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no credit sales at, 120
testimony about, in trial, 229, 233
wood sample analysis from, 182, 307
National Lumberman’s Manufacturers Association, 82
National Park Service, 271
NCIS, 309
New England Organ Company, 51
New Jersey Board of Pardons, 274
New Jersey State Police, 312–313
lack of kidnapping evidence, 40
Lindbergh investigation and, 42
under Schwarzkopf, 61, 64
New York Police Department, tracing of ransom money and, 129–130
North Carolina pine, 70, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81–82, 83, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 100, 104, 107, 109, 110, 112, 113, 118, 131, 133, 153, 159, 183, 222, 233, 242, 244, 253
Nova, 306
O
Olney & Warren (NYC), Lindbergh investigation visit to, 76
O’Neill, Mrs. John, ransom money and, 127
Osborn, Albert S., as handwriting expert, 149
O’Sullivan, John J., on arrest of Hauptmann, 146
Oursler, Fulton, reopening of Hauptmann case and, 278, 280–282, 285
Oxholm, Axel H., 264
P
Padon, H. C., Koehler and Bornmann’s visit with at the Yates-American Machine Company, 77
The Painted Pig, 39
Palace Café, ransom money and, 124
Park, Byron B., 4
Parker, Abram, 186
Paterson, J. E., Lumber Company (Mobile, AL), Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 92
Peacock, Robert, as Wilentz’s assistant, 205
Pedrick, Mame, 177
Pegram, George, 286
Penn Station, ransom money and, 127
Pennsylvania and Reading Railroads, 82
Pennsylvania Lumbermen’s Association, involvement of, in investigation, 77–78
People’s Bank of McCormick, 99
Perkins, H. A., in ladder investigation, 95
Perrone, John, identification of Hauptmann by, 146
Perry Mason, 309
Pershing, John, in World War I, 84, 85
Pickering, Samuel F., as expert in chemical analysis, 142
Picric acid, in making pipe bomb, 2
Pill, Rosie, as member of jury, 195, 198, 229
Pinchot, Gifford, as U.S. Forest Service Chief, 17–18
Pipe bomb, picric acid in making, 2
Plummer, Dick, friendship with Lindbergh, 30
Ponderosa pine, 55, 72, 74, 75, 76, 82, 135–136, 153, 181, 222, 223, 225, 226, 234, 238
Pope, Frederick
as assistant counsel for Hauptmann, 192, 206, 305
cross examination and objections by, 205, 206–207, 211, 214–215, 219, 220, 222, 225–227, 243–246
praise for Koehler, 252
Porter, B. A., 266
Production Machinery Sales Company (NYC), in Lindbergh ladder investigation, 76, 95
The Properties and Uses of Wood (Kohler), xi–xii, 20, 207
Pupin, Michael, Physics Laboratories, 285–286, 287
Q
Queens County Lumber Company, Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 114, 115, 120
R
Radin, Edward D., 295–296
Ransom money
Cemetery John and, 125
delivery of, xiv, 190
license plate number on, 130, 134–135
location of, in Hauptmann garage, 144, 199
recovery of, xii, 143–144, 151–152
searching house for, 155
serial numbers of bills in, 123–124
spending of, 124–131
tracking of, 123–131
Ransom notes, 40, 44, 52
writing on, 199, 289
Rauch, Max
reinterview of, 181
testimony of, 200
Record, Samuel, 265
Reeve, Arthur B., 238
Reilly, Edward J., 210
as defense attorney for Hauptmann, 179–181, 188–190, 250, 258–259, 295–296
Koehler’s testimony and, 236, 250
on planted evidence, 270–271, 304
reputation and nickname of, 180
request for mistrial, 188
verdict and, 260
Reilly, Peter, ransom money and, 124–125
Reilly, William J., Lindberg kidnapping investigation and, 134–135
Riemer, Svend, 178–179
Ritter, Mrs. George, 58
Roaring Rocks, 42
Robinson, George N., as grand jury foreman, 168
Rogers, Will, 35
on fate of kidnapper, 59
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 264
economic policy of, 123
gold standard and, 123, 127
Roosevelt, Quentin, 35
Roosevelt, Theodore, 35
on forest policy, 17
Roosevelt Field, 34–35
Root, Stephen, 303
Roper Brothers Lumber (Petersburg, VA), Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 93, 97
Rosecrans, Egbert, 295
Ross, O. A., 44, 46
Ruggear, Joseph, questioning of, in investigation, 51
Runyon, Damon
expensing of meals by, 178
humor of, 178
media coverage of trial by, 175–179, 209, 237–238, 259–260, 289
writings of, 176–179
Rush, J. P., as mill foreman, 106
Ryan Aeronautical Company, 34
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St. Johns, Adela Rogers, 240
St. Raymond’s Cemetery, 190
Samuelsohn, Abraham, 277–278
Saturday Evening Post
Hauptmann trial in, 187
