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he was a Scandinavian?
A. Once.
Q Did you ever say the man
• Didn’t you
knew the kidnap
name? -»
A On a boat yea, but not blind-
folded.
Dr Condon told Reilly he had
been azked to go by steamer to
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Rellly than directed
A I don't remember.
Reilly asked If’ Mrs. Busch had
not identitted herself as a native
Defense Cross—
(Continued from Paas One
defense chief's arm was pointing
in the correct direction.
A. Yes, on April 2nd.
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arMu uptohls chin, and the doc-
tor obligingly showed the jury how
John hunched down with his coat
collar turned up.
He balked however when Rellly
wanted him to don a brown felt
hit to' complete the pieture.
Q Will this hat fit you?
A. I wouldn't put It on, but I
can tell you (looking at the hat-
band). T.
Q Have you a soft hat with you
today?
A. Ha, I wear a derby
Jafsie at this particular part of
the testimony gave Reilly a little
English lesson. correcting his ques-
York omee for delivery to the avia-
tor.
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named Mrs. Koren to stand up and
come over to the witness stand for
commetGienttgT S
Jatsie identified her as one with
a companion named Mrs Busch.
Q Didn't you gjve Mra Busch
letters (referring to the previous
exhibits' and tell them they were
in the handwriting of the kidnap-
ere?
A. No. I did not
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related how be aat ana talked with
John In the park.
checks.
A. I don't remember exactly.
"Jafsie" said that the woman had
told him she had bought two farm
plots near Hopewell, one of which
she hoped to work herself.
Wientz demanded that the let-
ters lie read to the jury.
"The contents are not so tmpor-
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several minutes and looked up to
say: 5
“Yes sir, I received that letter,"
He said that on the day he re-
cetvea the letter, he had consuited
2 When did you receive the hrst
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wrapped.
Q So if the package contained one
or two notes or whatever there was
in there, It was delivered for Col.
Lindbergh?
A Yes. sir.
This line of questioning was aim-
ed at the defense assertion that one
of the two ransom notes which came
with the sleeping suit was missing
The state thus brought out that
Lindbergh- took custody of the en-
10th of March. Another was Mrs. Myra Hacker, Dr.
'hen he Hrst knew Condon's daughter, who followed her
____ _______I father to the door when he received
of the sealed let a ransom note delivered by John Per-
i ——- tons, ths taxi driver who has Iden
lifted Hauptmann as the man who
gave him 41 to take it to Condon’s
Bronx home. ‘
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you talked to had a scar on
face?
A. No. I did not see a scar,
Q. Who left first?
A. I did.
Jafsie then narrated how
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in your
The public is not asked to try
an untgied produgt, or believe any
unsupported claims. Physicians ,
10 miutes."
I only once?
I Jafsie to
iter who looked chic in a black
trimmed with a white collar,
I earnestly with Wilentz as
-About an PQu
Q And he cou
Reilly then asked
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28 Buick 2-door sedan. 28 Chevrolet coupe, 30 Hupp sedan, 30
teacher."
"No sir," snapped Condon while
Wientz objected.
Mrs Koren and Mrs. Busch were
two women who came to Dr. Con-
don's Bronx home in March. 1932,
when his identity as Jafsie was
known
Reilly brought out Mra. Busch told
the doctor she was familiar with
Hopewen. A real estate transaction
infolytng two farms was discussed,
qondeon sate,
- The derense said it would cal Mrs.
Koren as its witness in the case.
- Court we resumed after noon re-
ores st 145pm
•I saw only one,” said Jafsie
adding the man in the car had his
head out of the window
the kidnap symbol, and he answered
with “the opening - -______.1
---------—,-------tor addreused to Col Linabergn."
Of Flemington, by exhibiting bank ' Wilents asked Jatele to explam
• • ' What he meant when he deschibed
Q Did you ever go out in a boat
in connection with this case?
dameramen’ flash bulbs went off
almost la her face.
Cross Examination Ends
group knew it?
A What do you mean by group?
Q. You, Colonel Lindbergh—?
A. The three of us.
Q. Al Reich didn’t know it?
A You’ll have to ask him about
that I didn’t ten him. I don’t tell
my business to anyone.
Q. Who made the box (in which
the money was placed)?
A. I'planned the making of the
box.
Q. Didn't those who wrote the
reneem notes sugget the box?
A Yes.
9 Then they planned it?
A. They suggested it
“Who made the box?" Reilly re-
peated.
