The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-17

substantially the same story as Allen.
 Q. Did Allen call you when he was in the woods? A. Yes.
 e. Did you go to him? A.
 Q. Tell the jury what you saw |? A. saw the body of q child, pretty well decomposed.
 c. Was the body in a little grave? A. Yes, in a little trench.
 Q. Face up or face downg A. Face down.
 Lloyd Fisher cross examined Wilson.
 c. What county was the body found in? 4. Mercer county.
 c. That is near St Micheal's orphanaRe, isn't 1t? A. Yes.
 Q. You know there are many children of varying ages in that orphanage? A. 1 suppose so.
 Q. Were there any clothes on the body? A. There was little
 e. I show you this picture and ask if 1t correctly portrays the scene? A. Yes sir.
 Fisher left the implication through his questioning that the body might have been a child from the orphanage.
 o. Isn't there a ditch within 20 feet of where the body was foundf A. l remember a ditch.
 Q. Isn't there fence near there also? A. l think so.
 Q. How long was Allen gone from the truck before he yelled to you? A. Several seconds.
 Under redirect examination Will son was asked whether the or- phanage was across the road from where the body was found. He said 1t was.
 Q. How far back from the road Is the orphanage? A. About half a mile.
 Fisher started re-cross examina- ton, trying to break down Wilson's testimony that the orphanage was a half mile back from the road. The witness stuck to his story, and finally was excused.
 Sergeant Andrew Zaoplsky, of the New Jersey state police, was the third witness of the day.
 He said he had been called 10 the Lindbergh estate on May 12, 1882. There he met officers Wolf and Williamson of Hope- well.
 e. Where did you go? A. The officers took me to the spot where the body was.
 Q. What did you do? A. I turned 1t over.
 Q. What did you do then? A. Compared the body with a de. scription that had been furnished to us.
 c. And what did you decide? A: That this was the body of Col child.
 He then was turned over to Fisher for cross ss-examination.
 Q. Was the body covered? A. Part of 1t. The back of the head was bare and one foot was stick Ing out.
 Q. Could you recognize the lace? A. Yes, the features were there.
 Q. Were any tools found near the body? A. Not that know of.
 z. Wasn't chisel found nearby? A. I don't know.
 c. Wasn't a hammer found near he spot by Mercer county officer? A. I don't know.
 The state policeman was excused and Harry Walsh of Jersey City was called.
 Walsh said he was called to the scene where the body was found, and then went to the Lindbergh home.
 c. When you returned to the Lindbergh home did you get a piece of material there? A. Yes sir.
 Q. I show you exhibit 29 and ask f It is the piece you produced A No sir.
 Q. What did you do then? A. I lifted the body slightly from the ground with a stick.
 c. And what happened? A, The tick penetrated the skull and made l hole.
 Q. How large? A. about the size ,f q lead pencil.
 The policeman identified exhibit 30 aB the cloth he had taken from he Lindbergh home.
 Q. What did you do with this? A. matched 1t with the shirt on the body.
 Q. How would you identify 1t? A. By the very fine weave.
 Q. When you were at the scene did you find an excavation there? A. Yes.
 Q. What did you find in the ex- cavation? A. found a semi-circle of hair where the head had rested.
 c. Did you take samples of that hair? A. Yes.
 Fisher cross-examined the wit. ness.
 Q. Did you report the fact that you had made hole in the baby's head? A. Yes, to Col Lindbergh.
 Q. If you could poke a stick through the skull the body must have been badly decomposed? A.