Evening star., 1935-01-04
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the kidnaper after the Hey, doctorl'
hail.
HE returned in 10 minutes" Lind
bergh said.
Ibid you give him the money!"
IT gave him part Of it," said the
colonel, explaining that Jafsie sug.
gested only $50,000 be paid.
He was asked to describe the bo,
containing the ransom.
The colonel described how he made
futile air trips over the sea in the
vicinity of Gay Head, Mass. where the
kidnapers' notes given to Condor
when the ransom was paid in the
cemetery that night said the baby
would be found.
The actual payment of the ransom
required 10 or Is minutes" he said.
Fruitless Search Told.
Reviewing Lindbergh's fruitless
search for the baby following the
ransom payment, Wilentz asked:
How many were in the plane that
searched?"
"-1 don't recall"
"Were you in the plane?"
IT piloted it"
Lindbergh then retold how he last
saw the child the Sunday night two
days before the kidnapping.
Then came the story of that identi-
fication at midnight in a Trenton
morgue.
You saw that body?"
"Yes"
ut was your child?"
"Yes."
$50 you did not get your money
back and you didn't get your child
back?"
No" he said quietly.
Wilentz then offered the witness
to the defense for cross examination.
Reilly opened his cross-examination
with query that electrified the court.
Colonel, are you armed?"
Wilentz leaped to his feet in vigor-
Gus objection.
Object, your honor" the prosecutor
shouted
I'll answer. your honor" Lindbergh
interrupted.
Judge Trenchard nodded.
u am not" the flyer asserted in a
low, firm voice.
Questioned on Servants.
Reilly promptly launched into a Sc
we're interrogation Of the colonel with
regard to the character of his house.
hold help.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheatley were in
your house the day the baby was kid
naped, were they not?"
Yes"
What investigation did you make
into the reputation of Wheatley?"
II talked to him."
Beyond that?"
Nothing"
you didn't look into his back
ground?"
Il don't recall"
OF the kidnapping who has since died
YES, he died in the Winter Of 1888"
you took Mrs. Wheatley the same
vay-without recommendations"
Yes"
"Now, how did you get Cow"
'She came recommended by the
Morrow household
Did you know she had any
brothers?"
mo"
"You didn't know she had one
brother in Canada and another who
has been in trouble ir New Jersey?"
No"
Again the court buzzed. 1t was a
morning Of repeated sensations.
Reilly questioned Lindbergh closely
with regard to household knowledge
Of his goings and comings.
THE knowledge of your movements,
you might say. were known to your
butler, the buffers wife and nurse
maid?"
well, perhaps"
Relied on Police.
Didn't you as a father make every
effort to find out the background of
the people in the house the night
your child was snatched away" de-
nanded Reilly sharply.
The State objected vigorously. but
Justice Trenchard ruled Lindbergn
could answer.
Il placed my confidence in the
police" ne replied.
las man of the world" doomed
Reilly. you know police are not in
fallible."
The aviator looked at Reilly and
said with a grin
Il thought we had very good
A wave Of hand clapping swept
the court, and the justice raped
sharply for order, and warned the
spectators.
Isn't it fact that no Federal
agent ever saw the ransom notes?"
mo. I know it's not a fact Lind
bergh retorted quickly.
Isn't it fact that this investiga-
ton since the day it started has been
IN. the hands Of the State police?"
THAT was the authority" he said,
but explained there was perfect har-
nony among the police.
Traces Way to Kitchen.
At Reilly's direction, Lindbergh
traced on the map the way from the
nursery to the kitchen wing.
The defense counsel sought to bring
out that only the servants knew the
family movement, but Lindbergh said
it was not the custom to tell the
servants.
did the outside world know you
were coming home Monday or going
back to New York Tuesday," Reilly
shot.
The colonel turned slightly pink.
mo. Very few know it even now"
Reilly asked whether Lindbergh had
0 dog.
why, yes, my mother gave us a
dog"
In Hopewell?"
sYes."
''At the time of the kidnaping2"
"Why yes"