Show HAUPTMANN KIDNAPER oU I r T Colonel Recalls 1 Voice of Suspect At Murder Trial Father of Slain Child Tells Graphic Story of Paying Ransom and of Futile I Search for Young Son By WILLIAM A. A KINNEY KINNEYS S Copyright 1935 by the Associated Press FLEMING FLEMINGTON TON N N. J. J Jan 4 Colonel 4 Colonel Charles A. A Lindbergh Lindbergh Lindbergh Lind Lind- bergh from the witness stand today accused Bruno Richard Hauptmann of his infant son nearly three years I ago Defense Counsel Edward J. J Reilly asked the famous flier it directly if he believed Hauptmann was guilty Lindbergh said Yes I do followed earlier carlier The fliers flier's opinion I Identification by him of ol Hauptmann's Hauptmann's Haupt- Haupt manns mann's voice as that of ol the man mart who I r said Hey Doctor in a Bronx cemetery ter tery and collected ransom ramom j. j for lor a baby alread already dead The he sound of ol the voice was recalled J t as 5 the colonel took the witness stand standI I at the opening of ol the third da day of murder of Hauptmann's manns trial for lor Charles A. A Lindbergh Jr He was replying to a question by Attorney General David T. T on direct examination Shortly afterward he hek hel l k was turned over to defense counsel counsellor for lor cross examination I t Mrs Anne Morrow Lindbergh Veas was 1 1 absent from court today Betty Beth Gow who was nurse for lor the I murdered Lindbergh bab baby w was was' s' s in Inthe inthe the same brown costume she wore y yesterday She sat In III a a front row rowl chair where she had a clear cleal front frontI I view of Hauptmann j i mouth and her brooding eyes had bad a grim accusing look f Hauptmann watched the witness st stand nd where Lindbergh i in his gray suit sui sat with crossed legs He did not meet the eyes of the nurse No Saturday Session f There will be beno no session of the trial Saturday When court adjourned at ati r i lada today it was to resume at 10 a. a m. m Monda Monday Lindbergh's opinion that Haupt- Haupt r mann the child followed a art rt legal argument over his right to ex ex- Continued on Pa Pare Seven 1 t INDY NOY POINTS Q I 1 i OUT ACCUSED SED 05 j Its ills of Paying Ransom and of Futile Hunt forr for a r f Young Son I 4 Continued from Pate Page One o ass an opinion about the conviction John Hughes Curtis of Roanoke i a a. a for obstruction of justice N j The state contended that J If Lind Lind- I ergh gave his opinion of then he lust also be bs allowed to give his open n l of the present moment The court cour t reed freed Keilly Reilly asked finally Colonel I will ask you as sug sug- ested by the court and I assume assum e i at your answer will wm be that th the e you b believe now is guilty guilt 11 the Is that correct corred Shall I answer Lindbergh asked aske d r ie p court t Yes Ye said Justice Thomas W W. 3 I I I do do said Lindbergh j l A buzz went over the courtroom a as ast s t g gave ve his dramatic test any lony about bout the cemetery event Chic Chief Chieff f f Defense Counsel Edward J. J R Helly Rail Hell y called for a glass glas of ot water i t an and d toiled fled I Justice Trenchard paid no heed to he hc mild mUd disorder continued with notes he was making g. g v Cross Examination Cross When the fliers flier's ransom story end end- Kl i Attorney General David T T. him over to Reilly for cross cross- sc animation tion c Reillys Reilly's first question was Colonel k are you armed objected answer anwer your honor bonor the flier laid aid Jd and then in jn a a low firm voice 4 kt Im not armed e Before the croSs examination cross wasen was taken aken en up Lindbergh described all of hIs ils Ls futile search for his son his flights lights over Dver land and sea all sea all of them in vain t tHe He told of putting In a small wooden box and nd of removing remo t it t the cemetery after Dr Condon told rim im the ransoming could be done for The box was slightly cracked he ae said b because cause of the bulk of the rj N Lea Leaves vel CarThe Car CarI I The doctor got out of or t the e automobile automo pile bile at th the cem cemetery tery he related and returned In from 10 to 15 minutes Later he went to Bridgeport Conn Cann hoping coping to get his child He went by byar bygar ar gar with Dr Condon Colonel Henry tenry I and a Mr Irey of ot the internal revenue bureau From Bridgeport the party part took to IJ 0 the air In an amphibian plane How lIO long were you ou in jn the air In into m to amphibian plane asked vI iI I believe severa several hours I haven't he e exact time Hmo but we flew up over o he area described in the not note We Wended up there and spent a consid consid- Table gable time looking over the sea har bar x ors tors rs In that vicinity The note of which he spoke he aid ald had been delivered to Dr ConIon ConIon Con Con- Ion at St St. Raymonds Raymond's cemetery when he money was paid What was the purpose of your miss mis- mission ion In the plane plan he was asked t- t Looking for tor float Boat Vc l We Wc w were ere looking for the boat de de- in the note which you jOU just how d me and nd to sc see if w we could md nd any location of ot m my son son And after alter approximately two ours ours ours- We were gone I believe longer tan ran that because we landed there as dS recall now we did not return until f ter iter noon Did you pilot the plane