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Dorn, Mabel, 100
Dorn, Martin Gary, ownership of sawmills by, 99
Dorn, M.G. and J. J., Lumber Company, in Lindbergh investigation, 182
dressing of lumber at, 110–111
kidnap ladder sample at, 107
pulley at, 107, 108
sale of lumber by, 104, 132–133, 134
tracking of planer marks and, 247
wood samples from, 101–102, 107, 307
Dorn, William, 98
Dorn Banking Company, 99
Dornsville, South Carolina, 98, 99
Douglas fir, 54, 55, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 79, 83, 92, 93, 118, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 153, 181, 183, 242, 246
Douglas Machine Company (Luverne, AL), Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 91
Douglass, A. E., tree ring research and, 67–68
Doyle, Robert J., 293–294
Dudley, Delos, friendship with Lindbergh, Charles and, 29–30, 32, 33, 34
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Eastwood, Clint, 303
Edison, Thomas, 99
Edwards, Willard, 238
Einstein, Albert, 39
Emberg, T. C., 266
Emmons, Daisy, 197
Enkler, Charles, in Lindbergh kidnapping investigation, 151, 169
Erie Railroad Company, 86
Estey, James P., ransom money and, 127
Exquisite Shoe Corporation, ransom money and, 129
F
Fairfax Manufacturing Company (Orangeburg, SC), Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 91
Falzini, Mark, x
Faulkner, J. J., 127
Fawcett, James M., as attorney for Hauptmann, 179
Fay & Egan, in Lindbergh ladder investigation, 90
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Fugmann case and, 292
Hoffman’s request to have trial reopened, 268
involvement in Lindbergh kidnapping, 43, 61, 62
Mattson case and, 292
modernizing of, vii
Federal Kidnapping Act, passage of, 43
Federal Reserve Bank, ransom money and, 127
Federal Trade Commission, Koehler as expert witness on behalf of, 19–20
Fell, C. Lloyd, as Hunterdon County Clerk, 168
Ferber, Edna, 186
Fingerprint technology, 51–52, 53, 142, 252
Finn, James J.
Lindbergh kidnapping investigation and, 121–122
as member of Lindbergh’s security detail, 122
as New York Police Department point person for Lindbergh kidnapping, 122–131
surveillance of Hauptmann’s house by, 137, 139
tracking of ransom money and, 123–131, 136
Fisch, Isidor, 146, 155
Hauptmann’s alibi and, 149
murder of, 149
Fisher, Jim, ix
Fisher, Lloyd
defense jury selection and case, 195, 197–198, 249–250, 254
Hoffman’s efforts to reopen case and, 278
Fishkill Landing Lumber Company (Beacon, NY), Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 112
The Flying Dutchman, 23–24, 25
Foley, Samuel J., on extradition of Hauptmann to New Jersey, 164
Foley, Tom, as Bronx District Attorney, 259
Foran Foundry, 252
Ford, Ford Madox, 239–240
Forensic botany, xiv, 301, 309, 314
Forensic Files (TV program), 305
Forensic science, vii, xiv, 141
Forest Products Lab
analysis of ladder by, 54
Cuno, John Brown, at, 86–87
Davis, Edward Manning, at, 86–87
employees at, viii
exhibit of kidnapping ladder at, vii–viii
growth of staff and capabilities at, 18, 26
under Hunt, George, 297–298
Koehler’s employment at, 18, 19, 181, 203–204
release of information on involvement in Lindbergh kidnapping case, 150–151
Silvicultural Relations Division under Koehler at, 20, 26, 100–101
tours of, 217, 294
under Winslow, Carlisle, 87, 150–151, 157, 238, 264, 297
wood identification at, 19
work of, during World War I, 19
Forest Service, work of Davis, Edward Manning for, 85–86
Fries, J., ransom money and, 126
Fritz, E., 265
Fugmann, Michael, 292
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Gallagher, Michael, 291
Gardiner, William T., investigation into kidnapping, 49
Gardner, Lloyd, ix, 304–305, 306
Garneau, J. A., home built by, 113
Gates, Church E., Company, Lindbergh kidnapping investigation and, 134
Gehringer, Charlie, 168
George V, 36
German Broadway, ransom money and, 128
Gerry, Eloise
as head of Wood Anatomy Unit at Wisconsin, University of, at Madison, 18
move to Columbia, Mississippi, 19
solicitation of wood samples, 18–19
Gilberts, Ole, 2
Glen Alden Coal Company, 290–291
Goddard, Calvin H., establishment of Scientific Crime Detection Library, 140–141
Gold standard
dropping of, by Great Britain, 123
Roosevelt and, 123, 127
Gow, Betty, 44, 52, 203
Graham, Shirley, 304, 308
Grand jury
Curtiss, John H., and, 167
indictment of Hauptmann by, 149, 164, 168
Koehler’s testimony at, 164–165, 167–168
Lindbergh, Charles’s, testimony at, 167
presentation of evidence to, 167, 168
Robinson, George N., as foreman of, 168
Trenchard, Thomas Whitaker, and, 165–167
Wilentz, David’s presentation of evidence to, 164, 167
Great Britain, dropping of gold standard, 123
Great Depression, 25, 99, 290
Greeley, Horace, 21
Greeley, W. B.
