The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-07
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BETTY Cow CALLED
TO REVEAL DETAILS
OF KIDNAPPING night
lindbsrgh Nurse coIIaspss IN
Tears After Three Hours
Of Tsstifying Monday

Tears After Three Hours
Of Tsstifying Monday
(Copyright, 1885, ~ The Associated
Press)
Remington, N. J., Jan. 1.-THE
nursemaid. Betty Gov. collapsed
Monday after the strain Of nearly
three hours . . witness In the trial
Of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for
the kidnapping and murder Of Baby
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, u.
She started to leave the court,
reached the door and began to sway.
TWO men In an adjoining room rushed
to her aid. She slid into their arms.
She was weeping.
Mrs. Whately rushed after her and
the two walked slowly through the
grand jury room to the office Of
County Prosecutor Anthony NJ.
Hauck, Jr.
The cross.examination was pointed
to the line announced previously by
the defense, which Is an attempt to
show that the kidnapping was plotted
In the Lindbergh home by others
than the family members and carried
out BY two men and two women.
Reilly's questions ct one point
brought Attorney General David +.
Wilents to his feet with IN objection
that:
.This woman Il not on trial. not
yeti"
The nurse said the state paid her
fare from Scotland to testify and
gsve her @950.
"Fbr your services heref" Reilly
asked.
wilents was again on his feet to
object to the word services"
Court recessed 1T 1880.
Identifies Babyis Shirt
Miss Cow identified the undershirt
which she put upon the slain child
and also . thumbguard which the
state contends places the murder Of
the child In the jurisdiction Of Hun
terdon county before facing the hos
tile cro6s-examination.
This Is the exact little shirt I made
for the baby that night" she said q
Attorney General David T.. Wilentz,
prosecuting Bruno Richard Haupt.
mann for murder, handed her q tiny,
discolored garment.
BY that night" she referred to the
last night on which she or any men,
Der Of the Lndbereh household saw
the 20-months-old babe alive.
The little nurse related the last
day Of the baby's life with restrained,
sometimes breathless manner.
Her voice broke for the first time
when she related the ghastly discov-
cry the baby was gone.
II crossed over to the crib. didn't
turn the light on"
"Because you might awaken him?"
"Yes, that's right then I felt
al over the bed. He wasn't there!"
Finds Empty Crib
Her testimony went on:
II thought that Mrs. Lndbergh
may have had him. I went out Of the
babys room into the hallway and into
Mrs. Lndberghs room.
II met her, or saw her coming out
Of the bathroom and asked her Il she
had the baby. She looked surprised
and said NO. she didn't.
I said, well, where's the colonel, he
may have him. said, where Is her
she said, downstairs In the library
II turned quickly and ran downstairs
to the library whore ! saw the colon
81 sitting ct his desk reading.
II said, Colonel, do you have the
babyr He said, NO. Isn't he IN his
crib?' I said, no.
HE ran past me upstairs ana into
the babyS room. I followed him and
from there entered Mrs. LndberghS
room. He didn't say anything. He
ran into his closet, came out again
with . rifle and al three Of ~ went
into the baby,s room. He said:
"Anne, they have stolen our bahy!"
A second major state witness, Dr..
John =. Condor, In seclusiod at Tren-
ton, viii appear Wednesday to identity
Hauptmann o tho John" who took
the $4,000 Lindbersh ransom from
him.
Reilly - Accuse roae
The burly chief Of defense, Edward
J. Reilly. promised 70 offer his ver-
sion Of the Lindbergh kidnapping and
slaying, announcing he would name
probably On Thursday" the band q
two men and two women he contends
committed the crime.
pismissing this - . ~bedtime
story Attorney General David =.
WilentB said:
THE department. q Justice. the II.
ternal revenue department. and IN
New York and New Jersey police who
have been working On this case since
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