| Show Nurse Admits r L Telling Others I f Of Lindy's s Moves L Star Witness Identifies of I Slain Baby Faces Grueling Ordeal During Examination Cross-Examination By WILLIAM 1 A. A KINNEY Copyright 1935 by Associated Press FLEMINGTON N. N J. J Jan 7 Betty 7 Betty Gow nursemaid to the slain baby Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr today identified iden Iden- the garments worn by by the baby on its last night Inthe in ine inthe the e Lindbergh home and admitted under examination cross-examination that she probably told oth others rs of the move move- men ments ment ts I j 1 I J The little Scotch nurse took the as a a. star state witness when court court opened for the second week of the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann Haupt Haupt- Hauptmann Hauptmann mann Bronx carpenter accused of the murder 1 l Miss Misa Gow Go collapsed as she le left eft t the stand at p. p m. m after three hours of Dt testimony Her direct questioning brought out outI I the finding by her hel a hundred yards from rom the Lindbergh home o of a thumb guard u td worn by the baby a point through which the state hopes to prove the was baby killed in Hunterdon Hunterdon Hunter Hunter- don county f Creates Creat s Stir in Court 4 Edward Edvard J Reilly ch chief ef manns mann's defense counsel added significance significance sig sig- to the when he held it up and boomed at the nurse j f Are you sure you didn't drop this yourself r f Mis Gow froze into defiance as she he shot back the words I did not J She acknowledged ed to Reilly a 8 Continued on 00 Page PUt Two NURSE FAINTS I FOLLOWING QUIZ I Betty Gow Admits Telling Others of Movements Continued from torn Paso puo One probability she had told Red JohnOn Johnson John son On the planned not to return from Hopewell to Englewood on Monday February 29 29 1932 as they would have done if the baby had been well She also acknowledged to the defense de de- between herself herself her her- fens ense a telephone call self and Johnson the fateful night of or March 1 John Johnson n called her while the dined she he said in jn response to a message she had left leU at athis athis athis his home borne She wanted to tell him she could not keep a date Anne Phoned Her HerShe She told lold as M well vell of the telephone c. c call l to her from Mrs Lindbergh h by which she he learned the famil family was not returning to Englewood because of the baby's cold She explained that Mrs Lindbergh t preferred to act as nurse to her own baby during the usual weekend trips to Hopewell Miss Gow Go remained at atthe atthe atthe the home of Mrs Dwight W. W Morrow Mrs Lindbergh's mother in Engle Englc- wood The night of the however however how how- ever she was in jn Hop Hopewell ell having been summoned b by Mrs Lindbergh h. h During her testimony for the state the nurse related that when Colonel Lindbergh was was' apprised of or the fact act his baby was missing he procured a ariDe rifle riDe ran into the nursery and cried Anne they've stolen oUr Defense Quiz Quit Vigorous The little nursemaid whose charge was the and slain baby Charles Charle Augustus Lindbergh Jr became became be be- came the object of or vigorous attack by the defense immediately after alter she finished direct testimony for the state in Sn which she identified the undershirt worn by the child on the last night she saw it and described the scene following discovery of the Lind Lind- berghs' berghs loss The examination cross was pointed to the line announced previously by bythe bythe bythe the defense e which is an attempt to show that the was plotted in the Lindbergh home by others than the family members member and carried out by two men and two women Red Johnson Johnron was a sailor on a yacht owned by one of the Morgan partners He was acquainted with Betty Gow and she roe acknowledged on the stand that she went to movies with him H He was s questioned during the investigation investigation investigation in in- of the but was released and deported for illegal entry into the country countr Investigation of him at the time centered about the fact tact that a milk muk bottle had been found in a car which he drove to Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridge Bridge- port Conn First to Know Edward J. J Reilly chief of the the- accused ac ac- ac Hauptmann's d defense staff booming qu questions at the little Ue nurse brought out the fact act that she was the first person in th the Morrow Morro home borne to know the Lindbergh's were not returning returning re re- returning turning from Hopewell on Monda Monday February 29 It had pr previously been testified that Betty Gow did not usually accompany the fliers t to Hope Hope- Hopewell wen well Mrs Lindbergh preferring preferring- g- g go o o orole orole role of ot nursemaid herself hersel on these ou ot I D Did i you tell an any of the help she was not coming back Reilly asked Probably I did she he replied Now what members of the establishment l did you tell that Mrs Lindbergh Lindbergh LIndbergh Lind Lind- bergh was not returning with her baby I cannot recall now Did you tell Red Johnson I believe so 0 Why did you tell Red Johnson Mrs Lindbergh and the baby were not returning I cannot recall exactly telling them but I probably would in con con- You saw him Monday evening Yes Where did you go with him I just