“Jafsie" heretofore never at a
loss for an answer, fumbled.
Relly almost leaped at him.
Q Who made the box?
A I can't remember the name.
A wood worker on webster avenue,
near 190th street. Id recall his
name if it were mentioned.
“You had a box made," shouted
Reilly, “and yo don’t know who
made it?
Wilentz popped up to object to
Reilly’s manner.
“Don't shout, don’t shout,.’ said
Jafsie. "I can hear. Im not deaf. I
can hear every syllable you utter if
you use your lips, don't shout."
Reilly wanted to know who in-
structed him to have the box built.
Q. Who were the orders fron»,
from the chief?
A. Na Coionol Lindbergh and
Colonel Breckenridge.
It cost 9325 and was built ac
cording to his own plans, he went
on, because he wanted to be able
to recognize it if he ever saw it
again
There were five layers of wood
in the box to make it distinctive.
Jafsie related.
taut," Reilly replied, "it's the
handwriting. I will not have the
letters read."
Counsel then agreed that the
contents had no reference to the
Lndbergh case, but were mtror
duced for handwriting evidence by
the defense.
Reilly started to ask if Dr. Con-
don had been transferred from a
public school where he had been
principal in 1902 because of "con-
duct unbecoming a gentleman, be-
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New Note Injected
Reilly Interjected a new note in
the case when he demanded Con-
don state whether or not he nai
ever said "the child’s body was
brought back to the spot where it
was found."
He was trying to establish Con
don had told that to a "Marcs
Griffin of the New York Inquirer"
in New York.
Jafsie said lie had no memory at
the incident. ~ -
Reilly changed his course to in-
quire if after Hauptmann's arrest.
Saw Auto
Q How long did you stand in
front of the frankfurter stand be-
fore something happened?
A Something did happen.
Q Did you see anyone around
— there?
s, A I saw to this southerly direc-
. tion-I saw an auto end it seemed
someone was in it
Reilly asked how many persons
he noticed to the car. “
nally confessed, “the stamps are so
blurred I cannot see."
Q Two notes came in the pack-
age? •
A The two notes were wrapped
inside the sleeping suit.
9 What did you de. with the
A I took them out of the sleep-
ing suit and read them. One was
addressed to Colonel Lindbergh and
one to me.
I sent for Colonel Lindbergh to
come and see if the article I re-
ceived was his baby's sleeping suit.
Judge Takes Mand
There was delay as council bunt-
ed for a ransom note exhibit, and
Justice Trenchard, looking almost
as much like Jafsie as Jafsie him-
self. took a hand to examtning the
witnesses
He asked the doctor to place the
date the sleeping suit was received.
Jafsie said he placed the date on
or about March 17th (St Patrick
Day) "because that's a great day in
my life."
After that interlude Reilly re-
turned to the attack. —
Q. Ever buy on- of these
(sleeping) suits. Doctor?
A Never. Didn't need them.
Q. Never bought any? .
"there was
Q When yout childuen were
growing up, did you buy any of
these? - ,
A That's the woman's part of
the household
Reilly produced another letter
dated March 19th
Condon examined it carefully for
coggh?
Dr. Condon mentioned several
remedies which he employed in
training athletes.
Taixea over Hour
, “How long were you sitting
there," asked Reilly, after Jafsie
have tested the efficacy of this
new formula on a great many
' men, women and children, having
various types o, colds.
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that come with it.
Pine Balm is a real discovery.
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Breckinridge described the scene at
Dr Condon's the afternoon before
the ransom pay-off.
The situation was what we might
expect from those awaiting such an
event," he said, speaking of how Col
Lindbergh, afsie, and himself waited
for the note giving the final ransom
negotiation instructions
Note Arrives
•The money was packed in the
(ransom money) box in packing the
box it ■git a little
“Somethme after 8 o’clock (p. m.)
aa I remember. the expected note
arrived.
“Dr Condon received the note in
the presence of his daughter, Mrs
Hacker.'* he said
Ten minutes later, he said the
Colonel and Jafsie departed togetha
to pay the ransom to ‘John’.
Wilenta asked him if it. was on
Jafsie’s suggestion the 150,000 was
brought to Condon's Bronx home.
, "No sir.".
"Did Dr Condon urge the payment
of the ransom?'
Breckinridge asserted that on the
contrary Jafsie had advocated no
ransom payment unless a C O. D.
transaction could be arranged where-
by the money would be turned over
only upon actual safe receipt of the
baby
He added further Condon had nev-
er received any compensation for his
work in the case
He was turned over to Reilly for
cross-examination.
