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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-08
Crucial Point M The Trial Faces Lawyers
Attorney Reilly Started His Batteries Yesterday on the
 Ladder-Case May End Inside of One Month

es, particularly Arthur Koehler, de- pertinent of agriculture wood ex- pert who will bear the load of the | states contentious, was expected
 to be more than usually bitter. He displayed some Of that bitterness
 in opposing its admission. The opening of this new phase of the trial drama, found court
 room events moving so rapidly that
 only three major characters re- main to testify. By the end of Jan
 uary Hauptmann may be either
 acquitted or on his way to the
 chair. The state may complete its case by the middle of next week.
 Wilentz said today the rapidity
 with which the major witnesses-- Col Charles A. Lindbergh, Mrs
 Lindbergh, and Betty Gow--have been disposed of indicates the en-
 tire trial will last a month, perhaps less.
 There are scores of persons yet to testify, including handwriting experts, taxicab drivers, police offi- cials, federal agents and the wood experts, but the world Is interested chiefly in three personalities. Dr Condon, the Jafsie who negotiated with tho kidnaper and handed him S50,OO0 over the hedge of St Ray
 mond's cemetery. Hauptmann who
 Is expected to be ono of first wit nesses, and Mrs Hauptmann, who will swear that her husband could not have committed this crime be- cause on the night of March 1, 1882. he was escorting her home
 from the Bronx bakery whore she
 worked.
 Betty Cow Lucky Wilcntz said he was surprised
 how briefly the defen(sl cross-exam- ined Betty Cow, tho baby's nurse
 maid yesterday. He had expected Reilly to devote the entire day to going back over all the events of her life. Instead. Reilly abruptly ended tho oss-examination in
 mid "a afternoon, and Miss Cow
 walked out of the courtroom. un- shaken and triumphant, after at- tempts of the defense to insinuate she was involved in the crime. A
 cool witness, she suffered 0 dizzy spell in an ante room but recovered quickly.
 Wiientz is eager to take the
 jury to the scene of the crime and sometime this week, he said, hc
 would suggest to Justice Thomas W. Trenchard that the court nd-
 journ to the woods on Sourland Mountain.
 The defense began to hedge to- day on its statement that 1t would
 name in open court Thursday four persons who Kidnapped the baby and that Hauptmann's name would not be one of them. Reilly said he resented statements by the state that they woulu force him to name the four persons.
 When He Gets Ready Now I am going to wait ana
 make these names public whenever 1 got good and ready to do it," he said.
 Reilly questioned Miss Gov par.
 ticuIariy closely concerning the
 movements of Ollie Whatcly. the
 Lindbergh butler who died In 1e33 the night of the kidnaping. Miss Cow returned to the EnglA.
 wood, home of Mrs Li n d.
 bergh's mother whore she has been a aAicst since her arrival from her home in Scotland. She is expected to remain in this country until the trial Is over, although she Is not ex- pected to Do recalled to the stand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-08

EdWard J. Reilly, Hauptmann'H chief counsel. came into court de" termined to light the ladder evi- dence to the last ditch. His cross examination of the ladder witness-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-08
Betty TGIked To Mother In London

London. Jan B--(UP)-At- tOrncy Edward J. Reilly, de- fenfiing Bruno IRI hard Hauptmann, would say any tlslng to gain . point with tho iuRy, Betty Cow told her mother, Mrs John Taylor, tn . trans-Oceanlc telephone conversation.
 "Anything he said while questioning me was an att tempt fO influence the jury" Miss Cow, who was yesteP- day's chief witness at Haupt- ThRnn's trial in Remington, N. l., said.
 Mrs Taylor talked from inc offices Of the London Daily Express and the conversation was published in that pnpeP.
 "I told all I knew and withheld nothing" she sald.
 Mrs, Taylor was somewhat anxious for Bctty's safety, bat was assured that she was being well cared for and needed no protection.
 "restifylng was q tremcn- dOus strain," she said. "1 thought some times my nerves would go. but I was ali right. Don't worry mother. I'm 1ine."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-08

