The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-11
FAITHFUL WIFE
LEADS IN FIGHT
FOR HAUPTMANN
BewiIdered and Exhausted.
She's Confident OF Clear
ing Bruno.
BY SIDNEY Y. WHIPPLE
Tinted Prev star Corrrs % ndrnt
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bevldered and baG.ed bv The long
chain o. events that have plagued
and haras,cd her ever since the con-
clusion o. hcr husband trial
The legal qgarrels the nervous
strain attached 20 the raising OF
money FOR her husband appeal
from conviction ~ numbering Tho
Iindbcrgh baby. The hauling and
pulling among lawyers. manager
and friends have Wracked her BODY
and exhausted her mind
But 7 know 70 are going 20 VIn
Richard appeal She SAYS. and she
nmlv believes her own declaration
81 faith
Tn three months since the Flcm-
iugfon episode was closed Anna
Hauptmanus lfe has been a series
OF discouTaging painful-and coca
.ionaIly hope-restoring- incidents.
she has been torn bv tho advice of
friends who later proved they we're
actuated by hope Of personal gain
She has been subjected 10 Law suits.
NTOpcS Tor WORDS
She has been sent to the lecture
platform 20 ten her tragic story. IN
the hope OF obtaining money to
press her only interest IN lfe-her
husbands appeal And all the time
She has hated and despised The pub
uCfv and Tho necessity for H.
Mrs Hauptmann speaks-sloWly.
as though cropping for words-in the
tone and manner Of one who is
afraid 20 trust even her friends She
d0cs trust. unqueStiOninglv her
chief council c Lloyd Fisher. Of
Flemiuet0u- her new counsel Judge
Charlie A Oberwauger. and Ier pas
tor and comforter. the Rev. ID G.
Werner
Her nervousness is betrayed by Oc-
Casionai quick movements Of her
thin hands. The involuntary clcnch-
ing OF a list upon a small handker-
chief. or the passing Of her fingers
over tired eyes.
Travels 6OOO Miles
I'm The - weeks since Remington.
She has travelled more than 5000
uilcs n Tho interest of her cause.
She has appeared before crowds to-
falling more than $4,000. and IN that
time. She revealed has collected
little less than $4,000. Of which. She
says. her former chief counsel. Ed
ward J Reilly Of Brooklyn. received
5000
After the expenses OF fighting her
husbands case 10 the highest New
.Ior ~ court are paid II shall have
nothing left 10 live on. she SAYS. L
shall have TO go TO work-sOme-
where.
Mrs Hauptmaun revealed the Diff
fcrcnCcs OF opiniou-sOme motivat-
ed by commercial gain-regardiug
hcr travels and appearances in her
husbands behalf
Some Of my real friends she
said. thought The mass meeting
idea was a good one one attorney
even insisted that I should go on the
vaudeville stage Others. after We
GOT started took the attitude that |
was actually hurting our case by my
travels 7 don't know. myself All
I know is that I was willing 10 60
through any tar' nd any ordeal
I'M order 10 r o. honey 10 fight
Richards c. highest court 90
Misses Her Infant son
Her heart is torn. too. between
rfr.. a-Tf 'Trr-~r-r.,r, nd Fr-sos,-f-r
home where her infant SON Mann
fried IS living Her trips have cost
much more than time and money.
Tor she has had to be away from her
child. sometimes for as long as
week. And She constantly worries
about him
Talk much Of 10 ridiculous. about
the size Of her defense fund. makes
her bite her lips in amazement and
bitterness
Those stories" She SAYS. ARE an
exaggerated I've heard people say
We had As much as SS5OOO and some
people Guess all The way from 10000
90 $50 90 The truth is that NJ Of
our collections. I'm New York Detroit
and Chicago where We were
stopped from getting any funds at
al only amounted to less than
$500
As Tor the other fund. the one
Tor winch Llovd Fisher is trustee.
that amounts To somewhere around
10000 and know it is being ad-
ministered faithfully by him"
Given Courage by Pastor
When Mrs Haup,mann mentions
the Rev Werner there is a fash of
appreciation in her blue eyes.
He is one Of the men who has
e.ven me the most courage TO go
On-and he has been Of tremendous
service 70 Richard He has talked
great deal with Richard. and he
knows the truth. that Richard never
did that awful deed
The very clothes Mrs Hauptmann
wears show the frugality with which
she has ordered her own life. from
necessity. since the trial She still
wears the simple black silk dress
and the little tOQue that were IA
miliar 20 Pennington spectators.
Every possible cent must go for the
appeal
With the appointment Of another
new legal adviser. Judge Charles
Oberwager. Mrs. Hauptmann feels
considerably more AT ease. She has
a happy faith that he and Lloyd
Fisher viii Be able 70 wipe out the
sore spots. the snnovanoes. the dis
! heartening court actions that have
! brought her such distress