Reilly started on the ransom note
symbols
Col. Henry Breckinridge personal
friend and legal advisor of Lindbergh,
stood ready to tell what he knows
of Jafsle’s activities and to identify
thorrctagte ~EETaA-4e06F- w*isi d
kidnaper sent to the lawyer’s New
Chevrolet coupe, 31 Dodge sedan. Tudor V-8 sedan.
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tion to it would be grammattical. , ( llueu ul e
Reilly turned the questioning, ey came to you?
hwrV to .John. "1 A Yes no An
Q How many times did he say
Wool suite and plain
dresses cleahed and
pressed.
sion Service News, Thursday, Jan.
17. at the auditorium of the muni-
cipal building.
All women's clubs are asked to
send representatives, and besides
this county, Dallas. Collin, Grayr
son and Cooke Counties will be rep-
resented. AU home economics teach-
ers and all newspaper editors and
reporters to the county are invited
to attend.
Those who attend the school
are asked to bring sandwiches. The
meeting will begin at 10 o'clock
Thursday morning and continue
unti the middle of the afternoon.
Coffee and other beverages will be
served.
Jghn’s cough during the Woodlawn
ometery rendezvous as “pulmonary."
9, What did you mean by that? .
A To my mind It is plain that any
•light difficulty in breathing through
the luns would make a ma bough.
Q You have no way or knowing
it was tuberculosis or hot?
A No.
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Tells of Airplane Trip
Retly took up the story of-Gok
Lindbergh’s futile airplane trip to
Gay Head in search for the "Boad
Nellie" on which the kidnap note
said the baby was held.
The question about how good the
visibnit was for the plane flight
caused the little interchange.
Condon requested: T
"wm you please speak better
English?"
It was a demand that caused the
court to rock with laughter yester-
day.
1 Today the court did not laugh
There was only Reilly's curt, whip-
Uke. *
“Do you want me to talk baby
talk? I can't talk baby talk. Doc-
tor '
Bit by bit Rellly led Jafsie
through a detailed description of
that search of toe waters near Gav
Head. Cuttyhunk and Woods Hole.
Mass.
The plane loaded at Hicksville at
about 6.90 p m. that day, Bunday.
aDr nine said: -----
Q Did you ever ro out on a
plane after that in connection
with this case?
A No
Q There were some insertions
ot advertisements after that?
A Oh. yes.
Q. You never received any ran-
som notes after that, the payment
of the ransom?
A No, not with toe signature.
Many Notes Recelvd
Jafsie said he had received "lots'
of notes after that, but none with
the signature carried by all the 14
"ransom" notes.
Reilly turned his probing to Con-
don’s little shack on City Island
Q Was there any conference at
your shack at City Island subse-
quently?
A. No.
Q. You went to Qty Island on
. week ends?
i A Yes. sir. I did .
Q With whom did you talk on
City Island?
A with my neighbors . . . Peo-
ple I hive known 35 years
Q Did you ever tell your neigh-
bors on City Island that you be-
lieved the baby was kidiaped by a
gang?
A. I can't recall now
' Q. Did you tell anybody you
wer the “Jafsie" of the ad?
A Yes, everybody.
Q You never marie ary record
of your conversattons with refer-
ence to the case?
A No
1 Q. . And now you are depending
| on your memory in 1935 for some
thing that happened in 19327
Q Did you ever say a woman
took part to the kidnaping?
A No.
Q Do you remember telling
newspapermen in the office of At-
torney McLaughlin in the Bronx
1 that you knew the abCuctors?
9 ii . . .
stuay dauhi
them, requestig the detective to trnka
tell no one of giving him the’5-^—
in A tier that gravity seemingly must
toppie.__
Testimony—
- {Gentinued trom Page One)
ina out of a cemetery at night and
demanded:
Did you ever, climb out of a
graveyard at night?" the answer
was: "TVe never been to one at
night." And toe result caused Jus-
tice Thomas W Trenchard to
bring down his gavel to stop the
laughter.
Bailly’s first questions of toe day
of significance pertained to the
hollow cough" at the man known
as "John". He wanted’to know it
it was a hard cough a soft cough,
its exact nature.
“Did the cough appear to cony
from his tangs?"
"Yes, sir. that’s it."
The defense is expected to con-
ttend that the man known as
■John" was Isador Fisch, who died
of tuberculosis in Germany. Haupt-
mann, when he was arrested with
Lindbergh ransom money in his
possession, claimed Fisch had given
it to him for safekeeping.
