Show I Day by Day Account of Trial I Or 81 Associated Pr Press M FIRST DAY Wednesday January 2 2 First First jurors chosen chosen- SECOND DAY Thursday January 3 Jury 3 Jury corn com attorney attorn e general outlined states state's case alleging Hauptmann kid kidS and murdered Lindbergh baby aly because he wanted money money money Anne Annc Morrow r h mother Identified baby's sleeping garment Colonel Charles A. A bergh f father ther be began an testimony THIRD DAY Friday January 4 Lindbergh 4 Identified idea Iden tilled prisoners prisoner's voice as that of or man who took ransom in Bronx ry FOURTH DAY Monday Monda January 7 Anne 7 Anne they've stolen our baby bobyl Lindbergh cried when he entered nursery Betty Gow Gov baby's nurse testified she identified baby's garme garment t rebuked defense Insinuations In insinuationS against herself hersel FIFTH DAY Tu Tuesday day January 8 Pointing a-Pointing wavering way way- erIn ering finger Unger at Hauptmann an 17 ij old year man Amandus Hockmuth h said he hc sew saw the Bronx carpenter in inan inan inan an automobile with ladder near inc Lindbergh home day of crime Jose Joseph JosephA h A A. Bronx taxi driver identified tied fled Hauptmann as man who gave him ransom note to deliver to Dr John F. F Condon defense won temporary point not to admit kidnap ladder as evidence SIXTH DAY Wednesday January 9 9 Three Three times Dr Condon identified Hauptmann as the mysterious John he met in ransom ran ran- soI som soni 1 negotiations ns said Hauptmann when discussing ransom asked Will WillI I burn if baby is dead defense request request re re- quest for mistrial denied Edward J. J ReW Hauptmann counsel failed to shake story in cross examination exam exam- nation SEVENTH DAY Thursday January HJ lU Dr Condon still unshaken in his testimony finished fin finIshed long session in witness chaIt chali de denied c e. e nied sa saying ing that four persons were involved in conversation with tw two iWO women women women wo wo- men one of whom appeared in II C court Colonel Henry Breckenridge tes testified ined Jasie demanded baby be C. C O. O D. D police officers identified ed samples samples sam sam- ples pies of Hauptmann's handwriting made mode after his arrest EIGHTH DAY Friday Januar January 11 Albert ll-Albect Albert S. S Osborn Osborn Osborn Os Os- born Sr handwriting expert iJ tied fied handwriting in all 14 ransom notes as that of Hauptmann Frank Wilson government agent said he knows of no ransom bills appearing after Hauptmann's arrest also that first ransom bill appeared in the vicinity vicinity vicin vicino ity of Hauptmann's place of ot employ ment NI NINTH TJ DAY Monday Monda January 14 14 Osborn Osborn reiterated reiter reiter- identification of handwriting an and said evidence was irresistible Unanswerable unanswerable unanswerable un un- answerable and overwhelming HIldegarde Hildegarde Hil- Hil degarde Olga Alexander year old Bronx dress model said she saw Hauptmann shadowing Dr Condon in n Bronx prior to time o of ransom payment payment pay pay- ment Elbridge W. W Stein handwriting expert said misspelled words and peculiar peculiar peculiar pe pe- pe- pe culiar characteristics in Hauptmann's writings led him to positive conclusion sion Sian Hauptmann wrote ransom notes T DAY TUESDAY Jan 15 Two 15 Two more experts experts ex ex- pens identified Hauptmann's handwriting handwriting hand hand- writing defense brought in name of dead furrier Isadore Fisch defense insinuated Hauptmann's hand was I imitated in notes ELEVENTH DAY WEDNESDAY Jan 16 Experts 16 Nos 5 6 7 and 8 identified Hauptmann's Hauptmann's Hauptmann's Haupt Haupt- manns mann's handwriting in m notes dc defense ense announced it would produce witness wit witness ness to testify testily Fisch tried to sell ransom ran ransom som money at a discount TWELFTH DAY THURSDAY Jan 17 Hauptmann 17 restraint broke cried Mister Mister you ou stop slop lying you are telling a story at al Thomas H. H government govern ment agent as latter latler testified to finding finding find find- ing ransom cache in Hauptmann garage Dr Charles H. H Mitchell county county coun ty physician testified Lindbergh Lindberch baby died of fractured skull inflicted by external violence and causing death instantaneously or within a few min mm ules others told lold gruesome deta details ts of or finding little body Morgan clerks bank clerks and government agents traced course of ransom money before before be be- fore Core and after afler payment filling station sta station tion related receipt of bill which led to Hauptmann's arrest THIRTEENTH DAY FRIDAY Jan 18 18 Mrs Mrs Hauptmann shouts You are lying