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CHARLES L. NORRIS. Attorney.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia Holding Probate Court@No
4SI4 Administra ation.-This IS to Give
Notice: That the subscriber. Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia has obtained from the
Probate Court of the District Of Columbia
Letters of Administrator on the estate OF
trict of Columbia. deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same, with
the vouchers thereof. legally authenticated
to the subscriber. on or before the 18th
day OF August. AID. 1885; otherwise they
NAV hy law be excluded from all benefit OF
SAID estate. Given under my hand this
10Th day OF August, 1898. MINNIE M
GARVEY, 1927 G St NV. tSealD Attest
VICTOR g. MERSCH Deputy Register OF
wills for the District Of Columbia: clerk
of the Probate Court. au24,3l-SeI
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PACKARD 1880 model 733 coupe: paint,
upholstery, tires and motor In splendid
condition.: owned and driven by private
party: $3.50. Apply Apt. 1, 212O Kalorama
rd
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OIDSMOBILE 1885 6-cylinder black 4-door
sedan demonstrator; new-car guarantee
Also 1895 S-cylinder touring coupe. DARK
blue finish large trunk and radio. SUD
stantiaI discount: terms and trade. wis
consin Motors Inc Direct Factory Deal
ct n
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PACKARD 1888 club sedan. 1901 series;
driven only 1000 miles by president Of
company; 6-wheel equipment; color BLACK; 4;
tires: big discount North WASHINGTON
Motors Packard Dealer. S220 Georgia
ave Phone Shepherd 2014.
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ESSEX 1929 sport coupe rumble seat; good
appearance and mechanical condition; good
transportation for small outlay of cash
Only S69 Logan Motor Co. Ford Dealers.
l4IA Irving ST nv. 3530 l4th st. W.
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OLDSMOBILE 1885 sedan, demonstrator;
liberal discount; new-car guarantee Po-
hanka Service Oidsmobile Sales and Serv-
ice since 1928. 1926 goth st. NV. Phone
District QI4I
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FORD 1885 de luxe touring demonstrstor;
gun-metal finish. has had the best Of care.
used by company official less than 1000
miles: new-car guarantee; substantial re-
duction: 500 down. balance to suit Logan
Motor Co. Ford Dealers. 1919 Irving st.
n W 2haO Nth
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only sis. paint very good. good tires
motor perfect Easy terms. Pohanka Serv-
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PLYMOUTH 1884 sedan driven very little
and shows the best of care; motor and tires
ike new. .spotless interior. hydraulic brakes.
and drive this car. Splendid economical
family car that's guaranteed for 80 days
Below ayerase prics sst s4SS; term terms are are
nient. H. D. Leary, Jr. 4 Bross 1891 14th
at. nv. Phone Potomac kaO0.
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FORDS-W LARGEST selection OF
'2es. '30s. '31s, '32s. '33s. Prices start
at S45 All body stylesl Terms to suit
your pocketbook NOLAN III 18th
St NV Phone District 400.
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PACKARD 1929 four door sedan; beautiful.
new black finish. upholstery and interior
in excellent condition. NOL-AN-ALYZED
for your complete satisfaction. only SlsI
terms NOLAN Used Car Stadium. 18th
and M sts NV. Phone Qistrict 400.
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OIDSMOBILE 1898 IS" sport coupe: I'm
ished in a beautiful green: radio. white
side wall tires rumble seat: not a scratch
or bump anywhere. S5l5; easy terms
Pohanka Service. 1925 goth st. NV. Phone
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OIDSMOBILE 1888 49, touring sedan.
priced S549. See this car before buying
new tires original paint. Wisconsin MO-
tors. 29OI M NV Phone Decatur o54U.
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FORD 1888 VS. de luxe roadster; shiny
black finish. with smooth-running motor.
and very good tires. 1897 is a silly low
price for this NOL-AE-ALYZED ear. Only
S75 down puts II in your hands for Labor
Day NOLAN uper-Service Station. 2!nd
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FORD 1882 VS. sedan, original finish like
new. very good tires. dandy motor: clean
throughout and easy to buy at S53 DOWN
balance is easy Addison Chevrolet, 1437
Irving st NV Phone Adams 54lI
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OIDSMOBILE 1888 sedan. 1853; Renn-
ished and is q beautiful car; motor quiet
and powerful: tires almost new. Trs6e
and easy terms. l. P. Steuart. Inc. 1873
lAfh n
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PLYMOUTH 1888 Convertible P-p coupe
One Of the fastest selling models on to.
mechanical condition; finished in . beau
tifui gray with special whipcord upholstery.
hydraulic brakes. all-steel body, and nu-
fne car Reduced to $425; 30-day guar
antee and your car in trade. II. B. Leary.
ir., & Bros, 1921 14th st. NV. Phone
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FORD 1894 de luxe Tudor This car is in
perfect condition. at real low price See
it before you buy. Terms and trade. Capi-
tol Motors. 14Ol Penna. ave. sc.
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FORD 1894 coach. S475 Excellent me
chsnically and in appearance. low mileage
and is one of our many bargains. Your car
in trade and easy terms. L. P. Steusrt.
Inc, 1925 I4th St NV
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LOCOMOBILE 1925 Big Six 5-pass. sedsn
4 brand-new tires; equal to new; suitable
for crane or for running sedan; excellent
motor for boat: any demonstration desired: !:
SOB Robert Herson's Auto EKchange
Inc - Fla ave ne. Phone North $3.50
North ln40S
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FORD 1891 convertible sedan. IF you
see 1t. you'll buy 1T; Sll0; terms. Walsh
Motors 5000 Georgia ave
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FORD 1928 coupe. in excellent conditions
new paint. practically new tires. Only S49.
Capitol Motors. 1901 Penna. ave. Sc.
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PIERCE-ARROW 1873 sedan. spotleSs
Interior excellent tires and perfect 1nish
make this an outstanding used-car value
at $500. Lee d. Butler Inc. 113S Conn.
ave Phone District 0110.
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| NASH sedan, light "6"; new paint, good
| tires new pins and rings. overhauled gen
orally. extra good; Sl25. MT. Mac. lo07
| 1ith 81 n
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FORD 1880 Tudor; new green finish. ex-
mechanical condition throughout: guaran-
teed; $40 down. Logan Motor Co. Ford
Dealers, 14l9 Irving st. NV, $500 14th
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LINCOLN 1923 limousine q real car for
SIS5: terms Walsh Motors. 5000 Ga. ave
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La SALE 1881 convertible coupe, beau
top very good tires, wire wheels. leather
upholstery. fine mechanical condition
This is very clean car; S3e5. Capltol
Cadillac 1292 S2nd NV. National $500.
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LIFE Or DEATH.
NOW ISSUE
At TRIAL

