Evening star., 1935-01-04
Lindbergh Cool and Steady
As He Describes Tragedy
Of His Baby Sons Kidnapping

through the hallway and entered thu
door?"
mo"
Admits Theory Possible"
Lindbergh also said 1t would hav,
been impossible for any one In th'
house to have taken the child dowr
the main stair case and out the from
door without attracting the attention
Of himself or Mrs Lindbergh, wht
were having supper in the dining
room
Lets take the other course, Colonel
then If there was disturbance in The
house. some one in the house. it Is pos
sible, might have taken the baby out
Of the crib and out of the house?"
Lindbergh was slightly flustered.
1t is possible. -
Wilentz arose when Reilly urgec
the aviator to answer his questions.
Justice Trenchard intervened, UP.
holding Reilly's questions as legitimate
and ended pirited controversy be.
tween counsel
You did not enter the nursery al
the time? You heard nothing suspi.
cious?" asked Reilly after Lindbergh
told how at o'clock he and Anne
were in their bed room adjoining the
child'S.
Startles Court Room.
NO" said the colonel.
Then Reilly electrified the court
room by inquiring:
In the course of the investigation
colonel, have you ever heard 1t said
you were the one to be kidnaped?"
Wilentz jumped to his feet.
Just minute. just minute" he
said. and made an objection to the
question as irrelevant.
Justice Trenchard sustained the OBJ
lection and the question was un-
answered.
Wilentz said:
II want it understood that the
State will object to questions involving
the colonel's hearing rumors."
Did you ever have any indication
that your wires were being tapped?"
No"
Were any fingerprintS ever found
around the easement Window"
No that's my information.
Reilly then directed the aviator to
take the pointer and indicate to the
jury on the charts the window out OF
which the baby was taken.
Were there any flngerprints on
the outside of that Window"
Il was informed at the time they
did not locate any fingerprint smudses
there"
Who first approached the window
after the baby was kidnapped"
Why. I did,"
Was it locked?"
mo, no one ever locked it,"
WAS any stranger ever in your
nursery?"
Not as far as I know"
Retells Story Of Noise.
Reilly then directed the witness
to retell the story Of the noise he
and Mrs. Lindbergh heard after hsv-
ing dinner.
He asked him if it might be the
sound Of book falling
NO." said the witness. 1T had
the sound Of wood en- wood"
DO you recall if there was a piece
of lumber in your library about IL
or IA inches long?"
Il don't remember"
do you remember any shavings or
nails or refuse being dumped near the
house after they built it?"
We'll, yes. there was for q while
Reilly, as he questioned Lindbergh
with clear enunciation, SO precise a.
to sound almost mechanical, faced the
jury.
He talked to tie jury, but Lindbergh
answered. He noted with care the
expression Of each Of the IL.
1T didn't come from that direction, "
said Reilly. referring to the nursery.
Heard Once Only.
TT didn't seem to come from any
direction" Lindbergh said.
You only heard Jne sound?"
"You couldn't call 1t one sound, !
heard it only once" the boyish-look-
ing flyer said, correcting the defense
counsel.
He said he subsequently investigated
in the kitchen and found nothing had
crashed there.
Reilly brought out that the Lind
bergh child had not been exposed to
although Lindbergh pointed
out the 20-month-old child went to
school with other children" at the
little school in Englewood.
You heard no cry from the nur-
sery?" asked Reilly, after finishing
his queries on the crash of wood the
Lindberghs heard.
mo"
Reilly suddenly developed a SYM
pathetic turn.
1.-The little fellow had a cold, and
you rubbed his tiny chest with oint-
ment and put him to bed?"
YES"
you petted him, when he cried or
whined a little?"
mo"
Did Not Fear Accident.
Reilly asked if the colonel ever
feared his son might roll over on his
face and smother in his crib
No. nor did think it probable, I"
answered.
Reilly then directed Lindbergh to
review his testimony on how the kid
naping was discovered
Il see, you were trying to train him
to sleep when you put him to bed?"
Reilly asked, while questioning about
picking the child up.
Yes"
Reilly shifted his glance toward the
jury box for a moment, and then
doomed forth.
Don't you think it strange, colonel,
that the little fellow was put to bed
with a cold at 7 O'Clock, and no one
looked at him until 10?"
WilentZ leaped up and objected.
Lindbergh again described how
Betty Cow broke the news.
She came down the stairs and
asked me if I had the baby. I asked
her If he wasn't in the crib, and I
went up to the nursery"
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