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-08

sections. It lowered above the small kidnap ladder,
 c. Did you after removing S32 place the other ladder against the house In similar position? A. O., Dla you get into the hou'e'
 e. How? A. I climbed up the ladder, put my right leg inside and turned around.
 O. Did you in entering. disturb the suitcase on the floor in front? A. No sir.
 Reilly began cross examination of Sweeney.
 e. what was the condition of the ground around the holes where tho ladder rested? A. I didn't
 Q. What was the condition of the nursery window? A. The win- dow was open.
 Reilly asked the witness if he would measure the ladder.
 Wilentz objected suggesting that Reilly do his own measuring.
 The court ruled that the witness might perform ReilIy's request later in the day when tape meas uro cUutu Uo VULuiUsut "Anybody in court got tape measnre?" asked Judge Trenchard. Nobody did. The court sent out for one.
 Q. Ton never made any experI- ments with the second ladder when tho shutters on tho nursery window were ciosed7 A. No.
 c. The window was open or closed when you osperimented? A. It was open.
 e. Could you go up there this lafternoon frefcrring to second ladder perched against the court room waii)7 A. Yes sir. The croas examination of Sweeney had to pull himself up by the easement and swing himself into the room.
 Q, Were you ever fireman? A. Yes, I was.
 Reilly brought out that in res turning from the window to the ladder Sweeney was required to drop 90 inches from the sill to the ladder top.
 q. Both hands were occupied whtn you got into the window A. Yes.
 Court adjourned for the luncheon reeess at if353 D. ns,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-08

, less audience heard him describe experiments made both with the alleged kidnap ladder and with a ladder taken from the Lindbergh garage.
 Placing the Ladder
 Before he left the stand, the state had proved that the kidnap ladder had been placed against the side of the Lindbergh home; that 1t had left left marks on the wall. below hte window, where the top piece had scraped away some of the paint.
 It had proved that it would have been possible for q kidnaper to enter the Llndbergh nursery in the manner the state charges Haupt- mann did, for Sweeney gave the jury a picture of how he. a 1S0- pound man, climbed into the nurs- cry from the Lindbcrgh ladder, and "did 1t easily" stepping over suit case that had been placed by the window exactly as 1t was on the night of the Kidnapping.
 In cross examination, Chief De- fense Counsel Edward J. Reilly brought from Sweeney the admis- sion that when he crawled through the window from the ladder. he had to use both hands, the infer ence being that 1t would have been impossible to carry a baby out of the nursery and down the ladder.
 START OF TRIAL
 Bennington, N. J., Jan 8.--(UP) Bruno Richard Hauptmann was paier than usual when three depu- ties escorted him into the court room today for the fifth session of his trial on charges of murdering Charles A. Lindbergh. Jr. His norid chief counsel, Edward J. Reilly, was busy thumbing through q record of yesterdays testimony when Hnuptmann was brought in.
 Tho defendant and his wife were sitting two seats apart when court opened at 10:02 a. m. They lean cd toward each other and talked in low tones.
 Fog and a drizzle failed to re- duce the number of persons who waited outside the courthouse, hop ing to gain admission. The court room was hot and Steamy. h. fiucnza had spread through Flem- ington since the trial started and half the persons in the courtroom have colds.
 Attorney General David Wilentz, dapper and smiling. entered short iy after Hauptmann, and nodded pleasantly to his adversary. C.. Lloyd Fisher, associate defense counsel. who plainly showing the effects of influenza, came Into court with n bulky brief case.
 Justice Thomas W. Trenchard took his seat on the bench and or dered the roll of the Jurors called.
 Col Henry C. Breckinridge, friend of Col Lindbcrgh, who went through with him the trying days after the Kidnapping. and who may be one of the important witnesses of the day, also was in court.
 Kelly First Witness
 Frank A. Kelly, the states fin- gerprint expert who was on the stand at the end of yesterdays session, resumed the witness chair at the opening.
 Inspector Henry Bruckman of the Bronx, ". Y, in charge Of Hnuptmann investigation after the suspects arrest, sat two seats away from Hauptmann.
 A moment after court convened Col Lindbergh entered the room.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-08
CANCLAWYER IS
 BEFORE COURT

