The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-31

 on county (N. J1 court before she  hockey on account of your birth day? A. Yes.
 The witness was excused and Louis Kiss was called.
 Kiss, a skiny bald-headed man, was i'll at ease on the witness stand.
 Q. What is your business? A.
 Q. When did you come here? A. In 1922.
 c. Tell the jury how you came to be witness in this trial? A. I was reading the paper Sunday and l saw an article which said that q police dog had been men toned in this Hauptmann case. l looked in the phone book and found Mg Reilly's number. A man there told me to come to Fleming ton.
 Q. Now, were you in edsrick- sens restaurant March l, 1932? A. Yes l was.
 Q. Tell US how you happened to be there? A. I was supposed to bring ? pints of whiskey to a friend.
 Kiss said he took the wrong Bronx train and took street car across town.
 "Then I took a bus and saw q lot of empty one family houses. got off to ask man where ig the sub way station. Ten minutes, later I found a station," Kiss added.
 c. What did you do then? A. I looked at my watch. It was 8:15 I saw 8 bakery and lunchroom. I went fin for . cup of coffee.
 Q. What time did you arrive in the lunchroom? A. s:15. thing to eat? A. Yes. tt"
 Q. Who waited on you? A. A lady.
 Q. Tell us what happened? A. I was drinking my coffee when a dog run in,
 .. When the dog came in was anyone with him? A. Yes 8 man.
 Q. What happened then? A. The woman said some ething to the man. He spoke to her in German. paid for my coffee, looked at the man and walked out.
 o. Do you see the man in this courtroom who came into the bak- cry with the dog? A. Yes.
 Q. Where is he?
 Kiss stood up and pointed at 
 c. You have March 1 esta blish- ed in your mind because you heard about the Lipdbergh Kidnapping on the night you saw the dog and man n the bakery? A. Yes.
 Kiss was turned over to Wilentz Tor cross examination.
 A five minute recess was ordered.
 Q. (By Wilentz) When you saw the dog you recognised the man?
 Q. That was in the year 1sss when you recognised the man through the dog story? A. Yes.
 c. But you didn't recognize hin, from pictures printed in 1884? A No.
 Q. You came to this country Tn 1929? A. Yes.
 Wilentz led Kiss through a re- cital of the various jobs he has had since he came to this country. T
 In 1929, Kiss said he lived in As- tcria, Long Island, moving two years later to Yonkers.
 While Kiss was telling where he lived in New York at various times Inspector Henry Bruekman of the New York police sat at the prose- eution table jottlng down the ad- dresses.
 Kiss said more recently he de- voted all of his time to painting on silk.
 Hauptmann's arms were folded and he watched the jury which did not seem interested in the recital worked.
 Wilentz's questioning was direet- ed toward furnishing g. check oil the credibility. Bfuckfnan left the courtroom with the notes he had iotted down during the testimony,
 Kiss said he hah once operated 3 restaurant In New York and an Hungarian restaurant one sttniner at Long Beach.
 Q. What else did you do? A. Il d!d painting. decorating and odd Q. Did you ever do any car. penter work with the defendant, A. No. q. Did you ever paint on a house that Hauptmann worked on2
 c. You have testied this morn, Ing that you took your boy to a hospital a week before the kidnap. mgr A. On Feb az, 1Ss2.
 Q. On Washington's birthday? A. Yes, at 1 o'clock.
 Q. You're sure 1t was 1992 ana
 Q. Do you remember the day Of the week 1t was? A. No, don't.
 Q. You took the boy to the hVs- pital? 4. No, my wife took the boy. stayed home.
 c. What time aid you leave the restaurant that night? A. Before half past eight.
 Q. How many people in the resta urant9 A. d0H't know. \.
 WlleHt4 asked the witness to tell agaih the story of his trip uptown on the nlsit of March 1.
 e. You say you were going to deliver some liquor to a friend?
 Q. wEere did you buy this liquor A. made 1t fnylself.
 c. How .dId you fnake 1t? A. put rum flavor into alcohol.
 Q. How Ions did 1t take you to make this rufn7 4. Maybe ten
 q You Macy this was against tho fawg A XAa.