| Show WORLD WATCHES HAUPTMANN TRIAL Millions Follow the Greatest Courtroom Drama of Modern History By W W. C C. C WEBBER Flemington N N. N J. J J J. This small American Amer lean ican town holds the center of Interest for the entire world as day by day the Intense drama of the tho trial tria of Bruno Richard Hauptmann charged with the murder of tiny Charles Lindbergh son of the famous flyer unfolds Flemington Fleming Fleming- ton small New Jersey town of less than thao population Is the focus of all eyes as prosecution of the former German carpenter proceeds Batteries of brilliant opposing legal lega Counsel clicking t telegraph Instruments Instruments ments flare fiare ol ot flashlights all flashlights all the accompaniments accompaniments ac of a modern modero murder trial have trial have been unable to obscure the human element In this case and drag dral It down to the level of the usual sensational sen court case Mother Mothers and fathers everywhere have followed with sympathetic interest Interest Interest Inter Inter- est each bit of testimony the actions of the characters In this moving drama and are weighing each scrap of evidence evl evi dence that thatIs Is presented for and against this man who Is charged with one of the most hideous crimes of modern times Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. W Trenchard presiding over the mann trial has a reputation for stern stern- ness floss His task Is not easy as the state of New v Jersey attempts to send an obscure little German Germao carpenter to the electric chair choir for the murder of th the Lindbergh baby The Interplay of human emotions often tends to make the administration of cold justice dlf dlf- Tell Tells of Last Day Most Host pathetic figure of the drama Is that of Mrs Lindbergh the former Anne Morrow A slender figure In In black she sho told her story In a clear dear small voice Under the questioning o of Attorney General David T. T chief prosecutor she told of the Idyllic afternoon she spent with herson her herson herson son on the day he disappeared of how she had gone for a walk and finally finan o othe of the tragedy and the bewilderment o othe of the She firmly Identified the flannel shirt the thumb guard and the sleeping garment the child wore At one point the tremendous emotional emotional emo emo- strain she was undergoing was wa Indicated when she was unable to testify In 10 n answer to a question regarding re rea garding the toys of her dead baby She bowed her head silently and th the tho prosecutor passed on to another ques ques- tion filled Mrs Lindbergh's eyes ees were with tears and her voice olce trembled with wit emotion were moments when she was obviously near the tho breaking point but she went bravely on to reInt relate re rea Int late the horrifying occurrence of ot that tha dramatic day and concluded her test test- mony by Identifying the clothing What that ordeal must have cost he her can cnn only be conjectured Sees Hauptmann When she entered she entered the courtroom I Iwas It was the first time she had seen mann mano the accuse accused Her lIer eyes went t thim to him repeatedly but no expressIon crossed her face Two chairs awa away from Mrs Lindbergh sat eat Mrs mann face disclosed no n emotion but was turned steadfastly steadfast toward the witness chair lie ne gave aye ayeno no Indication of ot Mr Mrs Lindbergh Lindbergh's presence but his wife became more mor chair am and nervous She shifted In her her ber h head ad twitched as the mother tol told her story Colonel Coonel Lindbergh followed his wife on the stand Ills His testimony was dl dh and aDd clearly dearly given ghen He lIe that he heard a noise like Uke the breakIng break when th the in Ing of ot a crate supposedly crate supposedly kidnapers kidnaper's ladder broke and killed th the child chUd as ee the criminal climbed down dow from the nursery He lIe did not realize at the time that It might have been a ladder adder breaking Near the close dose of his recital of the tho shocking hocking crime came a sensational moment moment mo mo- ment meat when Lindbergh Identified Haupt mane as the man whom be believed to tobe tobe be he guilty of his son lie He vigorously combated suggestions by bythe bythe the he the defense that members of his own household had been Involved The Tho fear tear and sorrow that swept over the he tho house on mountain was WOl revealed for the first time when Betty Detty Gow ow Scotch nurse took the stand She Site was the tle last person to see the child chUd alive In quick staccato sen sea she told how Colonel Lindbergh turned away from the tho empty nursery and looking into his wife's eyes said Anne they've stolen our baby Nurse Nure Collapses Sharp examination cross-examination which contaIned con con- tallied a hint that she was Involved In tn inthe the he crime brought flashes of anger rom from the nursemaid Most MOlt attempts on the part of the defense to pr pry Into her private life Ute 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 la line with statements of the defense counsel that the Lindbergh was an Inside job friendship with Red ned Johnson since deported from this country for Illegal entry were referred referred re rea to In the questioning the She Sho admitted ad ad- witted she told toM Johnson that the baby would be at Hopewell on 00 the night of the but in answer to a d direct di dl question declared she had Dot not told Miss Gow Cow was accompanied In 10 court the day clay she testified by Mrs Elsie Whatley widow of the th Lindbergh butler butler but but- ler whose activities were mentioned several times during the testimony The nurse said sahl she tad had spent an hour hourIn In Mrs Whatley's room the night of the and that during that time the baby was nione alone on the second floor of the house When she discovered the baby gone she immediately im im- m mediately notified the tho she stated Defense Attorney Reply's questionIng question question- Ing lag has tended to show that