The Washington times., 1935-01-07

Miss Cows Testimony
AtHauptmann Trial


S-29 for identification).
Q.-When you say $40 is the
exact garment that you used, do
you mean that that is a part of
the cloth that you used? A
Yes.
Q.-The rest of it you used for
the baby's shirt? Ayes.
Q.-And this remained? A
Yes.
Q.-Now show you exhibit s.
13 and ask you whether or not
you have seen this since the find.
ing Of the child's body. Al
have.
Q.-And what is S-13. A
This is the exact little shirt, I
made for the baby that night.
Q.-The exact little shirt that
you made for the baby. And is
that the shirt that you placed on
the baby as a part Of its night
clothing? Ayes.
Q.-And was that shirt worn
by that child that night when it
was taken out Of the house? A
1t was.
Q.-Mr. Wilentz: I want to Of.
fer the piece of cloth at this time
that heretofore has been marked
for Identification.
The court: I suppose there Is
no objection to that.
Mr.. Reilly, defense counsel: No
objection.
CThe piece Of cloth is marked
500
Q.-Miss Cow. I show you an.
other piece Of cloth and ask you
whether or not this piece of cloth
has any relationship at all to
S-l3, which is the oaby's shirt
that you just referred to.
Q.-I show you Exhibit S-16
and ask you whether or not that
is one of the thumb guards, the
metal thumb guard which you
this child on the night of March
/, 1882? Alt is.
CIT is. And l notice that it
which it was tied that night?
A.-That is the identical knot.
Q.-The identical knot? A
CT hasn't been united or
unloosened? A.-No.
$50 far as you know? A
So far as 1 know.
@. Now when you would affix
this metal thumb guard and you
would tie it, I take it you would
tie it around the sleeping gar
ment? A. Yes.
1 etaoin etaoin etaoin etaoin
Q.-Quite securely? A.-Quite
securely.
Q.-And was that a process that
you followed and a procedure that
you followed every night when you
put the child to bed? Ayes.
Q.-I suppose that is for the
purpose of preventing the child
from sucking its thumb. Is that it?
Ayes.
Dwell, finally, the child was
ready for bed, I take it, and you
left the room? Ayes, the child
was ready for bed. I put him in
his bed, Mrs. Lindbergh and
went around the windows, closed
the shutters. We closed all the
shutters tight except the one at
the Window-the southeast win.
dow; this one we could not quite
close-it had evidently warped
so we closed it as best we could
and left it that way.
Q.-When you say you close it
as best you could. I take it that
you mean you closed it, but it
didn't completely. A.-No.
Q.-So that you could not lock
it?
A-Couldn't lock it.
Q.-But it was drawn against
the window?
Ayes.
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Letter y.
XXXThe baby.
Q.-When you say I'VE started
to search the house." who do
you mean by "we"?
A.-Well, the colonel and Mr..
Whately went downstairs, Mr..
Whately and Elsie-Mrs. Whate-
ly and Mrs. Lindbergh were to-
gether, and 1 went around the
rooms upstairs, looked in closets,
opened doors, looked everywhere
I thought we might find him.
Odd Mr.. Whately, as the
result of something said to him,
go to the telephone?
Ale did.
Q.-And where did the colonel
finally go?
Al don't remember the
Colonels movements after that
@. Did you see him with the
rifle?
A. I did.
Q. AS he was leaving the
house?
A. Yes.
@. And the result of the tele
phone call or for whatever rea
son it was. after Mr.. Whately's
telephone call. were you at home
when the officers arrived, Of
ficers Wolde and Williamson OF
the Hopewell police?
A. Yes.
O. Now I am a little bit con