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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-18

The things We found in Antarc-
tica had nothing TO do with the
price Of potatoes, but they added
greatly to our knowledge Of the
world-Admiral Byrd.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-18

It's not the Republican party
that's dead, but the old Democratic
party-knifed in the back by the
New Deal-Rep. Hamilton Fish Jr.
Of New York.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-18

You can continue your unbal-
anced condition longer than Euro
pesn nations because your people
are not so easily alarmed. But
when your public psychology does
change, great is the fall thereof
Sir Josiah Stamp. British economist.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-18

In 1896 there1l be another cleo
ton and homo sapiens Americans
will vote another bunch Of racket
GERS in TO make suckers of EN- again.
Nobody but sucker ever worked
unless he ,had TO. and nobody ever
got rich working Howard Scott,
head technocrat.
The Washington times., 1935-01-08
Second Ladder

Mr.. Sweeney said the marks
corresponded to the end OF the
second section Of the ladder and
were about 10 inches below the
sill.
Q.-When you found these
marks did you examine them
with a magnifying glass? Al
did.
Q.-What did you find? Al
found wood splinters in the two
marks in the wall.
Another ladder was then car
ried into the courtroom.
1t was the ladder that had
been in the Lindbergh garage.
Mr.. Sweeney said he used it in
experimenting with the kidnap
ladder against the house. 1t is
40-foot extension ladder in two
sections, extended by a rope and
pulley. 1t took two men to carry
it into the room. 1t was placed
by the witness chair.
Mr.. Sweeney said he had taken
the second ladder, which was
marked for Identification, up
against the wall in the same posi-
ton as the kidnap ladder.
Q.-Then what did you dot
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No Fingerprints

Frank A. Kelly, New Jersey State
Police fingerprint expert, was re-
called to the stand as the first
witness. Officer Kelly had gone
to the Lindbergh home the morn
ing after the baby was abducted
and examined the ransom note
for fingerprints. He found none.
The kidnap ladder, Officer
Kelly testified. had been in his
custody from March 2, 1882. until
June, 1882. After that he sur.
rendered it to the keeping of State
Police Captain John j. Lamb.
Mr.. Kelly was interrogated by
Attorney General David T. Wi
lentz. He was asked concerning
the location of the baby's crib.
The witness said it was close to
the wall of the room. He testified
that the table in the room was
not an obstruction between the
window and the crib.
Mr.. Kelly was asked if he used
another ladder, besides the kid
nap ladder in his investigation at
the house.
eyes, a ladder In the garage"
Mr.. Wilentz did not follow up
this question.
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at least certain parts Of the
ladder are now admissible to
evidence"
Justice Trenchard did not make
a ruling at once on the important
subject, however, and requested
the Attorney General to defer his
motion for admission of the ladder
as evidence.
Trooper Frank A. Kelly was
recalled to the stand for a mo-
ment and asked if he saw a
notch in one of the ladder rungS
the day it was found.
II did not"
He then left the stand.
Lieut.. John J. Sweeney, Of
the Newark police, was then
called. He told Of visiting the
Lindbergh home the day after
the kidnapping.
Mr.. Sweeney said he had put
the three sections of the ladder
together and placed them against
the wall of the nursery. He
found that entrance had not
been made in this way, so tried
it with two sections.
Q.-(By Wilentz)-You made
a test with two sections of the
ladder leaning up against the
wall Of the Lindbergh home
didn't you? Ayes.
Q.-What did you find? Al
found Scraped marks under the
window sill in the wall of the
h0lSe
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LEAVES STAND.
To PUT HAND
ONPR|SONER
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CONTINUED from Page y
counsel, leaped } his feet to OBJ
ject. The aged man trembled as
Mr.. Wilentz and Mr.. Reilly both
talked at once.
Justice Thomas w. Trenchard
allowed the question and answer
to stand.
Mr.. Reilly began cross-examina'
ton.
Mr.. Wilentz vigorously objected
TO the "badgering" of the gray
haired witness but Justice Tren.
chard ordered him to answer all
questions.
Q.-What was your business be-
fore you retired? Al was a
porter in a bank.
Q.-Why do you tremble?
A.-RheumatiSm. A
Odd you ever have a stroke?
A.-No.
Q.-Are you nearsighted or far
sighted? Any eyes are all
right.
Mr.. Hochmuth said he was out
near the gate of the place where
he lived when he saw Hauptmann
in the car. He described Haupt-
mann's automobile as dirty
green"
Q-What day of the week was
it you say you saw the dirty green
car? Alt was about noon,
March /, 1882.
Q.-How long were you at the
gate that day. A.-Quite a while.
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Quizzed Closely