interview of Koehler, Arthur G., 265–266
Scarboro-Safrit Lumber Company (Mount Gilead, NC), Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 91
Schippel, Charles, 75
Schraffts Stores, 124
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, xvi
as colonel and superintendent of New Jersey State Police, 61, 64
crank letters sent to, 60
development of plan of action by, 74
help from FBI and Hoover, 43, 61, 62
Hoffman’s order to have case reopened, 274, 275–276
on Koehler writing a book on science in crime detection, 184
on lack of evidence, xiv
letter from, on getting information, 94
Lindberg kidnapping investigation and, 42–43, 46, 53, 71, 100, 103, 110, 111, 122–123, 132, 136, 143, 150–151, 157, 162, 169
need for Koehler, against Hoffman’s claims, 273–274, 276–277
private dining room of, 78
receipt of FBI reports, 56
staff meetings of, 64
on testimony of Koehler, 211
verdict and, 260
in World War I, 61
Schwenk, Henry J., 265
Scientific Aids in Crime Detection (Appel), 142–143
Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (Northwestern University Law school), 140–141
Scopes Monkey trial, 176
Scotland Yard, 141
Seabrook Farms, 53
Seal, Stanley, as defense witness, 252–253, 255
Sears, Roebuck, visit to in ladder investigation, 77
Seedman, J. H., Lumber Company (Clayton, AL), Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 96–97
Seery, William F.
home surveillance of Hauptmann by, 137, 139
tracing of ransom money and, 129
Sharpe, Violet, suicide of, 59
Shell, Charlton, as court stenographer, 240
S
heridan Cafeteria, ransom money and, 126
Sheridan Square Theatre, ransom money and, 127–128
Shippen Hardwood Lumber Company, Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 91
Sigma Xi honorary scientific fraternity, 26
Sisk, Thomas
home surveillance of Hauptmann by, 137, 139
ransom money and, 124, 126, 128–129
Sjostrom, E. Paul, fingerprint investigation of, 51
Smith, Alice, 272–273
Smith, Diana, viii
Smith, E. Cadwallader “Caddy,” 272–273
Smith, Edgar, home of, 21, 33
Smith, Elmer, as member of jury, 196
Smith, Marie, home of, 21, 33
Snyder, Charles F., as member of jury, 196
Snyder, Verna Cole, as member of jury, 195, 196, 198
Society of American Foresters, 26
Roosevelt, Theodore, speech to, 17
Soudan IV, 55
Sourland Mountain, Lindbergs’ home on, 42
South Carolina Power Company, 99
Spirit of St. Louis, 33, 34
landing of, in Paris, 35
Stanley chisels, 242, 248, 251, 258
State Village for Epileptics (Skillman, NJ), 49, 79
Steedman Lumber (Clayton, GA), Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 97
Stewart, Victor W., 92
Stockton, Ethel Morgan, as member of jury, 196
Stradivari, Antonio, 293
“Straight law” felony, 163
Stuart, R. Y.
as head of the Forest Service, 61, 79
suggestion of, on examination of ladder, 61–62
A Study in Scarlet, 143
Subpoenas, 186
Success (business magazine), founding of, 9
T
Tarr, James, pipe bomb explosion and, 1–2
Tarr, Lorena, 1
Tarr, Manning, 1
Tarr, Sadie, 1
Technical Laboratory, establishment of, 142–143
Temple, Shirley, 176–177
Testimony in Wood, 305
Tiemann, Harry, as head of Timber Tests Unit at Wisconsin, University of, at Madison, 19
Tinker, Arthur A., Lindberg kidnapping investigation and, 134
Tobin, Maurice, search of Hauptmann house and, 151, 153
Tomaske, Fred, questioning of, in investigation, 49
Traylor Engineering and Manufacturing Company (Allentown, PA), Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 91
Tree-ring research, 67–68, 172, 173, 174, 216, 217–218, 220–221, 246–247
Trenchard, Thomas Whitaker
grand jury and, 165–167
as trial judge, 179, 185–186, 187, 194, 200, 205–207, 210, 213, 214, 216, 219, 227, 252, 253
view of Koehler, as expert, 205–206
Tuxbury, A. C., Lumber Company (Luverne, AL), Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 91
12 Against Crime, 295–296
20th Engineers, in World War I, 84–85
U
Union Hotel, 177
United Anthracite Mine Workers of Pennsylvania, 290
United Mine Workers of America, 290, 291
Updike-Kennedy Company, Lindbergh investigation and, 76
Upson, Arthur T., kidnapping investigation and, 82
U.S. Forest Service, purpose of, 17
V
Vilas, Anna, 21
Vilas, William F., 21
Voorhees, George, as member of jury, 196
W
Waccamaw Lumber Corporation (Bolton, NC), Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 93
Wagner, Honus, 23
