The three part ladder used by Bruno Richard Hauptmann to kidnap Charles Lindbergh Jr.
on March 1, 1932 in East Amwell. Photo taken at State Police Museum and Learning
Center in Ewing on Thursday, April 4, 2013.
(Martin Griff / The Times of Trenton)

Ladder confronts Hauptmann once more. Once more more the kidnap ladder is brought into
the Hunterdon County Courthouse, Flemington, N.J., where the prosecution's wood expert,
Arthur J. Koehler, reiterated the charge that wood used in its construction had been
taken from the Attic of Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
Photo shows court attendants carrying the ladder into the court, February 9th.

The ladder which according to the State's contention was used by Bruno Richard Hauptmann,
in entering the Lindbergh Hopewell residence, is carried into the courtroom at Flemington,
New Jersey, where Hauptmann is standing trial for the alleged murder of the child, by
Joseph Bornmann, New Jersey State trooper who found it. Although it was not
 immediately introduced as evidence the crude ladder will figure
importantly in testimony to come.

Evidence at Hauptmann Trial. the ladder used by the kidnaper when the Lindbergh Baby was taken
from his home at Hopewell, N.J., and a piece of wood found in the attic of the home of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, alleged Lindbergh kidnaper, which were introduced by the State as
evidence against Hauptmann's home are the same.

The three parts of the ladder which the state claims Bruno Richard Hauptmann used to kidnap the
Lindbergh baby from its home in Hopewell is shown here in the Flemington Courthouse. It is a
part of the prosecutions evidence to be used to convict the Alleged kidnapper. detective Joseph
Bornman, of the New Jersey State Police who found the ladder on March 1, 1932, the night the
child was kidnapped, is shown with the ladder. January 7, 1935.

Wood may prove stumbling block for Bruno. Arthur Koehler, wood technologist of the United
States Forest Products Laboratory, who testified for the state in its trial of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, alleged Lindbergh kidnaper, is pictured with the kidnap ladder
and a board taken from the attic of the Hauptman home in the Bronx.

Taken from the attic of the Hauptmann home in the Bronx. Mr. Koehler is pointing to
the nail hole which is identical, according to the prosecution, in both pieces of wood.

A photograph, introduced by the prosecution in its trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, alleged
Lindbergh baby kidnapper, which shows the attic of Hauptmann's home in the Bronx, New
York City It is the state's contention that the board missing from the part of the floor
covered was used in the ladder to enable the kidnapper to enter the baby's room.

Frederick Pope, a member of the defense counsel fighting to keep Bruno Richard Hauptmann
from going to the chair for the kidnapping and murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., is
pictured in the Hunterdon County Court, Flemington, January 25th, looking at a
photostatic copy of the attic of Hauptmann's home. It is the State's contention
that the board missing from the part of the floor covered was used in the ladder
which the kidnaper used to enter the baby's room.

Wood may prove stumbling block for Bruno. One of the most damaging sits of evidence yet
presented at the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann was a board taken from the attic of
Hauptmann's House, which was introduced Jan. 23rd, as a clincher to the State's case.

Photo shows the end of the board taken from the Hauptmann attic. The state contends
that the ladder used in the Lindbergh kidnapping, contained a piece sawed from the
Hauptmann attic.

Wood may prove stumbling block Bruno. One of the most damaging bits of testimony yet
presented by the prosecutions at the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann.

Wood may prove stumbling block for Bruno one of the most damaging bits of evidence
yet presented by the prosecution at the trial of Bruno Richard Haupmann was a board
taken from the attic of Bruno's house, which was introduced Jan. 23rd, as clincher to
the State's case. Photo shows part of the Ladder used in the Lindbergh kidnapping.
The state contends that a piece sawed from the board in the Hauptmann attic
was used in the construction of the ladder.

Wooden plank with four holes found in Hauptman's garage. $860. of the ransom was found
in this wooden plank with a loaded gun in the hole at left.

The holes in this lumber contained rolled up ransom money from the kidnapping of Charles
Lindbergh Jr. on March 1, 1932 in East Amwell. The wood, with the money rolled inside
was identified as part of the framework inside Bruno Richard Hauptmann's garage.
Photo taken at State Police Museum and Learning Center in
Ewing on Thursday, April 4, 2013.
(Martin Griff / The Times of Trenton)

Anthony Hauck, prosecutor of Hunterbon County, is pictured with the chisel found on the
Lindbergh's Hopewell Estate after the baby had been kidnapped, introduced by the
 state as evidence in its trial of Bruno Richard Huaptmann, alleged kidnapper.