The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-24

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9. When was the third timer
A. Nov. 1923.
q. How did you obtain employ.
ment?
A. About . week after I landed
a. q dishwasher.
g. How long3 .-.....
"A. About q month and Z half.
Q. How much were you paid q
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State Rests at Noon
Hauptmann took the. stand after
the defense moved for q directed &C.
quittal and lost. The end Of the state q
evidence came Just before the courts
noon recess with Arthur Koehler, wood
expert, repeating his conclusion that
part Of the Lindbergh kidnap ladder
came from Hauptmanns attic. that
Hauptmann's own plane dressed the
lumber, and that the rest Of the lad
der came from . Bronx lumber yard
where Hauptmann purchased wood.
Automobile Barred
Hauptrnanns automobile was bar
red from tho evidence but testimony
by Koehler that the Lindbergh kid.
nap ladder could be fitted inside 1t
was allowed. The court ruled q
photograph Of the auto could be used
In evidence.
The fit Of the ladder In the car
was supporting testimony to that
given early In the trial by Amandus
Hochmuth, aged Lindbergh neighbor,
who said he saw Hauptmann In q
dirty green automobile with q ladder
near the Lindbergh home on the day
Baby Charles A. Lindbergh. Jr.. was
kidnapped.
The state charges the child was
killed Is It fell with its abductor from
the ladder at the nursery window on
March l, 1882.
The automobile has been for several
days In an alleyway near the court.
Attorney General David T. Wilentz
wanted the jury to view it.
Pope Cross. Examines
Koehler's cross-examination by
Frederick A. Pope Of defense counsel
began soon after he resumed the
stand following . belated opening Of
court. Pope brought out from him
that his Identification OF marks on
the ladder, which he said had been
made by Hauptmann'S own plane,
was his first testimony Of this kind
In any court.
Hauptmann. still pale and sombre.
appeared TO be taking more interest
In the testimony q his turn to tes-
tify neared.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh,
father OF the slain baby, was late in
arriving for he session. Apparently
fearing he might interrupt the pro-
ceedings by his entry he stood for q
time In the doorway and listened.
Koehler told kis cross-examiner he
did not believe the ladder was con-
structed by q mechanic.
1T was . rather poor job, wasn't
IT."
EYES,"
Hauptmann leaned forward 1t the
counsel table and whispered to G.
Lloyd Fisher, another Of his attor-
neys.
Koehler also acknowledged as true
Pope's assertion that any three.quar-
ter inch 'chisel might have been used
on the ladder. He testified In his
direct examination that q chisel Of
that size found near the ladder at the
scene Of the crime had been used on
the ladder, and further that Haupt-
MAINS standard chisel kit In his
tool chest was missing q chisel Of that
size.
Pope, going on with his inquiry
into the workmanship on the ladder
asked:
Poor Workmanship
Even the saving Of the notches is
poorly done, isn't IT."
YES" Kohler agreed.
1T has been testified" Pope said,
that two sections Of this ladder,
namely, this one here which Is broken,
and the next section that fits into it
could be used and was not used but
was actually put together and put up
against the side wall OF the Lindbergh
home, the two sections together, and
the officer told US that when so placed
against the side wall that the top
round was 80 inches below the window
sill. From your knowledge Of wood,
would you think that q ladder con-
structed as this one Is, or referring
specifically to this particular ladder.