The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-15
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Hauptmann Decides
To Take Stand in
ExtraditiOn Fight

The prisoners alibi was given In q
quiet, almost offhand manner shortly
before the recess.
Hauptmann could not remember
whether he had gone to the Majestic
hotel or to q Sixth Avenue labos
agency to look for work, but he was
sure he had taken his wife to the
bakery at Z q. m: After stating he
was either at the hotel or the agency
until S p. m, the prisoner said he re-
turned to the Bronx.
Tells Of Meeting Wife
II went home," he said, in soft
voice. Il changed my clothes anc
went to the bakery to get my wife
I got to the bakery between 6 and
p. m. had supper at the bakery. Mr.
Fredericksen came in later"
what did you do after that?'
Fawcett asked.
Il went home"
did you stay home that night anc
go to sleep until the next morning.
"Yes," Hauptmann replied.
That's ALL" said Fawcett.
The prisoner was preceded on thu
stand by his wife.
She took q seat in the first row Of
spectators and engaged In converse
ton with q woman friend. The two
talked volubly in German.
Mrs. Hauptmann wore a black coal
with q black fur collar. q black dress
with q gold maple leaf brooch. She
had black hat and wore no make
up.
Mrs. Hauptmann testified that hel
husband must have been home on the
night Of March l, 1892. the night Of
the kidnapping. as it was Tuesday and
he always called for her to take hel
home from her work at . Bronx
bakery on Tuesday nights.
Testimony Conflicts
On cross-examination she said she
had told Inspector Henry Bruckman
in charge Of Bronx detectives. short
time after her husbands arrest, that
she didn't know whether her husband
was at home the night Of March J.
1882. On redirect examination, how
ever. she said when she found March
I, 1882, was Tuesday, she knew hel
husband must have been home that
night because he always called for hel
at the bakery or Tuesday nights.
Mrs. Hauptmann was the third
witness called by the defense. The
first was Christian Fredericksen. pro-
prietor Of bakery and lunch coun-
ter where Mrs. Hauptmann was en-
ployed as counter girl and wait
ress" for three years from about June
1929, to June, 1882.
He was sure that Mrs. Hauptmann
worked Tuesday and Friday nights
and that her husband called to take
her home Tuesday nights.
But when 1t came to the night OF
March I, 1892, he could only testify
that as it was "a Tuesday, she must
have worked there. When It was q
Tuesday she must have worked. be-
cause my wife always was out Tues
day night"
Each time that Attorney General
David +. Wilentz Of New Jersey OBJ
jected to the answerers as drawing
conclusions" and being "unresponsive.' "
he was upheld by the court.
Hauptmann's alibi, should it fail ia
prevent extradition, might help the
state Of New Jersey to convict Haupt-
mann Of the murder Of the child and
send him to the electric chair.
It was as cautious q gamble as pos
sible, Hauptmanns attorney. James
A. Fawcett, asserting he would not
permit the erstwile German soldier
and Bronx carpenter to 60 on trial
during the extradition proceedings
The burden Of the proof rested on the
license.
Should Hauptmann lose his gamble
New Jersey authorities are ready to
hustle him into an automobile and
hurry him away to the Hunterdou
county jail IN Pennington, N. J.. where
he would 60 on trial about Nov. !.
Should Hauptmann win, he still
would face trial In the Bronx for ex-
tortion Of the $50,0H0 Lindbergh ran
som money. Trial on that charge has
been postponed indefinitely and the
100000 ball vacated to make way for
extradition.