The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-08

ung Swedish boy who said he
Fredericksen's bakery on the
night of the kidnapping, was
actually in Dunellen, N. j., on
that night, and never left his
home, according to another
witness.
J.. j. Farber, an insurance man.
broke down Heier's story. He said
that on the night of April 2, 1882,
he had an automobile accident in
which Heier's a was involved, and
that the accident occurred in the
midtown section of New York, far
from the Bronx cemetery. He placed
the time of the accident as Oils
D.. m. Heller had testified he parked
his car at the cemetery from $50
until nearly II p. m.
Arthur Larson, a friend of Ell
vert Carlstrom. testified that he and
Carlstrom slept all night, on March
/, 1882. in a vacant house in Dun
ellen, N. j., of which Carlstrom was
the caretaker.
Lumbermen Aid Alibi
Hauptmann's attorneys closed his
side of the case after two lumber
men had given testimony DISPUTE
ing the findings of the states TX
pert, Arthur Koehler.
CLo,Io- DfecohAn A1& EfurolA
Mielke, experienced in wood work,
declared that rail Is" from this
Lindbergh kidnap ladder was not
constructed from a board taken from
Hauptmann's attic, as the state con-
tends.
Brevoort Bopmar, a filling station
manager at Princeton Airport, pro-
duced the mornings most sensa-
tional testimony. He said that on
the morning of the kidnapping, O.
man and a woman stopped at his
pump and that they had a ladder
in their automobile. The mar was
not Hauptmann, he said.
1T was this ladder now in court"
he asserted, pointing to the extern
sion ladder which the state charges
was used in the commission of the
crime.
Atty. Gen. David T. Wilentz said
at the noon recess that he expected
to present rebuttal witnesses
throughout the day, and probably
until noon tomorrow.
Ho,ty1fy,,o~~ 1fefo~oI - n,1Jo~ IL
preston today. It was known he
is not satisfied with what has been
done SO far to save him from the
electric chair.
Only Two Impressive
Only two of the array Of Wit
nesses that have been presented for
more than a week in defense Of
the former German army machine
gunner, were impressive either to
HauptmAnn or to observers. MI.
Wilentz concentrated his rebuttal
on those two-Dr. E. M. Hudson,
New York City physician and
amateur fnger-print expert, and
Charles De Bisschop, lumberlnan.
Both sought to disproye the
states most damning evidence
that which linked the ladder used
by the kidnaper with Hauptmann.
Arthur Koehler, government wood
expert, testified for the state that
n rail of the ladder had been a
part of the flooring of the Haupt-
mann attic.
Hauptmann himself has listened
uneasily to one after another of the
strange characters produced by Mr..
Reilly make admissions damaging
to him.
Hauptmann was scarcely salts
fed with the assortment Of char
acters who paraded to the stand and
swore they saw him in the bakery Of
Christian Fredericksen on the night
Of the kidnapping.
Dat fellow is not so good he
remarked to c. Lloyd Fisher, his
associate counsel, after one of his
witnesses was proved to have .
criminal record.
Pleased by Greta's Story
But he had moments of satiSfac-
ton. One was when Mrs. Greta
Henkel, the pert young woman with
whom he was accused Of being so
intimate that his wife refused to
visit her home, went to the witness
chair. She supported his story Of
a. birthday party at the moment
ne was accused OF passing ransom
-
strange friendship for F1sch, the
consumptive little fur cutter who,
according to Hauptmann, left with
him the ransom money that was
found in his garage.
Hauptmann liked also the testi-
mony Of the rough lumberman from
Massachusetts,, Bisschop. He dis
puted, in a loud and commanding
voice, the evidence supplied by M