, 1935-01-10

package-in which the sleeping suit
was mailed to me.
@. Who actually received it2
A. I did.
c. Where did 1t come from?
"A. In the mail.
c. Is that the first communica-
ton you received?
a. Where?
@. In the mail?
a. You in my life. No sir.
Not the first.
What station did that come
from?" Reilly asked, motioning TO
Condor to look at the postmark on
the envelope.
Long and earnestly Jafsie peercd
ut the cancelled stamps and final
ly confessed. "the stamps are SO
blurred I cannot see"
q. Two notes came in the pack
age?
a. The two notes we're wrapped
inside the sleeping suit.
@. What did you do with the
notes?
"A. r took them out OF the sleep
ing suit and read them. One was
addressed to Colonel Lindbergh and
one to me.
II sent for Colonel Lindbergh to
come and see II the article ! receiv-
ed was his baby's sleeping suit.
There was delay as counsel hunt
ed for a ransom note exhibit. and
Justice Trenchard. looking almost
as much like Jafsie as Jafsie him.
self, took q hand In examining the
witness.
He asked the doctor to place the
date the sleeping suit was received.
Jafsie said he placed the date on
or about March nth CSt. Patrick's)
Day, because that's a great day In
my life
Never Bought Sleeping Suit
After that interlude Reilly return
ed to the attack.
q. Ever buy one or these tsieep-
ing suits. doctor?
A. Never. Didn't need them.
@. Never bought any?
"A. No.
@. When your children were
growing up, did you buy any OF
these?
A. That's the voman's part Of the
household.
Reilly produced another letter
dated March 10th.
Condor examined II carefully Tor
several minutes and looked up 70
saw.
Eyes sir. T received that letter.
He said that on the day he re-
ceived the letter. ne hsd consulted
with Colonel B~reckinridRe.
Reilly then BROUGHT out still an
other OF the states ransom docn-
ments. and. as before. Or. CONDOR
looked at II long and intently. turn
ir0 II over and over. NJ.
This note was postmarked April
lst-
Q. Did o. accuaint Col. Lind
berrh OF the contents OF the note?
A. No. 7 asked Col. Breckin-
ridge to help in this matter.
BreckinridTe was STAYING at the
Condor home. Jafsie volunteered
The note directed Jafsie to have
the ransom money ready for pay
ment the following night. April End.
G. Then on Saturday the money
came 10 you?
A. Yes on April 2nd-
C. How many people In your
group knew it7
"A. What do YOU mean BY group7
q. You. Col. Lindbergh, Col.
Breckinridge-?
Three Were Present
"A. The three OF us.
@. AL Reich didn't know IT?
A. You1l have TO ask him about
that. 7 didn't tell him. I don't tell
my business to anyone.
@. Who made the box Gin which
the money was placed?
A. 7 planned the making OF the
box.
G.. Didn't those who wrote the
ransom notes suggest the box?
"A. Yes.
G. Then they planned it7
A. They suggested II.
Who made the box?' Reilly re-
peated.
"Jafsie" heretofore never at o
loss for an answer. fumt.ed.
Reilly almost leaped at him.
q. Who made the boXf
"A. I can't remember the name.
A wood worker on Webster Ave.
Near l90th st. I'd recall his name
II IL were mentioned.
-You had a boz made shouted
Reilly. and you don't know who
made Ii?
wilentz popped up to object to
Reiily's manner.
Don't shout. don't shout said
JafSie. Il can hear. I'm not deaf.
i can hear every syllable you utter
II YOU $ your lips, don't shout"
Reilly wanted to know who in
structed him to have the box built.
@. Who were the orders from,
from the chief?
a. No. Col. Lindbergh and Col.
DiN1hAAA f&bt.
1t cost s325 and was built &C.
cording to his own plans. he went
on. because he wanted to be able
TO recognize 1t II he ever saw 1t
again
There were ) layers OF wood In
the box TO make 1t distinctive,
Jafsie related.
Reilly took up the story Of Colo
mel Lindbergh's futile airplane trip
TO Gay Head In search for the
"Boad Nellie" on which the kidnap
note said the baby was held.
A question about how good the
visibility was for the plane flight
caused the little interchange.
Condor requested:
viii you please speak better