Show W WORLD WATCHES HAUPTMANN TRIAL millions follow the greatest courtroom drama of modern history by W C WEBBER flemington N J this small amerlean american town holds the center of interest tor for the entire world as day by day the intense drama of the trial of bruno richard hauptmann charged with the murder of 0 tiny charles lindbergh son of the famous flyer unfolds fleming ton small new jersey town of less than population Is the focus of an all eyes as prosecution of the former german carpenter proceeds batteries of brilliant opposing legal counsel clicking telegraph instruments flare ol of flashlights all the accompaniments compani ments of a modern murder trial have hane been unable to obscure the human element in this case and drag it down to the level of the usual sensational sat ional court case mothers and fathers everywhere every re have followed with sympathetic interest each bit of testimony the actions of the characters in this moving drama and are weighing each scrap of evidence that Is presented for and against this man who Is 13 charged with one of the most hideous crimes of modern times supreme court justice thomas W trenchard presiding over the haupt mann trial has a reputation tor for sternness ills task Is not easy as the state of new jersey attempts to send an obscure little german carpenter to the electric chair tor for the murder of the lindbergh baby the interplay of human emotions often tends to make the administration of cold justice difficult tells of last day most pathetic figure of the drama is that of mrs lindbergh the former anne morrow A slender figure in black she told her story in a clear small voice under the questioning of attorney general david T Wl lentz chief prosecutor she told of the idyllic afternoon she spent with her son eon on the day he be disappeared of how she had gone for a walk and finally of the tragedy and the bewilderment of the she firmly identified the flannel shirt the thumb guard and the sleeping garment the child wore at one point the tremendous emotional strain she elie was undergoing was indicated when she was unable to testify in answer to a question regarding the toys of her dead baby she bowed her head silently and the prosecutor passed on to another question mrs Llod LInd berghs eyes were filled with tears and her voice trembled 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 her testimony by identifying the clothing what that ordeal must have cost her he can only be conjectured sees hauptmann when she entered the courtroom it was the first time she had bad mann the accused tier her eyes went to him repeatedly but no expression crossed her face two chairs away from mrs lindbergh sat mrs haupt maon mann Haupt manns face disclosed no emotion but was turned fumed steadfastly toward the witness chair ile he gave no indication of mrs Lind berghs presence but his wife became more nervous she shifted in her chair and her head bead twitched as the mother told her story colonel lindbergh followed his wife on the stand ills testimony was direct and clearly given tie he testified stifled te that he heard a noise like the breaking of a crate supposedly when the kidnapers ladder broke and killed tile child as the criminal climbed d down own from the nursery tie he did not realize nt fit the time that it might have been a ladder breaking near the close ot of his recital of the shocking crime came a sensational moment when lindbergh identified haupt mann as the man whom he believed to he be guilty of his bis son lie ile vigorously combated suggestions by the defense that members of his own household had been involved the tear fear and sorrow that swept over the house on So urland mountain was revealed for the first time when betty gow cow scotch nurse took the stand she was the last person to see the child alive in quick staccato sentences she told how colonel lendbergh turned away from the empty nursery and looking into his cifes eyes said anne stolen cur baby nurse collapses sharp cross examination which contained a hint that she was involved in the crime brought flashes of anger from the nursemaid most attempts on the part of the defense to pry into her private life 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 line with statements of the defense counsel that the lendbergh was an inside job miss cows friendship with red johnson since deported from this country tor for illegal entry were referred to in the questioning she admitted she told johnson that the baby would be at hopewell on the night of the but in answer to a direct diet question declared she had not dot told hauptmann miss gow cow was accompanied in court the day she testified by mrs elsie whatley widow of the lendbergh butler whose activities were mentioned several times during the testimony the nurse said she had spent an hour in mrs bits What leys room the night of the and anat during that time the baby was nione alone on the second floor of the house when she discovered the baby was gone she immediately notified tho the she ehe stated defense attorney Re reillys Rell illys lys questioning has tended to show that police had not Invest investigated gated actions of members of the lendbergh establishment sufficiently to absolve them from suspicion two FIGHTS FOR LIFE jr bruno hauptmann german ex car penter who Is 13 on trial on charges of murd murdering erlna the lindbergh baby