The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-25

itely the prisoner bought the shoes
and paid for them with the gold
certificate.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Haupmann,
through her husbands attorney,
James M. Fawcett, requested district
attorney Samuel J. Foley to grant
her permission to take from her
home some things for her l0-months
cid son. Manfred.
Attorney Believes Alibi NJ
F'awcett said Hauptmann told him
he had loaned $4,000 to Isadore Fsch.
the man he was in the fur business
with for time.
Il am coming to believe more and
more Fawcett said. that another
man Is the real culprit."
The elder Osborn was told to hold
himself in readiness for a possible
recall to the grand jury room. He
said that, without breaking grand
jury condolences. he could state
Hauptmann was the man who wrote
the ransom notes. He said he based
this conclusion on his story Of the
notes and Hauptmann's signature on
his automobile registration card.
Two new trails gave police chance
Tuesday to prove their contention
that Bruno Richard Hauptmann kid
mapped the Lindbcrgh baby.
State troopers in New Jersey OBJ
tanned Hauptmann's fingerprints.
Their commander denied that they
had the prints Of the kidnaper, per-
hitting a comparison, but another in
vestigator called them 1.-The one price,
less piece of evidence"
New York police took Hauptmann's
carpentry tools for microscopic exam
ination. They reasoned that hicks
and bumps possibly might fit the
fooled ridges and grooves on the
homemade ladder down which the
abductor carried the baby from q
nursery window.
The ladder, which broke under the
weight Of the kidnaper and his vic
tim, also figured prominently In q
third track which the investigators
took. They ordered an X-ray OF
Hauptmann's LEFT ankle to determine
whether a fracture had caused the
phlebitis which he suffered months
after the abduction
To Press Three Charges
Prosecutors say they are ready to
press three charges.
Extortion In connection with the
ransom double cross is the charge be-
fore Bronx county grand Jury In
this city. Defense counsel heard
Hauptmann already had been in
dicted.
kidnapping and murder charges are
planned in New jersey
Lindbergh, now flying east to APP
pear before the grand jury, saw an
accomplice Of the mysterious John"
who took the ransom over a cemetery
wall. This was revealed Monday
night. The man, handkerchief over
his face, peered into the aviator's
automobile as Lindbergh awaited the
return Of his emissary, Dr.. J. F. Con-
don.
Kidnaper Revealed Face
Later the lookout dropped the
handkerchief. apparently as a signal
to his confederate behind the wall,
and the colonel obtained a fleeing
glimpse Of the mans features.
Federal agents will show Lindbergh
a picture Of Isadore Fisch to see
whether the flier can identify him as
we'll as the prisoner in the Bronx
Jail. Fsch, now dead, is the man
whom Hauptmann contends gave
him small fortune for Safekeep-
ing. The money was part Of the
ransom and police recovered $l3.75O
from Hauptmann,S home.
Investigators are hurriedly winding
their many skeins Of evidence and
pseudo-evidence so that Lindbergh
may study them in the light of his
experience as q leader Of the hunt
for his missing baby.
Lindbergh's appearance before the
grand jury IS set for Wednesday, the
day on which Samuel Foley, district
attorney for the Bronx. says he ex-
poets an Indictment. James FaWcett.
the defense lawyer, declined to dis
close who had told him the true bill
already had been voted.
Extradition Within Week
Foley said that the extortion
charge would not stand in the way
should the New Jersey authorities
wish to try Hauptmann on the more
serious charges. Attorney General
David Wilentz Of the Garden state
predicted extradition probably with
in a week."
AS for the fingerprints. the Daily
News said Tuesday that a high po-
lice official had told it that, despite
denials, fingerprints were found on
the window sill Of the Lindbergh
nursery the morning after the crime.
THAT is the one priceless piece Of
evidence In the possession of the
New Jersey state police" he told the
newspaper. They've kept it secret
because they knew It was the only in
fallible proof. II those fingerprints
tally with Hauptmann's, he might as
well be sitting the electric chair this
moment"
Coupled with the decision to x-ray
the suspects leg came the news that
an Edward Hoffman" had been
treated at Bronx hospital for a
fracture about midnight Of March /.
1882, the night Of the kidnapping. The
man gave fictitious Yonkers adj
dress and did not return as instruct
ed for further treatment.
a heavy footprint below the broken
ladder had led investigators to be-
lieve 1t was the kdnapers left leg
which had been injured.
District Attorney Foley indicated
that Mrs. Lindbergh. who is retur,,-
Ing to the east with her husband.
would be spared the ordeal of an
pearins before the grand Jury.
Col and Mrs Yindho,.Oh .~>S>