Evening star., 1935-01-31
HAUPTMANN AL|B|
IS BACKED BY PAIR
Wife and Swedish Car
penter Swear He Was in
Bakery Night of March !.
nv the Associated Press.

Bruno Hauptmanne WiIe ana young
Swedish carpenter swore yesterday to
his bakery alibi for the night OF Baby
Lindbergh's kidnap-murder,
Crammed with vital points OF the
pallid aliens defense, the day was not
without its victory for the State OF
New Jersey, intent on drawing death
verdict from TIE jury trying Haupt-
mann for the murder.
Through Anna Hauptmann's own
faltering words, Attorney General Da-
vid T. Wilentz seized a chance to show
that Hauptmann lied when he said
he got more than 3l4,600 in Lind
bergh ransom bills from the myste-
rious, forgotten shoe box of the dead
Isador Fisch.
Faces Long Attack.
First Of the defense surprise wit
nesses, Elvert Carlstrom. like Haupt-
mann q carpenter, faced long at
tack on his alibi testimony.
But he insisted he saw Hauptmann
In the Bronx bakery where Mrs.
Hauptmann worked on the night Of
March /, 1882, when the Lindbergh
baby was stolen from its Hopewell
home, so miles away.
He remembered him, he said. be-
cause Hauptmann was laughing at
me in the bakery; because I got mad
at him, and when I got mad at some
body then I remember the face"
Seeking to discredit his story, Will
entz made Carlstrom contradict him
self to admit employment at the
Majestic Apartments, where Haupt-
mann also worked up to the time of
the $1,000 ransom payment. but Carl
Strom denied he knew the accused
man.
Complacently he then sat through
a monotonous inquisition as the at
torney general tried to cast doubt on
his memory, and as prosecution
agents in New York and New Jersey
were notified to check his recital.
More Witnesses in Reserve.
Edward J. Reilly, chief of defense,
told reporters he had many more wit
nesses to support Hauptmann's bakery
alibi.
Moving with a confidence born of
Hauptmann's stubborn display of
strength and mental alertness at the
end of more than two days of cross
examination, the defense called Mrs.
Hauptmann to follow her husband
yesterday morning.
The pale German housewife, Wear
ing a severe navy blue dress, readily
gave Reilly the answers he wanted to
show that the Hauptmanns we're to-
gether on three important nights
March /, 1882, when the baby was
kidnapped; April 2, 1882, when DR..
John F. (Jafsie) Condor paid the
S50,000 ransom in st. Raymond's
Cemetery, and November 26, 1888.
the night Hauptmann allegedly passed
9 ransom bill.
Insists Accused Faithful.
Proudly, she insisted the accused
man was faithful to her, but her tes-
timony of a vater-Soaked top shelf
in the broom closet of Der Bronx
kitchen gave Wilentz the chance he
wanted.
1t was on that shelf, Hauptmann
said, that Fisch's shoebox and its
precious contents lay for months.
But yesterday Mrs. Hauptmann fall
tered as she first declared she didn't
use the shelf, then admitted she did
use it, and that she never saw the
shoebox.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, for
whose baby's murder Hauptmann is
On trial, watched and listened through
his twenty-first day in the court room,
impassive as always.
Mrs. Hauptmann, pale as her hus-
band, glanced occasionally towards
Hauptmann, and several times her
eyes rested for o moment on Lind
bergh.
Hauptmann was obviously moved
by portions of her testimony.
Tears Glisten in Eyes.
When she spoke of her trip to Ger
many and the visit she and Haupt-
nann's aged mother paid to lawyers
once to inquire about the safety of
Bruno returning to Germany, where
he had broken parole, tears glistened
III lllC hLIuoCu Hlhll CyCn,
The defense scored early, in its re-
direct examination of Hauptmann.
The defendant, under Reilly's Ques-
tioning, said two iron planes he kept
In his tool chest were missing from
the exhibit brought into court and
asserted he made no efforts during the
time he passed Lindbergh ransom
money to move to another house. use
q disguise or change the license plates
of the car which led to his arrest.
The wooden plane which the State
contends was used in constructing the
kidnap ladder he did not use after
1898, Hauptmann testified.
Mrs. Hauptmann likewise damaged
the effectiveness of the States case
when she testified that Mrs. Ella
Achenbach, Bronx matron, who was
q State witness, still owed her about
$50 or $35 expenses for the time when
Mrs. Hauptmann took Mrs. Achen-
bach's small daughter to Germany.
Testified About umping.
Mrs. Achenbach testified the
Hauptmanns visited her as neigh
bors in March, 1882, and at that time,
she said, Mrs. Hauptmann asserted
Bruno had hurt his leg ION our
trip" Hauptmann was limping at
that time, Mrs. Achenbach said.
Reilly tried to show through Mrs
Hauptmann's testimony that Mrs.
Achenbach must have meant the
Hauptmanns' 1881 trip to California.
Wilentz attacked Mrs. Hauptmann's
testimony with vigor, especially the
part relating to the shoe box.
The box. Hauptmann had testified,
was left on the top shelf of a closet
where the Hauptmanns kept brooms,
soap and other household necessities.
Wilentz brought from Mrs. Haupt-
mann the information that while she
cleaned the closet every week and
hung her apron on a hook higher
than the top shelf, she did not clean
the top shelf or inspect it because it
was too high.
Maybe I can refresh your recolles-
tion." said Wilentz. "You used to
have q tin box up there, didn't you2"
eyes, . box I had up there" she
replied.
@. And in that tin box you used