his stolid actions have amazed spectators were particularly pointed out in the cross ex examination betty gow cow and oliver whatley butler who later died in n hospital trooper testifies fieg an important witness in establishing details of the discovery that the child was missing was corporal corpora I 1 joseph wolfe of the new kew jersey state pollee police wolfe testified that he found the ransom note on the south window sill of the east wall vall traces of mud on a suitcase near the window were also discovered wolfe said na he identified the states ransom note exhibit as the one he saw in its envelope the night ot of the and declared that as soon ns as trooper kelly arrived they checked thi the note for fingerprints and found none indentations in the earth beneath the window evidently made by the ladder used in the case cas were described by the trooper he also was the one who while searching the grounds found the discarded kidnap ladder sixty or seventy feet from the house the stoical attitude of bruno richard hauptmann accused murderer Is that of an intensely interested spectator this man whose arrest was the culmination of one of 0 the longest searches in the annals annala of crime wa watcher batche tche proceedings of 0 the trial with a detachment that Is amazing ills his impassive face tells nothing lie ile rarely stirs in courts court rarely speaks ile fie might be simply one of the audience for all the emotion he displays he enters the courtroom as calmly as it if he were paying a social call instead of 0 being on trial for his we alfe identifies prisoner ills his composure was broken however when he was identified by two witnesses as having to do to with the case joseph Ier rone new york taxi driver testified that hauptmann Haupt minn was the man who had given him a note to be delivered to dr john F P condon Jafs le te intermediary in the negotiations with the kidnaper when Ier rone stepped down from the witness stand walked across the thirty feet that separated the witness chair from and putting his hand on Haupt manns shoulder identified him as the man whose actions he had described the prisoner gave his first sign of emotion youre a liar emir hauptmann muttered in so low a tone that only those sitting close to him could biear hear his identification as a man mail whom he had bad seen in an automobile near the lindbergh lendbergh home on the day of the by Ar amandus nandus hochmuth Hochmu tb eighty seven year old prussian army veteran just previous to this caused hauptmann nann to only shake his head the testimony of both lindbergh and his wife had also failed to slinks shake the composure of the accused roan man testimony of dr J F condon the jaisle Jafs le of the ransom notes another important figure in the case Is expected to have considerable weight with the jury the retired educator conducted the ransom negotiations which resulted in payment tf which he alleges were made to condon Is accompanied wherever lie he CHILDS NURSE sp J i z 6 4 betty gow scotch nurse last person to see the lindbergh infant before he disappeared goes by at al retch reich a former pugilist who acts as a bodyguard reich belch was also with condon on the night when they went to the woodlawn cemetery where jaisle Jafs ie established hla his contact with the fitting in conversation with him for an hour on a park bench marked contrast condon positively identified hauptmann as the person to whom he paid the ransom money attorney reilly in cross examining condon implied that the witness himself was one of the kidnap gang condon vigorously denied any such part declaring that his only purpose was to get back colonel lind berghs baby opposing counsel in this most interesting criminal case of modern times present a marked difference david T attorney general of new jersey who Is directing the fight to send hauptmann to the electric chair Is 3 wiry dapper dark eyed olive skinned lie ile has not handled many criminal cases in his career and he has never before been prosecutor in a capital case lie ile has been thrust into a glare of publicity as brilliant as any lawyer could ask tor for and appears calm and confident as to the final outcome of hla his efforts to convict the prisoner he has the support of five assistant attorney generals of a former judge george K X large and anthony BI hauck jr present prosecutor of Hunt hunterton hunterdon erdon county in direct contrast to Is edward jay reilly It eilly chief of defense counsel se in his thirty years of practice he has tried according to his own estimate 2000 murder cases among them some of the most spectacular acquit I 1 atals ever recorded in new york ills HIS methods have become almost a legend among criminal lawyers florid weighing 00 pounds and a former army captain he Is entirely the opposite of his opponent reilly admits that he will receive no pay for his efforts on behalf of hauptmann associated with reilly are C lloyd fisher a native of flemington and defender of john hughes curtis the norfolk va shipbuilder who was convicted in 1032 of obstructing justice in the lendbergh case egbert Ilose Itose crans defender twelve years ago in the cat and swamp murder cases and frederick A rope pope meanwhile millions watch the dramn that Is being played daily in the little town of flemington the little new jersey town where the most sensational trial of modern times Is being held |