyer. were disappointed.
There was only small group at the
entrance he used.
Col. Lindbergh was accompanied by
John j. Clarkson, deputy marshal, who
went to the flyers room at the Hay
Adams House and escorted him to the
court house.
Col and Mrs. Lindbergh were visit
ing friends" this morning and last
night, following their arrival by plane
late yesterday at Hoover Airport. Mrs.
Lindbergh will not be called to the
trial. Their low-winged monoplane
maneuvered to muddy landing yester-
day after a delayed hop from Columbus,
Ohio, where they had been held by
poor visibility.
At the outset Of the morning session,