Condon said "John" who "As Bru-
no Richard Hauptmann," coughed
when the two of them sat on a
bench at night in Ban Cortlandt
Park, the Bronx, to arrange for the
ransom payment
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and suggestions given him by you?
A. He did. ‘ -
The lawyer also stated he was in
the Condon home when Joseph Per-
_ rone, the taxi driver, brought the
throe bom. when
the sleeping suit arrived," he con-
tinued._ ... _ _ '
He identified the faded rotogravure
section in which it was said to be
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ready to take the retired school
teacher to clear up any obscurities
tn his testimony defense questioning
developed.
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Condon was asked where he learn-
ed that Miss GOw had received a
cal from Henry "Red"
T got it from general gossip and
the newspapers, he said
Reilly then took the witness and
press him on the corrections he had
made of the mistakes made in his
replies to cross examination, a
• Condon said his inaccuracies had
occurred to him after yesterday’s ses-
sion and denied the defense implica-
tion had been pointed out by pros-
ecution officials
Reilly ended his examination by
showing Jafsie an unidentified pho-
tograph of a man and Asked him to
'Jafsie said he had no knowledge
of the man portrayed, and added he
had never seen the man, as Reily
suggested, at his home before or af-
ter the ransom payment
The witness was then excused
Breckinridge Testi a es
Col. Henry Breckinridge, Lind-
bergh's attorney, was called next.
Breckinridge said he had known
Oal. Lindbergh seven years and the?
“I atvised and consulted yith him
since March 1, 1933," the night of
the kidnaping. __n-sc
Wrentz asked him if Jafsie had
operated under him in the ransom
negotiations.
Q. Did he comply with Instructions
And a number of others left over from
1934. Be sure to look them over before
you buy,
walked from the park to toe car
nearby where Reich, his companion
and bodyguard waited.
Utile Banter
There was Ary UUU banter, dur-
ing Reilly’s cross-examination to
the morning.
“Jafsie," too, was grim but not
so dramatic as yesterday.
He was pretty much an old. hard -
headed, but sentimental school
teacher who had been mixed up in
a mystery drama.
Condon said that Reich drove
him home after the Woodlawn
cemetery episode.
Q Do you know what this is?
A Yes, that is the envelope-
the package tn which the sleepin?
suit was mailed to me.
Q Who actually received it?
A I did.
Q Where did it come from?
A. In the mall.
Q. Is that the first communica-
tion you received?
A. . Where’
Q Tn the mall?
A. You mean to my life. No sir
Not the first.
"What station did that come
from?” Reilly asked, motioning to
Condon to look at the postmark on
the envelope.
Long and earnestly Jafsie peered
at the cancelled stamps and fl-
other of the Mate’s ransom docu-
ments, and, as before. Dr Condon
looked at it long end Intently,
turning it over and over
This note was postmarked
Aim 1.
Q Did you acquaint Colonel
Lindbergh of the contents of the
note?
A. No. I asked Colonel Brecken -
ridge to help in this matter. Breck-
enridge was staying at the Condon
home, Jafsie volumtere.
Gave Direetions
The note directed Jafste to have
the ransom money ready lor pay-
ment the following night, April 2
A third witness called in this sup-
porting group was Gregory Coleman
editor of the Bronx Home News, the
newspaper which carried the Condon
tetter appealing to the kidnaper to
contact him as an interediary. Jaf-
Me received the first ransom note
after this letter was published. Then
the state will proceed with its murr
der cade against Hauptmann on any
One of three lines of evidence.
Points Outlined
Which one will be taken up first
has not been definitely decided, but
everything is ready for the introduc-
tion of testimony on the following
pointe:
1. Handwriting standards. (Sam-
pies of Hauptmann's handwriting,
letters, etc.)
2. Preparation of the 850,000 ran-
som at the banking house of J. P.
Morgafi (Noting of the currency ser-
ial numbers.) , ‘
8. Discovery of the body of the
murdered Lindbergh baby. (Coro-
ner’s and county physician’s reports.)
After Jafie’s appearance yesterday,
a colorful "highlight of the week-old
trial the prosecution expressed warm
satisfaction at the way he comport-
ed himself. The defense said it found
loopholes in his story.
Jafsie’s testimony during his first
day on the stand gav- the state the
strongest direct evidence it has
marshalled to date, prosecutors said.
