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Show Hauptmann HauptnlanTI flauptrnaim Case Experts ExpertsValue ' Value 1Value 1 , Sep Services vices Highly Staggering Expense of Trial TrialBrings TrialBrings Brings Censure . Trenton , N -tIore tIore JtIore J-More J More J - ! More than $1,000,000 1000000 $1,000,000was $1,000,000was $1,000,000was 1000000was $ , , was spent to solvp solve the LIndbergh baby babymurder babymurder babymurder murder includln Including the capture and nnd con con- conviction con-Tictlon con Tictlon - . vlctlon viction of ot Bruno llruno Richard Hauptmann Hnuptmann HnuptmannThis HauptmannThis HauptmannThis This estimate \ was as made by Assistant AssistantAttorney AssistantAttorney AssistantAttorney Attorney General Joseph Josepb A . , Lanigan Lanlgan Lanlgan.He LanlganHe . . He made this estimate when the joint jointlegislative jointlegislative legislative appropriations approprlaUons committeo committee committeospproed committeeapproved committeeapproved sppro\ed sppro ed approved \ a supplemental supplement\l supplement l ' \ appropriation appropriationof of $ $80,000 80000 $50,000 50000 $ , , to defray the remaining rem1.1mng rem11mng remilnmg . ex- ex expenses ex expenses - . penses of ot the recent trial at rlemlng rleming rlemington rlemlngton Flemington ton . . "My My flAry " estimate , " said Lanlgan Lnnlnn Lanigan ( ; , "tahes tahes "takes takes "tahesIn "takes1n "takesIn takesIn " In 1n two and one-half one half - - - years of in 1m Imesti-1gatlon Imesti 1gatlon csU- csU estl- estl csUgatlon estlgation - gatlon gation by b } tbe the state stnte of New Jersey , thecity the thecity thecity city of New York , and the federal goernmcnt gov- gov government gov go\ go government \ " . - ernment ernmcnt . . . " " The cost of ot the trial alone \ was 1S < ex- ex extraordlnarrly ex extraordinarily . - traordinarily traordInnrlly traordlnarrly high-more high more high - more than tbaD $200,000and $200,000and $200.000 200.000 200000 $200,000 $ . , -and and --and - - - and caused Attorney General David DavidT DavidT DavidT T . Wllcntz Wllentz to fume , sputter , whistle whistleand whistleand whistleand and turn red of ot face . . Routine noutIne ex- ex expenses ex expenses - . penses he could do nothing about- about aboutbut aboutbut about aboutbut - but the expenses dealing with expert expertwitnesses expertwitnesses expertwitnesses witnesses are something else "I'llwhittle "I'llwhittle "I'll Ill " ' ' whittle some of them down with a blue bluepenell bluepencil bluepencil penell pencil , " Wilentz warned sa\ sa say sa'l savagely \ 'l l ' sgely ely , as ashe ashe ashe he scanned theflexpert the "expert expert flexpert " " fees totaUng totaling totaling$46,60115 totaling4660115 $46,66115 4666115 $ , . . Kosher DinnersAmong Dinners DinnersAmong Among the charges listed llsted were $138 138 $69 69 $ CS 50 50and 50and 50and and $8420 8420 $84 84 $ 20 for special kosher Iosher , dinners dinnersfor dinnersfor | for the family famUy of ot dead Isldor Isidor risch I'Isch IIsch rischbrought ' , brought here from Germany to testify testifyagainst testifyagainst testifyagainst against Bruno Richard Hnuptmann's Hnuptmanns IIauptmann's IIauptmanns Hnuptmann'sstory IIauptmann'sstory IIauptmann'sstory IIauptmannsstory ' story . Only one member of the fam famUy family family Uy ily , Hannah , n a sister of Isldor IsIdor , ever evertestifiedand evertestifiedand evertestified testified-and testified and - and she only . for a few minutes mln min mlnutes minutcs utes . . Dr . Charles H \ Mitchell 1\IItchell 1 IItchell , who testi tesU testi- testified testified . - fied fled about the autopsy he lie performed performedon on the murdered bjby b.lby blby baby . , . Charles Ch'lrles Chlrles ' Lind Lindbergh Lindbergh LIndbergh bergh , charged the state stRte $300 300 $ : ; 00 and Prof Prof.George ProfGeorge . . George H . , Priest , of Princeton Princeton , as1.ed as1ed asked asked$150 asked150 . $150 150 $ for reading his bls translation of a aletter aletter aletter letter Hauptmann Hnuptmann wrote to the rischfamily nsch Tisch nschfamlly Tischfamily famlly family In Germany . District Attorney AttorneySamuel AttorneySamuel AttorneySamuel Samuel Foley , of the Bronx , charged charged$80750 charged80750 $80750 80750 $50750 50750 $ $ for going to Plemlngton rIemlngton I'lemington Ilemington ' dur dur- during during ur . - ing lng several weeks wpehs of the trial . Of tne the handwriting experts , Dr . Wll Wil- Wil Wilmer WU-mer WU mer - - . mer Souder , the government expert expertfrom expertfrom expertfrom from Washington , charged only $6015 6015 $0915travel 0915travel $ GJ ! 