Mr.. Reilly bombarded the aged
witness with questions about every
particular of the road, the gate,
the house in which he lived.
He demanded measurements of
hedges, lawns and paths, but the
witness answered his questions
readily.
Q-Now, when you saw this
car it was coming fast wasn't it?
Ayes, about 40 miles an
hour. Then it came to a stop at
q ditch. A dead stop and started
up again.
Q.-And you could see the
driver? Ayes.
Q.-When had you last seen a
ear go in the ditch before this
one?
The witness seemed puzzled by
the question and it was repeated
several times.
A.-(After a long pause) {:
Quite awhile before.
Q.-But what date? What date?
A.-(After a long pause): I
don't remember. 1t didn't turn
over.
Q.-Yes, but the, dirty green
car didn't turn over either, did
It? A.-No.
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Piercing Eyes

Mr.. Hochmuth described Haupt:
mann as having piercing" eyes.
Q.-(by Reilly What did the
driver of the dirty green car look
like. Ale had a red face and
piercing eyes.
Q.-Now, weren't you in the
Hunterdon County Jail recently.
A.-Yes.
Q.-How long ago. A.-several
weeks ago.
Odd a trooper take you
there. A.-Yes.
Q.-Was he wearing uniform.
Al don't remember.
Q.-What! You don't remember
after such a short time? Wasn't
he wearing his striped troopers
pants and cartridge belt. A.-Oh,
yes, he was.
Q.-And you were there about
80 minutes. Ayes
Mr. Hockmuth said he had seen
Hauptmann's picture in the papers
and thought he recognized him.
He said:
when seen him in Jail I
knew it was him."
"WhO was him."
at was Hauptmann."
Q.-Were you ever in an insti-
tuition?
Al worked in the Hudson
River State Hospital at Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, in 1875. -.
This concluded Mr.. Reilly's
cross-examination.
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CrOsS-Exan1ined

Defense Attorney Reilly then
began cross-examination of Mr..
Kelly.
Q.-How long have you been
identified with the States finger
print department? A.-Six years.
Q.-You are an expert. A.-No,
I am not.
Mr.. Reilly asked If he had
studied under Inspector Flowrot,
the noted New York fingerprint
expert, and Mr.. Kelly replied he
had not.
Q.-You said in your testimony
yesterday you found no finger
prints in the Lindbergh nursery
of anybody-is that correct. A
1t is. 1 found none at all Of any
body.
Q.-What was the first object
you attempted to take fingerprints
of when you went to the Lind
bergh home. A.-The note.
Mr.. Kelly said when he first
saw the ransom note it was in
an envelope.
o.-When you found the note
it was closed? Ayes.
Q.-How did you open the note?
A.-With a fingernail file.
Mr.. Kelly described the process
by which he takes fingerprintl
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COURT AWAITS
'JAFS|E' STORY

