Show WORLD WATCHES HAUPTMANN TRIBAL millions follow the greatest courtroom drama of modern history by W C WEBBER flemington N J this small amer lean an town holds the center of interest intel inte est iest tor for the entire world as day by day the intense drama of the trial of bruno richard hauptmann charged with the murder of tiny charles Und bergh son of the famous flyer unfolds fleming ton small new jersey town of less than population Is the focus of all eyes as prosecution of the former german carpenter proceeds batteries of brilliant opposing legal counsel clicking telegraph inspru inspru ments flare of flashlights all the ac of a modern murder trial have been unable to obscure the human element in this case and drag it down to the level of the usual S sen e n national sat ional court case mothers and fathers ei everywhere ery where have followed with sympathetic inter est each bit of testimony the actions of the characters in this moving drama and are weighing each scrap of evi dence that Is presented for and against this man who Is char charged e ed with one of the most hideous crimes of modern times supreme court justice thomas W trenchard presiding over the haupt ha apt mann trial has a reputation for stern ness his task Is not easy as the state of new jersey tersey attempts to send an obscure little german carpenter to the electric chair for the murder of the lindbergh baby the interplay of human emotions often tends to make the administration of cold justice dif tells of last day most pathetic figure of the drama Is that of mrs lindbergh the former anne morrow A slender figure in black bhe told her story in a clear small voice under the questioning of attorney general david T chief prosecutor she told of the idyllic afternoon she spent with her ron on the day he disappeared of how she had gone for a walk and finally of the tragedy and the bewilderment of the she firmly identified the flannel shirt the thumb guard and the sleeping garment the child wore at one point the tremendous emo strain she was undergoing was indicated when she was unable to testify in answer to a question regarding the toys of her dead baby she bowed her head silently and the prosecutor passed on to another ques tion mrs lindbergh s eyes were filled with tears and her voice trembled with emotion there were moments when she was obviously near the breaking point but she went bravely on to re late the horrifying occurrence of that dramatic day and concluded her test mony morly by identifying the clothing what that ordeal must have cost her can only be conjectured sees hauptmann when she entered the courtroom it was the first time she had seen haupt mann the accused her eyes we went nt to him repeatedly but no express on crossed her face two chairs away from mrs lindbergh sat mrs haupt mann hauptmann s face disclosed no emotion but was turned steadfastly toward the witness chair he gave no indication of mrs presence but his wife became more nervous she shifted in her chair and her head twitched as the mother told her story colonel lindbergh followed his wife on the stand his testimony was dl di and clearly given he testified that he heard a noise I 1 like the break ing of a crate supposedly when the kidnapers kidnaper s ladder broke and killed the child as the ellmin il climbed down from the nursery he lie did not realize at the time that it might have been a ladder breaking near the close of his recital of the shocking crime came a sensational mo ment when lindbergh identified haupt mann as the man whom he believed to he be guilty of his son he vigorously combated suggestions by the defense that members of his own household had been involved the fear and sorrow that swept over the house on bourland So urland mountain was revealed for the first time when betty gow scotch nurse took the stand she was the last person to see the child alive in quick staccato sen fences she told how colonel lindbergh turned away from the empty nursery and looking into his cifes eyes said anne they ve stolen cur our baby nurse collapses sharp cross examination which con bained a hint that she was involved in the crime brought flashes of anger from the nursemaid most attempts on the part of the defense to pry into her private life were challenged by the prosecution and the court generally sustained the objection she left the stand in a virtual collapse which at times caused her to sob hysterically this line of questioning was in line with statements of the defense counsel that the lindbergh was an ins de job miss gow s friendship with eed red johnson since deported from this country for illegia entry were re berred to in the questioning she ad bitted she told johnson that the baby would be at hopewell on the night of the but in answer to a it dl hect tc t question declared she rhe had not told hauptmann miss gow was accompanied in court the day she test testified ifie I 1 by mrs elsie whatley widow of th lindbergh but ler whose activities were mentioned several times during the testimony the nurse said she had spent an hour in mrs whatley s room the night of the and anat during that time the baby was a one on the second floor of the when she discovered the baby was gone she lm mediately notified the thi Lind berghs she stated defense attorney kellly s question ing has tended to show that police had not investigated actions of members of the lindbergh establishment sufficient ly