the Jury, the State contends it
has proved, not only beyond a
reasonable doubt, but over
wheImingIy and concluSively,
that Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann murdered the infant,
Charles A. Lindbergh, jr.!"
Hauptmann, sitting pale-faced
at the defense table, seemed to
finch a bit as Mr.. Hauck made
this declaration.
Mr.. Hauck traced the events in
the Lindbergh household the night
of March /, 1892, before the kid
naping, as Colonel and Mrs. Lind
bergh and Betty Cow had de-
scribed them. He said:
"The baby was pinned in Its
crib Just as my children have
been. We have shown you that
that baby was murdered.
eve have further shown that
that baby was fOrcibly taken
from its crib"
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, sit
ting only a few feet away, moved
restlessly in his chair as these
words were uttered. He was the
only member of the Lindbergh
household present. Seated next to
him were his friends, Col. H. Nor
man Schwarzkopf, head of the
New Jersey State police and Col.
uonrv Rreckinridpe.
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SERVANTS Target

Mr.. Reilly emphasized his
charge that the servants hac
proved traitors to Colonel Lind
bergh. He continued:
Colonel Lindbergh stayed at
that home on Tuesday night,
the first Tuesday night he did
that.
"The colonel, his lovely wife,
the butler, his wife, Betty Cow,
and Red Johnson knew Colonel
Lindbergh was to be in New
York Monday night.
"The colonel has faith in
Betty Cow, but I have none.
II don't know what her back
ground is. But she was the only
living person who knew Tuesday
afternoon that Mrs. Lindbergh
was going to be at HOpewelI
Tuesday night, except for SER
wants in the Morrow home.
"HOw many servants did the
MOrrOwS have? Second chauf-
9eurS, gardeners, five maids.
what do you know Of their
antecedentS? How do you know
which one Of them Betty Cow
talked with after she got that
telephone call from HOpewell?
Mrs. Lindbergh called Betty
Cow to come over, the baby was
III.
"But she never communicated
with Hauptmann.
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Raises Mob Cru

