Show LIN ON STAND Mother of Murdered Baby Confronts Killer Suspect As Trial Moves Swiftly Famous Flier A Also I 1 s SO o Testifies Against Hauptmann By WILLIAM I A. A KINNEY Copyright ht 1935 by Associated d Press FLEMINGTON N. N J. J Jan 3 3 COlo Colonel Colo- Colo nd nel Charles Augustus Lindbergh and i 1 his wife wile Anne Morrow Lindbergh were WI witnesses t for the state today in the swiftly moving trial of Bruno BruD Richard Hauptmann for the murder 4 of ot the haired golden-haired baby son Lon two iwo years and 10 months ago The famous mother gave 45 43 minutes minutes min min- utes of or testimony in a low sometimes catching voice while the accused d Bronx carpenter stirred in his chair She was not cross Colonel Lindbergh was wat still on sta stand d when when- court adjourned for Atha the tha day at p. p m. m His direct examina examination tion will continue t torn tomorrow m Mrs Lindbergh told of her happiness happi ness less with with the the bab baby how it played ints iu in its ts ts nursery how Betty Gow the nursemaid held it up to s see e when she tossed a pebble at its nursery win win- dow I IA A tiny garment was placed in her hr lap and she identified it as a sleeveless sleeve less shirt she herself had put upon upon the babe Ripped from Body This was among the garments garments' which Attorney General Gen David T T. charged were ripped from the dead baby's body by Hauptmann so that he might perpetrate a ransom ransom- hoax She went over the whole story the events e before the the events afterward She identified pictures pictures pic pie tures of her son of his toys and places in which he prattled and played When she finished call called d for Betty Gow Cow then changed his mind and asked Colonel Lindbergh to tes tes- tib The famous flier crossed his legs and told the jury of the dome domesticS domestic ic events in his home before the discovery dis dis- covery of the Some time during that night did you hear a crash the a attorney torney ge gen general general eral asked him Yes Ye YeI I did he replied Was it such such a noise as would come from the falling of a ladder Yes if it were outside Hauptmann Gazes Gale Hauptmann his chin resting In a hand let his gaze fall tall upon Lind Lind- bergh The The latter turned his eyes toward him For a moment th they Y gazed directly at each other Hauptmann Hauptmann Hauptmann Haupt Haupt- mann finally breaking it by seeking a spot on the judges judge's bench for the object of his stare The flier lier studied the pictures of h his hi baby told of Miss Mis Gow Cow calling cabling in an excited voice asking if rif I 1 had the baby second visit i ito It was on his first or to the nursery after the disco discovery of of- of the crime he said sald- that he found the note I He Identified the note and Wil en tz read it to the jury The court was hushed as t tIn In intoned t one d t Dear Sir Sir- Have 50 oo redy in 20 S bills in in 10 bills in 5 S Alter After 4 2 days days- we will inform you w were ere to deliver deIl the money Given Warning I We warn you for for- making making 8 ar- ar Y thing public or for notify the police the child is in gute sute care Instructions UC for our letter better are symbol appears ap ap- ap I pears with word signature beside t. Hauptmann's gaze gaza again came came to o the ili flier r and continued to rest upon him until court adjourned at p. p. p m. m The second ransom note was read to the jury by during Lindbergh's examination It was the which the flier was told he would have to take the consequences cons conse for lor making the k public and also that we will leed him according to the h diet Slim SUm Grave FIure Mrs Lindbergh was a slim sim grave gr ye figuie as she mounted the stand and ook took the oath ol of a R witness Hauptmann Haupt Haupt- mann nann leaned forward threw one arm mm over the back baek of h his c chair air Taking of testimony began imn mime after the states state's toie 01 Its ts case with Walter E. E Roberts Hun erdon county engineer ensine r on the stand siana to o 0 explain charts eharb of the Lindbergh b ergh with the e in line estate state at Hopewell Continued td ed on on Face pue aJ 1 J 1 A Ar r- r J Mrs Lindbergh Takes r Stand in iu Death Trial Jury Tury rY Quickly Chosen Technical al Witness Pre- Pre ft 3 cedes Mother of Slain Child r f Continued from Fate Pu One Ital States State's tates tate's s 's attempt to prove the crime was vas committed at the place charged arged f r 1 Prompted by Attorney General Genera David T. T to tell teU of ot the events c of the night of that fateful MarchI March months ago Mrs 1 I two cars and ten years voice nl al almost Lindbergh spoke in a Jow ow most niost a whisper S to a jury She gave her iier her testimony of ot eight men and md four four women which had been bee c completed an hour after alter court opened court opened for br its second day Her eyes glistened a. a as ns she spoke glistened as if filled with tears buno bu but bulno no rio tears dropped Mrs 1 Lindbergh stepped from th the gland dand and andus us used cd a pointer and charts to illustrate whatever she said pointed to the nursery windows shown hown on the charts Were you ou under either cither of ot these S Yes she replied d in her low 10 voice we wc stood first under this the east east- l window and then under this the