Show WORLD WATCHES HAUPT MANN refal RIAL millions follow the greatest courtroom drama of modern history by W C WEBBER flemington flani ington N J this small american town holds tile the center of interest for the entire world orld us day by day the intense drama of the trial of bruno richard Haup tinann charged with the of tiny liny charles LInd lindburgh borgh son of tile the famous hyer flyer unfolds flemington small new jersey town of less than tom is tile the focus of all eyes as prosecution of the former german carpenter proceeds batteries of brilliant opposing legal counsel clicking telegraph inspru ments flare of 1 l flashlights all the accompaniments compani ments of a modern murder trial have blen been unable to obscure tile the human tiu element in this case and dra drag it down to the bleiel lei el of the usail sensational sat ional lonal court rase case mothers and rattlers fal liers every everywhere here ave have followed with ith sympathetic interest each bit of testimony the actions of the characters in this moving draikin adrania and are weighing each scrap of evl derice that Is presented for and against this man kiao is 6 charged with one of tile the most hideous crimes of modern times supreme court justice thomas W trenchard presiding over the mann mana trial has a reputation for sternness his task Is not easy as the state of new jersey attempts to send an obscure little german carpenter to thil the electric chair for the murder of the lindbergh baby the interplay of human emotions often tends to male make the administration of cold justice difficult tells of last day most bloat pathetic figure of 0 the drama Is that of sirs mrs lindbergh the former anne morrow A slender fl figure ure in black she told her story in a clear small voice under the alie questioning of attorney general david T WIlen Lz chief prosecutor she told of the idyllic afternoon she spent with tier her son on the day he disappeared of how she had gone for a walk and finally of the tragedy and the bewilderment of the slie she firmly identified the flannel shirt the thumb guard and the sleeping garment the child wore at one point the tremendous emotional strain she was undergoing vas nas indicated when she was unable to testify in answer to a question regarding the toys of tier her dead baby she bowed tier lead head silently and the prosecutor passed on oil to another question mrs Lindberg Lind bergus bs eyes were filled with tears and her voice trembled ireni bled with emotion there were moments when she was obviously near the breaking point but she went bravely on to relate the horrifying occurrence of that dramatic day and concluded tier her mony by identifying the clothing what that ordeal must have cost her can only be conjectured stes sees hauptmann when she entered the courtroom it was the first time she had seen haupt mann diana the accused her eyes wont to liim in repeatedly but no expression crossed tier her face two chairs away from mrs lindbergh sat sirs mrs mann race face disclosed no nn emotion but was turned steadfastly toward tile the witness chair ile he gave no indication of mrs presence ence hut but ills hla wire became more rier nervous slie she shifted in tier her chair anti and her ber head twitched as the mother told tier her story colonel lindbergh followed tits wire wife on the stand ills IS testimony was ivas lit dl and clearly given lip testified that th at lie heard a noise dolse like the brenk break ing of a crate supposedly when the kidnapers ladder broke and killed the child as the criminal climbed down from the nursery ile ho did not at lie he time that it might have boen I 1 0 liler bron breaking kIng near the close of tits his recital of tile the shocking crime came a sensational mo anent when nhen lindburgh Lind borgh identified mann ns as the man whom lie he bellei hollered ed to tn he guilty of his son lie vigorously combated suggestions by the defense that members of ills his own household had been Ini involved olred the fear and sorrow that swept over the house on Sour Sou lind mount mountain ain was revealed for the first time when defty lett gow scotch nurse took the stand she was the last person to see the child alive in quick staccato sen fences she told how colonel lindbergh turned away from the empty nursery and looking into ills his cifes eyes said anne stolen cur baby nurse collapses sharp cross examination which contained a hint that slie she was involved in the crime brought flashes of anger from the nursemaid most tit attempts tempts on tile the part of the defense to pry into her private p life were challenged by tile prosecution and the court generally sustained ined the objection she left the tand stand in a virtual collapse col lupse which at limes caused tier her to sob hysterically this line of questioning was in liap statements of the defense counsel eliat t the lindbergh was tin an inside job miss cows friendship with red lied johnson since deported from tills this country for illegal entry i were ere referred to in the questioning she nd ad bitted she told johnson eliat chrit the biby baby w uld be at hopewell llop ewell on the night of the but in answer awer to a direct question declared she he had dot cot told miss 2 gow cow was accompanied in court the day she testified by mrs elsie Wh whitley widow of the th lindbergh butler whose activities were mentioned several times during the testimony the nurse said she bad spent an hour in mrs What leys room the night of the hA napIng and during that time the baby was nione on the second floor of the alie house when she alse discolored the baby was gone slie site immediately in medin tely notified the Lind berghs she stated defense attorney Rc illys questioning