dont don't recall riding I 1 be be- lieve You were supposed to be very fond of ot the bab baby weren't you Re Reilly asked a bit later Fond of oC Baby aby r I was wa very fond of oC the baby she replied Then Reilly asked her why she didn't volunteer to go to Io Hopewell and care for the baby when she learned it H had a cold She replied that Mrs Lindbergh h didn't ask herBut her But you iOU went out Monday night with Mr Johnson I Idid Arid And d you told Mr Johnson that the tho Lindberg were not coming comin back Monday night is that correct I just dont don't recall if I told Mr Johnson that Did you ou tell anybody else I 1 probably did Why For no reason In the house I mean I r suppose it was a natural thing for anyone to ask me why the baby wasn't coming back and I should reply that he had a slight cold and that thal bint Mrs Mn Lindbergh was vias bringing him back But you told no did you No And you told no outsiders uNo No And you did not tell this defend ant n did aid you you Ou I I did not I Was at Morrow Home HomeI HomeM M Miss s Goy Gow was in the thc home I Mrs Lindbergh's mother molher Mrs Dwight W Morrow at Englewood when she received re reo re- re th the telephone call from Irom lIo hopeWell hope hope- e. e well informing her the Lindbergh's would not return that day Miss Gow would not agree wilh ith Reilly that only she was and Ollic Whately the late Lin Lindbergh bergh butler and the thc latter latter's wife wile knew w about the call Nurse NurMI Is First Witness The Thc trial began at 1003 a a. a. a rn m m. m with Miss MLIS Gow the first witness She said under direct questioning by Attorney General that her name is Bessie Mowat Gow and she lived in Scotland Where There were ere you employed on March 1 I 1932 the day of or the kid kid- naping asked At the Lindbergh home in Hope- Hope well quickly brou brought hl the questioning questioning questioning ques ques- to the thc day of the March 1 I 1932 The Thc nursemaid related how she arrived ar Rr ar- ar rived led at the thc estate at nt p. p m m. that days dayi She recounted the events of the afternoon She spoke of the thc baby His cold seemed to be much better she recalled We played upstairs inthe in inthe the thc nursery The baby and I yes Played With Baby aby She s said id that at al 4 o'clock on the thc baby's last day she was playing with the thc bab baby in jn the nursery Then Mrs Mr Lindbergh came home S Then what Well I served her tea Her words had a ver very slight British accent She pronounced her words carefully carefully care care- fully and slowly frequently moistening moistening moisten moisten- ing her lips She described how she he had sewn a little shirt for the thc baby wish flannel material al from the nursery and thread obtained from Mrs ClUe Ollie Whately wife wife- of the buU butler r. r I stitched it jt up hurriedly she said apologetically That is 15 the piece of cloth you put next to the bab baby's skin asked showing her a piece of or the Ule material from which the thc shirt was cut Views Discolored Shirt Then out came the discolored little shirt which was found on the mutilated muti little body As M showed it H to her she stiffened in her chair He asked her herto herto herto to identify it This is 15 the exact little shirt she began and then stopped topped to swallow I I 1 made for the baby What did you do then asked At while Elsie Whately and andI I were having tea he ran into the Ule tea tearoom room We left him In the tearoom one minute before fore he had his supper We undressed him and gave him some physic He didn't like that No It spilled on his lap Yes encouraged I anted to sew his little sleeping leeping suit so I got some thread from Mrs l Whately Blue thread And do you know what this is asked handing her a piece of cloth almost brown with dirt Identifies Cloth Yes its it's his shirt she said aid He showed her another piece of cloth fleecy woolen white hite Do you recognize this Yes Yes it is a piece of the shirt I meant to l sew ew that in She said there thereas was vas another woolen worn by the baby showed her a faded piece of cloth it she said Did you ou affix the Yes showed her the thumb- thumb g guard ard and she described v. ho she how she put putt t it on the baby that night Is HIs this the was that tw that thal night inquired indicating the tape fasten fastening ng That is the identical knot knoL One Left Open Her story next concerned how she and Mrs Lindbergh closed the windows windows win win- dows and shutters in the nursery All windows and and- shutters were secured except the shutters on the kidnap window window window win win- dow in the soul southeast east corner of th the nursery This one we couldn't quite close dose It was slightly warped We closed it as best we could she said said explaining that the thc shutters were closed but not locked Before she left the nursery at 8 p. p m. m the thc skinned dark-skinned nurse DUrEe said she he he tucked the child in Asked to detail further her movements movements move move- ments of the thc evening Miss MIs Go Gow con con- Mrs Whately and I took dinner I in the kitchen When Colonel Lindbergh Lindbergh Lind Lind- bergh came in he spoke poke to us u.s. I Wh Where There re was Whately asked his witness Mr Whately the butler was in inthe inthe inthe the pantry I believe Did you see him from Irom time tim to time As