Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-11
Nurse Blamed
for Knowing
Plans.
LADDER PLANT
is CHARGED
Condor Attacked
for Role in Case
as NegOtiator.
tcopyrtsht, 1885, by the Associated Press.)

tCopyrieht, 1885, by the Associated Press,)
PENNINGTON, N. j., February IL
The final defense plea for Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann today turned into
utterances of charges against Betty
Cow and the dead Ollie Whateley and
denunciation of the aged Dr. John F.
.(Fafsie) Condor
Condor stands behind something
in this case that is unholy," Edward
j. Reilly, chief of the defense, told the
jury which is trying Hauptmann for
his life as the kidnaper and murderer
Of baby Charles A. Lindbergh, jr.
He said next that Condor had
failed to notify police Immediately
after the receipt of the letter.
''Of all the letters received by Con-
don, nobody ever saw him receive
them" Reilly continued, emphasizing
his words with pointed finger.
Condor alone. Condor alone.
don't know anything about this man,
but the attorney general will probably
say he was a fine. patriotic old gen.
tleman.
Reverting to his original contention
of an inside job" Reilly accused
Betty Cow and Whateley of completely
in the Lindbergh kidnapping and muir
der
Col. Lindbergh was stabbed in the
back by those who worked for him, y
he said.
In this connection he flung Out
the name of Betty Cow. the baby s
nursemaid. and charged she was the
only person. aside from the Lind
berghs, who knew the baby was to
be in Hopewell on the night of the
crime; and of Whateley, the butler
now dead. who, he said, had charge
of the dog which failed to bark when
the baby was taken.
Says Ladder Was Planted.
The booming attorney charged the
kidnap ladder was plant" and that
the baby was not taken from its
nursery through the window.
The person that picked that child
out of that crib" he cried, Il give you
my solemn word. the inference draw,
knew that child and that child knew
that person"
Reilly'S summation began after the
State had used an hour of its time to
declare the contention it had proved
mot only beyond a reasonable doubt,
but conclusively and Overwhelmingly
that Hauptmann was guilty of the
crime.
Reilly claimed the child would
have cried if a stranger had picked
him up, unless he had been doped
Pursuing the contention the ladder
was plant. he said:
There is nothing in the mud to
indicate that Hauptmann or anybody
else fell in that mud. and there is
nothing in the mud that indicates the
baby fell in the mud
Sailor Is Mentioned.
Reilly several times brought in the
name of Red johnson, the Nor
weglan sailor and friend of Betty Cow,
who talked to her on the telephone
early in the evening of the crime.
Why was the man who talked to
Betty Cow while Col Lindbergh was
eating dinner allowed to remain in
the safety of Denmark" he asked.
The signal was given" he said,
1.-The coast is clear And that child
came down either one of those two
Staircases, wrapped in the arms of
some person the poor little child had
confidence in and that's why it didn't
cry, that's why it didn't scream and
there was no more breaking of a
ladder, no falling in the mud, because
in the soft mud at the foot of this
ladder there would be the imprint of
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