The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-22

A. Yes.
 once. .''
 c. suppose you marked 1t down in your diary when you met the man? A. No.
 Q. You're just relying on your memory? A. I have a memory for
 Q. What time did you leave Maplewood? A. In the evening.
 c. Was 1t dark? A. Yes.
 c. Where had you been in the afternoon? A. In the stock room, checking stock.
 Reilly directed all his questions at testing the memory of the witt ness for events other than his ale legged encounter with Hauptmann.
 Q. Was there anybody else on the road where you met Haupt- mann? A. No.
 Q. Was his car in the center of the highway? A. Two wheels were off the road.
 o. Did he indicate he wanted any assistance? A. No he did not.
 Q. How was the man you saw dressed? A. At that time he had on an overcoat and a gray suit. He wore @ SlOuch nat.
 Q. What did you say? A. I ask ed him if he needed any help.
 Q. What did he say? A. He said he didn't.
 Q. But you stayed around? A. Yes.
 Rossiter said he knew several state police, including Policeman John Wallace who testified re- gently in the Hauptmann case.
 0. Were you ever an actor? A. No.
 The witness described his pres ent business as putting on anna teur shows for civic organizations" In 1892, he said, he was sales. man.
 Rossiter was excused and then suddenly recalled by Reilly to de. scribe the locale of his meeting in more detail. He was finally permitted to step down after say ing he paid no attention to the make of the automobile. It was Q sedan, with spare tire on the rear, he said.
 He did not record the license number.
 Max ,Rauch, who owns the house LILO X1duptuluhu OCSoPC0 Ah thI Bronx, was called.
 On October 5, 1881, he was in the attic of his house, he said. weeks after Hauptmann's arrest md found Q board missing from the floor.
 A large photograph of the at- tic with the board missing was ne noA nv. Hhn uo0 naaN fhA &nPv and was subsequently admitted as evidence. -,
 Pope Cross examined Rauch.
 Q. Was there ever a board in that attic? A. Yes.
 Q. Wasn't 1t taken out to per. init electric light cables to go through? A. No, the cables were in before the boards were nailed down.
 Q. That's just plain Carolina pine flooring isn't 1t? A.sYes,
 The witness was excused and J. J. Doran of Mccormick, s. C., was called.
 He was questioned by Robert Peacock of prosecution counsel, and said he was In the lumber
 Doran identified a bill of lading for lumber sent to Haligan-Mc- Clellan of New York by the South Carolina man.
 Peacock presented the bill for admission as evidence. The defense objected on the grounds the bill was not made by Doran personal ly.
 o. tBy Reilly) Did you see the cut, yes or no? A. No.
 o. Did you see the. lubber ship ped, personally? A. No.
 Q. Did you see 1t leave your town? A. l saw some cars leave the yard.
 Reilly, fighting desperately to kep the witness from testifying, said: ,.
 T certainly think if the state in- tends to try to trace this South Carolina lumber to a firm in the Bronx. they should be forced to take 1t every step of the way every piece of it-and show what railroad car 1t was shipped in."
 Doran. a heavy set middle aged man. was disturbed by Reiily's questions. Red faced, he appeared i'll at ease In the witness chair. par when the questioner per- sisted in calling him senator"
 Justice Trenchard read the bill of lading carefully, then handed 1t back to Reilly. The defense at- torney drew from the witness the admission that he had not person. ally seen the railroad car loaded with lumber for New, York.
 Kelly objected to the testimony on the ground the witness had nothing to do with the loading of the lumber.
 Pope of defense counsel said:
 "Manifestly this witness had no of this shipment. He tell if 1t was dressed on two sides or whether 1t was two.by- fours. All he has Is the bill of fading. prepared by someone else"
 Under Peacock's questioning, Doran said he had checked the lumber in the car.
 Pope objected that the witness had not personally checked the lumber and did not know what type of wood was shipped.
 All he knows from his bill of lading Is that so many thousand feet of lumber had been shipped"
 Pope asked the witness if he could tell ''how many thousa nds of feet of lumber are shipped out of your state a year."
 Doran said he could not.