Chicago, Jan. s--(uP)--B'irst to Do snarcd in q federal drive against underworld lawyers, Louis F. Plauett was called to trial in fed- eral court today on charges that he was the "swiyel-chair genuis' of the John Diiiinger gang.
 Two plastic surgeons who have confessed to performing facial op- erations on Diliinger and Homer Van Meter were ready to testify that Piquett hired theii.
 The government Is determined to mako tho B0-yehr-old former city prosecutor an example for ganEland lawyers. Assistant Attor- ney General Joseph B. Keonan has arrived from Washington to assist District Attorney DWight IL Green In the prosecutlon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-08
PaIsied Finger. Picks Hauptn1ann
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Who contended his eyes were good, lnlled to shake the prisoner. His 1l1nollke face remained unchanged. Slowly, he moved his head from 1ftIe fo side in denial of the charge. Otherwise he did not move muscle.
 The ancient Hockmuth's testi- in0ny dropped two bombshells for fhe prosecution:
 Lit was designed to place Hnnptmann at the scene of the nrime on the day of the crime, Wlereas he has gteadfastly denied ht was fin New Jersey at any time approximate to March 1, 1882.
 2. It was designed to link him with the kIdnap ladder.
 Points Finger of Doom
 Hockmuth's dramatic identiaca- ft0n of Hauptmann was made dur ing his direct examination by Att tofney General David Wilentz.
 After he had stepped down from the witneas chair--you could ai- most hear his rheumatic bones cfcak as he waiked--and put what the state hoped would be the finger of doom on the prisoner. he was turned over to Edward J. Reilly, head lawyer for Hauptmann.
 Reilly pounded at his testimony in every conceivable form of ques- ton to test his reliability, his sight. bis powers of observation. But H0ckmuth, standing firmly by his guns, refused to give way on any point.
 When Reilly implied that a state trooper had brought him 10 the door of the courthouse yesterday and pointed Hauptmann out to him. Hockmuth's chin whiskers snapped as he answered, "No, sir!"
 He had seen Hauptmann in lane near Col. Lindbergh'B manor and he meant to stick to it,
 Capt. Lamb Called
 The state then turned to Capt. John J. Lamb of the New Jersey state police, an officer who for 30 months has devoted his inveatiga- fions almost entirely to the Lind- bergh case.
 Lamb was called as 0 supporting Wikness to the states theory that the three section ladder found on the Ldndbergh grounds, 70 feet from the house, was the one by which the kidnaper gained access 10 the child's nursery---and that It was Hauptmann who made and used the ladder. :.
 Justice Thomas W. Trenchnrd had ruled yesterday that the ladder could not be introduced in evi- dence-although 1t was marked for ntifcation--until the state had proved in what hands 1t had been since it was found.
 Government experts have exam ined 1t and analysed it's wood. Sections of it have been removed and compared with wood found in Hauptmann's garage in the Bronx. It has been taken apart so that its nails could be compared with nails found in one of HauDtmann's box cs.
 More About Ladder
 Lamb proceeded, therefore, to tell the jury that he himself had had custody of the ladder. but outlined the various hands into which 1t had been committed for experimental purposes, since 1882. At the noon recess, Hauptmann'S lawyers were fighting desperately 10 exclude the ladder from evil deIcc.
 lieutenant John J. Sweeney. of The Newark police department made q dramatic witness. A breath
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-08
BY SIDNEY B. wMIPpLE

(COpyrigh ti035 By United Prcss)
 Fiemington, N. J., Jan 8. (UP)-- New Jersey to-day reached cru- cini point in its prosecution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. It will attempt to prove that the ladder used by the kidnaper and murder CT of the Hndbergh baby Is his handiwork. Success will bring the taciturn German carpenter close to the electric chair. Failure will materially weaken tho states hopes of obtaining Q conviction.
 The ladder upon which mans life may depend leaned against the wall beside Justice Trenchard's bench when court convened to-day. It already has been introduced into evidence, over the heated obJec- tions of the defense. To-day begins q long parade of nesses-police- men, wood experts, carpentry ex- perts, tool experts-by which the state hopes to prove beyond doubt that Hauptmann was It's maker.
 Began Task Yesterday
 The state yesterday began its task of proving that the ladder was used by the man who crcpt into the
 
