The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-24
Fischer
 Made First Speech
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little song. We shall prove that on that night he was with friends at his home for a iittls party. "On November 20, ,1933; ,Wheh Cecile Barr said hB bought a. theal ter ticket from her. he was in his home, host to friends at his birth day party.
 There are the thrdp days and there are the three alibis. "Now as to the hahdwriting. For l financial reasons we could not pro- duee the battery of outstaf fiding ex- perts the state produced. He comes into this epaift without funds. He hAsn't dollar.
 Money for the defense has come Wilentz interrupted with afi ob- lection.
 "Yes," said Justice Trenchard. you're going too far"
 "WeYi expect to have you prove that" said Wilehtz. Fisher continued:
 "We shall prove that small moneys put in the bank by Mrs Hauptmanr since 1424--and which could have nothing to do with the kidnaping--have been tied dp by the state.
 ".rhats why we are operating on very limited funds.
 Now as to Hauptmann's fi- nances, we shall prove the state of New Jersey has vastly 0veresti- mated the amount of Hauptrnann's financial transactions.
 "We'll show that some of that money the state charges he had was repeat money.
 "WVll show you that Hauptfnann Hauptmann would go to bank frequently and take out $500, and thon change his mind and put 1t back. That is repeat. money and yet the prosecution adds 1t all up and says 1t proves he had . lot of money.
 "Wel show you that Hauptmann did deal with a, man named fsidor Tisch. They dealt in two busi- nesses. One was dealing in the stock market, the other was deal- ing in furs. Hauptmahn handle6 the brokerage end of this partner ship.
 "The fur business was operated by Fisch. We'll show you he came down into this country and bought pelts. They made Q very line profit on the fur business.
 wen prove that Fisch on sev- eral occasions went into his own pockets to balance his accounts. That is done every day by busi- ness people.
 wen prove that they took money from one business to an- other when cash to balance one was needed.
 We will trace the history of the Hauptmann family since they came to this country.
 "We'll show you that they took currency, as currency. and hid 1t around the house---that they were people of means. saving and frugal until such time as they needn't work any longer.
 We will prove they were people of means prior to April 1882, If we show you that Hauptmann was man who dealt in margins.
 wen show you that the witness position in New York because he people who didn't exist. (Hoch- muth said Hauptmann was in Hopewell the day of the kidnap. ing).
 to show you he never saw man OH that highway. We'll show you n man who worked with him all day and saw. no such things.
 'AB to the witness Rossiter. we shall prove by phsical evidence that his story could not be true. We will show you that the sur. roundings in which he saw Haupt. | mann never existed.
 "AU to the girl who testified she saw HguptInann watching Dr Con- | don in that Bronx station, we shn II show you that this incident oc- cured before she even knew .,r any body knew that Jafsie was the go- between and we may be able to prove pr Condon was never fin that station.
 HNow want to come to the con- duct of police in this case. We shall show you that no case has ever been 50 mishandled, so man.
 we will produce before you . man who has been used by the state continuously, and who was the last man to sec the actual kid- naper. at 6 D. m. on the road with | a ladder on the way to the Lind- bergh home.
 Now if we produce this witness | who will testify that he saw man | with a ladder, but that 1t was not ! Bruno Richard Hauptmann, well l expect you to consider that"
 Fisher. again stating the defense ! was crippled by lack of funds. "td. cd his address with the plea that if the defense prove all this, that Hntanf mann hA acnuittad.