yourself ri tI did And An during those hours you ou arched th the waters In that vicinity ir Jf the boat that you ou hop hoped d had our son In hi it That is correct Your search search of course was in vain lin lat at time prompted It was wa Lindbergh replied iy ly You returned then where I I believe we returned to a field a ending IndIng field near Hempstead Long land gland called the Aviation Country lub Did you make another effort in a lane to locate the bont boot that was sup sup- to be the on one hat you were for forI or I did later When The same day No it w was ryas s a d day or two forward I see see and who went up with you that time At the moment I dont don't recall who was In that plane Up Several Hours flours He piloted again he said grid arid was wao up In the air for tor several hours And again that search earch was in rain ln Y Yes s. s Then he landed at Teterboro airport air port In New Jer Jersey e he said and drove on to his home in Hopewell- Hopewell That That hat was in jn AprI Apfl during the early part The fliers flier's full testimony on the matter of hearing bearing what he alleged w was Hauptmann's s voice was as follows Q On the night of April 2 2 1932 when you were In the vicinity of St St. Dmm D ni C and prior to de dc ii livering the money money-fo money to Dr and you h heard ard a voice hollering Hey doctor in some foreign voice I think it sIne since that time as liS you r referred to It have you heard hc-ard th the same voice A. A Yes I have Q Whose voice was it Colonel that you heard in the vicinity of St St. Raymonds Raymond's cemetery that night sayIng say say- Ing rig Hey doctor A. A It was Hauptmann's voice Q You heard it a second time tim e where t I t tA A A. At District Attorney Foley Foley's s office of or flee fice in Now New York In the Bronx The third da day of ot the t trial ial began bega n at 1001 a m. m with Colonel Lindbergh Lindberg resuming the witness stand with direct di dl reef testimony The jur jury was In court early an and d posed o for Ol innumerable photographs j The opposing legal legel staffs also were on hand before Supreme Court J Jus Justice s lice tice Thomas W. W Trenchard appeared There w were re frequent short whispered conferences at defense and and prosecution prosecution tion tables 1 The ransom notes in to their mew transparent ent ant cellophane envelopes s received much attention by the state sUit attorney nun Buzz Dies DIe D Down tn The buzz of conversation died dow down n as Judge Trenchard mounted the bench and the j jury ry roll was called Then Hauptmann looking paler pale r and more eyed deep than usual Was brought Into court with his state stat e trooper and deputy sheriff guards H He did not pause to talk to his counsel as he did yesterday Lindbergh LindberCh entered court four minutes min ruin utes after alter Justice Trenchard He wore the same gray suit as yesterday yesterday yes a blue shirt and blue and white while striped tie tic He was accompanied by Colonel H. H Norman head of the Jers Jersey y state police pollee Judge Trenchard opened the trial with If If the counsel are arc ready Colonel Colonel Colo Colo- Colonel nel Lindbergh you m may 1 take the stand The aviator then took long strides to th the stand He cro crossed d his legs threw one arm over the back of or his chair and smiled slightly Fixes Eyes on Witness Hauptmann fixed his pale blue eyes on the flying colonel as the testimony progressed Lindbergh looked straight at Attorney General who questioned him asked Now colonel you were telling us about the second note you received and getting away from toom that moment and returning to the home again you said Isaid you jou ou went into the room rom I think on two occasions after alter which or between be be- tween which you vou went out with your our r rifle lc No Now will you tell us about the condition of the room with rc reference to tei whether or not there were any footprints of any kind at all ll In the room Lindbergh answered There were prints on the suitcase or on top of th the suitcase which was under the window on the south southeast t side IsIde of the nursery There was also at least one print on the floor lO r beneath that window and inside of the suitcase suit suit- case and there was also according to m my b best st recollection a print on the wIndowsill itself Continuing the examination Q What do you ou mean b by a print colonel A A. A deposit of ot yellow clay I will wilI call caIl H.Q. it lt Q Sort of a mud A. A Well mud carries more of ot the distinction of ot blackness to me mc It ft was a yellowish red clay such as outside of the fhe house beneath neath that window Q I s see I Length of Foot A A. A The length and approximately the breadth of a mans man's foot the prints print s were not as distinct as to be able t to so o see the complete outline of a foot But Hie they were very definitely made mad e b by a mans man's foot Q So that as I understand it then there were these these we we will call the them m prints from the windowsill in th the mc c direction of the crib toward the crib A. A was at least on between betwee tt the windowsill and the crib In add addi tion to the others Q When you talk about the chest I show how you exhibit S-ll S S 11 and ask you whether or not the chest which appears ap ap- p. p pears on that exhibit right immediately immedi- immedi immediately atel adjoining the window is the chest that you OU refer to A A. A It Is Is Jable Mentioned i The name of ot Dr John F. F Condon the of 01 the ransom negotiations was mentioned in testimony for the first time when Wilt produced additional ransom notes Eventually did you mc meet t Dr Condon Condon Con Con- don Yes said the father of ot the sla Main child It It was the evening ot of March 9 9 or early in the morning of Mar March ch 10 And through him did yoU receive these notes Yes Dr Condon brought these the e with him to our out home in Hopewell that evening he said then three more ransom notes and their envelope a. a.