The Washington times., 1934-12-26

He alleges that "about dozen
plain clothes men" staged the
third degree" at the Greenwich
Village police station in Manhat-
tan in an effort to exact con-
fesSion.
Handcuffed to Chair
Hauptmann says he was hand
cuffed to chair; that the detec.
tives showed him his own ham
mer, then turned out the lights
and kicked and beat him into un.
consciousness.
These startling S allegations,
which may figure prominently at
Hauptmann's trial which opens
at Flemington, N. j.. next Wed
nesday, are contained in the re-
port of DR.. Thurston H. Dexter,
defense physician, obtained exclu-
sively by international News Ser
vice today.
DR.. Dexter gave Hauptmann an
oral and physical examination on
September Is last in the presence
Of attorney James M. Fawcett,
Hauptmann's former chief council,
and Louis F. Lefkowitz, assistant
medical examiner. The oral eX-
animation revealed in the report,
was in part as follows:
"Were you hurt in any way by
the police after you were ar.
rested?"
81 got q terrible beating at
the Greenwich Village station
in Manhattan"
"Was it because you resisted
or fOught?"
"N0."
BEATEN ON THE HEAD
''What time did you get this
beating?"
Two days after I was ar
rested"
Were you hurt at the station
hOuse?"
"They took q hammer and
beat me over the head couple
of times and all over the body"
Hauptmann explained tn a t
there were about a dozen detec-
tives present. He did not remem-
ber any of the men. The arrest
ing officer, Lieut.. James Finn,
was not there, he Sod. Asked
how he knew a hammer was used,
Hauptmann replied.
"They showed it to me while
the lights were on and said they
were going to hit me with it,"
"Was the light on when you
were struck?"
mo, they put out the lights
and started beating me-"
Were you standing up or
seated?"
II was handcuffed in the
chair and fell downward toward
the floor while being beaten"
DON'T HIT so HARD
''Did you become uncOn-
sciOus?"
eyes, but before that 1 heard
them say: Don't hit him so
hard with the hammer
Hauptmann said he got hit on
the shoulders, on the back of
the head and on the right arm
with the hammer and that the
detectives kicked his legs with
their feet.
They also kicked him in the
stomach and over the heart, he
added, saying "over the heart"
was the worst place-hurt the
worst" He said they twisted his
wrists and ankles.
"Did you scream?"
eyes, 1 screamed"
Hauptma1n told DR.. Dexter
during the examination that his
legs still panied him. He said
he could hear nothing for four
or five days after the alleged
beating. He informed the doctor
that whenever he hung his head
down and forward he felt pains
(pointing to the occipital region);
that he had marks around his
left eye; that there we're swell
ings on his head; that he
couldn't breathe regularly and
had pains in his chest.
sWELLINGS ALL OVER
"Any bleeding?"
No. But I had sweIlings
pretty nearly all over my body"
"Did they throw any red
light on you at the Greenwich
Village statiOn?"
''NO, they did not"
Hauptmann quoted the detec.
tives as saying before and during
the alleged beating:
"Where is the money? Where
Is the baby? Wen knock your
brains out. Well break your
ribs. I'll use your own ham.
mer and knock your brains out.
I'll break your legs. I'll break
your arms"
what sort Of hammer did
they uSe?"
my own hammer"
Hauptmann said he was beaten
only once-on that occasion.
Later when he was taken to the
Bronx county Jail he was treated
IN kindly manner, he stated.
DR.. Dexter's report contained a
detailed description of his physi-
cal examination of Hauptmann
and ended with the following
Conclusions:
II conclude from this exam.
ination that he had been sub
Jected recently to a severe beat