southerly window I was there wit my son and Mr and Mrs Ollie ClUe tle servants Betty Cow Gow the nurse e and Colonel Lindbergh N Nods d Encouragingly ly Lindbergh nodded encouragingly asked his questions in a quiet rea reassuring way He the baby was perfectly normal nornal nor nor- mal nal and perfectly healthy she said sold nd as to whether it could walk o of ourse oure What was the color of its hair asked herShe her She bit her lower lip hesitated Light golden she replied Hauptmann stirred in his chair Mrs Mr Lindbergh identified a picture It If f her slain son It was pa passed ed around o 0 the jurors Hauptmann leaned orward whispered to one of ot his at at- orneys Then came pictures taken in the nursery pointed to me Were these the to toys s 's of ot Charles Jr he asked Yes 4 Exactly as the they were 7 Yes Without flinching the famous r identified the baby's babs clothing laid aid a tiny sleeveless shirt n her lapIs lapIs lapIs lap Is that the garment I II 1 put it on my child she replied Is Is this the sh shirt rt the baby wore woren In n the night of l I March 1 I 1932 It Is 3 I IThe The jur Jury was completed at 10 1059 59 a. a m. m The eleventh juror chosen was Liscon C C. C Chase Franklin carpenter Howard V. V Biggs an unemployed bookkeeper of ot Clinton township was the twelfth and final person to be placed In the box The final makeup shows four women women wo woo men and eight men on the jury The rapidity with which opposing counsel disposed of the jury selection tion tion-it tion it was generally believed that thai this task would occupy at least three days while it was disposed of in less than one and one half days enabled days enabled the worlds world's most famous trial to swing into the testimony taking stage on its second day Justice Trenchard was the soul of punctuality appearing promptly on the bench at the tho hour he set for forthe forthe or orthe the resumption of the trial The jury had just filed in when he mounted the bench Hauptmann was not yet in court The prisoner prisoner- was led in a few minutes later He smiled briefly as lS he passed the defense table Then Then instead instead in in- stead of ot sitting down h he bent over the chair of Defense Counsel Fisher for a along along along long and earnest whispered confer I ence Lindbergh Enters Enten Room Colonel Lindbergh followed Hauptmann Haupt Haupl mann into court by a n few seconds accompanied by State Police Superintendent H. H Norman The roll of the remaining mem members rs of ot the jury panel was being droned ot off meanwhile as the last preliminary to proceedings in this or death struggle got under way When the roll of the 10 jurors was called the flying colonel looked directly directly directly di di- at the jur jury box with a 1 steady glance from face to face as the names were vere called During an interruption Mrs Lindbergh Lindbergh Lindbergh Lind Lind- bergh entered d the courtroom accompanied accorn- accorn by Mrs A rusle rus tie tle le of excitement passed over the room Colonel Lindbergh glanced toward her as she appeared then turned and stared straight ahead a set expression expression expression sion on his face Mrs Lindbergh from her seat among the other spectators soon began began began be be- gan to look about the room Her glance rested on Hauptmann who in ina ina a 1 momentary interruption shortly af afterward aft t. t erward stole a slow glance toward the he woman whose child ho he Is charged with murdering The jury complete a long huddle followed at the defense table Satisfactory your our honor said Fisher isher Fisher and at 1059 jobless Howard V V. Big Biggs of Clinton township was worn as juror No 12 Edward J. J Reilly chief defense counsel walked across to the prosecution prosecution prosecution prose prose- cution table for a brief conference with George K Large special Bassist Bassist- ant attorney general Justice Trenchard ordered th the jury guard sworn This done the court called a 1 minute five recess Hauptmann Glances at Each As the jurors retired from the room Hauptmann glanced at each He placed his hand to his mouth and anc exhibited a nervous interest in trivial trivia things going on about him the him the talk of the crowd the movements of officials oUi dais in the forward part of the room Fisher leaned toward him and asked a question Hauptmann's reply was wasso wasso wasso so low Jow he had to repeat it As he spoke he clasped an elbow with nervous nerv nery- ous fingers During the recess which ended at 11 1109 09 Anne Lindbergh's eyes repeatedly repeatedly repeat repeat- edly went to Hauptmann's face as he sat in his place No expression crossed Mrs Lindbergh's small oval face bulher but bul buther buther her eyes were tremendously alive Betty Gow Cow also looked occasionally y toward oward the man of murdering murder ing her haired golden charge Justice Trenchard at the end of ot the recess insisted upon the formality of polling the jurors and their guards Then he reiterated his admonition to the jurors to refrain from reading newspapers listening to the radio or attending public gatherings That is more or less of a hardship hard hard- ship he said but it must be done Exercise in company of ot the deputies ties ies he said would be permitted Begins Statement dapper in a dark gray suit his us sleek black hair glist glistening