The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-07
Betty Golu Finished
 On Witness Stand
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New Jersey state police who hur- ried to the Lindbergh home the night of the Kidnapping was the next witness. Questioning of him was delayed while opposing coun- sel conferred at Judge Trenchard's 2 bench.
 Wolf said he was summoned to the Lindbergh home in the night of March 1, 1932.
 "When I arrived I found Col. Lindbergh, and Officers Wolf and Williamson of Hopewell."
 He said he saw the ransom note on the south window sill of the east wall
 mud on a suitcase near the win dow and then identified the states ransom note exhibit as the one he saw in It's envelope on the night of the Kidnapping.
 he said, "he checked the note for fingerprints and found none."
 The trooper told of finding in- dentations in the ground beneath the window apparently made by Q ladder. He took his flash light and looked around the grounds. He described the hurried arrival of other detectives.
 Wolf said he had discovered the discarded kidnap latter GO or 70 feet from the house. He saw 1t in the glare of his fiashlight.
 Wilentz turned the witness over to the defense at 2:30 D. m.
 Wolf was cross examined by Reilly.
 c. Did you see anyone preserve the footprints outside? A. No.
 Q. Did you see anyone take pictures? A. No but 1 understood 1t was done.
 A member of the states staff en- tered the read of the chamber with the kidnap ladder. It was in three sections.
 Reilly hammered at the witness to ascertain what had been done about preserving footprint found on the estate.
 Trooper Wolf said he found a woman's footprint farther to the south. It was recalled that Mrs Lindbergh testified she had taken a walk and stood beneath the nur- sery window throwing pebbles up at the window to attract the at tention of her son. The prosecution had waved away the importance of the second (woman's) footprint because Mrs Lindbergh had been standing there.
 Reilly wrangled with the witness over the question of the footprints, aNd stood with him by the wall, illustrating with two pointers the places where. the ladder marks had been found.
 Miss Cow. accompanied by Mrs Whately, left the courtroom few minutes after her testimony was completed.
 After brief redirect examination Wolf was replaced by State trooper Lewis J. Boerman.
 Boerman was another police man who arrived early at the Lindbergh house.
 His testimony was similar to that of Trooper Wolf.
 He said the ransom note was tested for finger prints by Trooper Kelley, finger print expert.
 The kidnap ladder was intro- duced and identified by Boerman.
 Defense objected strongly to in- troduction of the ladder, on the grounds that there was no con nection between the ladder and the crime and that 1t was immaterial.
 Before passing on the question. Justice Trenchard permitted cross examination of the witness by Frederick b. Pope of defense coun- sel.
 Frederick D. Pope of defense ob- jected to introduction of the lad der.
 "In the first place because the custody hasn't been traced, and secondly because 1t has several new pieces of wood attached to It," Pope said.
 Pope further objected that there was no evidence to show the ladder was used in entering the Lindbergh home on that night.
 He demanded that the custody of the ladder be carefully traced before it be admitted.
 Justice Trenchar went down from his bench and examined the ladder himself, calling Pope over to his side while he looked 1t over.
 Pope objected because there are pieces of white string and tags on it."
 Justice Trenchard indicated that the state would have to show in what hands the ladder had been since 1t left the Lindbergh estate. but allowed 1t to be marked for da nklAAa