Evening star., 1935-01-07

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Cow and asked what Is this?"
'It's the baby's sleeping suit" she
replied.
q. What kind of sleeping suit is
It?
A. A DR.. Denton's.
@ How many Of these did the baby
have?
A. don't recall.
@. Where were they laundered.
A. I washed them.
@. Where were they kept?
A. Almost all In suitcase.
@. Any at the Morrow estate?
A. Yes.
@. AS well as at Hopewel?
A. Yes.
@. Now about these thumbguards.
How many did you have for the child?
A. Two.
@. Only two?
A. Yes.
@. Where were they purchased?
A. Mrs. Lindbergh purchased those
@. You can buy them in any drug
store, can't you?
A. ! believe you could.
Reilly Electrifies Court.
Reilly electrified the court when he
picked up the thumbguard and asked
Betty Cow:
did you drop this on the road on
your way into town."
She replied heatedly, her small
chin thrust forward belligerently, IT
did not"
Reilly then asked her to put it on.
'That Is not the condition 1t was
in" said the nurse. 1T was flattened "
it fell from the baby's hard.
Reilly, his voice now loud and in
sistant, directed her to describe the
exact spot she found the guard. She
did.
You didn't see it when you were
going down that road" he demanded.
With all those policemen search
ing night and day for month, you
want us to believe you could pick
this up without having dropped it?"
he asked.
This thumb guard isn't muddy,
and it isn't soiled," Reilly con-
tinued. "Ill leave it to the jury as to
whether 1t is shiny"
Betty Cow said that when she had
seen the thumb guard it was muddy.
You're a very bright young lady,
aren't you?" Reilly demanded.
i am" was her pert reply.
The court resounded with applause
and Justice Trenchard repeated his
warnings against demonstrations.
Reilly turned to look at the clock
as the judge threatened to clear the
room in the event of further disturb
ance.
He asked adjournment and the
judge acquiesced.
Session Resumed Promptly.
The afternoon session got under way
promptly at las pm, Betty Cow re-
turning to the witness stand to face
| another barrage of hectoring cross
examination from Reilly.
Reilly bowed to the Judge and in
toned his first question:
How long were you in Canada?"
about three hours"
He dropped that line Of questioning
! and asked:
do you remember Miss Nellie
O'Connell. who came over on the boat
with you?"
No"
O. And you don't remember seeing
her at Alair's employment agency?
A. No.
Reilly showed her several pictures
| asked ii she knew who they were anC
| filed them as exhibits.
Now I show you a photograph ano
| ask you whether or not you know the
| original" said Reilly giving her q
photo that was not further identified
mo. never saw that before" she
answered after quick glance.
He thrust another picture before
! her.
II have seen him"
@. Do you know who he is.
A. Yes.
@. Who is it?
| A. DR.. John F. Condor
Denies Going Boating.
Reilly asked then if she had eve
been at City Island, or Hunters Islanc
or the water adjacent
NO" was the reply in both cases
did you ever do any boating?"
The nursemaid said she had at tn,
Morrow estate at North Haven, Me
but no place else.
She next denied any knowledge o
two women named Paulette and Louis,
! Du Boise.
City Island and Hunters Island wer,
visited frequently by Hauptmann.
Reilly then turned to details within
the nursery. from which the baby
was abducted.
He asked if there had been a table
in the center of the room.
Yes" she answered.
"And were there a kiddy car anc
some toys on the foor?"
A. Yes sometimes.
Reilly asked her about the draugh
screen around the crib.
@. The screen was at the head o.
the bed?
A. At the head of the bed. yes.
He next inquired whether the screer
was undiSturbed when she discovered
the kidnapping
TO all appearances it was. yes"
Stepped Around Screen.
Reilly then wanted to know If il
was her deduction that whoever tool
the baby stepped around the edge OF
the screen
1T is" she replied
Reilly then devoted himself 70 the