Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-19
UNITED PRESS PRESENTS INSIDE
STORY ON LINDBERGH TRAGEDY

bile and covered him with automa-
| tics.
"You re wanted at headquar-
ters,' said Finn. But it was not
to headquarters, but to the old
"bastile, now an automobile Ii
cense police bureau, that the pro-
testing prisoner was taken. For
three days they grilled him-and
never once succeeded in breaking
down his stolid compoSure.
On his person, when ne was ar
rested, Hauptmann had another of
the Lindbergh ransom bills, $40
certificate. He professed, for
time, not to know where it came
| from.
~s Then detectives began a stick
| by-stick and -by-Stone demo-
lition of the little garage in East
222nd street, the Bronx, which they
knew had been constructed by his
own hands. Their pickaXeS broke
| through the floorings and penetrat-
ed mine. From sacks and wrap
pings tumbled thousands of yellow
backed gold certificates. Another
hoard, cunningly concealed in win
dow castings, added to the pile.
They counted $13,750, and every
] bill of the lot bore number that
checked with the serials of the ran
som Colonel Lindbergh had paid to
regain the son who never came
back alive
In the leveling of the garage the
officers came upon another cache,
even more painstakingly hidden
from prying eyes. The hoarder had
sunk five small borings into
plank, and each of the holes con-
tanned a roll of bills. The plank had
been fixed into position with its
smooth side outward, presenting an
innocent appearance until it was
tapped. The detectives added $840
to their pile of recovered money.
Identified by Taxi Driver
Joseph Perrone, taxicab driver
who had once carried a ransom
note to Jafsie at the behest of a
man who approached him in the
darkness of Bronx street, was
hidden to headquarters, He walked
up to the prisoner, standing with
group of detectives, and putting
his hand on Hauptmann IS shoulder,
said, "this is the man.
Jafsie himself, hailed from his
lecture room, was not so positive.
"He doesn It look exactly like the
man 10 whom I gave the $4,000, y
he said. "This man appears much
heavier. "
Colonel Lindbergh, disguised in
dark-rimmed glasses and a large
cap. listened attentively to the pris-
oner's voice as ne responded to the
questions of the authorities.
cit is the same voice I heard
calling, 'hey, doctor, over here doc
tor','' he said.
The detectives interviewed
Anna Schoeffler Hauptmann, the
suspects wife. How did her hus-
band get all this money? How was
he able to live without working?
He has always been thrifty. He
made good wages. He saved lot.
And he won money playing the
stock Market Mrs. Hauptmann
explained
Investigation of his brokerage
accounts showed Hauptmann had
lost $1,000 in less than two years.
"Well, III tell you," said Haupt-
mann. II got it from friend of
mine named Isidore Fisch-a man
who used to work with me in the
fur business. lie owed me money,
about $500. So last winter he
took a trip to Germany, and when
he left, he asked me to take care
of some of his belongings. In the
lot was shoe box. I didn't know
what was in it, but 1 put it in the
bedroom closet. Later I discovered |
I guess it was three or four weeks |
ago-that it contained money. And |
knowing that he owed me money, |
helped myself to it. I've spent two |
OF three hundred dollars of it,.
Jafsie's Name
While Hauptmann was telling his /
story, the detectives searching every ,
square inch of his Bronx flat came /
upon a panel en- which were pen !
ciled the address and telephone |
of DR.. John Condon-Jaf-
sic.
II don't know who wrote them |
there or why" said Hauptmann.
Perhaps Fisch did it. -
- And where - the officers asked,
might this Isidor Fisch be at the |
present time?'
Unfortunately Isidor Fisch died |
IN Germany of tuberculosis, in the
spring of 1884.
Tomorrow: The Bad Boy of
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