as head of West Coast Lumbermen’s Association, 92–93
on lumberjacks in World War I, 85, 86
Green, Fitzhugh, 37
Green, Rick, viii
Greenberg, Hank, 168
Greenwald, William A., 293
Growth rate research, Koehler and, 182
Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, 37
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Haile, Resa, viii
Halsey Lumber Mills (Charleston, SC), Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 93
Hammer, Armie, 303
Handwriting analysis, 140–141, 199
focusing on, 142
of Hauptmann, 140, 149, 152
testimony on, 167
Hauck, Anthony
as Hunterdon County Prosecutor, 256
presentation of evidence to grand jury, 167, 168
Hauptmann, Anna, 137, 147
agreement to provide interview and photographs during trial, 179–180
questioning of, 144–145
search of residence and, 143–144
verdict and, 259–260
Hauptmann, Bruno Richard
arrest of, xii, 139, 140, 145, 146
attic of, 153, 154, 155, 157, 171, 279
chisels in cigar box in, 161
changes in legal team of, 179
Condon’s identification of, 145–146
construction of ladder by, 162–163
cross-examination of, 251–252
as employee of National Lumber and Millwork Company, 201
&nbs
p; execution of, 288–289, 290
extradiction of, to New Jersey, 163–64
Fawcett, James M., as attorney for, 179
garage of, 148
planes/planer blades in, 144–145, 156, 157, 158, 159
revolver in, 152
searching, 152–153
tools and lumber found in, 152, 153, 158, 159, 160, 161–163
grand jury indictment of, 149, 164, 168
grand jury testimony against, 164–165, 167–168
guilty verdict against, 259–261
handwriting analysis of, 140, 152
Hoffman’s belief in innocence of, 267–285
home of, 137, 138
identification of voice in trial, 190
indictment of, 179
Koehler’s suggestion on guarding garage of, 147, 149
license plate number of, 136
in lineup, 145–146
link of ladder to house of, 184
media coverage of, 175–179
meeting with Hoffman, 269–270
not quilty plea by, 179
police in following, 137–139
questioning of, by Wilentz, 179
Reilly, Edward J., as attorney for, 179–181, 188–190, 250, 258–259
replica ladder as souvenir from trial of, 186–187
reward money on conviction of, 295
searching of, 139
searching of residence, 143–145, 152–153
setting of execution date for, 276
setting of trial date for, 179
stay of execution for, 273, 274
surveillance of home of, 136–137
testimony of, at trial of, 250–252
trial jury
Biggs, Howard V., as member of, 198, 217, 262
Brelsford, May F., as member of, 196
Case, Liscom C., as member of, 194–195, 196, 197–198, 199–200, 203, 207, 229, 231–232, 238, 262–263
compensation for, 194
Cravatt, Robert. as member of, 196, 198
Hockenbury, Philip, as member of, 196
meal service for, 194
Pill, Rosie, as member of, 195, 198, 229, 254
rooms of, at Union hotel, 194
Smith, Elmer, as member of, 196
Snyder, Charles F., as member of, 196
Snyder, Verna Cole, as member of, 195, 196, 198
Stockton, Ethel Morgan, as member of, 196
Voorhees, George, as member of, 196
Walton, Charles, Sr. as foreman of, 195, 198, 261
trial of
admission of ladder as evidence, 200
Bornmann’s testimony at, 191, 201
closing of arguments in, 256–260
court stenographer in, 224, 240
defense case in, 249–256
entrance of ladder into evidence in, 191–193
Fisher, Lloyd, as a defense attorney at, 195, 197–198, 249–250, 254
handwriting experts at, 199
Hauptmann’s alibi at, 244
identification of Hauptmann’s voice in, 190
Koehler, Arthur’s, testimony at, 191–193, 199–201, 225–226
criticism of, 266–278, 280–286, 288
praise for, 264–266
Koehler as rebuttal witness at, 255–256
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, as prosecution witness, 188–189
Lindbergh, Charles A, as prosecution witness, 188–189
opening of defense at, 249
Pope’s cross examination and objections in, 205, 211, 214–215, 219, 220, 222, 225–227, 243–246
resting of state case at, 249
speculation on mistrial, 194
testimony by defendant in, 250–252
tracing of wood evidence in, 200–201
Hauptmann, Manfred, 147
The Hauptmannville News, 186
Hearn, Alfred, 46–47
Heilewertz, William, ransom money and, 125
Heintz Manufacturing (Philadelphia), visit to, in investigation, 78
Hemphill, J. C., 99
Henry Vilas Zoo, 21
Herfurth, Hugo, 271
Herr, Charles Ryman, Jr., 186
Hildebrand, Bill, 25
Hildebrand, Helen, 25
Hill’s Refrigerator Factory, 82
Hoage, Leon, reopening of Hauptmann case and, 276, 280, 281, 284, 285
Hochmuth, Amandus, testimony of, 200
Hockenbury, Philip, as member of jury, 196
