Evening star., 1935-01-22
HAUPTMANN IDENTIFIED
AS PROWLER SEEN NEAR
ESTATE BEFORE SLAYING
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tween that and the man who took
the ransom. II was taken on a fresh
grave near retaining wall about Is or
20 feet from the point DR.. Condor
said he turned the money over in ST
Raymond's Cemetery
Reilly had asked SiSk if the cast
had not been made by Ralph Hacker,
son-in-law of DR.. Condor. Sisk did
not confirm this in his answer
The defense chief also brought out
from Sisk the fact that DR.. Condor
had made a phonograph record of
his conversation with the John" who
negotiated for the ransom. DR.. Con-
don mimiCking the voice OF the other.
Reilly asked the agent if he could
produce the record, and he replied he
thought he could. He said it is in
Washington.
Reilly Seeks Record.
If the Department of Justice will
make available the phonograph record
Reilly will have it played in court.
Reilly announced he had dispatched
the following telegram to the Attorney
General;
Department of Justice Agent SiSk
on the stand today in the Hauptmann
trial gave testimony regarding foot
print taken in St. RaymOnds Gene
terry. We have asked for the original
report and Sisk says he cannot pro-
duce same without your permission.
Will you in the interests of justice and
a fair trial instruct him to produce
said report at once?"
Mrs. WhateIey Recalled.
Mrs. Elsie Whateley, widow of the
Lindbergh butler, was recalled to the
stand. to confirm the finding of a
thumb guard by Betty Cow near the
Lindbergh home, and to say that the
lights in the Lindbergh home were
on the night of the kidnapping.
Her testimony was considered to be
for refutation of a defense hint that
some one signaled with a light from
the home the night of the crime.
The ladder down which the State
charges Hauptmann carried baby
Charles A. Lindbergh to his death on
March l. 1882. was admitted to evil
dence with New Jersey Trooper Lewis !
J. Bornmann recalled to the stand.
Twice before the State offered the (
ladder and the defense succeeded in
barring it on the ground it had not /
been sufficiently identified or sufh-
ciently connected to Hauptmann.
The defense was just as vigorous in
its objections today, but Justice |
Trenchard decided to accept it, never
thelesS.
In the States charges against |
the ladder is named vir- |
tually as the instrument of the Lind
berghs baby's death.
1t is charged that Hauptmann used /
the ladder to reach the window of the !
nursery of the Lindbergh home on .
March l, 1882, that he stole the baby |
from its crib and that the ladder |
broke as he descended with the baby |
in his arms. hurting the two to the |
ground and killing the baby.
Justice Trenchard indicated in ad-
mitting the ladder that he consid-
cred the testimony of Amandus
Hochmuth sufficient to connect it |
with the defendant. Hochmuth had |
testified that he saw Hauptmann in |
the forenoon of the day of the crime |
with ladder in a dirty green auto
mobile. This. he testified, was on a
road leading to the Lindbergh home. |
Attorney General David T. Wilentz |
also submitted the contention the |
State had proved the ladder was in
the condition in which it was found !
on the night of the kidnapping.
Defense Argues in Vain.
Frederick A. Pope Of defense counsel |
argued in vain against the evidence.
Il feel constrained to admit it, said |
Justice Trenchard
Bornmann repeated his testimony
of several days ago in identifying the
ladder parts
During his cross examination the |
attorney general indicated, with an
that the State might |
soon rest. He said he understood
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