The Washington times., 1935-02-05
STATE To CALL
L|NDBERGH IN
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NNS0.-With the defense run
ming low on witnesses, the trial of
Bruno Richard Hauptmann for
The murder of the Lindbergh baby
was drawing toward an end today.
Although defense lawyers had
not expected to rest before late
Thursday, courtroom observers
would not be surprised if they
ended their case sooner.
How many rebuttal witnesses
The State will call after the de-
fense rests was problematical. At
any rate the prosecution is not ex-
pected to take more than two days
to clean up the loose ends of the
case.
Filler to Testify
One of the States important re.
buttal witnesses will be Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, father of
the slain baby, who will return to
the stand to rebute the defense
theory and contention that the
kidnapping was an inside job"
There was talk today that the
defense had Is more witnesses.
But it was only talk. The dearth
OF defense witnesses was apparent
yesterday afternoon when Edward
j. Reilly, chief counsel for the de-
tense, looked around and suddenly
found he had none available. In
the crisis, the defense took a
gamble and called Col. H. Norman
SchwartZkopf, in charge OF the
Lindbergh case from the begin
ming, as a witness for Hauptmann.
Backs Police
Colonel Schwarzkopf, who IS
superintendent of the New jersey
State police, resisted efforts OF
Defense Attorney Lloyd Fisher to
get him to admit he believed at
one time that Harry Fleischer, OF
the notorious Purple Gang" OF
Detroit, was linked with the kid
naping. Colonel Schwarzkopf also
fought back at every attempt OF
Mr.. Fischer to show his men were
inefficient in handling the Lind
bergh case investigation.
Backs Police
Colonel SchWarzkopf said, in re-
ply to a question from Attorney
General David T. Wilentz, that he
gave every ounce of his energy
for more than two years and a
half to solve the crime which
shocked the world.
But, under the vigorous inter
rogation of Defense Attorney
Fisher, Colonel Schwarzkopf ex-
perienced a difficult spot or two.
Yet he never backed up in con-
tending the police under him did
a good job.
Colonel Schwarzkopf, however,
could not recall and did not know
when asked about certain things
his police did while investigating
the kidnapping. He was finally
forced to admit that many finger
prints were found on the "kidnap
ladder" and none of them were
those Of Bruno Hauptmann.
Time and time again Colonel
Schwarzkopf said he could not
answer questions without referring
to his records. He pointed out
that in the course of the investi-
cation thousands Of reports were
made by his subordinates and he
could not answer specifically con-
corning them without resorting to
the records.
Gang Link Denied
Colonel Schwarzkopf admitted
that after DR.. E. M. Hudson, New
York City physician, brought to
him a newly discovered silver
nitrate process which revealed
fingersprints on the "kidnap
ladder" the Lindbergh ransom
notes were not shown to DR.. Hud-
son. The work of using this new
process was entrusted to State
troopers who failed to find any
fingerprints in the haby's nursery.
Defense Attorney Fisher tried
to get Colonel Schwarzkopf to
fix the exact date on which
Morris Rosner was consulted by
Colonel Lindbergh as a go-be-
tween. Colonel Schwarzkopf
could not recall the exact date.
Asked if Rosner was shown the
original ransom note, Colonel
Schwarzkopf said: Not to the
best of my knowledge"
Colonel SchWarzkopf denied he
ever met Salvatore Spitale and
Irving Bitz, New York underworld
characters, or that he was re.
sponsible for their entrance into
the case. He denied. too. he
thought Fleischer. Detroit gang
ster, was linked with the kidnap-
ing at one stage of his inVeStiga-
tion.
Mr.. Fisher wanted to know if
Colonel Schwarzkopf had not an.
nounced after Violet Sharpe, maid
in the Morrow home at Engle-
wood, N. j., had committed suicide
while the investigation was in pro
greSS, that her death virtually
solved" the case. He replied he
did not believe he ever made such
q statement.
Inside Job Hinted
Colonel Schwarzkopf was asked
II it was not true there was found
in the Lindbergh home in the
library three-inch piece of maple
similar to the dowel pin cf the
ladder in width and character of
the wood. He could not recall hav.
ing received any such report.
Neither could Colonel SchWarZ.