Evening star., 1934-09-23

mann at the home of party by the
name Of --. that they had house
rented in New Brunswick and another
house in Perth Amboy :" that he
know Hauptmann as a fine wood
worker. but would only work a few
days at time and then would go out
on some racket: that he went with
him and other pickpockets to the polo
game.
Invented Code.
"He also now states that the code
BY which the letter written to him
conveyed the news relative TO the in
tention to kidnap the Lindbergh baby
was made up by Bruno Hauptmann
and that it was known to the rest of
the parties who resided or associated
at the residence of the This
code was to be used SO that in case
any one Of the parties received call
he could be communicated with by
the other members of the gang.
He said - he believed that II
the child was still living at the time
of our visit to the Lindbergh home
that had his plane been carried out
he could have saved the life of the
child. which was the real purpose OF
his transmitting to me the informa-
ton contained in the letter.
i asked him If at any time Bruno
Hauptmann talked to him about get
ting in the big money business and
his reply was that he could not recall
the exact date, whether it was after
the marriage OF Lindbergh into the
wealthy Morrow family. or when the
newspapers published an account o.
Lindbergh'S connection with, I'believe
the Rockefeller Institute relative TO
some patent from which he could re-
ceive large monies, that Bruno Haupt-
mann made the remark that Lindberg h
would be a good subject tor a big
touch: also that Bruno Hauptmann
had told him that he tHauptmannD
had had some trouble in Germany.
Paullin, with the warden present
talked with newspaper men:
Il wrote letter from the Jail a.
Trenton, where l was lodged for the
night before coming back to Ohio.
Paullin said Il sent it by persona
messenger to Hauptmann. The neX'
day, when We were at the station II
Newark waiting for a train, / saw
Hauptmann and a woman. They
tried to get close to me to talk but q
guard prevented this.
Il wanted to get the kid back.
Il talked TO the colonel Lind
| bergh) and told him what I had il
mind. without telling him Haupt.
| mann's name.
Il told Sweeney New Jersey Stat
police officiaD l wanted to write i
or 20 letters and have them mailet
without letting the officers know wht
they were going to. But Sweeney
wanted me to write the letters ane
give them to his officers.
Il couldn't go for that because
didn't want them to catch any one.
told the colonel my plan. but he sale
he had plan of his own. He wante6
me to write one letter and promised
me he would keep it secret. 1 saw
how things were going and decided II
/ better drop it.
Sent "Phoney" Letter.
so I wrote a 'phoney' letter II
a 'phoney' address and gave it to thu
colonel
After his return to the penitentiary
Paullin said he attempted again t.
contact Hauptmann. this time through
a letter he said was dispatched through
a paroled prisoner.
Paullin was asked to state wha
this letter contained.
"t wanted to find out what hap.
pened to the kid
He added he did not know if the
letter ever had been delivered.
Il cannot believe that Hauptmanr
Intentionally killed the baby" he
added.
When paullin. q Clean-cut prisoner
even in the gray denim of Ohio Pen
itentiary, arose to leave the warden
office he pleaded to be sent back te
a different company of prisoners.
That's hot place for me now,
he declared.