(Continued from Page y
with him on the preceding Mon
day.
AS if every girl, no matter how
frequently or recently she has
seen the current boy friend, will
not think of some perfectly good
reason for ringing him up! What,
she asks you. are telephones for?
Questioning Betty about her ex-
pense accounts, her savings, her
desire to get another job, simply
sent her into a cold fury. So it
would any young woman-especi-
ally with Scotch blood in her veins
who has earned her living since
she was IA, as Betty has.
If she had been gone after"
through her softer emotions such
as her love for the Lindbergh
baby, her "break" might have
come. The secrets which the
defense tried to prove she was
hiding might have been revealed
had secrets been there.
But no woman, fighting mad,
breaks down and tells all-again
assuming there we're anything to
tell-at the moment when bully
ing, however legal, puts her back
up like that Of a cat all set for
splitting and scratching.
Nor is a simple, warmly loyal
soul like Elsie Whately stirred
to cooperate with a defense
which seeks to blacken her dead
husbands name-the husband
with whom she always had the
same day off. or we wouldn't
take the place"
Timid but triumphant, Elsie
was not to be tripped during her
day in court. She backed up her
coworker, Betty Cow, to the last
recorded minute of the fatefrl
evening. Yesterday, with friendly
hand and smile and word, she
once more backed Betty to the
limit and undoubtedly aided that
young woman's sorely tried mo-
rale.
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To Grill |JGfsie'

Already Edward j. Reilly, the
big, blase chief counsel for the
defense, is laying ground work for
an attack on DR.. Condor, who Is
expected to say on the stand that
Hauptmann is the man to whom
he paid over the $50,000 ransom
in St. Raymond's Cemetery in the
Bronx.
Mr.. Reilly, in cross-examining
Miss Betty Cow, the Lindbergh
baby's nurse. asked her if she was
a visitor with Violet Sharpe on a
boat owned by DR.. Condor prior
to the kidnapping. Her answer
was NO" Miss Sharpe, who COM
mitted suicide during the Lind
bergh investigation. was a maid
employed in the home of Mrs.
Lindberghs mother at Englewood,
N. j.
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TUO Ladders

Mr.. Kelly admitted that, al
though he was told there was q
ladder in Colonel Lindbergh'S
garage, other than the ladder
found below the nursery window,
he did not examine the garage
ladder. Mr.. Reilly dwelt on this
point.
Odd you sift that ladder in
the garage for fingerprints. A
No.
Q.-You just took it for granted
this makeshift ladder (the kid
nap LADDER was the one put up
against the house if any ladder
ever was put up against the house? .?
A.-(No answer.
Q.-You are a photographer
too. Ayes.
Mr.. Kelly testified he took pho
tographs of the grounds outside
the house and of a footprint. He
said the ground was muddy in
the photograph.
This concluded Mr.. Kelly's cross
examination. Mr.. Reilly indicated
the witness would be recalled.
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Q.-And this piece of wood, did
you have it affixed?
Al did.
Q.-And you returned the lad
der to Captain Lamb? Ayes.
Defense Attorney Frederick A.
Pope questioned the witness.
Q.-Why was that piece of wood
put on?
A.-That rung was cut in two
and that was put on to put 1t in
original position.
Odd you cut it in two?
A.-No.
Q.-Was it delivered to you
with the piece cut in two?
A.-Yes. the second time I saw
it in the fall of 1882.
Mr.. Koehler said he removed
the nails and took the three sec.
tions of the ladder apart for
scientific analysis.
Odd you put it together
again?
e,,~or,,;eoJ :En ..aa..aoJuI
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Asks About Ladder

Mr.. Reilly asked Mr.. Kelly if he
found any fingerprints on the lad
der. The witness said he found
none.
Q.-I want to know little more
about this section ladder from the
colonel's garage. Att was an
extension ladder.
Q.-How high was that ladder?
Al don't know. 1 didn't mea-
sure it.
Q.-Why didn't you? A.-There
was no necessity to do so.
Q.-Was there any moisture on
the ladder that morning? A.-No.
None at all.
CIT was perfectly dry, was it?
Ayes.
Q.-Where is that ladder. A
The last I saw of it it was in Col
onel Lindberghs home,
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Tells of Footprint