lias has tended to show that police had not investigated actions of members of the lie lindbergh establishment ly 15 to ab stilie them from suspicion two were particularly pointed painted out tn in the cross examination retty betty gow find and oilier whatley What lcy butler who iho later lied died in a hospital trooper testifies an important witness in ili establishing details of the discovery that the hie child was missing was corporal josep ii wolfe ot of the new jersey state police wolfe testified that lie found the ransom noto note on in the south window sill ot of tho the east wall traces of euid nun on oil a sul tease tear rear the hie window also discovered disco cred ered wolfe said eaid ile he identa ifield tile the states ransom note exhibit 1 I iii 4 the one lie he saw zw in its envelope the hie nig lit of the kid naping and dve lared flint as suon sonn as trooper kelly arrived they clie lod the note for fi ants and f none indentations in tin tile earth the I 1 lip window In dow made hy by aliv ladder in ili the cache were described describe 1 liv y the trooper up lie also was the one who ho while seir ehing ihu file rounds grounds found the discarded discard fd kidnap ladder sixty or seventy reet feet from aae house the stoical of bruno rich aird accused murderer Is that of an ai interested spee talor tills this mail inn n arrest was the culmination of rine one of the lie iong longest ept searches to in the annals annal 01 crime watches proceedings of the trial with a detachment that Is ania amalina zing ills impasse face tells nothing lie ile karoly stirs in houi court rarely speaks ile he might be tone of thu the audience for all the emotion he displays ile he enters the courtroom as calmly as it if lie were pacing pa ing a social call instead of beans abeln on trial tria for ills his life identifies prisoner ills composure was broken hovi however ever when ile he wig was identified d by two witnesses as having to flo to with willi the case joseph Ier rone new york taxi driver testified that was nas the man who ho had given gien him a rotc note to be delivered to dr john F r condon earsle Jafs Jars lc le intermediary in tile the no negotiations with tile the kidnaper when verrone Ier rone stopped stepped down from the hip witness stand walked across the thirty feet that separated the witness chair from and putting his land hand on Haupt manns tins shoulder identified him as the nitin man who whose actions lie he had described the prisoner save gave his first sign of emotion youre a liar muttered in so low a tone that only those sitting close to him could hear ills identification as a man whom lie he had seen in nn an automobile near dear the lindbergh home on the day of the by amandus eighty seven year old prussian array army veteran just previous to this caused hauptmann to only shake ills his head the testimony of both lindborg li and ills his wife had also railed failed to shake the composure of the accused 1 man testimony of dr J F r condon the balsle Jafs io of the ransom notes another important figure in the case Is expected to have considerable weight with the jury the retired educator conducted the he ransom negotiations which resulted in payment tf rf which lie alleges were madi made to condon is accompanied wherever be goes by al belch a former pugilist who acts as a bodyguard retell reich was also with condon on the night when they sent ment to the woodlawn Woud lawn cemetery where Jafs ie established his contact avith the sitting in conversation ii with ith him for an all hour on a par park bench marked contrast condon positively Iden tilled haupt manu as the person to whom he paid the ransom money attorney reilly in cross examining codde implied that tile tiie witness himself was one of the kidnap gang condon vigorously denied any such part declaring that I 1 his 1 Is only purpose was to get back colonel lind berghs ber glis baby opposing counsel lit in this most interesting criminal caso case tt of modern times present a marked difference david T attorney general of new jorsey jersey who is directing the fight fig lit to send to the electric chair Is wiry dapper dark eyed olle skinned ue he his has not handle liand led many criminal cases in liis ills career lind and lie has never dever been prosecutor in if a capital case tie ele has been thrust into a glare of publicity ns as brilliant as filly any lawyer could ask for and appears calm and c confident aident as to the final outcome of tits his to convict the prisoner ile he has the support of five assistant attorney generals of a former judge george K X large and anthony M klauck jr present prosecutor of county in direct contrast to is edward jay reilly chief of defense counsel in ills his thirty years of practice lie he has tried according to his own estimate 2000 murder cases among them som some oi of the most spectacular acquittals ever recorded in III new york ills methods have become almost a legend among lawyers florid weighing pounds anil a former army captain cipta ln lie Is entirely the opposite of his opponent kellly admits that lie he will receive no p iy ay for ills his efforts ou on behalf of associated with reilly are C lloyd fisher a native of flemington and derender defender of jolin john hughes curels tile the norfolk V VL va L i flicht was convicted in 1932 of obstructing ju justice in ili the lindbergh Lindl ergh case agbert loc gioi crans defender twelve scars ngo in the cat and swamp mulder minder cases find and frederick A pope meanwhile millions the drama that is being placed dally daily in ili tile the little town of flemington tile the little now new jersey town where tile the most sensational trial ot of modern times is being hold held |