police had hadnot hadnot not Dot Investigated actions of members of ot the Lindbergh establishment sufficiently sufficient ly Iy to absolve them from suspicion Two were particularly pointed out In the examination cross Betty netty Gow Cow and Oliver Whatley butler who later died In a hospital Trooper Testifies An Important witness In establishing details of the discovery ery that the child was missing was Corporal Joseph Wolfe Woe of the New ew Jersey state police Wolfe oe testified that he found the ransom note on 00 the south window sill sl of the east wall Traces of mud mild on a suitcase near the w window were also discovered Wolfe said lIe He Identified the states state's ransom note exhibit as u the one ho he saw In lu Its envelope the night of the kid naping and d declared that as soon as Trooper Kelly KeUy arrived d. d th they y checked the note Dote for fingerprints and found none Indentations In the earth beneath the window evidently made by the ladder used In the ca caw case were described by tho the trooper lie He also was the one who while wh searching the grounds found the discarded kidnap ladder sixty or seventy feet from the house The stoical attitude of Bruno Rich Richard ard and Hauptmann accused murderer Is that of an ao Intensely Interested s spec spec- c- c talor This man whose arrest was the culmination of one of the longest searches s In 10 the annals of ot crime watches proceedings s of the trial with a detachment detach ment went that Is amazing Iris Ills Impassive face tells nothing He lie rarely y stirs In Incourt Incourt court rarely speaks lie He might be simply one ODe of the audience for all an the emotion he displays He lie enters the courtroom as calmly as It If he were paying pRying a n social call can Ins instead tend of bring being on trial for his hla I life Ufe Identifies Prisoner Ills His composure was broken however r when he was Identified by two witnesses wit nesses as having to do th with the case Joseph New Nev York taxi driver testified that was the tho man who ho had given him a n note cote to be delivered ered tred to Dr John F. F Condon Intermediary In the negotiations n with the kidnaper When stepped down from the witness stand walked across the thirty feet that separated the tho witness chair from Hauptmann and putting his hand on shoulder Identified him as the man whose actions actions ac ac- actions he had described the prisoner gave his first sign of emotion Youre a liar itar Hauptmann muttered In so low Iowa a tone that only those sitting sit alt ting close to him could hear ills His Identification as a man whom he be had bad seen In 10 an automobile near the Lindbergh home on the day of f the tho kid naping by Amandus Hochmuth eighty eighty- seven year seven year old Prussian army veteran just previous to this caused mann to only shake shako his head The rhe testimony of both Lindbergh and his wife had also failed tailed to shake the composure composure com coma of the accused mao man Testimony of Dr J J. J F Condon the of the ransom notes another Important figure figuro In the case Is expected expect ed to have considerable weight with the jury The retired educator conducted con con- conducted ducted the tile ransom negotiations which resulted in hi payment cf f t which he ho alleges were made to Hauptmann I Condon Is accompanied wherever where he goes by A Al Reich nelch a former pugilist pug who acts as a bodyguard Reich nelch was also with Condon on the night when they went to the Woodlawn cemetery where established his contact with the Fitting sitting In 10 confer conver conversation with him for an nn hour on a park bench Marked Contrast Condon positively Identified mann as as' as the person person to whom he ho paid the ransom money Attorney Reilly In 10 examining cross Condon Implied that the tho witness himself was one of the kidnap kidnap kidnap kid kid- nap gang Condon ondon vigorously denied any such part declaring that his only purpose was to get back Colonel Lindbergh's Lind berghs bergh's baby Opposing counsel in n this most Interesting Interesting Inter Inter- esting eating criminal rose case ase of M modern times present a marked difference David T T. attorney general of New Jer- Jer rey who who Is directing the fight to send Hauptmann to the electric chair Is wiry dapper eyed dark olive olivo skinned lIe He has not handled many criminal cases In his career and he has never before been prosecutor In a capital case He lie has been thrust Into a glare of publicity as lIS brilliant as ae any lawyer In could ask Mk for tor and appears calm and confident as liS to the final outcome of his efforts to convict the prisoner He lIe has bas the five assistant attorney generals of a former Judge George K K Large and nod Anthony M. M I. I Hauck Jr present prosecutor of Hunterdon county In direct contrast to Is Edvard Edward Ed Ed- ward vard Jay Reilly chief of defense coun coun- sel In 10 his thirty years of practice he has tried according to his own estimate estimate estimate esti esti- mate 2000 murder cases casts among them some Borne of the most spectacular acquittals acquittals acquit acquit- tats ever recorded In New York Ills methods have become almost a legend among criminal lawyers Florid weIghIng weighing weighing weigh weIgh- ing pounds and a former army captain he Is entirely the opposite of his opponent Reilly admits that he be will receive no DO pay for his efforts on behalf of Hauptmann Associated with Reilly are C C. Lloyd Fisher a native nathe of Flemington and defender of John Hughes Curtis the Norfolk Va shipbuilder who was convicted In 1032 of obstructing Jus Jus- tice In the Lindbergh case defender twelve years jears e rs ago In the cat and swamp murder cases and Frederick A. A Pope Meanwhile millions watch the lute drama mt that Is being played dally daily In the little Ule littletown town of ot Flemington the little New ew Jersey Jer sey town where the m most st sensational trial of modern times s la is being held |