 baby, and first will complete that tnsk. Once that point is estab- iished, 1t will undertake to enmesh Hauptmann in its construction.
 Attorney General David T. Will entz promised to prove that part of the wood came from the attic of Hauptmann's home in the Bronx. The state also will seek to show other parts came from Bronx lumber yard where Hauptmann's tool chest was used In its construc- ton, that It's nails precisely match nails in that chest.
 Should the state establish Haupt- mann as the ladders maker, 1t would bc the strongest evidence yet obtained against him, stronger than Col Charles A. Lindbergh'A Identification of his voice as that of the mysterious John" who col lected $50,000 ransom, stronger even than the Identification Dr John r. Condon. who paid tho ran- som, will make this week. It would definitely link Hnuptmann with the major crime itseif--the kidnapping and the murder--where- as the identifcations merely link him with the crime of extortion.
 Reilly in Fighting Mood
 Edward J. Reilly, Hauptmann'S chief counsel, came into court de" termined to light the ladder evi- dence to the last ditch. His cross examination of the ladder Witness-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-08
oFFTCIALs INHIBITED

Moscow, Jan s-(UP) )--slx raiI- road ofIiclals vesre arrested today charged with negligence in q colli- Sion of two p0sseDger trains on the scow-I.eningrad Inc on Jan in which 1e were killed and e7 in. inred. some GfaKeIy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-08
Mondon was Clever

Trenton, N. J., Jan. 8.--(UP).-- Dr. John r. (Jafsie) Condon has pretended to Do an eccentric. since he became the Intermediary Tn the Lindbergh Kidnapping, to mislcad the many persons who have sought to "pump" him on the case, his bodygifard, Al Reich, said today.
 "He didn't want to insult peo- ple," Reich said, "so he rambied off to other things when they ask cd him questions he thought he couldn't well answer"
 Reich and Corporal Samuel J. Leon, New Jersey state trooper agreed that Condon would be . brilliant witness.
 ',Walt until you see him on that witness stand" Leon said. Tt Will be treat and l don't mean at Dr condon's expense. He has always been able to speak well on any sub- ject with extraordinary intelli' gence."
 "He's the strongest man. mem tally and physically, Of his age In the country" Reich added.
 The b0dygnerd eaid he was con. yinced that the mysterious 'John. who received the ransom intended to kill Jafsie Rfterwafd, because ne had permitted hle face to be seen. He said that during the mo. mentoua trangaction In St. Ray inondfa cemetery John ndgeted WILD HHus . : V X @.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-08

(continued from Page 1.) women, deputy sheriffs. constables and state police, spectators, the Jury, the judge, court attaches, stefographers, clerks, telegraph men and messenger boys. They added AS much color and life to the trial as the principals them selves.
 The number is arbitrary much to the concern of hundreds who daily wait in the streets below com- plaining they are taxpayers ana entitled to seats, even to the ex- ciusion of visitors. But Sheriff Cur tiss, with all the patience at ms command always explains that the courtroom and the adjacent wire rooms are peopled by 2VO specta. tors--haif of them standing-l4l newspaper reporteds ana photog.s raphers; 12b telegraph men; ~ messenger boys; 12 members or the iury and seven guards for the members; 25 plainclothesmen to maintain order, and 1b state police.
 Add to this those necessary func- tIonaries-one justic; one sherin; on court crier and one clerk. The members of the prosecution stan. the defense counsel, and court stenographers are included in the total number of passes Issued.
 Today's session was just crowd cd as the others with every seat filled when the clerk called for or-- der. So were the aisles. Part or the crowd milied back of tho rail- ing where a few chairs have been placed. Men and women, some with thermos bottles and lunch baskets. stood against the walls.
 Only tho Justice and the jury res main in comparative comfort.
 The atmosphere is tense. broken by the testimony, the questions. the scratch of pencils on paper. The audience is told to remain quiet. But frequently, when some one scores point that pieases the crowd 1t forgets. Y
The Washington times., 1935-10-28
Three Meetings Set
ToHear Candidates

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, oct. 2S.-With election day
Just one week off, three public
meetings have been arranged by
II candidates seeking seats in the
county board. Monroe H. Stockett,
chairman Of the committee, an
nounced the meetings as follows:
Tonight at Virginia Highlands
In the firemen's hall. tomorrow
night at CherTydale in the fire
mems hall, and Wednesday night
at Ballston in the Washington-Lee
High School.
The Washington times., 1935-10-28
SINGER IS HURT
| IN STAGE ROW