Mr.. Reilly raised the cry Of
mob" when he cried out:
"And now the mob asks you
to kill Hauptmann! Kill the
German carpenter!
Kill the German carpenter
the mob cries, as it has cried
for 1000 years."
Mr.. Reilly declared the crime
could not have been planned and
executed by one man, that it was
the work of a group. He warned
the jury again against circum-
Stantial evidence and closed for
the forenoon by saying:
81 want you to keep this in
mind during the noon recess:
That the State has failed to
put Hauptmann i'm the Lind
bergh home or show that he
ever touched the baby. And the
State has failed completely to
show the time Of the death of
the child"
Justice Thomas w. Trenchard
adjourned court until LAS p. M,
at this point. Tears again were
rolling down Hauptmann'S cheeks
The prisoner looked extremely
detected.
He cried twice during the start
of Mr.. Reilly's dramatic and
powerful summation,
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was a great admirer of tn
colonel. He said:
"There is no one who holds
in higher esteem the distin-
guiShed father of this child.
"When he arrived from Eu.
rope that day 1 marched at
the head of sailors in my bat
talon.
"And I shall never forget his
great achievement.
81 have the greatest esteem
for the family into which he
married, the family of the late
United States Senator Dwight
w. Morrow.
Unto your country he came
and built his home. He sur
rounded it with safeguards.
"Here with pointer at map
we have the picture of the beau
tiful estate. He thought he was
secure.
But Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann never drove nail in that
ladder. Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann was never in that house,
was never on the Princeton
Road.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
was never seen on the estate in
February, 1882.
"The State would have you
believe that this defendant is
at one and the same time the
Smartest man in the world and
a fool.
"They would have you think
that he built this complicated
ladder with gloves On-the ex-
tremity of cautiOn-then, like a
fool, turned right around and
talked for an hour with Condor
at the cemetery with his face
bare!"
With every seat in the cour
room taken, Anthony M. Hauck
brilliant young prosecutor o
Hunterdon county, launched tn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-11
Nurse AssaiLed

"That's why they sent for
Betty Cow to take care of the
child. That nurse blandly told
you she loved that baby, but
allowed herself to stay away
from the baby from 8 to 10.
"And if she left the baby
that long she was part Of the
Scheme!"
Mr.. Reilly walked to within a
foot of the jury box as quietly
insistently, he reiterated:
you've got to put Haupt-
mann in that room to convict
him because that's where the
State puts him. 1t can't be
done.
"Hauptmann, I say, would
have to know that baby was in
the nursery.
"He would have to know where
Colonel Lindbergh was, where
Mrs. Lindbergh was.
"And where is the evidence
that he knew all this?
"A man can't come up lad
der into a strange house and
60 into that room. It's a see
mario, but it's not common
sense.
They'd have you believe that
Hauptmann, without knowing
who was in the house, mounted
the ladder to 80 inches below
the window"
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opening summation for the State
at 1911 q. m. today, just after
the trial session opened.
Mr.. Hauck, a tall, slim man
of "a, with brown hair thinning
a bit in the front, left the prose
cution table and took a position
directly in front of the eight
men and four women jurors as
he began his summation.
He wore a ble-breasted blue
suit and a dark blue tie. A dia-
mond ring sparkled from his left
hand. His pretty wife, Mrs. Jean
Hauck, sat at the prosecution
table watching her husband in
tently.
Court had opened at 1905, a
m. as Justice Thomas w. Tren
chard,. in his flowing black robe,
assembled the bench.
The jury seemed fresh and
rested. After the jury was polled,
Egbert Rosecrans, of defense coun,
sci, conferred with Justice Tren-
chard in low voice.
At the conclusion of the confer,
ence, Justice Trenchard asked an
attendant to bring him two law
volumes.
After the books were brought in
Mr.. RoSecrans rose and said:
"Your Honor, the defense re-
quests that the State open on
points shortly"
Justice Trenchard replied:
"That is understood"
The court room was packed to
capacity and there were many
standeeS as the boyiSh-looking
Mr.. Hauck started his summation,
He spoke in a clear voice that
could be heard distinct tt y
throughout the court room. The
spectators listened with rapt in
tereSt.
At the outset. Mr.. Hauck fired
this verbal shot:
Ladies and gentlemen Of
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Acts impossible

Continuing his reconstruction OF
the events of that night at the
Lindbergh estate, Mr.. Reilly said:
"He raises the window, 80
inches above him, swings into a
dark room without knocking
down a beer stein that is there
on the window sill.
"This man is able to navigate
that room without banging over
a table or knocking over a chair.
"The cry of the child would
bring its mother from across
the hall. I draw the inference
that the person who picked
up the child knew that child and
the child knew them, him, or
her.
"Of course, if you gave the
child paregoric, it would not cry.
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Cites GOW Story