ning rose roseo roseto roseto to o his feet and began his opening statement The grand jury that was composed of citizens of this county has returned an indictment charging Charles A. A Lindbergh Jr was murdered Here is the law That where death of anyone anone ensues in the commission com corn mission of a burglary that killing is murder murder in the first de degree ree We are going to prove declared raising his voice that not only th the striking of ot the baby but the death occurred in Hunterdon county He struck his fist st into his palm at atthe atthe atthe the word death We are going to prove that the theman theman theman man who committed this crime sits in this ver very courtroom then swiftly sketched his story How Hauptmann after alter long and careful planning placed his ladder ladder ladder lad lad- der against the house and stole the baby S Ladder Broke When he was coming down the ladder lad hId der he went on the ladder broke There was more weight coming down He pictured the fleeing kidnaper carrying the thc baby in one arm and the ladder In the other He took the ladder in one hand About seven feet away the load was too heavy with the dead bundle in his other hand continued choking as he emphasized his arguments ments He abandoned the ladder declared the thc kidnaper realizing realizing realizing real real- izing a dead baby could not be returned returned re re- re turned ripped the sleeping garment from the body to use for ransom negotiation purposes He spoke of Dr John F. F Condon a very distinguished educator in the Bronx and told how the aged man inserted an advertisement in the Bronx Home News offering his services services services ser ser- vices as an intermediary That advertisement Hauptmann answered he said thumping the court rail Well show you ou this defendant defendant de de- de- de fondant personally got a taxi driver to deliver the answer to Dr Con Con- don Hauptmann said contacted contacted con con- Condon and asked Will I burn if the child dies Confident Tone Speaking in a confident tone Wil entz described step by step the ransom ransom ran ran- som negotiations which were climaxed climaxed cli cli- when the freshly laundered sleeping suit was mailed to the Lind Lind- berghs as proof they dealt deaU with the kidnaper The slight dapper attorney general raised his arms in emphasis and asserted asserted asserted as as- Hauptmann told Condon that the price of return of the baby would increase to if the were not paid before April 8 Colonel Lindbergh sat immovable his head resting on his hand while talked His eyes never left leH as the opening statement con con- In vivid language the attorney general gen eral cral pa painted the scene of ot the ransom payments how Dr Condon stood in the street outside a Bronx cemetery Finally there was a shout Hey doctor Hey doctor twice shouted In th the still UIl of the night you could have heard that shout for blocks When he referred to Hauptmann turned and waved his arm fist fisl closed toward the chair where the defendant sat He recounted two 1 ransom contacts with Dr Condon When the money was finally paid in the cem cemetery tery charged Hauptmann told Condon Good work Futile Flight He told of that futile flight Colonel Lindbergh made to Gay Head Mass to find the mythical boat on which the kidnaper said the baby wasAnd wasAnd wasAnd was And Lindbergh who could find a n aspeck aspeck speck at the end of the earth could not find his baby because baby because Hauptmann Hauptmann Hauptmann Haupt Haupt- mann had murdered that baby A look of horror flitted l across the faces of jurors as described I Ithe the gruesome scene in the morgue I when the horribly decomposed body was identified That was the little eagle he said traced by the gold bill he passed pissed at a 1 gas station He told of the finding of the cache of ot Lindbergh ransom money In his Bronx home the discovery of Dr address written Inside a closet in the house and the tracing of the thc ladder lumber Hes got sot this this' ladder around his neck shouted flinging lUnging a gesture in the direction of the sullen defendant One rung comes right from his attic It was put on with his tools Well prove it There had to be a n motive for it Jt said He committed this crime He had planned it for fOl months He wanted money money money lot lots of money shouted We demand the penalty of ot first degree murder Those were his last words He sat down mopping his brow talked from 1117 a a. a m m. m to 1146 1140 ReIlly immediately arose and asked a mistrial on the Impassioned plea O of intended to inflame the jury Justice Trenchard denied the mo tion Lion Justice Trenchard permitted Reilly to take an exception to his ruling for purposes of possible appeal S Weigh Evidence The justice expressed the opinion when denying the motion that the jury understood it must weigh the evidence dispassionately There was a brief delay as maps of mountain area were being tacked on the rack erected on the wall behind the witness chair Directing the was the states state's first witness Walter E. E Roberts Roberts Roberts Rob Rob- erts Hunterdon county engineer Alongside the map was tacked lacked a chart showing a plan of ot the Lindbergh Lind bergh Hopewell estate Roberts was sworn as the first witness witness wit wit- ness as soon as his charts were |