I as a former neighbor in n the Bronx Mrs Ella Achenba h testifies were mo ing away on the thc day o of the kidnap kidnap- FOURTE FOURTEENTH Tit DAY DAf Monday January 21 Treasury 21 Treasury accountant testified Hauptmann's assets mounted to after ran ran- som sorn was paid construction timekeeper time time- keeper said Hauptmann abs absent nt on day of ransom payment quitting two days day later FIFTEENTH DAY Tuesday January 22 State 22 State won fight tight fight to introduce uce kidnap ladder Into evidence nee two real resi dents te testified they saw aw Hauptmann In m vicinity of Lindbergh residence before SL SIXTEENTH DAY Wednesday January Januar 23 23 Test Testimony mony that rail of kidnap ladder came from Hauptmann's attic offered of of- by government wood expert Arthur J J. J oehler Koehler who said he traced other ladder lumber from North Carolina mill to Bronx himber lumber lumber lum him ber yard where Hauptmann once was employed and aid made purchases SEVENTEENTH DAY Thursday January 24 State 24 State rested rested rest rest- ed upon completion of Koehler's testimony testimony testimony tes tes- defense lost motion for di directed directed di- di acquittal argued state had hadnot hadnot hadnot not proved case and promised to produce man last In actual contact with kidnaper to testify Hauptmann was not guilty two defense witnesses witnesses' witnesses witnesses' wit wIt- nesses nesses' testimony did not support Hauptmann's alibi for the nig night t of tho the crime Hauptmann be began an testimony testimony test test- mony in his own O defense asserting he stayed at nt home night of April 2 2 1932 when Dr Condon said he paid him ransom EIGHTEENTH DAY Friday January 25 Hauptmann 25 25 said I did not to every detail of states state's case said Fisch gave him shoe box in December 1933 1033 and that he did not discover it had money in it Lindbergh ransom money until August 1934 1034 said Fisch Flach also gave him cash to invest In stocks which was computed as part of swollen assets after ransom payment pronounced alibi for every important date connected with crime said police beat him and tricked him into writing words misspelled like words in ransom notes state slate began cross examination examina examina- tion Hauptmann admitted more than one conviction in Germany admitted ownership of a notebook which had boat written as boad as in ransom notes NINETEENTH DAY Monday Monda January 28 Hauptmann 28 confronted by sketches o of ladder and window in his own notebook denied he drew them harassed by prosecutor tor lor he shouted Stop that thaU Admitted Admitted Admit Admit- t- t ted he told four lies three to lo police and one to lo District Attorney Foley of or orthe the thc Bronx when he said he wrote telephone number on a board denied he wrote the number admitted admitted admit admit- ted ted led he did not tell his wife of ransom ransom ran ran- som sorn money discovery admitted he did not count the money until two weeks after alter he found it il ended da day confused and arid excited TWENTIETH DAY Tuesday January 29 Hauptmann's 29 own phrase on witness stand that was planned a year already was used for lor comparison with phrases in ransom ransom ransom ran ran- som notes letters Hauptmann wrote to relatives o of Isador Fisch confronted him in prosecutors prosecutor's effort to show Fisch put skins not cash into joint fur business cross examination ended end ended ed with W accusing Hauptmann o of concealing truth about everything in case defense took up redirect examination ex cx- produced payroll record to show Hauptmann worked on day ransom was paid demanded state produce pro produce duce letters Fisch family wrote to Hauptmann TWENTY FIRST DAY Wednesday Jan 30 Hauptmann 30 completed testimony saying he had hadnot hadnot hadnot not used since 1928 the plane state charges was used for kidnap ladder I Mrs Hauptmann testified husband called for her at Bronx bakery on kidnap night and offered al alibis bis for tor two other dates connected with crime prosecutor tripped Mrs Hauptmann Haupt HauP Hauptmann mann on testimony relative to shoe I box in which Hauptmann said aid ransom ransom ran ran- som om money given iven to him by Fisch was kept on shelf of broom closet Elvert Carlstrom carpenters carpenter's helper testified he saw Hauptmann in Bronx bakery at p p. p m m. m night of oC kidnap kidnap- ing state attacked witness witness' memory and court remarked testimony was wavering TWENTY SECOND DAY Thursday January 31 Louis 31 Louis Kiss Batik painter declared he too saw Hauptmann In bakery on kidnap night August Van Henke stated slated he talked with Hauptmann