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Show WORLD W WATCHES WATCHESPTMNN A TGMES TGMESHAUPTMANN NAU HAUPTMANN PTMNN A TRIAL NAUMillions Millions Follow the Greatest GreatestCourtroom Courtroom Drama ofModern of Modern History . By W . C . WEBBER WEBBERrlemlngton WEBBERFlemlngton rlemlngton Flemlngton , N . J-This J This . - sm111 small Amer- Amer Amerlean mer4 mer4tcan - tcan lean town holds the center ot of lntelest interest interestfor lntelestfor for the enUre entire world as day by day the theIntense theintense Intense drama of the trIal of Bruno BrunoRichard BrunoRichard Richard Hauptmann , charged with themurder the thewurder wurder murder ot of tiny Charles Llndbergb Lindbergh , son sonof sonof of the famous flyer er , unfolds . rlemlng Fleming Flemington rlemlngton ton , small New J Jersey er . : > ey town of less lessth1n lesstir tir th1n m 3000 3 000 population . , Is the focus of ofnIl ofall nIl all eyes , as prosecution of tbe the former formerGerman formerGerman German calpenter carpenter proceeds proceedsBatterIes proceedsBatteries BatterIes of brilliant opposing legal legalcounsel legalcounsel counsel , cllchmg ducking telegraph Instru Instruments instrumeats ments meats , flare are 01 of llshhghts-all llshhghts all flashlights-all flashlights - the ac accompaniments accompaniments companiments of a modern murdertrraihaw murder murdertrmlha trml-ha\ trml ha trmlhae trrai-haw trrai haw - \ e a been unable to obscure the thehuman thehuman human element In this case and drag dragit dragit it do down " n to the Ie level , el of the usual sen sensnUonal sensatlonal snUonal satlonal court case caseMothers caseMothers Mothers and fathers e\ e eery everywhere everywherehate \ ery " here hereha hae hate ha\ ha \ e fol1owed followed "lth lth wlth " sympathetic Inter Interest interest est each bit of testimony , the actionsof actions actionsof of tbe the characters In tbls this moving drama , and are "elghlng elghlng elghing tc " each scrap of evi evl evidence evldente dence dente that Is presented for and against againstthis a alnst alnstthis this man "ho ho who " is chalgctI charged with one of ofthe ofthe the most hideous crimes of modern modernbmes moderntimes bmes times bmesSupreme timesSupreme Supreme Court Justice Justlce Tbomas Thomas W . Trenchard , presiding 0 over ' er the Baupt Haupt Bauptmann Hauptmann mann trial , has a reputation tor for stern sternness sternness ness His tash task Is nol not eJ.sy eJsy easy . as the state stateof stateof of l-.ew l.ew l .ew ew hew - . Tersey Jersey attempts to send an anobscure anobscure obscure lIttle German carpenter to the theelechic theelectric elechic electric chair for the murder of the theLindbergh theLindbergh Lindbergh baby . 'ilie ilie ' he Interplay ofhuman of ofhuman human emotions ofren often tends to mahe make makethe the admInistration of cold justice dif difficult difficult ficult . . Tells of Last Day . . Most pathetic figure of the drama dramaJs dramaIs Js Is that of l\Irs l Irs Mrs \ LlntIbergh Lindbergh , the former formerAnne formerAnne Anne Morrow A slender figure inblack In Inblack black , sbe she told her story in a clear , , small voice Undel Under the questIoning of Attorney General Da\ Da Daid David \ id T . Wllentz Wilentz , chief prosecutor , , she told of the theId theIdyllic Id Idyllic llle afternoon she spent with her herson herson son on the day be lie cUsappearetI disappeared , of how howshe howshe she bad had gone for a walk and finally of ofthe ofthe the tragedy antI and the be beeilderment " lIderment of ofthe ofthe the kidnaping She firmly identifiedthe Identified Identifiedthe the flannel shirt , the thumb guard , andthe and andthe the sleepmg sleeping garment the chnd child wore woreAt woreAt At one point the tremendous emo emoUonal emotlonal Uonal tlonal strain she was undergoIng "as as was "asIndicated wasindicated " Indicated when sho she "as as was " un\ble un ble unable ' \ to totestIfy totestify testIfy In ansner answer to a