Evening star., 1935-01-04
Defense Quiz
Centers on
Household.
REILLY SEEKS
SERVANT DATA
Lindbergh Denies
Carrying Gun
Into Court.

Into Court.
(copyrisht 1885, by the Associated PressD
PENNINGTON, N. j.. January A.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh today
identified the voice of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann as that of the man who
took ransom for his kidnapped child
in a Bronx cemetery and then was
subjected to a cross examination that
sought to place the plot within the
Lindbergh home.
Lindbergh, speaking in low, finn
voice, said he heard the man who
took the vain ransom payment say,
"Hey, doctor"
He told the court and jury:
THAT was Hauptmann's voice"
Earlier in the day Defense Counsel
Edward J. Reilly had announced the
defense would show that Hauptmann
had nothing to do with the crime
and that it was conceived in the
Lindbergh home itself, but not by
any member of the family"
Further. that 'the kidnapping was
planned and executedsb by a gang Of
five persons, whose names, naturally,
we cannot disclose at this time"
Flyer Not Armed.
From the onset, after asking If
Lindbergh was armed and receiving
an answer OF no." Reilly directed his
cross-examination toward his an
nounced line, asking sharp questions
about the background of the Lind
bergh servants.
The flyers direct Identification Of
Hauptmann's voice brought a flush
to the defendants face. He sat rigid
and swallowed
Reilly made the flyer show with a
pointer and the States charts the
layout of the nursery and home and
wanted to know from him how
servants moved about the house.
He was especially irsistant upon the
probability that no persons outside of
the Llndbergh home would know that
the Lindberghs we're forced to stay in
Hopewell overtime on the fateful week
end in March. 1882, because the baby
had a cold. Lindbergh had testified
they had usually returned to Engle-
wood on Sunday afternoon. The baby
was kidnapped on Tuesday night,
March /. 1882
AS to whether a person or a gang"
on the outside would have knowledge
as to his movements. Lindbergh said:
We'll, that depends upon their organ
ization."
Speaking in Firm Tones.
Lindbergh talked in low and firm
tones and seemed at east. Once he
grinned when he defended the police
against the cross-eXaminer's assertion
that they we're mot infallible."
Lindbergh testified there were no
fingerprints on the ransom notes,
only smudges.
Court was recessed from 1890 to
las pm.
Before the examination was
taken up, Lindbergh described all of
his futile search for his son. his flights
over land and sea-all Of them in
vain.
He told Of putting $4,000 in
small wooden box and of removing
$4,000 at the cemetery after DR..
Condor told him the ransoming
could be done for $4,000. The box
was slightly cracked, he said, because
Of the bulk Of the $50,000.
The doctor got out of the automo-
bile at the cemetery. he related. and
returned in from 10 to Is minutes.
Later, he went to Bridgeport, Conn.,,
hoping to get his child. He went by
car with DR.. Condor, Col. Henry
Breckenridge and a Mr.. Trey of the
Internal Revenue Bureau.
Questioned on Plane Trip.
From Bridgeport the party took to
the air in an amphibian plane.
How long were you in the air In
your plane?" Wilentz asked.
II believe several hours. I haven't
the exact time. but we flew up over
the area described in the note. We
landed UP there and spent consider
able time looking over the sea har-
bors in that vicinity"
The note of which he spoke, he said,
had been delivered to DR.. Condor at
st. Raymond's Cemetery when the
money was paid.
What was the purpose of your
mission in the plane?" he was asked.
I'VE were looking for the boat de-
scribed in the note which you just
showed me and to see If we could find
any location of my SON."
And after approximately two
hours"
I'VE were gone, I believe, longer
than that, because we landed there
As I recall now, we did not return
until after noon"
Piloted Ship Himself.
did you pilot the plane yourself7"
II did"
"And during those hours you
searched the waters in that vicinity
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Escaped Trusty Still Missing.