Show hauptman defense claims jacsie knows hauptman innocent flemington N J nov 12 bruno richard Haupt hauptmann mans defense today advanced the clai claim im that dr john 11 1 1 condon the white haired hatsio of the ransom negotiations gave the lindbergh kasap slaying suspect to understand that he knew he was innocent of 0 the crime it was during the hour and a halt half interview the aged bronx educator had with hauptman the day tho the suspect was fOl formally mAlly arral arraigned med on the murder charge that he ha indicated indicate ills his know ledge of Haupt manus manns innocence the defense stated quoting hauptmann on the imbres Imp roslon orl jirele had given him this was an entirely new version of that interview three weeks ago for two days daya after it occurred a high state authority Tove revealed aled that dr condon had come away from hauptman na cell bell convinced that he had bad been talking to the mysterious john to whom he had paid the 50 ransom for the lindbergh lendbergh babas sate safe return condone Con dous dons reputed identification af hauptmann on that occa occasion glon the authority said eald was regarded by the prosecution as supplying one of the last major links in the chain of circumstantial evidence against there was never any official confirmation or denial of the alleged identification the de atense claim today served to place condon back again in ills role as the enigma of 0 the case especially in view of the fact that lie be was not able to make maka a positive lve identification of hauptmann Haupl mann when the latter was beens held in the bronx jail before hla his removal to now jersey |