The Washington times., 1935-01-24
REVISED STORY
To Be TOLD BY !
AUPTMANN
By KENNETH T. DOWNS


GN.SO-Bruno Richard Haupt
mann, the biggest question mari
in the Lindbergh murder mys
terry, will tell an almost entirel!
new story to account for hi!
actions the night the Lingbergt
child was kidnapped and to eX
plain his possession of $14,60C
in ransom bills, his attorney
indicated today.
Frederick A. Pope, one Of thC
defense lawyers, said whe1
Hauptmann takes the witness
stand in his fight to keep ou
of the electric chair he probabl!
will repudiate many things h
told police and District Attorne!
Samuel Foley, of the Bronx
after his arrest last September 10
Blames Pressure"
The defendant will blame
police pressure" for statements
he made at that time, Mr.. Pope
asserted. Mr.. Pope said:
"Hauptmann will testify he
was subjected to mental pres
sure by the police, that he was
so nervous and frightened he
was not able to make rational,
reasonable answers to the
questions put to him.
"When Hauptmann was ar
rested he was manacled and
threatened with bodily injury
through many hours of cross
examination. Any man treated
in that fashion would say al
most anything to save himself
from harm. His mind would
be terrOriZed and his memory
refuse to work through fear.
But let the same man get off
by himself and think back on
his actual movements and his
memory will begin to function
logically.
There are a lot of errors
in Hauptmann's statement to
police about his movements
the night of March l, 1882,
and about his handling of
ransom money and other
phases Of the case. He will
clear these up when he goes
on the stand"
In statements filling almost
$50 typewriter pages, Haupt.
mann told authorities, after his
arrest, that he was in a Bronx
restaurant and at home with
his wife, Anna, the night of the
kidnapping. He said Isador F'isch,
a furrier who is now dead, left
the ransom money in his Haupt.
house.
Dramatic Story
Whatever Hauptmann's story
is, it will probably provide the
dramatic highlight of this dra
matte trial. His story is unknown
so will be full Of surprises,
whereas almost the entire case
of the State had been made
public long before the trial be-
gan.
All eyes in the jammed court
room were focused on the in.
explicable, white-faced Haupt-
mann as the State neared the
end of its case today. He sat
there between his guards with a
faint enigmatic grin on his face.
He was no paler than usual and
he appeared to be perfectly
steady as the ze"o hour Of his
life approached.
Chief Defense Counsel Edward
j. Reilly said he will question
Hauptmann for full day before
turning him over to the State for
croSs-examination. Mr.. Refill y
said:
II will go over the entire life
Of the defendant, from the date
of his birth in Germany to the
present moment, in my ques-
tiOning. He will give his whole
story. He will tell of his years
as a German machine gunner
in the World War. He will tell
of the two trips he took to this
country as a stOwaway. And
he will tell where he was and
what he did the night of March
1, 1882, when the Lindbergh
child was kidnapped. When he
has told his story his case will
be as good as wOn."
Before Hauptmann takes the
stand a number of motions will be
made by defense counsel, includ
ing one for dismissal of the mur'
der charge. Another for a directed
verdict of acquittal. Another for
the disqualification of a juror,
and so on, Mr.. Reilly said. These.
however, will be only perfunctory
gestures for the purposes of the
record.