, 1935-02-12

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Of Italy"
Here's where the American peo-
pie were UP against something In
this gentleman" the attack con-
tinued.
The spelling Of 'ouer'. the dimen-
sions OF the box. They knew II
was a German and probably n ar-
penter. They knew 1t was q clever
criminal. but there was nothing In
the records. Even his sister In
California didn't know where he
was"
Wilentz gave a explanation OF
why the child didn't cry.
He crushed that child right In
that room into insensihility. That's
why there was no ~outcry," he said.
Life meant nothing to him"
Public Enemy No. / Of the
world" Wilentz shouted, his words
choking In his throat.
! Wilentz ridiculed the defense
theory the beer stein in the win
dow recess would have been dis
turbed by the kidnaper.
He produced the suit case on
which the criminal was supposed TO
have stepped coming In the nursery
window. The defense suggested IL
would have been crushed by his
foot.
wilentz dropped the case to the
floor before the jury box and stood
or 1t.
Crush it?" he asked. Il weigh
l60 pounds.
Nov there hes been a lot Of talk
about the bungling OF the state
police. They're human. They're or
binary beings" he said.
"SuppoSing there was bungling.
If there was. 1t. was so before
Hauptmann's arrest. This bungling
doesn't affect him"
The whole world hasn't turned
crooked because Of Hauptmann.
That defense table hasn't got q
monopoly on honesty and truth. Not
by a long shot"
Explains Condor Actions
"An this bungling they talk Of
that doesn't relieve the defendant
wiz a. M44Ab1 IA IA &
The defense says DR.. Condor
was always alone" the prosecutor
went on. turning TO the implications
Of Reillyis summation that the
ransom Intermediary was involved
in the crime.
Murderers and kidnapers don't
deal with Intermediates In public.
Wilentz reasoned.
The kidnaper picked two ceme-
teries on opposite sides Of his home
TO deal alone with DR.. Condor, he
asserted.
That's why DR.. Condor was
alone" he declared.
The attorney general referred
next TO the defense question as 70
what happened tx the second thumb
guard the baby wore on the kidnap
night.
Unfortunately" he said. Il can
not make answer. / do not know
where 1t Is.
But that gentleman over there
can tell you where 1t Is. He knows"
The testimony Of the taxi driver
Joseph Perrone, who carried a ran
som note TO Condor, was attacked
by the defense as trash" Wilentz
recalled.
Perrones description OF the man
who handed him the note, "a Civ
en- to the police. he pointed out,
long before Hauptmann'S arrest.
"Muddy-blond hair. About 5 feet
nine. Observation-Disclosures" Wilentz re-
cited Perrone's description TO show
"a frafIow4t ~ Harrptrann
He was caustic as he spoke Of
Reilly's charges that the treasury
agents In the cas- testified because
they became interested in the case
at the start.
Their original interest, Reilly
charged. was because they thought
u. S. Senator Dwight w. Morrow
would be president some day and
reward them.
why" shouted the attorney gen.
eral, Senator Morrow died in Oc-
tober. 1881, months before the kid
naping.
That's typical OF their case"
"T think" said Wilentz. that
when defense counsel talked to Col.
Lindbergh at the end OF his sum-
nation Monday. It was an apology"
Wilentz referred to Reilly's impli-
cation that Colonel Lindbergh's
hearing had been impaired by the
roar OF airplane motors.
Wilentz told how Lindbergh was
tense and listening at the cemetery
when he heard Hauptmann's voice.
The trip across the ocean meant
nothing TO him. 1t was Insignificant
he said.
This was the greatest moment In