I 1 r recall all I did Received Call Later the thc nursemaid continued I I 1 received a telephone call from irom a friend Who was the friend Henry Johnson She said she saw Ollie Whately hately the Lindbergh houseman and Mrs Whately at frequent intervals in the thc servants servants' dining room between 8 and 9 o'clock before she went upstairs to Mrs Whately's room to see a dress the housekeeper had bought I looked at my w witch watch it was 2 minutes of or 10 I said I must go to the baby to Mrs Whately She told how she reached the flu nursery I 1 found things I exactly I did not put any light on on I opened the door for the light from the thc hall ball I crossed the nursery and closed the window window- the French windows I plugged in the electric heater to take the chill off oll the roomI roomI roomI room I then crossed over to the crib I didn't turn the light on on Because you might awaken him I lie He Wasn't There Therel Y Yes that's right then thel thelI I felt all allover allover ll llover over the bed He wasn't there I The Thc girls girl's voice broke waited until she could resume Colonel Lindbergh h. h who has hat shown a R keen interest in m all testimony at athis thiS his trial was never more attentive than han when Betty Gow told her stor story He swallowed hard several veral times but ut showed no other emotion at the thc touching testimony I turned quickly and ran downstairs down stairs when I failed to find the baby Miss Gow continued I l 1 asked Mrs Lindbergh h if she had the bab baby She looked surprised and said no Then I told the colonel He ran upstairs and said nothing but later went to the closet for Cor his gun And then Anne they've stolen our baby Who said that thal prompted gently FIg FIg-bIA Tears The colonel did Her voice was trembling and she he was fighting to 10 keep back the tears She put down her head I The attorney general tot rot ot her a glass of water and she r recovered her composure somewhat before continuing continuing continuo ing with her story of or how the police were summoned and Lindbergh da dashed ed forth Into the night with his rifle rille Mrs Lindbergh Mrs j WhAtely and the he nurse went down dumbly to the living room on the first t floor after they had frantically searched the house Q What were you ou doing A. A I guess we were all praying for fore forthe forthe the e return of the baby We didn't speak peak Q You all sat at there in silence A A. A Yes Saw Ransom Note The young youn nur nursemaid emaid also alco told ot of seeing the ransom note on the windowsill windowsill win win- and of finding a smudge of dirt on ort the sheet sheel of the baby's crib asked her to describe the finding inding of the baby's I believe it was about a month after acter the kIdnap ng Mrs Whately and I were walking about bout yards ards from Crom the house I 1 saw it lying on the ground and andI I picked it up Q Was it jt near the public highway highway high high- way A. A Yes Q It was the thc same Jame then as you rou I see it now I A. A Yes I She took up the little blue cord cordon on the thumb It was knotted just as it is js she said I She clutched a tightly rolled handkerchief in her c clenched hands as the ordeal went on Hauptmann I Mrs Hauptmann watched her but without any show of interest Hauptmann Haupt Hauptmann mann was Then came the story of ot the identification identification cation of oC the body I I went to Trenton she said When you got to Trenton did you 1 0 go to the morgue A. A I did Q Did you ou see a bod body there A A. I did Q Q Whose body was it A. A Charles Lindbergh Jr she said ald with quivering lips Q How much did the baby weigh then A A. A About 26 26 2 pounds and he W was IS about 33 inches tall taU Q You came here from Scotland to testify A. A Yes i then turned her over to Reilly Cross Quiz lz Begins Big and bulky the chief defense counsel started speaking in a Q very low voice Q Q- How old are you A A. I am 30 SO He began by probing about her background and the places s she had been employed She said she was once employed in Detroit I Q Q Where did you work in jn Detroit De Dc- troit A. A Several places She mentioned four lour or five places she held as maid Q Did you OU associate with young men A. A Yes W objected and this line ine of questioning ceased She said she had communicated with no Detroit young oung men since leaving there Did you ever apply appl for work through h Hackensack employment agency A. A Yes Q And you were unable to supply supply sup sup- ply references Here objected and R Reilly illy rephrased his question Q Did you ou not give any en- references refer reler- when you OU looked for a job A. A No Q How did you secure your position position po po- po with t the e Wax Was Recommended A. A Through the thc recommendation of a maid named Mary Beattice in the thc Morrow home Q How many brothers have you A. A I have two brothers brothers Alexan Alexan Alexandcr der and James Q Where are arc they now A. A Glasgow Q When did they get back A. A They've never been out o of Scotland Reilly tamed to Henry Red Johnson Johnson John John- son the thc acquaintance of Miss Gow who was questioned in m the thc early carly days of oC the case She said she met him in jn North Haven Me His Ills name was Henry Johnson I 1 believe his friends called him Red she said Q Did you and he go out together together |
