Show Faces Trial Tl ial for fOl Crime Cl That World W ol ld Z 1 r r k b.- b. t y h. h 0 f f J r j d 9 The Murdered Infant 7 By WILLIAM C c. c UTLEY BARGED with murdering the C infant son of Mr and anti Mrs frs Charles A. A Lindbergh Bruno Bruna Richard Hauptmann Bronx alien aUen will face a n New Jersey court courton on January 2 to answer for tor what has hns generally been regarded as the most mast unthinkable crime in recent history For more moro than two years since that night of March 1 1932 1032 when the child who had bad been not nat Lindy's s sonly only but Americas America's baby was snatched from its nursery In the ell N N. N J. J estate to be found dead some weeks later Inter only five fe wiles miles away awny authorities throughout the world and particularly In New Jersey had spread a relentless net netto netto to administer justice and exact retribution Now the men of the law are arc cerain certain tain ain aln that their net drawn shut with U tt drawstring of af powerful If mostly circumstantial evidence has closed upon the right man In New York where Hauptmann was captured and held heM in the Bronx county Jail District DistrIct District Dis Dis- Attorney Samuel J. J Fole Foley Ioley has built a strong steel case against him himan an and a grand Jury has Indicted him himfar for far extortion Wisely waiting waiting- lentil until until un un- til his state led by Attorney General General Gen Gen- eral David T. T h had t developed developed devel devel- what Is considered a n foolproof array of evidence Go Gov A. A Harry I Moore took his time about asking extradition with New York safely retaining the suspect on bail ball When hen the requisition finally went vent to Albany for the signature of Ga Gov Herbert II II Lehman the charge was murder with oddly enough no mention of af At the time of writing New Jersey officials had hadnot hadnot hadnot not c the peculiarity r. r Withstands Grilling Friday night October 10 19 Haupt Hauptmann mann mane stolid steel steely eyed eye still bearIng bearIng bearing bear- bear Ing his Impregnable attitude e of at complete complete complete com com- denial that weeks of af grilling hind had been unable to break brcak down entered entered en en- the county Jail at nt N N. J. J close by the courthouse where he will stand trial The New York Supreme court had denied the appeal entered by bythe bythe bytho the tho defense attorney James M. M I. I Fawcett who vainly attempted to prove prave that at Hauptmann had been In New ew York with his wife the night of br the On the tine night of April Avril 2 1932 C Colonel Colo Colo- Colonel llonel llo- llo nel Lindbergh convinced after a month of at dickering that 15 notes he had received asking for money In exchange for the return of oC the tiny victim were written by the actual kidnaper drove drave In company of af Dr John I p. p Condon Candan to whom the note writers had agreed upon as liaison to dark St Sl Raymond's Raymonds Raymonds Raymond's nayman Ray nay man monds mond's s 's cemetery In the Bronx With him he brought OOoo in bills of the tho denominations specified In the notes While the flier mer sat In the parl parked ed edcar car Doctor Condon bearing wrapped to specifications approached approached approached ap ap- ap- ap the gra e graveyard wall found faund no one started back Lindbergh watched and listened breathlessly D Doctor tar Condon had bad almost reached the automobile on his hits return when from Crom behind the wall wail came an unmistakable unmistakable un un- mistakable cry Hc Hey Doctor He stopped and turned Again It came Hey Doctor Doctor Condon Condou retraced retraced retraced re re- traced his steps to the wall handed handed hand hant ed cd over the money maney and was promised promised prom pram that the baby would be restored at a n designated spot spat within eight hours In the Bronx county courthouse Thursday September 27 mann mann sometimes called Bruno sometimes Richard went through his paces for tar ten minutes before a group graup of or detectives detectives- He Ile stood staad up sat down walked ed across the room talked ed softly talked loudly He Ile was asked to cry Hey llcy Doctor 1 1 In a aloud aloud loud lout voice Unknown to Hauptmann Hauptmann Haupt- Haupt mann ono one of at the detectives was Colonel Lindbergh disguised b by n a cap and dark darl rimmed horn glasses lasses Lindbergh said It was with without aut a doubt the tine same voice valce that had come over the cemetery wall Hauptmann was arrested