The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-02
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HAUPTmAM TRIAL
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At Pennington
JAFSIE' Is READY

New York, Jan. 2.-(R)-Dr. John +.
Condor, vouching for his readiness to
testify for the State Of New Jersey
in its effort to convict Bruno Haupt-
mann Of the Lindbergh kidnap-kill-
ing, said Wednesday he regards it a
. dreadful ordeal" but worth while
II it results in expiation Of the crime.
The 74-year-old retired school
teacher. "Jaisie" Of the Lindbergh
ransom negotiations, withheld his
opinion Is to whether Hauptmann Is
guilty, but expressed hope that he "a
nearing the end of tho task he set
himself two years and ten months
ago.
It was then that he entered the
abduction case as Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh's intermediary. and since
that time he has sought relentlessly
to bring to justice the perpetrators
Of what he describes as "the most
dastardly crime In modern history.
Sitting In his Bronx home. sur
rounded by members Of his family,
the man who has been . prominent.
II at times mysterious, figure In the
case said he approached the ordeal
on the witness stand confident that
his motives cannot be impugned.
MRS. HAUPTMANN CALM
Pennington, N. j.. Jan. 2.-R-
Mrs. Anna Hauptmann sat In .
flower-papered bedroom Wednes-
day and WINGED as . clock on
Main street chimed the quarter
hour.
mo one can tell me what to
do" she said.
Her black coat hung ready for
her first trip to the little white
courthouse for the trial Of her
carpenter. husband, charged with
killing the undbergh baby.
II visited my husband yester-
day. He was in very good spirits"
she said. what I talked about
to my husband cannot say"
She didn't want to mention the
trial, she said, "for everything has
been told 30 many times"
PENNINGTON B00IGs
Remington, N. j., Jan. 2.-(ReUn-
| abashed, Pennington took It's place
calmly Wednesday In that strange
little company Of obscure towns sud.
denly and involuntarily lifted to
| prominence.
sweltering hot Dayton. Tenn, with
its Scopes trial was the successful can.
didate In 1895. Three years ago It was
Hopeweu, N. j.. with the Ludbergh
kidnapping. Last year It was Callander,
Ont, with the Dionne quintuplets.
The town Is full Of strangers-news
wltters, photographers, telegraph and
| telephone men. witnesses, lawyers Tor
the prosecution and the defense. pe0-
! pie from nearby villages and towns
but their presence has done little to
void the serenity Of this l7e.year-old
hamlet.
The permanent population Is about
2,700. The visitors have jumped this
figure to nearly $500. The Union
hotel sole hostelry. = jammed. Type
writer's click-clack. telegraph instru-
ments chatter, the air = heavy with
blue tobacco smoke, men and women
huddle In groups talking. talking,
talking. Seats In the courtroom were
provided for ITO writer's.
REILLY EFFECTS FUN
New York. Jan. 2.-ReEdward
jay Reilly. rudy chief Of defense
counsel, would not take . milSon
dollars TOR the privilege Of defending
Bruno Richard Hauptmauu."
TITS the greatest. the most interest.
ing case I've sver defended" Reilly
said Of the !Andbsrgh murder trial
wednesday.
sAnd ttS poorest paying" hs said.
~I'll b lucky to como out Of this with
my shiit. but there = going - b :
millior dollars worth o. fun II It.
DsE1ng - pears Of criminal court
practice, Reilly has tried. Ia his own
| estimation. 1000 murder cases. among
them some Of the most spectacular
lAcquittab ever recorded II New
York.
Reilly seldom takes . note during .
trial, and he relies entirely on his
filerlike memory during the sumo
mation. with souoo q tho parsons
h defended suooo1sln11y - hrs -.
| luoed - ahAks han6s.