LINDBERGH BABY CASE
v TRIAL MAY END THIS WEEK (Received February 5, 7.5 p.m.) FLEMINGTON, February 4. The taking of evidence was speeded up in the Hauptmann trial to-day, both the prosecution and the defence expressing a wish to finish the case this week—the sixth of the trial. Mr Reilly (for the defence) continued to press two main contentions, namely that Hauptmann was at home on the important dates of the case, and that Violet Sharpe, the English maid at the Morrow home, was in some way involved in the kidnapping. Two defence witnesses swore to alibis for Hauptmann on the night he allegedly received the ransom from Dr. Condon, and the nieht he is charged with passing a ransom note in a theatre. Another witness said that on the night of the kidnapping when Violet Morrow was supposed to have been keeping a clandestine engagement at a speakeasy, the witness saw her near the Hudson River ferry, carrying a baby's blanket. The defence made a surprise move, bringing forward to-day an exact duplicate of the ladder used in the kidnapping. This had broken under a weight of 180 pounds, whereas Hauptmann weighed slightly more than that.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21391, 6 February 1935, Page 11
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