Mr.. Degateano testified that
the footprint was pointing toward
the house and was 18 inches from
the holes which the State con-
tends were made in the ground by
the kidnap ladder.
Mr.. Reilly began oss-examina-
ton.
Q.-Was all the ground around
the footprint soft and muddy?
Ayes.
, Mr.. Reilly walked around the
witness chair with batch of pic
lures in his hands. Now and
then he handed a photograph to
the witness to have him verify q
point. One picture showed q
board near the footprint.
Q.-How far is this board from
the footprint?
A.-About two inches.
Q.-Then if the ground was
muddy and this board was there.
why, if somebody used a ladder,
didn't he stand it on the board
instead of the muddy ground?
A.-The board might slip.
Odd you examine the bot
tom rung of the ladder?
Al did not.
Q.-Why didn't you?
Al examined it from dis
tance of eight feet
Q.-Were you afraid OF the
ladder?
Al was not examining that
area closely. I thought it would
be best to wait until next morn
ing for daylight. when a better
examination could be made.
The witness was then excused,
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Examined Again

Mr.. Wilentz on redirect exami-
nation, asked the witness if any
troopers had talked to him about
the case.
Eyes. after 1 seen him (Haupt-
manu-"
The witness was excused at
1880 a. m. and a five minute re-
cess was ordered.
Capt. j. j. Lamb, of the New
Jersey State Police. who figured
in the kidnap investigation, was
the next witness. ....
He testified that he had had
custody of the kidnap ladder
from June /, 1882, except for pc
riods when it was being examined
by Arthur Koeheler, Federal wood
technologist, of Madison, Wis.
There was no croSS-examina-
ton and Mr.. Lamb was excused
after only a minute on the stand.
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DR.. Condor to Unfold
Astounding Tale

DR.. Condor has conStltu'
tional emotional urge to like any.
body and everybody who will
listen patiently to his advice and
counsel, especially when the ad'
vice and counsel involves the
problem of right and wrong.
During his hour-and-fifteen.
minute talk with John" in Van
Cortlandt Park on the night of
March IL. 1882, the ransom col.
lector listened patiently and
seemed to be moved by much of
the earnest old mans suggestions
and ideas.
When DR.. Condor sat for the
same length Of time with Haupt-
mann in his cell at the Hunterdon
county Jail here, he subjected the
prisoner to a similar deluge of
advice and consolidating Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, "John," in
an affectionate, cajoling tone
throughout the interview, without
one objection from Bruno
Richard.
Hauptmann seemed to be moved
by most of the burly old mans
ideas and suggestions, just as
John" had been moved. He wept
during several of Doctor Condon's S
brief but frequent lectures on
right and wrong.
Usually Hate Him
Usually major State witnesses
obviously displayed hatred and
loathing of the defendants they
believe guilty of committing
crimes, especially crimes such as
the murder of the Lindbergh
baby.
While making his positive iden.
tification of Hauptmann's voice,
Colonel Lindbergh's voice was as
sharp as a swapping steel trap
Other witnesses are now revealing
their adherence of the prisoner
But Doctor Condor well, there
were a lot of possibilities EN-
braced in the word eccentric u
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Trooper Called

State Trooper Enuncio Dega.
teano, who was assigned to the
Lindbergh home shortly after the
crime was discovered. was the
next witness. He told what OBJ
jects he saw when he arrived
there-the crib, the table in the
nursery, a suitcase and other
objects. He remembered the table
in the center of the room.
Q. (By Wilentz)-If a person
came through that southeast win
dow of the nursery, could he walk
directly to the crib without run
ming into the table in the center
of the room? Ale could.
Mr.. Wilentz offered in evidence
the suitcase which was under the
nursery windowsill. Mr.. Degat-
eano testified he saw a smudge Of
dirt as though from footprint
on the suitcase after the kid
naping.
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HINTS
TWO LADDERS
IN KIDNAPPING