September Septem her ber 20 O 1934 1034 when filling station attendants attendants at nt- had Identified him as ns the theman theman man who had passed bills known by byJ their serial numbers to have been J fold certificates from tram the packet b rI y u a d 7 W i w l r Y ff t 1 avid t 4 t Hauptmann Gazes Fondly at His Own Son surrendered by Doctor Condon The German Insisted that he lie knew v nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing about their origin Find Ransom Money Going to the home where Hauptmann Haupt mann and his wife Anna lived with their ten old son Manfred blond bland chubby gay gaj oblivious to his fathers father's trouble pollee police found faund more mare of the Lindbergh ransom money hidden between the walls of the garage garac Ills His handwriting was checked with that of the Lindbergh ransom notes widely publicized throughout through through- out aut the country C Comparing ing the tine rough scratchy scratch barely literate scrawl of or the notes with the handwriting handwriting hand hand- writing upon the suspects suspect's application tion for an automobile license Albert Albert Al Al- bert S. S Osborn handwriting expert who has lIns testified In man many Important Important important tant cases declared that there was but one ane chance In that both bath had not been written bythe bythe by bythe the same hand Police found paper identical with that of the ransom notes In the Hauptmann home bame Millard Whited WhIte lean lank worle er on the Hopewell N. N J. J estate positively identified Hauptmann as the stranger strang r he lie had hat s seen en coming out aut of the bushes hushes there twice between bet be- be teen tween t een February IS 18 and February 29 W 1032 1932 Another witness said sold that a aman aman man who looked like Hauptmann had driven a Da Dodge ge automobile with witha a n ladder in it near the Lindbergh home hame on the tine day of the crime Hauptmann's car Is a Dodge Other witnesses said his bis face looked faan fa fa- fa an 11 tar Hauptmann's footprint tallied with one found under the window where the 1 kidnapers kidnaper's ladder had rested One of af the rungs of the ladder had broken through Indicating indicating indi Indi- cating eating that the criminal might have hurt himself sprained or twisted his hits ankle Miss Anita Lutzenberg blond bland working girl and friend with whom Hauptmann frolicked In the lie theda da days s 's shortly after the crime when his wife was traveling In n Europe testified that at nt that time Bruno favored favored favored fa fa- with a limp a leg whose lameness lameness lame lame- ness he lie ascribed to varicose veins Tim The suspect It was claimed bythe bythe by bythe the authorities had quit working Immediately after the time the ransom ransom ran ran- som was paid and ha had not looked for work since yet maintained astock a n astock stock market marlet account whose activity had totaled some same He held two mortgages totaling 7 O And Ant AndIn Andin i In the tho market although h he claimed I gains he had actually lost last 1000 Convinced that there was more mare evidence than had been uncovered erel there the police returned t to his home hame where bo boys s 's of or the neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood ha had been tearing tar paper from the roof of or the tho garage In wholesale lots and retailing It to seekers curiosity-seekers for 25 cents a asmaH small piece The garage e they completely com com- completely razed finding 8 10 more of the ransom money Inside the tho house the Investigators tors found faund a loose board above a closet claset door daar On it what appeared at nt first glance to be nothing more than a n smudge was revealed rc upon closer claser scrutiny as something vastly more marc Important It was the address address ad fid dress and telephone number of at Doctor Doctor Doctor Doc Doc- tor Condon written It was frankly a admitted by Hauptmann In the carpenters carpenter's carpenters carpenter's carpenters carpenter's car car- penters penter's own han hand Bit b by bit the tho evidence was making a n more and more mare and more powerful case the line thenet net was folding about him lihu Throughout all this time Hauptmann Haupt- Haupt mann steadfastly maintained his innocence innocence in in- supported consistently by his wife The money maney he Insisted had been lIeen not his property but that of ot a n close friend and business part- part Mr anti ami Mrs Charles A A. A Lindbergh I Iner