The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-02
Bruno HauptmannIs Is
 Before Trial Court
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jailors disagreed on his last night before trial. The attorneys said hc was unperturbed, confident of ac- quittal. The jailors said he was nervous and frequently paced his cell.
 Preparations Completed
 All preparations for the trial were completed. Prosecutor An. thony M. Hauck, Jr., who qucs' toned Betty Cow, the Lindbergil nurse maid last night, announced that Col Lindbergh would attend to-day's session. Lindbcrgh will not be present at all sessions, but will be available when wanted
 Hauptmann saw yesterday for the last time in private conver- sation before he is found guilty or acquitted, the blonde wife who has stuck to him from the mo- ment of his arrest. There were tears in Anna Schoeffler Haupl- mann's eyes when she left the jail. There were none in Hauptmann's
 Tho frantic prepara tions for the trial which have rnado Tlemington an uproarious boom town, were rec placed by an atmosphere of strange calm in the court house, although tho street outside bolls with people and excitement. Only the clattering of a hundred tele- graph Instruments, which are 10 pour a million words 0 day into world news channels showed the importance of the case.
 Will Be No Circus
 To Thomas W. Trenchard. tho old-school jurist who presidcs us supreme court justice, this is just another trial. He will not permit 1t to become a circus. His voice is gentle and his manner is that of a gentleman. Hs can be stern, even vigorous in his pronounce ments from the bench but his ad- mentions are made In scholarly terms as Q schoolmaster might re- monstrate with unruly pupils.
 Facing Judge Trenchard arc rows of white pine benches ruled in black lines, eighteen inches to 6 man and filled to overflowing with the 150 correspondents who have come to Bennington for the greatest trial in American history. Back of the benches, seated in church-likc pews, are 150 residents of Hunterdon county, men and women, who may serve on the jury that Is to try the former German machine-gunner.
 Newspaper Men Everywhere
 Tho gallery, likewise is filled with newspaper writers. It extends over the heads of the audience in the last few rows. And those who are fortunate enough to sit in the front could converse easily with a man in the witness chair near Judge Trenchard.
 Across the street, in the rcd brick Union hotel. tho prosecuting forces. headed by Attorhey-Gener David T. Wilentz, have hold their last conference before the trial. On the long white foolscaD papers they have brought into the court room, they have the names of nearly 180 witnesses who will att tempt to trace tho movements of the prisoner on the night of March 1, 1032, and for the 30 long months thereafter which he is accused of spending the unholy ransom mon ey paid him by Dr John r. Condon in the blackness Of St Raymond'B cemetery in New York city.
 Lindberghs As Witnesses
 Tho least important witnesses. 1t Is known, will bc those whose names are the most prominent Col. Lndbergh, his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Col. Lindbergh will establish the facts about events in his household on the blustery March night his child was stolen. His wife will tell how the infant. suffering from a cold, was put warmly to bed---and how the nursemaid, Miss Cow, made the horrifying discovery that the crib was empty.
 Beyond that, it is believed. the tall aviator will be called upon only to cover the poignant mos ments when he Identified the body of his son after It's discovery in 0 shallow grave in the hills near his home.
 Minor Witnesses Greater
 It is the minor characters of the drama who will provide the crowds demand for sensation. Such Q man. for example. as Joe seph Perronc. who will take the stand to testify that Bruno Haupt- mann paid him e dollar to take a kldnap note to the kindly old Bronx professor, Dr John Y. Con- don, who later gave the negotiator Col. Lindbergh's eE0,000.
 Such c witness also, will De Ar- thur Johnson, the New. York dee tective who will spread on the