Evening star., 1935-01-17
Witnesses Describe Finding
Of Lindbergh Baby's Body
COlOred Man Testifies to GruesOme Dis.
couery in Shallov Craze Four and a
Half Miles From Flyers Home.

would blast out the other size Of the
skull"
He said he used the term "like
bullet hole solely to describe the
penetration made by the stick.
@. Didn't you consider this case I'M
portant enough to call in another doc
tor from New Jersey, New York or
Pennsylvania?
A. did not.
DR.. Mitchell said he treated the case
the same as others.
Il considered it a good autopsy" he
asserted.
Reilly then began to hammer away
at the physicians admitted failure to
take pictures of the various phases OF
the autopsy and the blood cot which
occurred at the point of fracture.
Testify the doctor replied that his
memory was still very vivid on the
subject of the blood clot and he could
describe it accurately.
Reilly demanded who would have
been able to describe it if the doctor
had died since the autopsy.
You fellows would have got around
it, some way. suppose"
Reilly's line of questioning Of Dr.
Mitchell seemed planned to raise the
suspicion that something other than
a skull fracture caused the baby's
death.
@. Isn't it true, doctor, the blood
decomposes more readily than the
other tissues?
A. I could safely say it does.
DR.. Mitchell was excused. Com
pleting the States evidence on the
finding. identification and autopsy on
the body.
Morgan Official
Tells of Preparing Ransom.
Stuart w. Cregin, official of the
Morgan banking firm, was called by
Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck, jr.,
to tell of preparation of the ransom
bills.
A deep-voiced young man in a dark
suit, Cregin told of taking two pack
ages of money to the Fordham branch
of the Corn Exchange Bank, about
March %. 1892.
He identified the large book pre-
pared at his direction and listing the
currency numbers of the Lindbergh
ransom money.
The money later, Cregin said, was
taken to the home of F. T. Barlow,
near the Bronx, where it was placed
in closet. which was locked. Bar
tow, he said, was a partner in the
Morgan firm.
There was no croSS-examination.
Longstreet Hinton, another Morgan
employe, was then sworn. His story
corroberated Cregins.
Again there was no cross s-axamina-
tion.
Stephen c. Reynolds, another tall
young man, employed by the Morgan
firm. took the stand to tell briefly
that he accompanied Cregin when
the ransom money was moved to the
Barstow home. He was excused with
out cross examination
The pace of the trial accelerated
as the money witnesses followed one
another to the stand.
The defense had agreed with the
prosecution to shorten this phase of
the trial.
Henry E. Schneider was the next
in the brisk parade of witnesses to
the stand. He said he was manager
OF the Corn Exchange Branch Bank
in Fordham. He told of receiving
and returning the ransom money
packages which Cregin left in his
r1SfndV He cold tho DO
kept in a vault.
He was excused without cross
examination.
Cashier Describes
Removal Of Money From Vault.
William F. Wilkinson, assistant
cashier in the Corn Exchange Bank,
followed and told of removal of the
money from the banks vaults to Bar
tew's home. He was quickly excused.
Clarence E. Manville the Morgan
employe who with Cregin took the
ransom packages from the Fordham
branch bank to Bartow's home when
the ransom plans were changed, told
his story briefly and was dismissed.
Francis D. Barlow, Morgan partner,
scholarly middle-aged man, came next
to the stand.
He told of the arrival of the ransom
money at his home.
"At my direction" he said, '.the
money was delivered to my butler"
Barlow said on the morning of
April 2. 1882, he delivered the money
to AL Reich, friend of DIR. John F.
Condor, the ransom intermediary.
Col. Henry Breckenridge, he said,
introduced Reich to him and the
money was turned over after Col.
Lindbergh approved by telephone.
The Barlow butler, Thomas Train,
was then called to relate how he
locked up the ransom money in his
masters closet and kept custody of
it until it was turned over to Barlow
for delivery the ransom pay-off day.
When he finished his testimony,
court recessed for lunch.