Evening star., 1935-02-05

@. Did DR.. Condor tell you how
well he knew that cemetery?
A. Not me.
@. Did you know he had several
relatives buried in st. Raymonds7
A. No.
The agent said they had found sew
eral tombstones bearing the name Of
Condor In the cemetery. I'VE subse-
quently found out they were no rela-
tives Of his.
@. Did he tell you he attended fu.
nerals in Woodlawn and st. Ray
mond's.
A. He said in Woodlawn, but not
st. Raymond's
O. Did you investigate Westchester
Creek?
A. Yes.
@. Is 1t navigable fer small boats?
A. don't know, the mud was deep
@. It wouldn't take much depth for
. rowboat?
A. You would have to get out and
walk.
@. Did you have alienists examine
DR.. Condor?
A. don't know.
@. Have you ever seen a report OF
any examination? A. No sir.
@. Have you any information of
that fact?
Wilentz objected sit is not a fact"
Justice Trenchard admonished
Reilly that his questions were be-
coming leading
Questions Agent
On Investigation Of Jafsie.
Reilly questioned the agent at
length about the extent of the in
vestigation of Jafsie by Federal
agents.
Didn't you investigate thoroughly
man who popped up, took $4,000.
and passed it over a wall or bush
To a mysterious man when nobody
saw him." he shouted.
Wilentz objected but the agents was
allowed to answer.
I'VE investigated to the fullest Of
our ability"
@. Now, in the course of your in
vestigation, did you ever hear of any
examination of Dr. Condor by alien
lists? A. never heard Of any such
examination.
Reilly turned the witness over to
the State for cross s-examination.
WilentZ began the crosS-examina-
tion.
@. Do you know of any examination
Of DR.. Condor by alienists?
A. No sir.
@. You know that DR.. Condor didn't
60 to the cemetery the next day, be-
cause he was up in the skies with
Col. Lindbergh looking for the baby?
A. Yes.
Wilentz drew from Seykora the fac,
that DR.. Condor spent his entire life
in the Bronx and was familiar with
every portion of the Bronx"
DR.. Condor. Wilentz brought out
was widely known as an educator
Reilly interjected.
@. Did your investigation disclose
that DR.. Condor was an eccentric and
was known to have masqueraded
about the Bronx in woman's cloth
ing?
A. No. it did not.
@. Did it disclose that he was
transferred for a reason at a school
downtown?
A. No.
Q. Didn't DR.. Condor tell hundreds
of people. thousands Of people differ
ent stories about the KIDNAPPING?
A. He told me something himself
but I didn't question thousands OF
people.
@. What kind of an Investigation
Of Or. Condor did you make? Wasn't
everybody connected with the case in
vestigated? A. mo answer)
Denies Hand
Was Stayed in Investigation.
Reilly, stalked over to the witness
@. Now isn't it a fact that in a
case Of this kind everybody is under
suspicion? A. We try to keep our
minds open.
@. Did any one in Washington from
the President down ever stay your
hand in the investigation of Dr.. Con-
don? A. Not in the slightest.
@. As far as you know. A. Yes.
Reilly asked if the witness knew
what Federal agents were present at
Hopewell at the time of the KIDNAPPING
investigation, but Seykora said he did
not know.
Don't you know not an agent of
the Department Of Justice was ever
allowed to see the ransom notes at
that time" he doomed
Wilentz objected such was not the
fact, and the objection was sustained.
In a very brief re-cross wilentz
asked If the Federal investigation of
Jafsie had not developed he was a
patriotic citizen, keenly interested In
civic and welfare matters in the
Bronx.
Reilly angrily called the question
"a eulogy Of this witness Condor" ="
but the witness was allowed to reply.