ner Isidor FIsch Not long lang before i Hauptmann's arrest FIsch died of or tuberculosis In Leipzig G Germany As Hauptmann Tells It Fisch Hauptmann claimed had been affiliated with him In m many ny business deals eals because of or th their lr close friendship with no paper record record rec ree ord being made of mane money transactions When WIlen FIsch Isch had batI decided to togo toso go so o back bacIc to Leipzig to visit friends and relatives he had left In Hauptmann's Haupt- Haupt manns mann's care car two satchels and a n box can contents tents un unknown awn Once the mone money was found Hauptmann according to his testimony mony became afraid that he would be caught with it It an and punished under under uner un un- der er the recently passed hoard gold ing law which carried a n fine of or double dauble the hoarded hoarde amount and a possible term long-term prison sentence Later he began spending It a little at nt a time time to avoid being caught with the whole whale amount hoarded hoarde awa away He lIe claimed that he had a arIght aright aright right to a n large share of the money because FIsch before leaving for Europe and his death had borrowed borrowed bor bore rowed heavily of him wIth v no written written written writ writ- ten account of the transactions ever ever made Friends and relatives of ot Fisch Insisted that he was virtually virtual vIrtual- ly destitute and had hind not nat been sendIng sending sending send send- ing money home hame Other Oilier things made the FIsch stor story soun sound more mare like e a fish story stary The chief alibi developed b by Defense Defense De De- lease Attorney Fawcett In h his s desperate des des- desperate per fight against having hayIng Hauptmann Haupt mann extradited to New Jersey was that Bruno had called for his wife on an the night of oC the crime at a bakery bakery bak bak- cr ery where she was working at the time From the bakery which the they left at about 0 p. p m m. m or 0 30 the they went directly home hame and to bed Ii Fawcett said bringing out concurring concurring concur concur- ring testimony from his client cHent The testimony Attorney Fawcett was able to hold hald up only in part The proprietor of or the restaurant and his wife wICe a n. Mr and Mrs Fred Fred- erichsen testified that Hauptmann had called for his wife on the night of or March 1 1932 1032 but after grilling admitted that they were not sure Denies Writing Notes Confronted with the ransom notes on the lie witness stand the suspect examined them closely for nine minutes Handing them back bade he ho said I 1 never neer wrote them or had bad anything to do with them I never neer saw them before In my life Ute I Expert Osborn Osbarn called callet attention to the tine fact that there were seven seen dis dis- distinct characteristics of the writing In the notes that tallied with Identical Iden characteristics In all aU of oC Hauptmann's Haupt- Haupt manna manns wrIting wilting Most Mast unusual of these was a n peculiar formation of af the letter x In which it was written written writ writ- ten like a double e Have Havo you ever seen an x written written written writ writ- ten that wa way before beCore the state asked Osborn Osbarn who wino listened eagerly with an nn ear trumpet to aid his defective de tie- hearing Never he lie replied never neer In m my life Ufe and I have havo examined thousands thou thou- thousands sands upon thousands of ot mens There were other reasons for the state to believe that Hauptmann had written the ransom notes There were the the same misspellings throughout that were common cowman Inthe Inthe in inthe the suspects suspect's writing There here were the same little twists of at language that were common cammon In the Germans German's speech And as had been brought braught out before the paper of at the notes nates was exactly the same as fiS note not paper paper pa pa- per found fount In the second exploration exploration tion lion of at tile the Hauptmann home Meanwhile lIea should the case against Hauptmann In New Jersey Tersey fall faU through tine the alien will have havo to return to the tiro Bronx to answer to the extortion Indictment nt placed against him there New York ofil- ofil officials d als are ara confident that with this charge which they are sure that they can enn prove pro and In addition charges of ot gold old hoarding and und minor counts they can put him safely In prison for the tine rest of or his life a. a Western Newspaper lewa 1 tr Ur Sa w r |