The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-09
Dr. Condon Picks BrunoHauptmdnn
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& OiO yOu BIVS tnhL man Ln' money? A. Yes.
 c. Who was that man? A John.
 Q. Who is John? A. (shouted' John is Bruno Richard Haupt mann.
 l The doctor shouted his reply looking sternly at the prisoner Hauptmann said nothing. He gaze6 stolidly at the man on the witness stand.
 Wilentz showed the witness the first note received by Dr Condon Q. In that envelope there was an enclosure? A. Yes. received that letter in the envelope with di- rections on 1t and the signature with three holes.
 dressed to Colonel Lindbergh and ask you if 1t was enclosed in the envelope with the first? A. Yes. The court admitted the first note Dr Condon received as evidence, and Wilentz showed Condon the series of notes written during the ransom negotiations. Condon idcn- tified all of them. Wilentz read to the jury the first note Condon received. Wilentz read to the jury a note Lindbergh received from the kid napers, telling him Condon was satisfactory as intermediary. o. When you received that en- velope and papers what did you do? A. I came home late that night. I had been to four places.
 Q. At any rate you came home at 10:30 or II? A. Yes, looked through my mail. found this let ter. I thought it strange that I was so honored. went to Mir Rosenhain's to find MT Reich. He wasn't there.
 Q. What did you do then ? A. I phoned the contents of the note to man in Hopewell.
 c. You then went to Hopewell and who went with you? A. Max Rosenhain and Milton Gaglio.
 Q. Did you meet Colonel Lind bergh? A. Yes.
 Q. Who else was there? A. Colonel Breckinridge and several other officers.
 c. Did you stay there all night ?
 Q. Where did you sleep? A. (slowly and distinctly)-I slept in the baby's nursery.
 Q. Who prepared the room :? A. Colonel Lindbergh.
 c. Asa result of conversation with Colonel Lindbergh the next day did you cause an advertiser ment to be put in the New York A vt 1i1
 Q. Will you see if this paper is a true copy of the advertise ment? A. Yes sir.
 The copy of the advertisement was admitted as SAG. It read: q accept money is ready, Jafsie." ".
 A. Now, when did you return to your home? A. I returned to New York. I had to be at a lec- ture at 4 o'clock and l went with Col Breckinridge in an automo- bile.
 o. What happened to the notes you and Col Lindbergh received? :? A. I left them with Col Lind bergh.
 0. Did you get a response to your ad? A. I did, l received another letter.
 Q. Was it delivered or mailed !? A. I received this letter by mes- senger at my front door.
 c. Do you recall the day? A. It was the Saturday after 1 had placed the advertisement in the Bronx Home News. I remember all things according to my teach ing by the relationship of im- portant things.
 Wilentz tried to stop him, but the defense insisted that Jafsie be allowed to ramble, hoping he might contradict himself.
 The second letter read, in part:
 ''Dr. C.
 We trust you but won't come into your house it is too danger.
 Take a car and drive to 233rd St and Jerome Ave and there will be message under a stone.
 "It will tell you where to see me. Bring the money within B or 45 minutes.
 "Act accordingly"
 The letter was signed by the mystic symbols.
 Q. Did you follow instructions in that letter. A. I did.
 Q. What time of night did you receive this letter? A. 7:30 or 8 o'clock.
 Q. How soon after that did you start? A. 15 to 30 minutes.
 Q. Who went with you? A. Alfred Reich.
 c. Tell us how you went? A. We drove up and followed direc- tions implicitly until we got to the deserted frankfurter stand.
 Q. Just a minute. I show you a picture? A. That I recall as a picture of the frankfurter stand where I was told to go.
 Q. When you got to, the stand what did you do? A. got out. Inside the stand was a stone. 1 picked up the stone and there was the paper.
 c. Did you pick up the pa- per? A. I did.
 Q. Is this the note you picked ? A. That is the note enclosed in the envelope I picked up.
 It was admitted as evidence.
 "Cross the St and follow the fence from the cemetery. I will meet you," the note read.
 Q. What did you do-cross the street? A. Not yet.
 Q. What did you do then? A. I took the note under an arc light and read it aloud.
 Q. What did you do? A. I read it aloud and turned to MT. Reich in the car and said some thing to him.
 Q. As result of what you said, what did you do? A. I went back to the car.
 Q. How was the weather? A. Cold.
 Q. After you sat in the machine what did you do? A. We crossed the street, in the car in accordance with the letter. We drove along Woodlawn cemetery fence.
 0. Is this picture I show you a correct picture of Woodlawn cemetery fence? A. That is a correct picture of the fence as it was that night.
 The defense objected to the pie ture as not accurately portraying the scene on pr. Condon's visit. That can be proved by per son who was there?" the court said.
 T was there" Jafsie said, Then