The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-07
KIDNAPPING LINK
AROUSES ANGER
OF BETTY COW
Lindbergh Nurse HeatedIy
Denies InSinuationS
of Reilly.
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wracxed her slender frame. The
yellow feather on her Princess
Marina hat trembled noticeably.
The crowded courtroom was death
" still as Miss Cow reached the
climax Of her story. The defen-
dant Hauptmann sat with arms
folded. listening intently, but CIV
ing no sign Of what was going on in
his mind as the nursemaid gave de-
tails of the tragedy he is alleged TO
have caused in the Lindbergh house.
hold.
Lindbergh to Be Recalled
The state also hoped to present
another of its trumps today-the
ladder the kidnaper used to climb
into the nursery and which broke
under his weight and that of his
burden, perhaps killing the baby in
the fall. The state, it was said. had
conclusive evidence linking Haupt-
mann with the ladder.
Thursday or Friday, DR.. John F.
(Jafsie) Condor, who, acting as Col
Lindbergh's Intermediary, paid
10000 ransom for the return of the
baby already dead, viii identify
Hauptmann as the ransom col
lector and seek to place him in the
Lindbergh nursery the night the
baby was stolen.
Col. Lindbergh. it was learned,
probably will be recalled to the
stand late this week or next week
by the state. Ostensibly it will be
for his Identification of the ladder
and the chisel found on the
grounds of his estate after the
crime. But the state will take adj
vantage Of his temperance to have
him repeat his Identification Of
Hauptmann's voice.
The first days of the trial has
inspired a great flood of letters ad-
dressed to all principals. Many are
anonymous and some, from cranks,
threaten Hauptmann, Col. Lind
bergh, Mrs. Lindebrgh. and state
and defense counsel.
Ladder to Be Introduced
All participants returned to court
refreshed by the two-day surcease
from courtroom strains. Hauptmann
spent Sunday reading newspapers
from which mention of his trial had
been deleted. He was reported to
have slept nervouSly at night.
States attorneys spent Sunday in
conferences and i'll interviewing wit
nesses. Mr.. Reilly and his staff
went over the defense they will pre-
sent as soon as the state finishes
its evidence. Mr.. Reilly would say
no more of his plan to accuse di-
rectly two men and two women of
the kidnapping and murder the lat
ter part of this week.
After Miss Cows testimony and
before DR.. Condor is called. the
state will concentrate on the ladder,
which it hopes will prove one of the
strongest links in its chain of cir
cumstantial evidence against Haupt-
mann.
The prosecution hoped to bring
the exhibit into court today, and
with it, one of the surprises" that
have been promised. 1t is known
that the lumber in the ladder has
been traced to its point of origin
a forest on the Far West coast, and
thence to the lumber yard of the
Great National Mill Work and Lum-
Der Co. in the Bronx, a company to
which the prisoner had access.
Experts from the forestry depart
ment have analyzed the wood, noted
the craftsmanship of the work in
the ladder. compared tool marks on
it with tools found in Hauptmann's
garage-workshop, and are expected
to present circumStantial evidence
that the ladder was constructed by
tho prisoner