The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
;Kidnaper Likely Left :Fingerprints On SiH
lnadyertent Admission By Police Sheds New Light on z Case-BOx Found in Hauptmann's Yard

, that despite periodic official de- nials since the baby was stolen, the kidnaper left his fingerprints on the nursery window sill in the Lindbergh home at Hopewell, N. J. Lieutenant Walter Coughlin of New Jersey state police, in under taking to make the denial once again. inadvertently admitted that finger prints had been found. He added quickly that they were so badly smudged as to be of no value. It was the first official ad- mission that any fingerprints what soever had been found.
 In Washington 1t was learned that Hauptmann's footprints came close to matching those found un- der the window of the Lindbergh nursery the night the baby was | stolen.
 Hauptmann's fingerprints, rush. ed to Trenton, N. J., from New York. were closely studied by state police experts there. Colonel H. Norman Schwarzkopf, head of the department, said, they merely sought to determine Hauptmann's criminal record. Hauptmann's re- cord had been ascertained by de- partment of justice agents even before his arrest was announced. Investigators hinted that more of Hauptmann's sudden wealth im- mediately after the ransom was paid in April, 1882, had been traced. Detectives digging in the suspects garage where $13.750 of Lindbergh money already had been found. emerged with a small wooden box, apparently taken from the ground. They refused to divulge it's contents, but it care fully was locked in the vault of Bronx District Attorney Samuel Foley. Hauptmann's diary and account books, found in a new search of | his home, revealed what one off, cial said were clues of ''great im- l portance. Twenty-Five detectives | were assigned to running them down. Their nature. was not made l public. I,
 James M. Fawcett, retained as | Hauptmann's attorney, refused to say whether he believed his client | innocent. Yesterday Fawcett em- | phatically stated that Hauptmann had been the innocent dupe of Isidor Fisch, who Hauptmann | claims gave him the Lindbergh money found in his garage, but | who now is dead. Fawcett confer red with District Attorney Foley late yesterday.
 Foley marshalled more witnesses before the Bronx County grand l jury expected to indict Haupt- mann for extortion, a charge, off, cials intimated, that never will be brought to trial because New Jer- sey will claim and try the suspect l for murder and Kidnapping first. Colonel and Mrs Lindbergh con- tinued their trans-continental afr | journey that will land them in New York in time for Colonel Lindbergh to appear before the | grand jury tomorrow. One in- vestigator, who asked that his name not be used, said Lindbergh would see the suspect, before his | grand jury appearance in an att tempt to identify him as the man he saw at the St Raymond street cemetery the night Dr John F. Condon. (Jafsie) paid $50.000.
 Colonel Lindbergh waited in his car while Dr Condon walked a
 block and a half along the edge of the cemetery. He saw a man stand
 ing on the street corner and when
 Dr Condon passed that man drop
 ped a handkerchief. Authorities
 believed that he was the lookout,
 and that the handkerchief sig
 nailed the ransom receiver hidden
 from view by the cemetery wall, that Lindbergh and Jafsie had
 kept their word by coming to the rendezvous alone.
 Chief witnesses before the grand
 jury to-day will be Colonel Henry
 Breckenridge, Lindbergh's counsel
 and advisor. He was so intimately associated with his clients efforts to ransom the baby alive, that the kidnaper. fearing police were ob-
 taining letters sent to tho Hope.
 well home, began mailing his com
 munications to Breckenridge's New
 York office.
 Hauptmann was permitted to see his 10 months old baby and his wife, Anna, for the first time since his arrest. Authorities gave no reason for granting the privi- iege. but 1t was hinted that it was an award" Throughout his Ions questioning Hauptmann had been shown a picture of his baby in an effort to break down his emotions. | Department of Justico agents con- tlnuod to intimate that confess l sion could be expected.
 1 The diary and account books Of 1 HnuptmanT contained dozens of nnnles of both men and women ae..