Evening star., 1935-01-04
Put Sleeping Suit on Child.

Put Sleeping Suit on Chlld.
OF the sleeping suit she said:
"I put it on my child"
Col. Lindbergh half rose from his
seat as his wife sat in the witness
chair and Wilentz momentarily
blocked his view.
The preliminary questions were
brief. Wilentz plunged at once into
the happenings of March /. WHO
was at the house that day?"
II was there myself and my SON.
Charles A. Lindbergh. jr; Mrs. Elsie
Wheatley. her husband, Oliver Wheat
lev, and later in the day Betty Cow"
$50 that the household" Wilentz
said, ION that date consisted OF your
self and also Col. Lindbergh in the
EVENING""
I'm the evening" Mrs. Lindbergh
repeated, nodding her head as she in
variably did in giving affirmative re-
plies.
The birthday of the child, June %,
1880, and his age, 20 months, were eS-
tablished.
Mrs. Aindbergh said she went for a
short walk alone after Betty Cow,
called from Englewood to care for the
baby. arrived. The walk lasted per-
haps IS minutes, perhaps half an
hour"
Tells of Playing With Baby.
"Now, during that day." Wilentz
went on, "had you played with Charles,
tr.: spent much time with him?"
1T had been with him all morning,
I put him to sleep for his nap about
/; and in the afternoon played with
him after he awoke from his nap"
Mrs. Lindbergh smiled.
AFTER returned from my walk I
walked around from the driveway
under his window and tried to look
for him." she continued. u attracted
the attention of Miss Betty Cow (the
baby's nurse) by throwing pebble up
to the window, and she then held the
baby up to the window to let him see
me-"
She smiled again, quietly, and her
eyes were family moist. Wilentz
brought out, through questions, the
window Mrs. Lindbergh meant-the
nursery window, out of which the baby
was stolen that night.
At this point she rose from the
chair, took from Wilentz a long
pointer, and standing before the
court, slim and girlish, directed the
pointer to the floor plans of the Hope
well house, pinned ON the wall.
Leaves Footprints Under Window.
Wilentz, by further questioning, es-
tablished that Mrs. Lindbergh had
left footprints in the muddy earth
under the window. This was at $3.50
o'clock in the afternoon.
After my walk" Mrs. Lindbergh
continued, II went up into the babys
bed room where T found Miss Betty
Cow and Mrs. Wheatley. Then I
went down again, think, into the
sitting room. About S o'clock I had
the baby down in the sitting room
playing with me. He left me to run
into the kitchen. After that did
not see him until I went up into the
nursery about 6:15 or after, when he
had almost finished his supper.
From that time on for about an
hour or little more than that, was
with the baby, helping to dress him
and prepare him for bed"
Wilentz turned to the child's nature
and appearance.
Declared to Be Normal.
Mrs. Lindbergh smiled, leaned for
ward, and said:
He was perfectly normal"
"Healthy?"
HE was very healthy" Mrs. Lind
bergh answered. Again she smiled
and nodded, then suddenly checked
the smile and bit her lip. Col. Lind
bergh watched her intently.
"Playful?" Wilentz asked in mat
ter Of fact manner.
He was a great deal better than
he had been the preceding two or
three days when he had cold, a
slight cold"
WAS he able to talk yet?"
"He talked" Mrs. Lindbergh said.
Wilentz wanted to know to what
extent.
IT don't remember any particular
conversation on that afternoon" she
answered. "Of course, he called all
the members Of the household by
udulc, dIlo 1lC p1dyC0 dUOut VIC A1OO1
with me in the living room"
Gives Color Of Baby's Hair.
Wilentz asked the color Of the
baby's hair.
"It Was Mrs. Lindbergh hesi-
tated, light golden"
Wilentz showed her the photograph.
She looked at it with no outward
sign of emotion, and 1t was offered
in evidence.
Wilentz led her, bit by bit, with
neatly framed questions, to the de-
scription of the nursery, the location
of the room.
The baby was put to bed about
7:30, Mrs. Lindbergh said. Miss Cow
and Mrs. Lindbergh dressed him for
bed.
He had next to his skin home
made flannel shirt which Miss Cow
cut out and sewed that night out Of
a flannel petticoat which had since
the child was an infant"