Evening star., 1934-09-28
HAUPTMANN USES
SPOON ONTOFASH|ON
WEAPON IN CELL
Instrument Sharpened to
Razor Edge-Four Pieces
Found in Plumbing.
NEW JERSEY OFFICIAL
CONFERS WITH FOLEY
Extradition Move Is Seen in New
York Parley-Counsel to Call
Psychiatrist.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 2S.-Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, indicted as the
extortioner in the Lindbergh kidnap
case, stole a spoon at breakfast to-
day. broke it into four pieces, and
sharpened the bowl.
Sheriff John j. Hanley, who, with
District Attorney Samuel ]. Foley, an
nounced the latest development in the
Hauptmann case. said with further
sharpening the bowl of the spoon
might have been used as a defensive
weapon or one to do violence to him.
self. The sheriff declined to express
himself as to what he believed Haupt-
mann intended to do with the pieces.
The prisoner had hidden them in the
toilet bowl and in the drain of the
wash bowl in his cell.
Handle Made into Hook.
The handle of the spoon had been
curved into a hook.
The spoon and a bowl were given
Hauptmann and other prisoners in
the Bronx county Jail at 745 this
morning, Is minutes before break
fast. usual custom, the sheriff said.
After breakfast Hauptmann's spoon
was missing and when the jailer
asked him for it he replied he didn't
know anything about the spoon.
He was Immediately taken out of
his cell, searched and stripped" Han
ley said. His cell was searched
minutely and no evidence of the
spoon was discovered until the jailer
looked into the washbowl and the
toilet"
He is now eating on paper dishes
and he will use paper spoons SO long
as we have him." Hanley said.
Sharpened to Razor Edge.
The sheriff said about 80 minutes
elapsed between the time Hauptmann
was given the spoon and the time it
was missed. In that time the pris-
oner had broken it into four pieces
and sharpened the bowl to razor
edge" by rubbing it against the steel
frame of the cot in his cell.
The pieces were discovered after a
plumber was called. Three of them
were in the toilet bowl and the fourth
was in the drain of the wash basin.
Later in the morning Joseph Lani-
gan, assistant attorney general OF
New Jersey, conferred with Bronx
County authorities on the Lindbergh
case
Foley announced Lanigan's presence
In the Bronx, but declined to discuss
the purpose Of his visit.
Extradition Steps Seen.
Lanigan's visit gave rise to belief
that his presence had to do with final
steps toward extradition of Haupt-
mann to New Jersey.
Prior to Lanigons arrival, Foley, in
reply to an inquiry, said that New
Jersey had made no more efforts for
extradition of Hauptmann to that
State. But he added that if New Jer-
sey authorities did ask for his removal
I'VE will be only too willing to CO.
operate"
we will surrender the prisoner
even in advance of his trial here" !"
Foley added.
I'VE are working in perfect accord
with New Jersey, and that is literal"
Foley declined to comment on the
New Jersey assistant attorney gen.
erals arrival or his purpose here.
Foley in Full Charge.
Foley disclosed today that he has
been placed in entire charge of the
investigation in and around New York
City.
rJa cold tbot never before has he
seen so many men working on single
case as those placed under my charge
by all three agencies" The three
agencies concerned in the case are
the Bureau of Investigation of the
Department Of Justice, New Jersey
State police and New York City police.
More men are continually being
employed" Foley said. More men
are working on this case than any
I've ever heard Of"
Foley said he hoped to confer today
with James M. Fawcett, counsel for
Hauptmann, to determine when the
extortion case against the prisoner
can go to trial here. He reiterated a
previous statement that the case will
go to trial in the very near future,
and said the case will be heard on a
date that will suit the best interests
- justice"
Fawcett said today he would have
his client examined by a psychiatrist
and Fawcetts family physician.
Fawcett did not explain his reasons
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