Wales, Prince of, 36
Wallace, Henry A., 264
Wallace, John, in Lindbergh kidnapping investigation, 143–144, 155
Wallace, Rebecca, viii
Walton, Charles, Sr. as foreman of jury, 195, 198, 261
Wanamakers, visit to, in ladder investigation, 77
Wardon, Carl J., claims on crank letters, 60
Warner-Quinlan Oil Company, tracing of ransom money and, 130
Watts, Naomi, 303
We (Lindbergh), 35
Weaver, Dan, ix
West Coast Lumbermen’s Association, kidnapping ladder investigation and, 81, 92–93
Western Union and Postal Telegraph, 177
Whittle and Slade Lumber Company (Eufaula, AL), Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 91
Wiland Bakery and Lunch Room, tracing of ransom money and, 129
Wilentz, David (Attorney General)
appointment of, 164
closing summation by, 259
cross examination of Hauptmann by, 251–252
dealing with reporters, 184–185
on extradiction of Hauptmann to New Jersey, 163–164
Hoffman’s efforts to reopen case and, 274, 276, 280, 282
Koehler and Davis in briefing of, 183–184
Lindbergh, Anne, as witness and, 189
on need for Koehler to visit Hauptmann’s home, 168–169
opening statement of, 187–188
praise for Koehler, 264
presentation of evidence to grand jury, 164, 167
as prosecutor, 190, 191, 200–201, 206, 210–211, 213, 216, 218, 219, 226, 227, 228, 238
questioning of Hauptmann, Bruno Richard, by, 179
resting of case by, 256
verdict and, 260
Wilkes-Barre. Pennsylvania, 290
St. Mary’s Cemetery in, 291
Winchell, Walter, 177, 184, 240
Winslow, Carlisle P., 54
desire to attend trial, 186
as director of Forest Products Lab, 87, 150–151, 157, 238, 264
in Lindbergh kidnapping investigation, 76, 78–79, 150–151
Wisconsin, University of, at Madison, research facility on wood at, 18
Wisconsin Alabama Lumber Company, Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 92
Wittimer, Lou, 177
Wolf, Joseph A., 43
Women’s suffrage movement, 57
Wood as Circumstantial Evidence (Koehler), 308–309
Woods, S. A., Machine Company (NYC), in ladder investigation, 80–81, 90, 106–107
Wood science, 4, 60–61, 70–71, 74–75, 95–96, 101–103, 119, 142–143, 242–243. See also Douglas fir; North Carolina pine; Ponderosa pine
in bombs, 292
Woodville Lumber Company (Crawford, GA), Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 93
Woodward Lumber Company (Augusta, GA), Lindbergh ladder investigation and, 92
Woolworths, visit to in ladder investigation, 77
Work, Lincoln T., 286
World War I
American Expeditionary Force in, 84
Landes forest in, 84–85
lumberjack soldiers in, 84, 86
Pershing, John’s, service in, 84, 85
Schwarzkoph’s service in, 61
20th Engineers in, 84–85
Wright, Orville, 34
Wright, Wilbur, 34
Wyoming Valley, history of, 290
X
Xylotomy, xi
Y
Yakutis, Paul, ransom money and, 126
Yates-American Machine Company (NYC) in ladder investigation, 77, 80–81, 90, 94
Z
Zapolsky, Andrew, in Lindbergh kidnapping investigation, 149, 155
About the Author
Adam Schrager is an investigative reporter and producer with WISC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Madison, Wisconsin. He has covered politics for more than twenty years, most recently at Wisconsin Public Television and at KUSA-TV in Denver. Previously, he worked at commercial television
stations in La Crosse, Madison, and Milwaukee in the 1990s. Schrager is the author of The Principled Politician, a biography of former Colorado Governor Ralph Carr, whose stand on behalf of Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor would cost him his political career. The book led state lawmakers to name the new state justice center after the former Colorado chief executive. His last book, The Blueprint: How the Democrats Won Colorado (and Why Republicans Everywhere Should Care), co-authored with Rob Witwer, has been lauded by The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and political figures on both sides of the political spectrum.
In his career, Schrager has won numerous journalism accolades, including more than twenty Emmy awards. He taught journalism at the University of Denver and at Marquette University and has conducted dozens of seminars on the impact of the media on politics. Schrager has an undergraduate degree in history from the University of Michigan and a graduate degree in broadcast journalism from Northwestern University.
He and his wife live with their three children in Madison, Wisconsin.