Evening star., 1935-01-04

room At that time heard a sound
! which seemed to me, at the time
the impression that entered my mind
at the time vaguely was that it
was like the top of-Well. say. an
orange box, the top Stats Of an orange
bog falling of q chair. which 1 as
sumed to be in the kitchen.
@. That is, sort Of like the falling
Of crate, a wooden crate? A. The
Stats of a crate.
@. At any rate, what you felt was
| happening was that some piece of
wood, like the Stats Of a crate, had
fallen in the kitchen? A. That is
correct ! did not pay very much
attention to 1t at the time, but
enough to remark to my wife, What
is that?"
@. And except for that it went un-
noticed? A. Yes.
@. About what time was that?
A. That would be about 9:l0 or 9:l5.
@. Was it the sort Of a noise that
would come with the falling of lad
der? A. Yes, it was, if the ladder were
outside.
Notified by Betty Cow.
@. Finally, at about 10 o'clock in the
evening, Miss Cow spoke to you about
the child. did she not? A. About 10
o'clock.
Q. Where were you then? A. I was
reading in the library.
Q. What happened, tell us, then?
A. Miss Cow called to me in a rather
excited voice and asked me if had
the baby.
@. What happened from then on?
A. I Immediately went upstairs into
the nursery and from the appearance
of the room and of the crib I realized
that something had gone wrong
O. What was the appearance of the
room that indicated to you that some
thing had gone wrong. colonel? A.
AS I entered the room, of course at
first and Immediately looked at the
crib. The bed clothing in the crib
was in such condition that I felt it
was impossible for the baby to have
gotten out himself. I knew that
neither my wife nor Miss Cow had
taken him. because Miss Cow had
asked me if I had him and my wife
was upstairs The clothing was stand
ing-the bed clothing was standing
stif1y enough SO that the opening
where the baby had been was still
there; the clothing had not collapsed.
@. Was the clothing in that crib still
affixed to the mattress by pins, If you
know? A. AS recall, it was.
@. see. Did you see a note In the
room, a paper or what? A. Yes; am
not at the moment certain whether I
saw that note at that time or the
next time I entered the room.
@. I see A. But either the first or
second time; came back very shortly.
Gone Short Time.
@. How much time intervened,
would you say, between your first visit
into the room and the second that you
refer to? A. I should say not over
five minutes.
@. At any rate. on one of those oc-
casions you found the note there? A.
I had found q note, unopened, on the
window sill on the southeast corner Of
the room-on the window facing east.
Q. Did you find 1t or was your at
tention attracted to 1t by any one? A.
No, found 1t.
@. see. And understood you to
say on the window sill? A. On the
window sill.
@. Was the window open or closed?
A. The window was closed.
Q. And is this the window, shown in
exhibit S-12, alongside of which or
near which you found the note? A. 1t
Is, on which I found the note.
Q. Will you describe, as you look at
this exhibit, just the spot where you
found the note? A. The note was in
an envelope on top Of the grating
which forms the window sill and
through which heat comes from the
radiator.
@. Will you please step down and
just show the jury on that exhibit.
the point at which that note was
found by you? A. (Witness steps
down before the jury) The note was
on this sill.
9. Indicating the sill underneath