The officer said he saw
woman's footprint about so feet
from the ladder, which he said
lay east of the wall of the house.
The trooper identified the kidnap
ladder, which leaned against the
courtroom wall, few feet from
the judges bench.
Odd you measure this foot
print. A.-Yes.
Q.-What was it's measurement?
A.-Twelve to twelve and one
eight inches in length and from
four to four and one-quarter inches
in width.
Q-What about the ridges in
the footprint?
A.-Well, they looked as though
they might have been made by
heavy Woolen stocking.
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\ TESTF|ES HE SAW HAUPTMANN AT HOPEWELL
Prisoner Sleeps
Fitfuuy and
PAGES Cell

BENNINGTON, N. j., Jan.
S.-The conduct Of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann in his cell
between sessions Of his trial
continued to be the only indi-
cation Of how the case is
affecting him. At lunch yes
terday he ate virtually nothing.
He had slept we'll during the
weeks he waited for the trial
to start, but now he is restless.
He sleeps fewer hours, accord
ing to his guards, and more
restlessly.
The men on guard at his
cell declare that he PAGES back
and forth in the bull pen"
outside the cell more than for
formerly. Since they do not
speak to him and since he
seldom says a word to them,
they have no indication of his
thoughts,
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Expert Testifies

Arthur Koehler, Madison, Wis,
of the United States Foresty SerV-
ice, wood technologist, was then
called.
Attorney General Wilentz ques-
toned him. He pointed to the
kidnap ladder resting against the
wall near the witness stand.
Q.-On various occasions since
the Lindbergh case have you seen
this ladder?
Al have.
Q.-On section No. l I notice a
out. Did you make that? Ayes,
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Tells of Tests

Q.-I show you q picture Of the
house and the east window. Can
you point out just where the lad
der rested.
A.-The marks were about 10
inches below the window sill. The
lefthand mark was about six
inches from the right-hand casing.
Mr.. Reilly began cross-examina-
ton Of Mr.. Sweeney.
Q.-When did you peri or m
these experiments.
Am the forenoon Of the day
after the kidnapping.
Q.-Who else was there.
A.-Hah a dozen troopers.
Mr.. Sweeney said he had esti-
mated the distances he gave con-
cerning the ladder and the ladder
marks.
Mr.. Reilly asked him If he
could make some actual measure
ments in court this afternoon OF
the ladders. Mr.. Sweeney as
sented.
Odd you make any expert,
ments with the ladder against
the side of the house with the
shutters closed. A.-No.
Q.-With the window closed?
A.-No.
Q.-How many experiments
did you make with the ladder? =?
A.-One.
Mr.. Reilly then asked if Mr..
Sweeney would climb up the lad.
der in the courtroom this after
noon.
"Yes."
= OFF the top Of the ladder was
10 inches from the sill, how did
you hold on when you went onto
the sill?
Al reached up and got the
sill.
THAT must have been pretty
hard. Have you ever been =
fireman."
eyes"
Q.-HoW did you come out OF
the room?
Al backed out. holding on to
the sill until my feet touched the
ladder.
Q.-And you held on with both
hands? Ayes.
Court was then adjourned for
the noon recess. Mr.. Sweeney
was to be recalled when the trial
is resumed at 1:45 p. m.
The morning session had beer
called to order shortly after II
| a. m.
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Nothing Found

Mr.. Reilly pounded away at Mr..
Kelly's failure to find any finger.
prints.
Q.-After the ransom note
what was your next attempt to
find fingerprints?
Al examined the windoWsill.
Odd you examine the crib,
too? Ayes.
Q-Didn't you find the finger,
prints of Betty Cow, the nurse.
who has testified here that she
went to the crib and bent over it
at the time she found the baby
was missing? Al did not.
Q.-"Under what system did
you study fingerprints?" A
"The Henry system"
Q.-Who is Henry?
A.-The author of the Henry
system.
Q.-Don't you know that ex-
Inspector Faurot of New York
City is the accepted American au.
thority on fingerprintS?
A.-No. I never heard of him.
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Ladder Exhibit