- a evidence They accepted Hentz then took the ran ransom Om notes passed them to Defense Counsel Roilly Reilly for tor brief scrutiny and offered them as evidence Did you authorize Dr Condon to conduct ransom negotiations Wll entz resumed Yes I 1 did Lindbergh answered Examined Carefully One by one presented the notes Hates of ot that futile ransom correspondence corre corre- LInd Lindbergh examined th them m all carefully even rendIng reading one or two of the letters to make positive Yes th that is one of the notes was Wa his invariable rap reply I This was shown to me very shortly short short- ly before the payment of the money in the cemetery he said crisply in identifying one of ot the last letters the kidnaper sent to showed Lindbergh a faded scrap of paper a section o of a rotogravure roto roto- gravure section That said Lindbergh is part ofa of ofa a wrapping paper peper I saw at Dr Con dons don's home In it was wrapped the thesle sleeping ping suit uit showed the colonel a baby's sleeping suit next this thi wrapped In that paper paper pa pa- per he dem demanded The colonel looked at the small suit suitong long ong and quizzically After Alter he had answered Yes that is js right he continued con con- to gaze at the garment in jn which his son on slept his last sleep Hauptmann stared intently at Lind bergh as the suit suil was placed on e ex hibit He blinked bUnked Final Note Finally Lindbergh came carne to the final note which imm immediately preceded he the ransom payment I 1 was in Dr Condon's home In the Bronx It was April 2 1932 he related re re- d describing the arrival of ot that last ost note I saw Dr Condon Cordon walk to the t able table and from beneath it he got a n note ote Lindbergh related He said he did not see Dr Condon get et the note As a result of that note did you and nd Dr Condon then depart In an auto uto a S Yes we did Who w was was s driving I 1 was vas was a asked ked if they had money with them We had It was wrapped in brown bro roWn paper and packed in a wooden box The time colonel Approximately half hall past eight Sat In bar Zar You sat in the car while Dr Condon Con Con- don went into the cemetery Wil- Wil entz asked cd Y Yes r How far was the car from the cemetery About two or three hundred feet Dr Condon walked along the cemetery Lindbergh continued and Went to the corner And you ou sat in jn the car with Yes Dr Condon stood at the corner a few moments and then turned back and started to walk back Then I heard clearly I a voice seeming to come from within the cemetery And what did that voice say It said Hey He doctor It W was lS a foreign loreign accent How many times did you hear that voice Only ones once Since that thet night in St. St Raymond cemetery did you hear that same ame voice went on Yes Whose was that voice Mr Hauptmann Went to Confer Dr Condon went oil off to confer wit with h t tHe ile kidnaper after the Hey Her doc doe tor lor hall haJJ He returned In 10 minutes Lind b bergh ergh said Did you jou ou give him the money I I gave him part of ot it it said th the e colonel explaining this that sug su g Bested d only be paid He Ue was vas was asked to describe ibe the bo box x containing Hi the r The Thc actual pay payment ent of ot the ransom required 10 or 15 minutes he sai said d After review of ot Lindbergh's fruit l 1 less ess search for the baby following g the ransom payment came the stor story y of ot that d na at midnight i ia in jn ina n a Trenton morgue You that bod saw body Yes It was your our child Y Yes s. s So you did not not get your money Y back and you ou didn't get your chil child d back No h he said quietly then offered the witness s to th the defense defensa for cro cross s cros n Reilly launched into a severe In In of the colonel colon sl with reo re regard regard gard Rard to the character of his house hold help Mr Mr and 2nd Mrs Wheatley were In i n your house th the day the baby was was kid Ie were they not Yea Ye Wh t What investigation did you maim mako ako o into the reputation of Wheatley I 1 talked to him Beyond that s Nothing You didn't didn't look took into his bac back background k ground back j I dont don't recall He w was s one of two present nt the d da day y of or the who has has since died Yes he died in the winter of or 1033 You took Mrs Wheatley the same sam c on pj Pace Sixteen I LINDY UNDY POINTS OUT ACCUSED Tells of Paying Ransom and of Futile Hunt for Young Son r. r 0 1 Continued from Put Part Seven without way without t recommendation Yes YC Now how did you get Gow Cow She came recommended by the Morrow household I Did you ou know she had had any broth broth- IrI eca No I You Vou |