15 , travel expenses e'qenses eqenses ' ) But ponderous old oldAlbert oldAlbert oldAlbert Albert S Osborn valued v'llucd vllucd ' his hlS orations orationsas as a pen seer at no less than $12000 12000 $12000and $12000and $12000and 12000and $ and his son , Albert D . Osborn , ashed asked asked$9,655 asked9655 $3,655 3655 $ 9,655 9655 , . Fees rees of the other olber handwriting handwritingexperts handwritingexperts experts handwritingexperts experts were : Elbrldge Blbrldge Elbridge W . Stein Stein$4,800 Stein4800 , $4,800 4800 $4,500 4500 $ , , Herbert J Walter Halter Walter-4 Walter 4 . , 'H H $4 4 ' $ - ? 850 556 S ; HarryE rr1rryE rr1rry Harry E C Cassldy 1ssldy Cassidy < , . , $3 3 $3530 3530 $ 3 536 ; J . . dark Chrk Clark Sellers Sellers$8,238 Sellers8238 , S,238 S238 $3,238 3238 $ $ , , and John P r F . , Tyrell . , $3,507 3507 $ , . Angered , the caustic little attorney attorneygeneral attorneygeneral attorneygeneral general said : "All All "AU AU " these bills will wlU be measured by bythe bythe bythe the same yardstick as In the case of ofa ofa ofa a private litigant . No one will be per per- - mitted mltted excessive fees tees merely because becausethe becausethe becausethe the state stnte Is the debtor . Some of thece these thecebills thesebills thesebills ; bills are outrageously outr\geously outr geously ' \ high . Tll They ( > y will willnot willnot not be approved by me . . " Expert Asks Ask $4,130 4130 $4,130A $ , A German medical expert . , Dr . Louis LouisSchuIhofer LouisSehulbofer LouisSchuIIiofcr SchuIhofer Sehulbofer , was never nc\"er nc "er er \ " called cnllell as us a wit witness wItness witness ness , yet he billed the st state 1te < for $4130 4130 $4130The $4130The $4130The 4130The $ The Hlldobrccht Hl1dcbrecht fllidebreclit hotel In Trenton asl.ed asled asked asked$4,130 asked4130 . $4,130 4130 $ , for housing and feeding stute's stutes state's states stute'swltnecses state'switnesses state'switnesses stateswitnesses ' wltnecses witnesses : . . Meanwhile Me1nwhlle , Hauptmann still remains remainsIn in death ' row t'O\V t'O tO V \ In Trenton prison , having havinglittle havinglittle havinglittle little to do with other prisoners , look lookIng looklag lookIng Ing lag for forward " , ard to"Islts to \ " visits \"Islts "Islts Islts from Ins IllS his wife ' " wife.Anna wifeAnna Ire . , Ann'1 Ann1 Ann'i Anni ' ' , ' ' and 'lnd lnd 'Ind Ind his law lawyers ers His Ills little son sonMannfricd , Mann Mannfried fried , he may mny never see n again againOn againOn aln alnOn On her last l'1st l1st ' visit . , Mis 1lis Hauptmann IIauptmann was wastold wastold wastold told that she cannot C'1nnot C1nnot ' bring the Infant Infantto infantto Infantto to prison , that th\t th t ' \ her husband husbnml can ne\ ne neer never neversee neversee \ er ersee see him again ng'lln nglln ' unless he wins a new newtrIal newtrial newtrial trIal and Is ncqulttedThis acquittedThis acquitted ncqultted acquittedThis This nev ne\\ ne nes news \ s disheartened dlche\rtened dlche rtened ; ' \ Uauptmann Hauptmann Uauptmannbut Hauptmannbut nnuptmannbut but he be still Insisted he lie would trIumph triumphIn In his fight tight for a new trial tr1l11 The cost costot costof costof ot of his appeals ' " will III run to more than than$10000 than10000 $10000 10000 $ , and will not be borne by the thestate thestate thestate state , as ns originally orIgiually agreed qgreed , but by the I . defense By appearing at rallies rames in ins insNew InNew I before German Germany Germanygroups Germanigroups : New e\\ e eYork \ \ York , largely I has managedto managed g-roups g roups groups - , Mrs Hauptmann Hauptmnnn doll'lrs dolllrs dollars doll'lrs'Ioreo"er dollarsMoreover dollarsMoreover ' to raise se\ se several seeral \ eral thousand 'Ioreo\"er 'Ioreo Ioreo "er er Moreover ' \ " , tlie the defense deCense fund has been beenswelled beenswelled beenswelled swelled by press and radio racIlo appeals appealsB'lrred appealsBarred appealsBarred B'lrred Blrred Barred ' from openly soliciting sohcIting funds In InAew InIsew . 1\e\v 1 e v Aew \ \ York Yorl . , Mrs Hauptmnnn Hauptmann IIauptmann is plan plan-ning plan ning ; - . , nIDg ping appearances nppe1r'1nCeS nppe1r1nCeS ' In other large cities |