Evening star., 1935-02-05

They picked up a fourth man and had
another huddle.''
The party drove to gray car"
which was stalled, the little man con-
tinued He said he aided them In
starting it and they drove off.
Reilly turned Moses over for cross
examination The taxi driver said he
had been around Pennington for two
weeks.
Wilentz produced one of the many
autograph books circulating in the
town, and Moses identified his sigma
ture.
Reilly. in laughing colloquy with
Justice Trenchard. objected to intro
duction of the book The Justice
failed to see the materially" but
allowed the page with the signature
to be used.
Reilly took an exception.
O. You said you were a taxi driver?
A. Yes, sir.
O. What other business have you
been in? A. Newspaper business
@. What branch Of the newspaper
business? A. Newsstand.
@. Did you do anything else?
A. Worked in Wall Street
c. In what capacity? A. Runner.
G. Have you been an actor? A.
Amateur.
Q. Are you dancer? A. Huh?
The court room Uttered constantly
as Wilentz questioned the cocky little
witness.
The attorney general drew from the
witness he had been hoaxed into
making radio broadcast" since he
was in Pennington. Moses grinned
sheepishly as he admitted his talk
was never broadcast.
@. Was the broadcast about the
trial? A. Nav, initiated Will Rogers.
Moses Immediately brushed down
some hair over his brow and started
to chew gum furiously in imitation
of the comedian. The audience
laughed
@. Are you an adagio dancer? A.
No. sir.
@. Have you written a song about
the trial? A. No, have written a
song about the unemployed-a beer
song.
Wilentz next brought out the large
map Of the Bronx and photographs
of St. Raymond's Cemetery.
Lindbergh Joins
Amusement at Man.
Moses was unable to identify GER
tain paths in the cemetery, observing
hna,, hull e;y
Col. Lindbergh joined the general
amusement attending Moses testi-
mony.
Moses was excused after he said
receipts for his expenses in Fleming
ton were not kept for reimbursement
by the defense.
Mrs Maria Mueller, niece Of Mrs.
Hauptmann, was the next witness
sworn. A thin-faced woman dressed
in black, she gave her answers to
Reilly in tremulous, almost inaudible
voice.
@. Where do you live? A. Bronx,
New York.
@. You are some relative Of Mrs.
Hauptmann? A. Mrs. Hauptmann Is
my aunt.
@. Now do you remember being at
Mrs. Hauptmann's house on the 26th
of November, 1893? A. Yes.
The date has two signif1cances in
the trial; 1t was Hauptmann's BIRTH
day and also the day he allegedly
passed a ransom bill in a Greenwich
Village theater.
Mrs. Mueller could not recall the
street number of the Hauptmann
home but testified they lived on Two
Hundred and Twenty-second street,
the Bronx.
On the afternoon Of November 26,
1888, she testified, she went to the de-
fendant's home. She found Mrs.
Hauptmann alone. Hauptmann ar
rived at 4 pm. and later Isador Fisch
and Paul Vetterle came in.
@. From the time Hauptmann came
in until he went out at 10 pm. to take
you home did he leave the house? A.
No.
Mrs. Mueller, in broken English, de-
scribed a dress, with a medallion or.
nament brought to her at the Haupt-
mann home from Germany by Vet
terle. Her mother sent it, she said.
Remembers Party
Given for Fisch.
Reilly directed the witness next to
the bon voyage party December 2,
1888, at the Hauptmann home for