Speaking in level tones, Mr..
Hauch again referred to testimony
of the Lindbergh household. He
told how the baby's nurse, Betty
Cow, had gone to the nursery the
night of the kidnapping to tuck the
baby in and look at it for the last
time. He continued:
"YOu remember how Betty
Cow told you how when she
reached into the crib the baby
was gone
"You remember how she told
how Colonel Lindbergh cried
out, 'Anne, they've stolen our
baby!'"
The women members Of the
jury had their eyes glued on the
young prosecutor.
Mr.. Hauck pointed out the de-
tense had not even challenged the
identity of the baby'S body, found
May IL, about two miles from the
Lindbergh home. He said:
1--WE challenge the defense to
show a single point Of the At
tOrney Generals opening ad.
dress that the State has not
proved.
1--WE have shown how the In
FAINT Lindbergh was fOrcibly
taken from it's bed-the baby
must have been pulled from that
crib because the Impression of
lSis little body was still in the
bed clothing.
"Outside, under the north
east window of the nursery, was
found the very ladder you see
in this court room. 1t was
broken. The prints where it
rested in the ground showed
there in the mud"
Mr.. Hauck talked in a loud con.
versational tone, except for the
brief dramatic spots in his review.
Then his voice rose to a shout.
Continuing, he declared:
"Then on May IL, the body
of the baby was found. There
is not dispute on the fact that
the baby was Colonel Lind
bergh'S.
Counsel for the defense has
stated:
"'We do not dispute the fact
that it was the Lindbe' sh child
ut is sufficient that Colonel
Lindbergh stated In court that
it was his child.
'"The cause of death was a
fractured skull. And we have
proved that the child was killed
by a fall on that ladder.
We northumberland found
that the ladder broke in the same
place it did when Bruno Richard
Hauptmann carrier the baby
down the ladder. That fall
caused the baby'S death"
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Signal GiUen?

"The State spent thousands Of
dOllars-the money Of you tax.
payers-tO bring the entire FiSch
family, with nurse, and every
thing, from Germany, and only
one Of them testified. But they
didn't bring Red Johnson back
from Denmark.
"WhO's hiding things? Where
is the TRUTH"
"But it was at the hour the
LindberghS were at dinner that
Betty Cow telephOned Red John.
son. 1t was at that hour that
the signal was given: The coast
is clear
Then, somebody was admit
ted to the house and given the
baby. And sOmebOdy-SOme-
body whom the poor child
trusted-carried him in his
arms, down the stairs, and out
Of the house! The baby was car
ried down those stairs!"
Mr.. Reilly called attention to thu
fox terrier at the Lindbergh estate
referred to the dog as a snapper
one fast on the trigger. HI
asked:
"WhO controlled that dogs
movements the night of the kid
naping? The butler! 1t was a
dog that inStinctively could
smell stranger.
81 say the circumstances
lead a direct trail toward that
Butler and the servants who
were diSlOyal to Colonel Lind
bergh.
There was a gale blowing.
Mrs. Lindbergh, depending on
Betty Cow, went about her
usual routine that night, and
what happened?
"The little baby was put to
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Story RidicuLed

Then taking up the ladder, in
his hands, Mr.. Reilly said:
"Here's the ladder, it was
sticking in the mud. They told
you Colonel Lindbergh heard a
crash like a crate breaking.
at might just as well have
been the branch of a tree fall
ing Outside-there was a gale
blowing.
"They'd have you believe
Hauptmann opened the two
shutters and that he wore
gloves. How long would the
shutters have remained silent?
They'd be banging in the gale.
"Here he is, reaching up to a
window sill. He doesn't know
who is in the house.
"Any fool would know a
Colonel in the United States
6~my would have a gun in the
house and put a bullet through
your heart"
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Police Scored

Mr., Reilly dwelt on the failure
Of the police to find any finger
prints in the room. He de
manded:
"WhO wiped off all the prints
In that room?
"They were wiped away by
some diSlOyal person in the
household so that no one finger
print in that entire nursery was
found by the States finger
print expert, Trooper Kelly.
"And now, we come to the
bungling of the State police
and how they bungled!"
Mr.. Reilly pointed out how Col
H. Norman Schwarzkopf and the
State police which he headed hac
failed to cut off roads, turn Out
bloodhounds, call in great metro
politan fingerprint experts. HI
said:
"The National Guard could
have been modified in an hour.
But none of these things
were done. Don't you call that
bungling, when the child of the
greatest living American was
found to be kidnapped"
Mr.. Reilly said the print Of
a mans foot does not tally with
the footprint of the man who
came to st. Raymond's Gene
terry a month after the kidnapping
and got the $4,000 ransom. He
asked:
did the New Jersey authOri-
ties take a plaster cast Of
either print? No, they did not.
"But where are the foot
prints? mot one was found be-
tween the ladder and the
house.
"a man wouldn't bring the
ladder there and use a flash
light. He'd have to make for
the house by dead reckoning,
as the sailors say"
Taking the ladder, Mr.. Reilly
banged it against the wall with 6
loud crack,
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Map Crashes