question ro re rogardlng regarding gardlng garding babyShe the toyS of her dead baby She bowed her head sllent1 silently , and the theprosecutor theprosecutor prosecutor passed on to another ques Uon tion quesUon question tionMrs Irs Mrs ? ! . . Lindbergh's Lindberghs ' eyes were fined filled finedwith filledwith with tears and her tolce , olce trembled wIth wIthemotion withemotion emotion 'lhere lhere where ' were moments "ben ben when "benshe whenshe " she "as as was " obviously near the breakIng breakIngpoInt breakingpoint poInt . , but she cent , \ eut braveh bravel3 on to re relate relate late the horrIfying OCCUlrence occurrence of that thatdramatic thatdramatic dramatic dav day , and concluded her tesU testl testlmony tesUmony clothingWhat mony by Identlf identify Ing rng the clothing What that ordeal must have cost her hercan hercan can only be conjectured conjecturedSees conjecturedSees Sees Hauptmann . When she cntered entered the courtroom It itwas I , .as as was , . the first time she had seen Baupt Haupt Bauptmann Hauptmann mann tohIm . , the nccu accused ed Her e eyes es went 'vent vent ' to I hIm repeatedly . , but no expression expressioncrossed expressioncrossed crossed her face Two chairs awa\ awa awas awafrom awasfrom \ from Mrs . . Llndbergb Lindbergh sat Mra Mrs Haupt HauptmanD Hauptmann manD mann ilauptmnnn's ilauptmnnns IIauptmann'a IIauptmanna ' face dIsclosed no noemotion noemotion steadfastlytoward emotion , but was turned steadfastly toward the witness chair . , Be lie ga\ ga gae gate gano gateno \ e no Indlc1tlon indlc'rtion indlcrtion ' of Mrs Lindbergh'spresence Lindbergh's Lindberghs Lindbergh'spresence ' presence , but bls his wIfe bec1me became more moreDenoue morenertou Denoue nertou ' ; bhe She E.hlftcd Ehlftcd shifted . In her ch'llr chllr chair ' and andher her head twItched twltched as the wother mother told toldher her story . Colonel I.lnber Ilnber Lindbergh . ( ] h follo followed " e ( ] hls his wifeon wife wifeon on the stand HIs testimony was dl di dlrect direst rect rest and cle1rly clearly gh"en ghen given " lIe IIe testified testifiedthat testifiedthat that he he\rd he rd lieard ' \ a noise ll1.e ll1e like . the bl bieak e\k e k ' \ Int rng ekInt bieakrng : of a crate cratesulpo crate-supposedly crate supposedly ' -sulpo sulpo - [ edly when the I.ldnnper's I.ldnnpers Ildnnpers kidnaper's kidnapers theI.ldnnper's thekidnaper's . ' ladder brolte broke and 111ed killed . ! the thechl1d thechild chl1d child flS as the crimInal climbed do\\ do don down \ \ n from dofrom downfrom tbo the nursery He dId not re\Hze re Hze realize reHzeat realizeat ' \ at the time that It might have been a I-\der I der ladder aIder aladder - ' \ ( ] brc.ahlng brcahlng breaking . . - - Near tl1e the close of hIs recItal ot of the theshocklDg theshocking e shocklDg shocking crIme came a sensational mo me moment memeat ment meat when Lindbergh tdent1f Identified ed Baupt Haupt Bauptmann Hauptmann mann as the man whom he belle belleced . ed tohe to tobe be he gUIlty oC of hldnaplng kidnaping his son He Lie HevIgorously Lievigorously vIgorously comb1ted combated suggestions by bythe bythe the defense tll'lt tlllt that ' member membern . : > of hIs o"n on own ownhousehold o"nhousehold " household had been im Ins olved olvedThe olvedThe The fear and sorrow that swept 0\ 0 o4 0er \ er erthe erthe the house on Sourland mountain mountainas \\as as was wasrevealed \ asrevealed revealed for the first time "hen hen w " hen Betty BettyGow BettyGow Gow , Scotch nurse , took the srand stand srandShe standShe She "as as was " the last person to see the thechlId thechild chlId child aHve alive . In quIck , staccato sen sentences sentences tences sbe she told how Colonel Lindberghturned Lindbergh Lindberghturned turned away from the empty nursery nurseryand nurseryand and 100klDg looking Into his wIfe's wIfes ' e el es said saidnne said"Anne ' "Anne Anne " _ \nne nne \ , the3'se the3se the ; } ' \ e stolen CUI cut b'lby blby baby ' " Nurse