Implicating the inscrutable Haupt-
mans with the kidnaping ef-the
Lindbergh child—the crime during
which the death of the baby occur-
red.
Dr Condon not only identified
Hauptmann as the mysterious “John”
who collected the 850,000 ransom, he
ing John last August. The mysterious
ransom collector was walking when
Dr. Oendon, who was riding in a bus,
picked him out. He recognized him.
he said, and he was" Hauptmann
Subsequenly, Condon related, he
learned that Hauptmann made his
home nearby
The state had let it be known that
Condon also Identified Hauptmann
when be talked to the German in the
jail here. That occasion was after the
‘stblid carpenter had been extradited
to New Jersey after his arrest and
indictment for extortion in the
Bronx.
Originally the state had planned
to develop testimony on that jail in-
terview during which Hauptmann
broke down and wept, but a change
of plans resulted in the abandon-
ment—at least temporarily—of such
tactics.
Hauptmann's lawyers attached
considerable significance to the fact
that Jafsie testified ow be described
the kidnaper’s cryptic symbol to
Colonel Lindbergh on entering the
case when, according to his own tes-
timony, he had no means of knowing
it. *
Jafsie's first communication from
John, commissioning him to act as
intermediary, contained a note to
that effect in the kidnaper's odd
caligraphy and also a sealed note ad-
dressed to the aviator. Jafria’s note
did not bear the symbolic signature
Under Reilly's insistent question-
ing. Condon said he did not break
the seal of the Lindbergh envelope,
but a* few minutes later he was re-
lating how he was describing the
strange symbol to Lindbergh from a
Bronx restaurant telephone booth
That defense sources declared
would be impossible unless Jafsie
either broke the seal, or else had
previous knowledge of the symbol
As far as the. spectators were con-
cerned. the day was an artistic tri-
umph for Jafsie, with today's session
equally attractive. Yesterday's crowd
jammed the court room to the verge
of suffocation, even sitting on the
edge of Justice Trenchard’s dais and
climbing the rear wall of the room
Brockton, Mass., with » Samuel
Leon and Leon’s friend.
Q. Did you ever stand on the
deck of a boat to which you be-
lieved the baby was hidden below
the decks?
A No.
Relly then swung to trips Con-
don made to Proggs Neck in His
row beat in connection with the
case.
On one such trip he described
how he saw a boat on which a man
named “Coal Jchn" and another
perso nwere visible ,
Q You went out to that boat
believing those men were the kid-
napers?"
A No.
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Attorney General Wilentz’s first
question concerned Jafsie’s own ath-
letic prowess, and Condon said he
was an active athlete, a football play-
er and captain of his team. The old
man seemed proud.
. One of the first points the state
sought to clarify was Jafsie’s confu-
sion over the first communication
from the kidnaper.
Under cross examination Jafsie
said he never opened the sealed let-
ter addressed to Col. Lindbergh, but
yet described the signature symbol
in a telephone conversation to the
Lindbergh estate. Jafsie's note in
that original communication was not
signed by the symbol.
"That’s an error,” was Jafsie’s de-
scription of his confusion
Jafsie related how he had called
Lindbergh s estate on the basis of
that unsigned note and was Instruct-
ed to open the sealed note at the
direction of someone in the Lind-
bergh home.
-Lopeneethe-letter-addressed to
Col. Lindbergh and read the letter
which bore the supposed signatures
of the kidnapers to someone at Hope-
well," he Mid.
statement Error
Condon said he talked to Lind-
bergh but a defense objection made
him change his testimony to read
someone at Hopewell."
Q Did you testify that you took
the sealed letter to Ooi. Lindbergh?”
A. I did That was an error.
Q Who was present when you
opened the letter’
A. Ooi. Breckinridge
Q. And who else? Tour daughter?
Reilly objected, but Condon an-
swered
A. Tes. my daughter.
Q On the matter of your seeing
Hauptmann during the bus ride in
the Bronx, did you ask the driver
"°AFYa, but he didn’t stop. He stop-
ped later and I searched for him.
Condon testified. "I never went to
Maine," under the redirect examina-
tion concerning the plane ride he
took with Col Lindbergh while
searching Massachusetts waters
A d--rx**s-wKEvri
testimony under cross-examination.
Asked whether he reported having
seen Hauptmann to the authorities
Condon replied, choosing his wools
carefully:
"Yes, I reported it to the depart-
ment of justice."
Q When was the first time you
itw the symbol affixed to these notes?
A. About March 12.
Rellly seat has line at
photos.
Condon made indignant denial of
this.