One of the States maps hang
ing the wall broke loost at the tor
and tapped down where the lad
der impinged. Mr.. Reilly roared
Look, that's what would have
happened if the ladder broke
and the man and child would
fall.
Don't you think it would
have torn loose a big section of
the StuccO?
"The man would have been
hurled to the right-prObably
would have broken his neck.
"NOt a sign of anything like
that. Not sign that the man
or the child was hurled down"
Mr.. Reilly reminded the jur.
there was no noise of a car leav
ing the house. He cried:
"The baby never was carried
down that ladder.
"If that ladder broke with
Hauptmann and the child, it
would have been like falling
into a bed of water, into a bed
Of lime, the whole neighbOr-
hood would have been aroused"
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Horrible Crime

"Now, at the start, 1 wish to
say this is the crime of the
century. That will be pounded
into your ears again and again.
There is no denying it and I
am not going to try to fool you.
1t is the most horrible crime
I have ever known. But the de-
fendant, Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann, is not guilty of it,"
Mr.. Reilly Sketched the picture
Of wealth and all the police
power of the nation against 6
single mana German alien. HI
said:
81 think your honesty and
decency will compel you to de-
eide this upon the law.
Here is the pattern his
honor will charge you. He will
say the State of New Jersey is
relying here on proving this de-
fendant planned and commit
ted the crime. Alone, he en-
tered the house and committed
a burglary and in the commits
sion Of the burglary this I'M
fortunate child was killed.
"This defendant is here not
only to meet the pattern. He
is in the position to proving
his innocence.
"This is the crime Of the
century, and you'll have 1t
hOwled in your ears by the
gentleman that follows.
"But this case comes down
to common, ordinary horse
sense. Against that we are
confronted with technicians
and experts at so much a day.
"I'm appealing to your COM
mon, everyday inherent, David
Harum horse sense that you
have gathered in this part of
the country ard that has come
down from Colonial days.
"ThiS is the worst crime and
the lowest type Of crime I ever
heard Of or read in books.
But the defendant is not guilty
NJ ifHO
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"WhO besides Mrs. Lindbergh
knew she was going to be there
Tuesday night?
Miss GOW KneIU

''Betty Cow did, and I don't
know how many servants at the
MOrrOws were told"
Mr.. Reilly told the jury the
first point they must hurdle j!
the putting of Hauptmann ir
that room"-the baby'S nursery
He commended the State failed tt
do that. He said:
"NOw, that is the first point
you have got to hurdle. You
have got to put Hauptmann in
that rOOm-and not by guess
work.
"The attorney general says it
is his theory Hauptmann went
up that ladder-and that's all
it is-his theory.
'Now, you can't convict q man
for disOrderly conduct on a
theOry-much less for murder
in the first degree"
Mr.. Reilly turned again to hi
own theory.
He said
Lets go back to the night
of the kidnapping and see what
happened. Colonel and Mrs.
Lindbergh were sitting down to
dinner and the baby was in the
crib. Then the signal was given
from within:
""The coast is clear"
Betty Cow called up Red
johnson at that time.
'NOw, who is this Red John
son? We don't know much
about him, do we? We do know
he was Betty Cows pal. We
know he entered this country il
legally and was allowed to re-
turn.
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Guilt Denied

Despite the position, prestige,
and wealth Of the distinguished
family that finds itself be-
reaved, you must be faced-as
you will be-by this carpenter
from Germany, who is on trial
and against whom the State
has failed to prove its charge.
Under the laws of the American
flag that is above you, you must
consider this case on its merits.
"The evidence has got to be
evidence that cOnvinceS your
cOnscience-the still voice of
your Observation-Disclosures you
cannot find this man guilty of
murder"
The tears remained in Haupt
mann'S eyes. He brushed then
away as Mr.. Reilly referred tt
him as the carpenter from Ger
many. AS the lawyers words
resounded in the silent court
room, Hauptmann blinked rapidly
and tears rolled down his cheeks
He reached into his pocket fol
a handkerchief, dabbed his eyes
and soon regained his compoSure
Mr.. Reilly, laying his Bible or
the table to his left, said hi
would read the indictment. HI
said:
II come from TarrytOwn,
just across the Hudson from
Alpine, N. J. So we speak the
same language. So / will read
the indictment, but leave out
all the legal phraseOlOgy.
ut says on March 1, 1882, in
East Amwell, this defendant
alone did wiIfully kill the Lind
bergh baby.