Collapses CollapsesSh1rp CollapsesSharp Sh1rp Sharp cross c"tamlnatlon ctamlnatlon examination " which con contatned contamed tatned tamed a hInt th1r tilt she was Imohed intolted In Inthe inthe the Cflmo crrnie brought flashes of anger angerfrom angerfrom from the nursemaid Most attempts on onthe onthe the parr part of the defense to pry Into her herprn herpritate pritate prn ate life were challened challenged ; by the thePIOsccuUon theprosecution PIOsccuUon prosecution and tbe the court generaHy generally generaHysustaIned generallysustained sustaIned the objection She left the thestand thestand stand In a Irtual slrtual , collapse whIch at attimes attimes times caused her to sob hysterIcally . TIlls This 1me line of questIOnIng "as as was " in Hne line linewith with \ \ Ith statements of the defense counsel counsel'I counselthat ' that the Llndbelgh Lindbergh hidnapmg kidnaping "as as was " nn an nnmshle aninside 'I I 'Ithat mshle inside job Miss Gow's Gows clew's clews ' fllendshlp fitendshlp with with'Red 'Red Red ' Red ' .Tohnson Tohnson Johnson . , since deported from fromthis fromthis this countrj country fOl fur iUeg llleg II it entry , were re referred reerred ferred erred ( to in the questIOnIng She ad ad11l1tted admitted 11l1tted mitted she told Johnson t111t Hilt the baby baby"oulll babywoultl "oulll oulll woultl " be at Hope"ell Hopeell Hopewell " on the night ot of otthe ofthe the Udnapmg kidnaping , but In answer to a di dl ditect dltect tect question dechred declared "he he the " had not toldIauptmann told toldIIauptm'lnn IIauptm'lnn IIauptmlnn Iauptmann ' . .MIss MIss . Gow Gow.as \.as .as was \ . accompanied In court courtthe courtthe the da dal , she testifiell testified by Mrs Elsie ElsieWh1Ue ElsieWhatley Wh1Ue Wh1Ue1dow Whatley , \1dow 1dow widow ' \ of tho the Lindbe1gh Lindbergh but butler butler ler , whoso whose nchHhe activities were mentIOned mentIOnedse mentionedseselal seselal testimonyThe se , eial times durmg during the testimony testImon The nurse saId she had sent spent ! ) an hour hourin hourin in Mrs W "hatley's hatleys " hatley's hatleys ' room the night ot of otthe ofthe the hldn.1pmg hldn1pmg kidnaping . ' , and tt11t tact dunng during that thattime thattime time the baby was " 'lS lS ' t1lone nione on thesecond the theE.econd E.econd Eecond second . floor of the J1lJuse nouse When she shedscoc he hedisco disco dscoc ( , ere eyed the baby W'lS WlS was ' gone , she im4 im- im im4mediately immediately - mediately notified thl the ' Lmdberghs Lindberghs , she shestate shestated stated state statedDefense Defense Attorney fiellly's fielllys Peilly's Peillys , ' question- question - Ing questionIng has tended to sho v that police pollee had hadnot hadnot not In insestagated , estlg ' ed actions of members ofthe of ofthe the Llndbelgh Lindbergh est1bl1 establishment hment sufficient ly sufficiently to absoh absolc e a them flom from suspldon suspirton , Two I , FIGHTS FOR LIFE Z i 9 a akw , kw kwy kwi i r ? y pe rpe 4 4wt wt wte e n a ' 6 ! t , , ors orsk&I I orsI k&I kI ! & t tBruno Bruno Hauptmann , German ex C41r car carpenter penter , who Is on traal trial on charges ofmurdering of ofmurdering HIsstolid murdering the Lindbergh baby . HIs Hisstolid stolid actions have amtzed amazed : spectators "ele ele were " particularly poInted out In the thecross thecross cross amination eaaminatlon e ' nett Iletty Cow , 'lnd lnd and ' 'lndOliver andOliver Oliver Whntlcj 1Pliatle3 , bUt butler ) ( l . , who latcr later dIed dIedIn In a ho hospital plta1 . . Trooper Testlfses Testifies TestifiesAn llshlngdetails establishingdetails An importmt important : WItD3 witness ( ' In establishing esta llshlng details of the dLsco\ dLsco dLscoery dLscocery \ ery that the child 55 \ 'lS lS 'IS IS ' ' mlssmg missing was CorpOl'1.l CorpOl1.l CorpOl1l Corpoi al ' . Joseph Wolfe Wolfeof Wolfeof of Wolfetestified Wolfetestifled the 1\'c 1 'c c New \ ' " Jcrse3 Juse ; } shte state pollee police . Wolfe testified testifled tll'lt tlllt that ' he found the lnIlSorn rnnsom note noteon noteon on the south window sill of the cast east castwall eastwall wall . 