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. %
Long.brewing jealousy over . hit
song was blamed today for the
real life drama behind the scenes
Of the burleSque which resulted In
serious injuries to the shows sing
ing star and the arrest OF Its
pianist composer.
In @ critical condition In q hos
pital here, suffering a possible
brain hemorrhage, Is Sally Sweet,
81, petite singer allegedly injured
when she was hurled against q
wall In an intermission row back
stage.
In the city prison Frank Fam.
pini, 81, was held on q charge OF
assault,
The Washington times., 1935-10-28
CAMPAIGN Sci
FOR ROGERS
MEMORIAL

NEW YORK, Oct. % U.S0,
Wings of memory will begin to
lift the hearts of the American
people to lofty attitudes Of hon.
age on Monday, November 4, the
fifty-sixth anniversary OF the
birth of Will Rogers, the drama
of whose life was heightened by
its final tragic curtain.
The occasion will be Signalized
by the opening of the national
campaign of the Will Rogers
Memorial Commission, which
plans to continue to receive sub
scriptions to its fund untll
Thanksgiving Eve, November ~.
Started by Marion Davies
Headed by Vice President
John N. Garner as chairman and
including in its personnel some
of the most eminent men ana
women in the United States, the
memorial commission typtles
the hold Will Rogers eXerteo
on the admiration of diversified
people.
Every member of the memorial
body was one of the loyal tr1enos
of Mr.. Rogers while he was ailVe'
They have banded together since
his death to perpetuate the re-
membrance of his unique per-
sonality, and are inviting the
American people to collaborate
in the undertaking. The memo
rial movement was initiated by q
suggestion Of Marion Davies, mo-
tion picture actress, who made
the first contribution to the funo
and is q member Of the COM
mission.
The operations committee IN
charge of the drive to open next
Monday has owen D. Young tor
its chairman. Eddie Rlcken-
backer, American ace OF war
aces, is director of the commit
tee which includes Amelia Ear
hart. Mrs. Alice Longworth, F.
Trubee Dawson and other olS'
tinguished Americans.
Living Memorial Planned
Captain Rickenbacker today
voiced the sentiment of the
memorial commission when he
said:
"It is not known exactly what
form the memorial or memo
rials will take. Certainly it Is
agreed there will be no cold
shaft of marble for this warm'
friendly man.
Rather they will be living,
continuing memorials for chari'
table, educational and humani.
tartan purposes. A group which
includes Henry Ford, Herbert
Hoover, Owen d. Young, Alfred
e. Smith, Jesse III. Jones, Vice
President Garner and other
men of prestige and judgment
will make the ultimate decision
after the fund has been col
lected and tOtaled. Their per-
sonal interest is public asSur-
ance that the moneys will be
judiciOusly allotted"
The Washington times., 1935-10-28
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The Washington times., 1935-10-28
Suicide Is Revealed
By How|inq Of Doq

NEW YORK. Oct. 2s.-An-
noyed by the continued bowling
Of q dog in the home Of Charles
Denteo, so years old. tenants in
the building complained yester'
day to John Regan. the janitor.
who entered the flat with a pass
key. He found Denteo's body
hanging by . leather strap from
the kitchen gas pipe.
The Washington times., 1935-10-28
Alaska Mercury
Records 81 Below

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 20.
Winter struck this section Of
Alaska with full force, sending tenn.
peratures down to "a degrees be-
low zero-a new October mark in
the "a years that Weather Bureau
records have been maintained
The Washington times., 1935-10-28
Do You Remember!
(AnsWerS to Questions on
Page 81

(AnSDeTS to Questions on
Page 81
Mr.. Brady, son Of the fam
Gus theatrical producer, was
burned to death.
Miss MagiIl testified d
against her former sweet
heart, Newell Sherman, on
trial for the murder Of his
wife.
Mrs. Crempa was shot to
death by deputies seeking to
arrest her husband.
Green, head Of the Com
munist Youth Movement in
the United States, was
elected to the executive COM
mittee Of the Third Interna-
tiOnal.
Drake confessed poisoning
his uncle and aunt to get
their money.
The Washington times., 1935-10-28
NRA Lodge Fights
Custer Of Employees

Called to protest the dropping
Of 900 employees from the NRA
personnel on Saturday, a meeting
Of NRA Lodge No. 81, American
Federation of Government EN-
ployes, will be held Wednesday
at 8 p. m. at the New Ebbitt
The Washington times., 1935-10-28
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