Hoffman, Harold (NJ Governor)
belief in innocence of Hauptmann, 267–285
claim that Hauptmann was framed, 278
doling out of money on conviction of Hauptmann, 295
early career of, 267
efforts to have case reopened, 268–278, 280–286, 288
meeting with Hauptmann, 269–270
as member of New Jersey Board of Pardons, 274
planted evidence and, 270–271
as politician, 268
renewal of Trenchard’s term by, 268
request to have trial reopened, 268
Hogue, C. J., in ladder investigation, 93
Holcombe, Charles, role of, in jury selection, 195
Holmes, Sherlock, viii, 141, 143
Hoover, Herbert, 43
offer of federal resources, 53
Hoover, J. Edgar, vii
crime detection methods and, 141, 142
as head of the FBI, 43, 140, 293, 303
Hoffman’s request to have trial reopened, 268
offer of federal help to Schwarzkopf, 56, 61, 62
Hopewell, Lindbergh investigation and, 42
Horn, William
home surveillance of Hauptmann by, 137
tracing of ransom money and, 129
Hudson, Erastus Mead, fingerprint evidence and, 51–52, 53, 252
Hunt, George, as head of Forest Products Lab, 297–298
Hunterdon County Courthouse (Flemington, New Jersey), 164, 165–166, 194
Hyman, L., 46
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Indiana Quartered Oak Company, expert testimony of Koehler against, 20
Infrared research, 142
International Association of Wood Anatomists, 26, 272
International Botanical Congress, 272
Irey, Elmer, on ransom, 123
Irving Trust Company, tracing of ransom money and, 129
J
J. Edgar, 303
Jackson, Andrew, 4
Jackson, Mrs. James, 58
Jeffreys-McElrath Manufacturing Company, Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 92
Johnson, Henry “Red,” 44
Johnson, Squire
crate lumber theories of, 51
flaws in report of, 54
investigation of ladder by, 47, 49, 51, 66, 75
Journal of Forestry, Koehler as associate editor of, 26
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Keaten, Arthur
home surveillance of Hauptmann by, 137, 139
license plate number in investing kidnapping, 136–137
Lindberg kidnapping investigation and, 51, 78, 132
Keathing, J. S., yard, 111–112
Keeler, Harriet L., 10
Keenan, G. L., 16
Keith, John, kidnap investigation and, 53–54
Kellerman, K. F., kidnapping investigation and, 55–56
Kelly, Frank A.
as fingerprint expert, 44, 51
Hauptmann’s trial and, 191
investigation of kidnapping by, 53–54
Kent, A. G., 266
Kentucky Lumber Company (Columbia, MS), Lindbergh ladder investigation
and, 92
Keraga, Kelvin, ix, 305, 306–308
Keystone Lumber (Pittsburgh), Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 93
Kidnapping. See also Lindbergh kidnapping
death penalty and, 163–164
passage of federal law on, 43
punishment for, 58–59
Kilgallen, Dorothy, 177
Kilgallen, James, 177, 255
The Kiln Drying of Lumber (Koehler), 20
Kingston, Elizabeth, ix
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 34
Klein, Kevin, ix, 305–306
Knabenshue, Roy, 271
Koehler, Alfred (brother), 24
birth of, 6
media coverage of trial and, 183
Saturday Evening Post interview of, 265–266
university studies of, 22
use of German and, 6
Koehler, Amanda (sister), birth and death of, 6
Koehler, Arthur G., xi–xii. See also Lindbergh ladder investigation
arrest of Hauptmann and, 146
as associate editor of Journal of Forestry, 26
bird watching by, 23
birth of, 6
briefing of Wilentz by, 183–184
as bystander at trial, 201
childhood of, 5, 7–8
children of, 15, 22, 25, 26
Civil Service exam for, 14
college education of, 9, 10, 12
communication with family via circular letter, 23, 25
construction of family cottages by, 23
desire to hear Lindbergh’s testimony, 190
dizziness of, 102
education of, 8
engagement to Ethelyn Smith, 12
European trip of, with wife, 272–273
as expert witness, 4, 19–20, 26, 56, 205–206, 226, 241, 289
fame of, 271–272
family life of, 26, 27, 28
as final prosecution witness, 208
financial reward for, 272
forestry as career choice for, 10, 12
with George, 41
grand jury testimony of, 164–165, 167–168
grocery store job of, 9, 11
hobbies of, 296
Hoffman’s claims against, 273–274, 276–277
housing of, 21, 22, 33
importance of, in dealing prosecution case, 261
income of, 12
keeping of financial ledgers by, 8, 10, 12, 14, 22
lack of direction after high school, 8–9
legacy of, 303–305
letters to Ethelyn, 114–115, 116, 120, 131, 133, 259, 274, 277, 286–287
life during Great Depression, 25
Lindbergh, Charles, and, 37, 202, 203
in Lindbergh investigation, xv–xvii. 54–55, 60–64, 65, 66–68, 69, 70–83, 88, 89–97, 131–132, 161