'liaces liaces 'lances lances ' ' of mud on a sultcas sultcasp sultcaspnear ' near tile the window " Indow weH were ulso also dlsco\ dlsco dlscoed discotered \ ed , Wolfe s'lld slld said ' Be He lI.1cutJfie lI1cutJfie identified . the t e state states statesransom s sr'lnsom r'lnsom rlnsom ransom ' note exlublt exhibit .1'3 .13 13 as . ' the one he sm saw ( In smIn sawin Its envelope the nIght of the Id kid kidnaping l1.lplng l1lplng naping . , nnd and elhred declared I tbat that as soon as asI a s I chechel1lthe checkedthe 'lrooper lrooper 'trooper trooper as'lrooper a'trooper ' Kellr Kelly arrl\cd arrl cd arrhed \ , thej they checked chechel1l the note for fingerprints and found none ' beneath beneaththe beneaththe Indentations In the earth by theladder the theladder evldentl evidentl3 made the wlntIow window , ) ladder used In the > cas case , were dcscrIbed described dcscrIbedby describedby the trooper . He alco also ; was the one onewho onewho by found foundthe foundthe who whIle searcblng searching the grounds the discarded kidnap Id Dnp ladder sixty or orseventy orseventy seventy feet from t the c house houseThe The he stoIcal attitude of Bruno Ilruno Rich Richnrcl Richnrd accused murderer , Is Isthat Isthat nrcl nrd II'luptmann IIluptmann Uauptmann ' . , that of an Intensely Interested spec spectator spectator tator . This Thl c ; mnn man chose " hose arrest "as as was " the theculmmutlon theculmination culmmutlon culmination of one of the longest longestSC1rclH longestsearches SC1rclH searches " In the anu'lls anulls aunais ' of crime . , w " 1 ' tches atehes atehesproceedings tchesproceedIngs proceedIngs of the trial tr'al tral trialHtll ' \Htll Htll with \ a detachment detach- detach detachment - ment th'lt thlt that ' Is nma71ng nrnaying ills Imp'lSSIVe ImplSSIVe impassive Imp'lSSIVeface impassiveface ' face teUs tells nothIng lIe IIe rarely sUrs stirs In Incourt incourt court , rarely rarcl spcaI"s spcaIs speaks " He Re mIght be sImply sImplyJDe simplyone for aU all the emotion emotionhe JDe one ( at of the autIlpnce audience , he displays He enters the courtroom courtroomas as calml calmly as if be lie were \ ere palOg paying ) n a Boel'll Boelll social Boel'llcaU socialcall ' caU call , Inste1d instead or of beln being on tria trial ] tor for hIs hIsllfe hislife llfe life llfeI lifeIdentifies I dentsfles Identifies Prisoner . HIs composure "as as was " bloL.en bloLen broken . , ho\ ho hey hocver \ " ' cver ever cverhcn . , \hcn hcn when , \ he W.1S W1S was . Hlentlfhd ulentifltd by two witnesses wit- wit witnesses - nesses as ha liastng , ing to C [ Qc ( ' with the case caseJoseph caselosepi Joseph losepi Petrone Perrone , . New Yorle York tn"tl tntl taxi " drner drrser , testified that flint Hauptm Hauptmann 'nn nn ' was the man man"ho manwho "ho ho who " had ghen given him a note to be dehv deliv delivcreel dehvered ered creel to Dr . John r . Condon ( Jafsie Jafsle ) , sntcrmednI intermedr'uy intermedruy ' j In the negotiations with withthe withthe the Iddnaper kidnaper . When { Perl Perrone one stepped down from fromthe fromthe the witness s11nd stand , walked " .IU.ed IU.ed IUed . . across the thethirty thethirty thirty feet that separ'1ted separ1ted separated ' tbe the Witness Witnesschnlr witnesschair chnlr chair from IIauptm1nn Hauptmann , and putting puttinghis puttinghis his hand on Ihuptmann's Ihuptmanns 1Iauptmnnn's 1Iauptmnnns ' ShouldeI shoulder ' . IdentIfied him as the man whose ac- ac actions actions - tions he lie had descrIbed , the prisoner prisonergave prisonergave gave llis his first sign of cmotlon emotion cmotlon"You're emotion"You're "You're Youre " ' a 11'11 1111 it'll itll ' ' , " Hauptmann muttered mutteredln mutteredin ln in so low a tone th'lt thlt that ' only those sitting sit sittlng tlng ting close to him could hear . I1is iris Identlfic'ltion Identlficltion identification ' |