, 1935-01-24

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I. was the nightg
A. Yes.
O. You don't know whether
Hnuptmann was there?
A. I can't swear 70 II whether
saw him.
Q. You 10 know there were som.
Tuesday nights when he was no
there?
A. Yes.
Reilly interposed:
"What year77
The question was not answered.
and the witness was excused.
The state rested its murder case
against. Hauptmann shortly afteI
noon Thursday.
The state was content 20 end Ia
evidence with the testimony Of Ar
thur Koehler. government wood ex'
pert, who testified that one rail d
the Lindbergh kidnap ladder cams
from Hauptmann's attic and chang
ed his stery In no way on cross
examination.
Also standing without alteration
by cross-exaninaticn was the wooc
experts testimony that Haupt'
mann's own plane was used In thu
fashioning Of the ladder and that
other lumber in the ladder came
from q Bronx lumber yard where
Hauptmann had purchased wood.
AS Koehler left the stand Attor-
ney General David T. Wilentz con-
ferred briefly with his assistant
prosecutors.
The state rests. your honor" he
announced.
Edward j. Reilly. chief OF the de-
Tense staff, Immediately pleaded To
be allowed to crosS-exaTine one OF
the states witnesses further.
Brief CrOss-ExaminatIon
The state has rested" wilentz
proclaimed. "You may call whom
you please"
Reilly wanted to question Thomas
n. Sisk. q department OF justice
agent who testified for the state. and
H~ildegarde Olga Alexander. Bronx
dress model, who said she saw
Hauptmann ehadowing DR.. John Y.
(Jafsie) Condor in the Bronx dur
ing the period Of negotiations for the
$4,000 Lindbergh ransom.
Wilentz q little later decided TO
call Miss Alexander back for the de-
fense questions. but asserted he
wanted no delay in the defense's
case. Justice Trenchard ordered that
she be called after the luncheon re-
cess which was taken shortly before
1880 p m.
The court deemed II unnecessary
for the state to recall Sisk since he
would be available 10 the defense at
any time.
Cross-examination OF Kcehler was
brighter than was expected, and was
directed chiefly toward showing the
kidnap ladder. down which the state
charges Kaufman carried baby
Charles A. Lindbergh. Jr.. from his
crib TO his death. was constructed BY
an amateur. whereas H7uptmann Is
SUPPOSED to be an expert carnenfer.
Details OF the states case and the
witnesses who brought them out
were:
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, mother
OF the slain baby: that the child
was stolen from It's crib on March
]. 1882. and that 1t wore a sleeping
garment which she identified.
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh:
That the body found in woods OF
Mercer county two months later
was that OF his stolen child. that
the voice OF Hauptmann was the
same as that OF q man he heard
say Hey Dok-tor in st. Raymcnd's
cemetery. the Bronx. when DR..
John =. (Jafsiel Condor paid over
the ransom money That the first
ransom note was left Oh the nursery
window sill
Betty Cow, the baby's nurse:
that a metal thumbguard found by
her a hundred yards from the Lind
bergh home a month after the
kidnapping was worn by the baby or
the night 1t was stolen.
Body Stripped
The prosecutors claimed the kid
naper stripped the baby's clothing
from 1t as soon as he found IL was
dead. the stripping occurring where
the thumbguasd was found. This
would be in Hunterdon county.
where Hauptmann 4 on trial.
New Jersey Police officers: That
a broken extention ladder found
near the scene Of the crime Fit
marks In the mud beneath the
nursery window. and scratches on
the paint Of the Lindbergh home.
DR.. John II (Jafsiel Condor.
That Hauptmann responded TO his
advertisement. negotiated for the
ransom and received the ransom
from nm IN st Raymond ceme-
terry. the Bronx. on the night of
April 2. 1882.
Joseph "A. Perrone. Bronx taxi
driver That Hauptmann gave him
81 10 deliver a ransom note to DR..
Condor.
Amandus H0chmuth, aged former
LindJergh neighbor: That he saw
Haurtmann ID b dirty green auto
mobile with a ladder turning into
the road that leads to the Lind
bergh estate la the forenoon OF the
day ~ the crime.
Willard Whited timber man.
Lindbergh neighbor. That he saw
Hauptmann near Lindbergh estate
on February 70. and again between
February rs and n. 1882.
Albert s. Osborn and seven other
handwriting experts: That the "a
ransom notes. including the note
left on the window sill oil the Lind
bergh nursery the night Of the
crime were written py Hauptmann.
DR.. Charles II Mitchell. Mercer
county physician: That autopsy
showed Lindbergh Daby died of a
fractured skull inflicted BY external
violence. and that death was in
stan.aneous or within a few min
utes.
William Z. Frank. treasury depart
ment accountant: That the assets
OF Hauptmann and mis- wife increas-
ed S4f.486 between April 2. 1882. the
day Of the ransom payment OF $50
600. and September ~. 1884. the day
Of Hauptmann's arrest