about a dog dogin dogin dogin in th the Bronx same night Luther Harding testified two men with ladder ladder ladder lad lad- der in automobile at Princeton N N. J J. asked direction to Lindbergh home day of neither neither one Hauptmann Haupt Hauptmann mann John M. M Trend of East St. St Louis Ill accepted by court as defense delease de dc- de- de lease handwriting expert after alter dispute dispute dis dis- over qualifications TWENTY TillED DAY Friday February 1 I 1 disputed dis eight state experts and said Hauptmann d did d not write the ran ran- som om notes Peter H. H Sommer identified identified fied fled picture of Isador Fisch as one of or two men he saw cross Hudson river on A ferry and ass assist t a woman with a blond year old baby on a street car said picture of Morrow maid Violet Sharpe closely resembled woman testified baby was wrapped in blanket and dressed in piece one sleeping suit state launched vigorous attack upon identifications TWENTY FOURTH DAY MONDAY MONDA Y Feb 4 Anna 4 Anna declared Miss Sharpe was in her restaurant res res- near Ferry in Yonkers at p. p m m. m the night of of- carry carry ing gray blanket Colonel H. H Norman Norman Norman Nor Nor- man denied he ever said gangster Harry Fleisher was wa responsible sible for crime Unsuccessfully defense de de- de- de tense sought to 10 trace kidnap ladder to epilepsy treatment center Hans Kloppenburg asserted he and Hauptmann Hauptmann Hauptmann Haupt Haupt- mann pla played cd mandolin and guitar at Hauptmann home night of the thc kid kid- naping TWENTY FIFTH DAY Tuesday Feb 5 Benjamin 5 Heier testified he saw man resembling Fisch once Hauptmann business p partner part part- nero ncr leap over St. St Raymonds Raymond's cemetery cemetery cemetery tery wall night of ransom payment defense asserted it would prove Fisch obtained ransom and attempted to dispose of it defense nse lost move to compel Colonel to produce produce produce pro pro- duce his press releases on investigation Mrs Martha lartha Hoff testified testified test fied tied Fisch carried bundles when he visited her late in 1933 1033 but court I struck out further testimony through I which defense tried to prove that Fisch isch attempted to dl dispose ose of money TWENTY SIXTH DAY Wednesday Feb 6 Gustave 6 Miller Miller Mil Mil- ler plumber testified he noticed no floor board m missing sing in n Hauptmann's attic when he fixed leak in August i 1934 Dr E. E M. M Hudson fingerprint expert said he found readable prints ladder despite failure o of police experts also that when he examined ladder upright which state stale state charges came came from Hauptmann attic it had one state witnesses witnesses witnesses wit wit- nesses said s four lour which matched in attic joists defense delease de de- de- de lease attempted to show Fisch spent early in 1933 court ruling out testimony along this line unless it could be proved notes were ransom bills po police ce called by defense to relate relate re re- re- re late again fingerprint efforts cUorts minor witnesses testified TWENTY SEVENTH DAY Thursday Feb 7 Charles 7 J J. J de Bisschop defense wood expert asserted as as- ladder upright ht does docs not match sample board from Hauptmann attic Walter Manley another alibi witness said he saw Hauptmann in Bronx night three residents testified critically against Millard Whited's reputation fr truth truth- Whited Whited had testified for the state stat he saw Hauptmann near Lind bergh home before TWENTY EIGHTH DAY Friday Feb 8 Brevoort 8 Bolmer testified he saw Lindbergh kidnap ladder on the back of an auto early in the thc morning March l 1 at his filling station near Hopewell said man not- not Hauptmann and a woman were in the car two practical lumbermen dispute states state's expert who said rail 16 of ladder was ladder was sawed from a floorboard floorboard floorboard floor floor- board in Hauptmann's attic defense rested states state's rebuttal started several sev se eral said Isador Fisch was with them for financial deal on kidnap night Henna Fisch sister said Fisch had only in Germany just before he died admitted he had her burn two slips of or paper but denied he burned any money TWENTY NINTH DAY Saturday February 9 9 The The state j presented several more rebuttal wU- wU wit wit-j J nesses chief being Mrs Dwight W. W Wj Morrow mother o of Mrs Lindbergh t tto to clear the of Violet name Sharpe j jand and dispute points of the defense The Thc state slate rested 1 The defense rested i iThe The closing days o of the trial were consumed by summations by the thc d de- de dej j lease and state and the courts court's s it charge to the thc jury T fi |