to absolve them from suspicion two FIGHTS FOR LIFE A bruno hauptmann german ex car penter who is on trial on charges of murdering the L baby his stolid actions have amazed spectators were particularly pointed out in the cross examination betty gow and oliver whatley butler who later died in a hospital trooper bestif es an important witness in establishing details of the discovery that the child ft as missing was corporal joseph wolfe of the new jersey state police wolfe testified that he found the ransom note on the south window sill of the east wall traces of in mid id on a suitcase rear the window were also discovered wolfe slid sald he ide it t fled the state states s ransom note exhibit as the one he saw in its envelope the night of the kid lid naping and declared that as soon as trooper Is kelly elly arrived they checked the note for fingerprints and found none indentations in the earth beneath the window evidently made by the ladder used in the case were described by the trooper he also was the one who while searching the grounds found the discarded kidnap ladder sixty or seventy feet from tie house the stoical attitude of bruno rich ard hauptmann accused murderer Is that of an intensely interested spec this man whose arrest was the culmination of one of the longest searches in the annals of crime watches proceedings of the trial with a detach ment that Is amazing his impassive face tells nothing he ile rarely stirs in court rarely s he lie might be simply one of the aud and ence for all the emotion he displays he enters the courtroom as calmly as if he were paying a social call instead of being on trial fo for r his life identifies prisoner his composure was broken however when he was identified d by two wit nesses as having to de with the case joseph new york taxi driver testified that Haupt Haup tinann nunn was the man who had given him a note to be delia ered to dr john r condon jaisle Jafs le intermediary in the negotiations t with the kidnaper when berrone I 1 arrone stepped down from the witness stand walked across the thirty feet that separated the witness chair from hauptmann and putting his hand on Haupt manns s shoulder identified him as the man whose ac alon S he had described the prisoner gave his first sign of emotion you re a I 1 ar hauptmann muttered in so low a tone that only those sit ting close to him could hear his ills identification as a man whom he lie had seen in an automobile near the lindbergh home on the day of the kid naping by amandus hochmuth muth eighty seven eai old prussian army veteran just previous to this caused haupt mann to only shake his head the testimony of both lindbergh and his wife had also failed to shake the corn com posture of the accused man testimony of dr J F condon the jacsie of the ransom notes another important figure in the case Is expect ed to have considerable weight with the jury the retired educator con ducted the ransom negotiations which resulted in payment ef t which he alleges were made to hauptmann condon Is accompanied wherever he CHILDS NURSE F ava R betty gow nurse last person perso n to see the lindbergh infant before he disappeared goes by al fetch a former pugilist who acts as a bodyguard reich was also with condon on the night when they went to the woodlawn cemetery where jaksie established his contact with the bitting in conver bation with him for an hour on a park bench marked contrast condon positively identified haupt mann as the person to whom he paid the ransom money attorney reilly in cross examining condon implied that the witness himself was one of the kid nap gang condon vigorously denied any such part declaring that his only purpose was to get back colonel lind bergh s baby opposing counsel in this most inter esting criminal case of modern times present a marked difference david T attorney general of new jer ey who is directing the fight to send hauptmann to the electric chair Is wiry dapper dark eyed olive skinned he has not handled many criminal cases in his career and he has never before been prosecutor in a capital case he has been thrust into a glare of publicity as brilliant as any lawyer could ask for and appears calm and confident as to the final outcome of his efforts to convict the prisoner he ile has the support of five assistant attorney generals of a former judge george k h large and anthony 31 hauck jr present prosecutor of hunterdon hunterton Hunt erdon county in direct contrast to is ed ward tay reilly chief of defense coun sel in his thirty years of practice he has tried according to his own esti estl mate 2 murder cases among them 1 some of the most spectacular acquit atals ever recorded in new lork his ills methods have become almost a legend among criminal lawyers florid weigh ing pounds and a former army captain he Is entirely the opposite of his opponent reilly admits that he e will receive no pay for bis his efforts on behalf of hauptmann associated with reilly are 0 lloyd fisher a native of flemington and defender of john hughes curtis the norfolk va shipbuilder who was convicted in 1932 of obstructing jus tice in the lindbergh case egbert rosecrans defender twelve bears ears ago in the cat and swamp murder cases and freder el ck A pope meanwhile millions watch the drama that la being played daily in the U 11 le ie town of flemington rid the little new jer sey town where the most sensational trial of modern times being held |