The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-31

Louis Kiss testified he was drink. ing coffee in the bakery when Hauptmnnn came in with the pO- lice dog.
 The state. fighting to beat down these stories, broughtout from the three witnesses that all of them had been outside the law at some stage of their careers.
 Witness Got Angry
 Von Henke admitted he had op- cfated speakeasies and been raided twice. But when Attorney General David T. Wilentz asked him wheth- sr he had operated q place where white people and colored folks mingled" the witness shouted.
 That is a liar; that is q liar" Kiss admitted he had done some bootiegging and was, in fact. on his way 10. deliver two pints of rum he had made with alcohol and fiayoring when he stopped fin the bakery on the night of the kidnap- ing for cup of coffee.
 Harding said he had been con victed of assault and battery in 1881 and served time in Hallway reformatory.
 The first witness after the re- cess was August Won Henke. O. Where did you live on Marcn | 1892? A. l46 Vyse avenue, the Bronx.
 Won Henke said he lost q police dog in February 1332, while he was in the restaurant business in the Bronx.
 @. Do you remember on Mar 1g1032, being in the neighborhood 0g . gasoline sts stion? A. Yes at Boston Post road.
 Q. Where had you been before you went to the gas stationY A. At New Rochelle.
 @. Why did you leave New Ro- chelie? A. My friend was not there so left.
 @. As you approached the gas station did you see anybody or anything? A. saw dog and q man stepped up to me and asked him If the dog was his. It looked like mine.
 e. Is the man here in the court room? A. Yes (pointing to Hauptmann who half rose from his seat.)
 Tell the jury what he said? A. stepped up to this man and said 'Is this your dog?" and he said 1t belongs to the baker down the street. He said If that were my dog and you tried to claim it would have you arrested"
 sIIe told me his name was Hauptmann," the witness added. c. He told you right there on that spot his name was Haupt- mann? A. Yes right there. @. How do you ike that date? A. Because everybody knows that was the date the Lindbergh baby was Kidnapped. I heard 1t over the radio that night.
 sThe witness related he went to James M. Fawcett, Hauptmanns first lawyer, fin the interest of jus tice, and told his story.
 He was released from direct examination.
 Wilentz cross-examined him. ANsNWho is August Bunstorff? n. ! put money in that name. used the name?
 A. Yes. when wanted to have some fun.
 0. You used 1t when you were in trouble with relatives. didn't you?
 .. You ran a. Speakeasy. didn't you?
 A. Yes.
 c. Did you sell liquor2
 A. Yes.
 c. How many times were you raided?
 A. Oh, a couple I guess.
 c. What kind of n place did you run after you left Vyse ave- nue in 1881?
 A. Same kind as before.
 c. Oh. another npeakeasy?
 A. You call it a speakeasy; call 1t Il restaurant.
 @. Didn't you run q bed house there7
 @. Didn't you rent out rooms to men and women?
 A. never did. didn't even go upstairs.
 70. Wasn't that place where whitcs and colored people mingled ? "A. No. that's a lair-that's q liar.
 SThe witness and attorney gen efai were shaking their forehngcrh ateach other.
 @. Who is August Marhenke? "A. That is me.
 @. So you are August von licn- Ike, Bunstorff and August Marhcn- ke?
 "A. Yes.
 e. You had il dog stolen?
 "A. Yes.
 c. You reported to the police : "A. No. to the cop on the beat
 .. What date was it?
 "A. In February.
 n IJnu V,aanu HaUa Lsf,r. E,u met Hauptmann did you report the loss of your dog?
 "A. About four days.
 70. What name did you give A. August Henke.
 @. You went to Il police Sta tion? A. Yes. where they have dogs.
 70. Oh, you mean dog pound 70. You wrote to Mir Fawectt an attorney, and told him about ti1e meeting? A. Yes.
 70. Did you sec him? A. No. @. You read this case when fl was in the Bronx? A. Some.
 Q. But you didn't testify there A. No.
 .On redirect examination th' witness re-spelled the namG h' uHfI UlDLSHu VT fOu Jl'URF' lI' hpFllcd it W-u-n-g.t,o-r-f.
 70. (By Wilentz). When did you ebnngs your name from Vor Henke to Marh"nkc2 A. Right afier the war beRint
 e. Before you said your cor rect name was Won Benke? A Yes.
 70. Now you say the correct usmcgjs Marhenke? A. Yes. %, What name did you get your automobile licenses under A Won Henkc.
 Wiientz brought out the fact thai lif witneg registered for relief un. der the name Marhenke. He w0i then excused.
 Lou Harding was called as tho next wttnes.
 Jiarding was drened fin T lum. < bAr jacket with shirt open at th' collar.
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