Evening star., 1934-09-28
HAUPTMANN USES
SPOON AS WEAPON
Instrument Sharpened to
Razor Edge Found
in Cell.
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for the examination, which he said
would take place in Hauptmann's cell
in the Bronx County Jail today or
tomorrow"
II am going to be guided solely by
the advice of my own doctor" he said
as he arrived at the Bronx County
Building and hurried into the Office of
District Attorney Samuel J. Foley.
Hauptmann will remain in the
Bronx County Jail today, Foley said
He disclosed that the small, loaded
automatic pistol found in Haupt-
mann's garage has been sent TO the
Ballistics Bureau of New York Police
headquarters for examination.
In reply to an inquiry regarding the
present status of Dr. John F. Condor,
the "Jafsie" who negotiated the S50,-
900 ransom payment for Col. Lind
bergh, District Attorney Foley said
his status is that of an innocent wit
ness who has been before the grand
jury" The question was prompted by
conflicting reports about DR.. Condor.
Condor is certainly and positively
not under suspicion" Foley said. Il
have I ever harbored such an idea"
Foley said today he had heard
nothing about an elaborate burglar
alarm installed two years ago in
Hauptmann'S garage. The alarm sys-
tenn was described in Reading, Pa.
by Mrs. Laura Urvant, daughter of
the owner of the Hauptmann home.
Arrest Is Expected.
DR.. Condor says there will be an
important arrest shortly"
The nature of this arrest will sur
prise everybody" Col. Charles A.
Lindberghs ransom emissary pre-
dicted last night.
His declaration closely followed
statements by Department of Justice
officials that they are seeking "stoop-
shouldered man" and a woman Of
Latin appearance in connection with
the abduction of 20 = month old
Charles Lindbergh, jr, two and one
half years ago.
The stoop-shouldered man is the
one who, masking his face with a
handkerchief. peered into Lindbergh's
automobile while the aviator awaited
DR.. Condon'S return from the ransom
rendezvous. 1t was over a nearby
cemetery wall that "Jafsie" passed
S50000 for the safe return of a baby
whose battered body already had been
abandoned in woods.
Only one suspect is under arrest
Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
The investigation centers today on
an attempt to prove that Hauptmann,
arraigned in New York yesterday for
extortion of the ransom, also kid
naped the baby from its nursery near
Hopewell, N. j.
Wood to Be Probed Further.
Arthur Koehler, the forestry expert
who looked at the wood in the kid
naper's ladder and traced it from
forest to lumber yard, will bend over
his microscope again in an effort to
complete the track to Hauptmann's
hands.
BY the grain in the wood Koehler
traced it to a certain forest, from
there to the lumber mill. thence to a
dealer in the Bronx. Now he will
work from the other direction. Taking
Hauptmann's tools, he will seek to de-
ternnine whether they were used to
construct the ladder.
A nick in chisel, dent in q ham
mer, bent tooth in a saw, these will
give affirmative or negative testimony
under the experts microscope.
Hauptmann, a German carpenter,
formerly worked in the lumber yard
and bought wood there for various jobs
In the neighborhood. :
Four pieces of Ponteroso pine, wood
similar to that in the ladder, were re-
moved from Inc Hauptmann garage
yesterday. They were taken to New
Jersey State police headquarters a.
Trenton for examination by Koehler,
who came from Madison, Wis.
Garage Is Demolished.
No garage remains. Police carpen-
ters demolished it in a search for clues
and more ransom money. The search
ers have recovered S14,590. Only the
skeleton of Hauptmann's four room
apartment remains, but the landlady
has a promise all will be restored.
Investigators found an athletic shoe
which was taken to Trenton for COM
parison with footprints found at the
kidnapping scene. They also confls-
Gated pair of high-topped, spiked
woodsman's shoes.
The landladys daughter, Mrs. Laura
Urvant of Reading, Pa, said Haupt-
mann installed an elaborate electric
alarm system in the garage two years
ago. 1t was there that most of the
recovered ransom was found, buried.
None Of us ever went near the ga
rage" she said, because we knew he
didn't want us to. We assumed he
was afraid thieves would steal the car"
She described her mother, Mrs.
Pauline Rausch, as concerned only
through fear that Hauptmann might
have tapped a wire attached to her
meter.
John Maurer Is Found.
Seeking the missing" John Maurer,
investigators found him last night.
We found Maurer, questioned him
80 seconds and established that he
had absolutely no connection with the
case whatever" said Assistant District
Attorney Breslin.
Maurer, the prosecutor said, had
been away on business. His wife be-
came alarmed and asked a search for
him. She said he knew associates Of
Hauptmann and investigators were put