The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-17
L|NDbERGH infant
KILLED INSTANTLY,
DOCTOR TES7FIES
NEGRO laborer Tells Of Finding
ChiId's Body in Woods
Near HopeweII
TRIAL APPROACHES CLIMAX
Prosecution Handwriting Ex-
psrts Conclude Testimony
Accusing Defendant
TRIAL APPROACHES CLIMAX
BULLETIN


Remington, N. j., January IT,
Bruno Richard Hauptmann shouted,
"Liten, mister you stop lying at Fed
eral Agent Thomas H. Sisk as the lat
ter was testifying about finding Lind
bergh ransom money in the Germans
Bronx garage.
Copyright, 1885, BY the AsssciaSel,
Press)
Remington, N. j.. January l7.-An
autopsy operator told the HauptSnan
jury Thursday that Baby Charles A.
Mndbergh, Jr.. died Of skull fracture
inflicted while 1t was alive, and that
death occurred instantaneously Or
within q few minutes.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the
alien carpenter accused Of kidnapping
and numbering the child, sat unmoved,
but alert and interested, Is this testi-
mony was given by Dr.. Charles H.
Mitchell. Mercer county physician.
The physicians report, at which he
also dissolved rumors that the baby
had been shot, followed recital by
others Of the gruesome details Of the
finding Of the baby's body in . thicket
several miles from the Lindbergh
home May II. 1932-two months and
IL days after It was stolen from its
crib.
DR.. Mitchell, replying to . cross
examination that appeared designed
toward showing that ecGnething other
than . skull fracture caused death
said:
"A bullet Of the size Of that hole
would blast out the other side Of the
skull"
He referred to q hole which q pre-
vious witness said he had made mad
vertently with q stick at the scene Of
discovery.
Morgan Employees Testify
On the stand besides the discoveries
Of the body and the autopsy operator
were several employees Of the ]. p.
Morgan Company, who told Of the
preparation OF the Lindbergh ransom
money.
Stuart w. Cregin Of the Morgan
Company said the money was taken
to . bank in the Bronx, where the
ransom negotiations were carried out,
and later moved to the home Of Fran
els D. Barlow and locked In . closet
50 as to be available ct Ill times Of
the day or night.
Barlow took the stand briefly before
the noon recess to confirm this.
Another development Of the day was
revelation by James NJ. Fawcett,
Hauptmanns former counsel, that he
had at one time discussed with At.
torney General David r. WilentS the
possibility of q life sentence for
Hauptmann In the event Of q confes-
sion, with view to learning the iden.
tity Of possible accomplices. The At
torney added though that there Is
nothing to indicate Hauptmann
guilty."
'There was no question Is to the
Cause Of DEATH DR.. Mitchell Mercer
county physician, said. THE child
died Of fractured skull"
would you say It was caused By
external violence?" prosecutor ask
ed.
1.-THE fracture gave every indica-
ton Of IT,
Death lnstantaneous
Then, replying to q question over
the objections Of the defence as to the |
time Of death in relation to the frac-
ture, DR.. Mitchell declared:
II would say that death occurred |
instantaneously or within . very few
minutes after the fracture. The frac- |
ture occurred on the living child. It |
bled. There was blood clot still on
the skull. The blood clot could not |
have come there II the child was
dead"
The autopsy report was considered |
important to the states contention |
that the Lindbergh baby was killed |
beneath the window Of the Lindbergh
nursery Is 1t fell with the kidnaper |
from 4 breaking ladder.
This would place the murder scene |
in Hunterdon county, where Haupt-
mann Is on trial. The body was
found In Mercer county.
The defense, though It had an
uounced previously it would not do 20, |
may yet challenge the Identification
Of the body. This was Indicated IN
come Of the cross-questions shot at !
witnesses who related the finding Of |
the body on May u, 1851. IN . thicket
Oft Mt. Rose road. Inquiries about
the possible shift In plans brought !
from defense counsel the statement,
"our plans change overnisht."
A. the finders Of the body related |
the gruesome details, the father Of !
the baby, Colonel Lindbereh, sat rigid
IN his chair . few feet from the &C.
cussd man and listened to the reel
tai.
Hauptmann stole short glances ct |
him.
Negro Tells q Find
william Allen. Negro laboCer. told
Of going into q thicket on May u,
1857. on Mt. Rose road near Hope
well.
Il saw skeleton on the ground"
he testified II l0pked At It and I
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