Q.-USe the same nails?
Al can't say from personal
knowledge.
Q-Who delivered the ladder
to you?
A.-Captain Lamb. At the po-
lice school examined it care.
fully.
The witness said he examined it
on two later occasions.
Odd you ever have it in
Washington?
A.-No, but understand it was
there.
Attorney General Wilentz Of
fered the ladder in evidence for
the second time. 1t was refused
yesterday by Justice Trenchard.
Mr.. Pope objected, saying it ap-
peared from Mr.. Koehler's testi.
mony that the nails had been re-
moved from the ladder and that
the witness used nails handed to
him by some one when the ladder
was put together again.
Mr.. Pope said:
"He doesn't know if they are
the same nails. He also said
one Of the uprights was sawed
In two. The ladder, therefore,
was not in the same condition
as it was when it was found.
The nails may play a very i'm
pOrtant part in this case. The
nails were removed. He doesn't
know if they are the same nails.
And there is a stronger and
better reason. That ladder has
never been connected with the
accused and until it can be
! shown to have been In the pos
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By LEIGH MATTESON

FLEMINGTON, N. j., Jan. 3
O.N.SO The State has concluded
it's presentation Of the first portion
of background of evidence before
the noon recess of the Hauptmann
trial today.
From now on the amazing pris-
oner will come more and more into
the States presentation of evi-
dence. To date, only Colonel Lind
bergh's very positive Identification
of Hauptmann's voice has impor'
tantly linked the fugitive from Ger
man justice IT, the vicious killing
of the infant Charles A. Lind
bergh, jr.
Astounding Feature
When DR.. John F. "Jafsie" Con-
don is placed on the stand, how
ever, the sinister, special form Of
a man resembling the defendant
will begin to take shape.
DR.. Condor is positive that the
man John" to whom he paid the
ransom IS none other than Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, and he will
so testify.
And the State has a veritable
mountain of evidence to buttress
it's contention that the whole
crime was a ore-man job and that
Hauptmann killed the child and
collected Lindbergh's $50,000 ran
som.
An astounding feature of DR..
Condon's coming testimony is
unparalleled in spectacular crime
history.
"Jafsie" will profess to have
developed an odd sort of fondness
for the ransom collector, John"
and if pressed. the aged. eccentric
educator will admit that visits to
Hauptmann's cell have evoked
this same feeling of fondneSS for
the prisoner.
This eerie circumstance is par
TALLY explicable only in psyche
logical terms.
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through the hands of every per-
son who has handled it since
the crime and we will run it
right into Hauptmann."
The argument of counsel con.
tinued for several minutes, Justice
Trenchard carefully weighing their
statements.
Finally, the jurist said:
81 don't have much doubt In
my mind at this moment that
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session of the accused, it is not
proper evidence in this caSe."
Mr.. Wilentz replied:
"We will connect the ladder
with Hauptmann. Besides, we
have shown that it was at the
scene of the crime and we have
traced its custody since"
The Attorney General continued
his voice rising:
eve have traced the ladder
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with brush and black powder,

Mr.. Reilly thundered:
Don't you know a brush de-
strOys fingerprints?"
When Mr.. Kelley calmly denied
this, Mr.. Reilly dramatically
picked up a piece of paper and,
addressing the court, said:
II now hand this paper to a
member of the defense counsel
and his fingerprints will be reg
iStered on the paper"
He handed the paper to Lloyd
Fisher Of defense counsel, then
gave the paper to the clerk of
court, Elmer Ham.
81 leave this paper with the
clerk for the mOment-we will
see about those prints" Mr..
Reilly resumed questioning of
the witness.
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REILLY CHARGES
.F|NGERPR|NTS
'BUNGLED'

Al went up to the ladder and
nto the nursery.
Q.-How much did you weigh
then?
About ITS.
Q.-How did you go into the
nursery from the ladder?
Al put my left knee on the
window sill, swung my right foot
in, and lifted myself into the
room.
Odd you disturb the suit
case under the sill? A.-No.