The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-28
SHARP INSTRUMENT
MADE BY SCRAPlNG
AGAINST STEEL COT
Discovery Is Made by JaiIer AT.
ter Breakfast; Prisoner
Denies Plot
LADDER CLUES GET STUDY
Attorney Hints Plea Will Be In
sanity, Wants Examination
by Psychiatrist
LADDER CLUES GET STUDY

new 4OTk, Sept. I0.-(A1-SneT11
John J. Hanley Friday disclosed that
Bruno Richard Hauptmann had stolen
a table spoon in the Jail, broken it
into four sections, sharpened one and
had hidden all four pieces in the Jail.
Hanley said the bowl part Of the
spoon had been sharpened to q razor
edge by rubbing it against the steel
frame Of the cot In his cell in the
county jail.
Three parts were found in the toilet
bowl in his cell, and the fourth
piece had been hidden In the drain OF
the wash basin In the cell. The sher-
1T said the pieces appeared to be too
small to be used as key, but he was
inclined to believe the sharpened
piece might have been used as weap-
on II it had been further sharpened
into a knife.
This morning at 7:45, fifteen min
utes before breakfast" Hanley sid.
''as is the usual custom, Hauptmann
and other prisoners were given z
bowl and spoon,
Jailer Misses Spoon
after breakfast, Hauptmann's
spoon was missing. The jailer asked
him for it and Hauptmann said he
didn't know anything about the spoon.
HE immediately was taken out Of
his cell, searched and stripped. His
cell was inspected infinitely and no
evidence OF the spoon was discovered
until the jailer looked in the wash
bowl and toilet"
Meanwhile Arthur Koehler, wood
technologist, arrived at Trenton, N. J..
for further examination Of the ladder
down which Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.,
was carried from his nursery to his
death. He said the "unquestionable
source" Of some Of the lumber used
was the National Lumber and Mill
Work company in the Bronx, where
Hauptmann once worked.
Koehler, employed by the United
States Forest Products Laboratory
forest service, at Madison, Wis.,, and
a recognized federal authority on wood
Identification, refused to disclose how
he had determined the lumber came
from the Bronx company, saying that
would be evidence in the case.
Wood Markings Studied
State police previously had revealed
that the wood contained peculiar saw
marks, and investigation established
the lumber had been milled by Cali
fornia company.
The chisel found near the Lindbergh
home the night Of the kidnapping and
tools found in Hauptmann8 garage
were t. be brought 20 Trenton. A work
shop for Koehler Is to be established
at the state police barracks at VIII
burtha, five miles from here, where
he will attempt to learn whether the
tools were used in making the ladder.
He said he had worked on the Lind
bergh case loft and on for year and
q half"
The journal in which Hauptmann
meticulously kept account Of his fin
anoes, the gymnasium shoe found
Thursday in his garage and the cast
Of the footprint found In the Bronx
cemetery after the ransom payment
all are held as evidence against the
former Saxon machine gunner, Col.
II. Norman Schwarzkopf revealed.
: The state police head, In his press
conference, refused to discuss the
articles beyond saying that they were
being held Is evidence by District At
torney Foley, Of the Bronx. and their
Importance or other information con-
nected with them could not be di-
vulged.
A plan to have Hauptmann examin-
ed by q psychiatrist was announced
Friday by his counsel.
Insanity Plea Hinted
The lawyer, James NJ. Fawcett. made
his announcement when he arrived at
the Bronx county courthouse to confer
with District Attorney Samuel J. Foley.
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