Q. I want the exact date of the
month when you saw Hauptmann
to the Bronx last August.
A I don’t remember,
Q. It is your sworn testimony
then that you made no effort tc
capture the man to whom you say
you gave 950.000, the man who
double-crossed you on the ransom.
A I didn’t say that
Q You didnt shout to the
driver to run him down?
A No, it would be impossible to
do that. There was so much traf-
fic.
Reilly suddenly asked Jafsie, "DJ
you recall a detective investigator
by the name of Val OFarrell?
Never saw’ him."
Reilly showed him a picture of
OFarrell.
“Never saw him to my life."
Q. He’s dead of course.
A Yes, but it’s Ute truth just
the same
Q. Did you ever know’ Mrs. Jay?
A. No, sir.
Q Did you know Captain Ber-
------------—.m,...
A the name Captain Eels is fa-
miliar. I don’t remember the Ber-
nard. though.
Jafsie said he knew Captain Eels
at Woods Hole. Mass
Reilly showed him two letters
Q. Did you receive this letter?
Condon glanced at it and then
turned a scornful look on the law-
yer He read it for a full minute
and said. "Yes, I received it"
Q. When?
A. In about November, 1932
The letters were accepted to evi-
dence "
Reilly then Jumped to another
angle.
Q. Do you recall two women
calling on you at your home dur-
ing the ransom negotiations?
A. There were hundreds or
them.
Idenlifies Woman Visitor
another auto with a canvas cover,
a country auto. I would say “which
was parked nearby ”
Q Did you take their license
numbers?
A. No sir.
Jafsie said he did not cross the
street at that time but got into the
automobile
Q The top of that cemetery
■wau is not very safe, Is it?
A No, tt’s pretty dangerous.
“There are spikes sticking out at
the top of the cemetery wall,” Con-
don added.
Reilly asked if he had seen
guards about the cemetery.
"Yes, I saw one near 223rd street
inside the gate," he said.
Q. Where was the guard when
this man was coming up over the
fence?
A. About 30 feet away, near &
tree.
Q There was nothing between
this guard and the man climbing?
A. There was, there were some
bushes which have since been re-
moved.
Q. Did the guard give any
alarm?
A. No alarm.
“While talking to him (John) I
heard a noise " Dr Condon said.
Q Did you see the guard?
A. Yea
Q Describe him.
A He was real—of German ex-
traction, I mean, rather stout, I
would call him a heavyweight.
Q. It’s rather unusual is it not
for a man to be climbing out of the
cemetery at night?
A I don’t think so
9 Did you ever climb out of a
grave yard at night. Doctor?
A I’ve never been to one at
night.
The quick sally provoked a gale
of laughter
Man Runs
Reilly returned to the man who
scaled the cemetery fence and fled
toward Van Cortlandt park.
Q Did he run fast?
A Yes
Q How far did the man run
before you caught up with him?
’ A. Almost 100 yards.
Q You caught hold of him?
A. Yea. I tok him by the left
arm and escorted him back to a
shack.
Q Where was A Reich then?
A in the car.
Q And I believe you said that
as you were sitting there you hearri
a cough?
A Yes
Q A hard cough?
A Na
Q A soft cough?
4 No ,
Q Did toe cough appear to
come from his lungs?
A. Yes sir, that’s IL
Q. And you suggested that he
take something for the cough?
A No. 1 said Td go to a drug-
store and get him some medicine.
Q You’d go to th- drug store
and get medictoe while he waited
for you?
A No, he would have gone
Miss Maude Hopper. dai
Mrs R L. Hopper and sist
L Hopper of Denton, was
to R H. Fletcher to w
La , Dec 28. when the <
was read by Dr B. C Land
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PRESCRIPTIONS
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chance to be you cannot at
to accept prescriptlon ser
inferior to that provided at
•tore. Curtis Drug tore
Beef operated undr the s
management in Denton fo
years, carry a complete •
of drug store merchandise
you'll find here a store
sonnel anxious to serve. W
sickness comes let Curtis
vice come too.
Vicksburg and Jackson, M
are now at home in w
where Mrs Fletcher is ate
the Winnfield schools and
is postmaster
Mrs. Fletcher formerly 1
Denton, and is a graduate o
ers College. She has tau
Winnfield six years, an
charge of the home econor
partment of toe high sch
will continue her work Be
activities in business circles
er is chairman of the b
deacons of the Baptist Ch
Winnfield, and both he a
Fletcher are teachers in the
School.
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