The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04

scene Is Supreme Court Justice
 the far end of the bench, the bergh Jr? A. The Sunday before the first of March.
 Q. Did you ever see 1t alive after March 1? A. No. I o. Did you see 1t at all? A. I saw its body. In the morgue at Trenton.
 O. And you identified the body and ordered 1t ,cremated? A. Yes.
 c. So you didn't get your money back and you didn't get your child. A. I did not. c. Child was healthy, normal?
 o. Outside of one of it's toes overlapping it was just like any other child? A. Yes. 0. Did 1t have names for you and Mrs Lindbergh? A. Yes. Lindbergh did not reavel them. Cross Examination Starts Lindbergh was excused by the prosecution and turned over to tho defense to be questioned by Reilly. c. Are you q police officer of this state? A. No.
 o. Are you armed now? Wilentz objected tot Reilly's question which was caused by ru- mors that Lindbergh was carrying a pistol. to answer the question and the court gave him permission. "I am not armed" he said. c. Did you ever hear of any hostility to you in your neighbor- hood prior to the Kidnapping? A. No. Q. When it came time for you to furnish your house with ser- wants, where did you get your but Ter? A. We already had the Whately's when we were in Prince ton.
 Wilentz objected strenuously to l the questioning as irrelevant Reilly insisted he was going to investigate everyone in the house. hold.
 Q. What investigation did you make before you hired MT and Mrs Whately? A. talked to them. | Q. MT Whately has died since the Kidnapping? A. Yes at a hos pital.
 Q. Did you make any effort as O father to learn the background of those in the house the night of the kidnapping A. had con fidence in the police and followed their suggestions.
 c. As 8 man of the world you certainly must know the police are not infallible. A. I don't know about that, I think they're pretty good police.
 A ripple of applause swept through the courtroom. 0. I suppose you took Mrs Whately along with Whately? A. Yes.
 0. The next is Miss Cow. Did you make any effort to learn her :, background A. didn't, but Mrs Lindbergh may have. 0. Did you make any effort to learn Betty Cows background? A.. didn't personally.
 c. Did you know she had two brothers and that one of them was in trouble here in New Jersey. A.. ] No. 0. Is 1t fact that to this day that not one federal department of of justice man has ever seen the ransom notes. A. I'm sure some of them have seen them. 0. Did you know that the dept. of Justice men were kept out in your garage on the night of the kidnapping?
 A. Some of them had access to my home. MT Trey, head of the Internal Revenue Bureau, was one of them.
 Reilly asked Lindbergh to go 70 the maps exhibited on the wall and point out how to get from Lindbcrgh's nursery to the kitchen without going down front stairs. | Q. When did you decide to come to Hopcwell from Englewood on the week of the Kidnapping A. | Tn the middle of the week. o. You spent the week end at Hopewell2 A. Yes.
 Q. Was 1t your custom to go to Englewood on Sunday? A. We had no usual custom. o. Did you keep servants In your Hopewell home when you were in Englewood? A. Yes, MT and Mrs Whately.
 Lindbergh said the family stay cd over at Hopewell after the week end before the kidnapping be- , cause the baby had a cold. | Reilly asked if anyone outside 9 of the household knew the child had a cold.
 O. Did your butler and your buffers wife know when the baby was likely to be at either Hope well or Englewood and that 1t had cold? A. Not entirely.
 0. The outside world would moi know YOU were going to be in New l York on Monday and Tuesday, A. Not to my knowledge. Q. An organized gang on Tues- day March 1 wouldn't know where vol were on that day would they z
 O. They wouldn't know you had a gun in your house? A. NO:
 O. When and whom did you I 0ive Indications you were going to Tet,irn to Hopewcll that night?
 A.. called my wife. 0. What time did you teie' ph4o, A About, three hours before arrived home ut S;2b. ,t O. Did you have q dog? l A. We had one at Englewood-- \ a gift of my mother.
 C. Was the dog in Hopewell at the time of the Kidnapping?
 A, Oh yes, 1t was there. l O. What kind of Q dog was it7
 "A. A fox terrier.
 O. Are they affectionate? | A. Yes, they are highly nerv-
 O. was 1t good watch dog3 | A. Not particularly. ! O, Did you see the dog In the
 house on the night of March I?
 A, Yes.
 q. Did you hear the dog bark