The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-26
WILENIZ HAMMERS
HAUPTMANN AL|B|S
IN SAVAGE ATTACK
Attorney General Finds Defend
ant Very Vulnerable
After GriIIlng
CR0SS.FIRE TO CONTINUE
Court Recess Saturday Being
Used by Both Sides in
6olstsring Case
Copyright, 1885, By the Associated
Presg)
Remington, N. j.. Jan. 26.-Bruno
CRoss.FIRE TO CONTINUE
(CopyEight, 1885, BY the Associated
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F1emiugton, N. J., Jan. 26.-Bruno
Richard Hauptmann forfeited his de.
ffeu3es Saturday while the prosecu.
ton rolled up new ammunition for
it, savage attack on his denial that
he kidnapped and killed the Lndbergh
baby.
Court was In recess, but It was only
IN armed truce a. the defendant
studied his stock trading records to
account for his affluenoe after the
$4,000 ransom was paid, as his law
yers went to inspect his home In the
Bronx, and g state attorneys studied
the weak points in his defense.
HE Is vulnerable. very vulnerable. "
said Attorney General David T. Will
entz, who hammered at Hauptmann
during the murder trial defendants
first half hour Of cross-examinatio
Friday.
wait until We get really started, !"
the attorney general advised.
Hauptmann was almost contempt
lous In his remarks about WilentZ.
TT seems that the attorney general
was trying to get me excited" said the
carpenter.
Won't Get Excited
"All I can say to that Is that he will
have to try q lot harder. I am on to
that because I have been told how
the prosecution lawyers act. It just
won't work. It's no use."
Although Hauptmann appeared
shaken when he left the stand Friday,
he voiced satisfaction with the Inn
preston he made on the eight men
and four women who hold his life In
their hands.
state attorneys expressed conf
dence that the searching. lengthy
cross-examination 1t mapped for Mon
day would leave Hauptmann q dis
credited witness, his alibis riddled.
Hauptmann's matter-of- recital
on direct examination had become
dull in It's last hours. Both jury and
audience appeared to be growing
bored.
Then came an abrupt change. AL
most before anyone realized what was
happening, Wilentz was on his feet,
ripping into the former convict with
the most savage cross-examination
the trial has witnessed.
The attorney general started by
hammering away at the fact Haupt-
mann was an alien illegally in this
country. and then demanded whether
the witness had told and was telling
the truth.
Told the Truth
"You have had the opportunity In
this court today and you still have an
opportunity this minute to tell the
whole TRUTH" he reminded Haupt.
mann. "Have you told the TRUTH"
II told the truth already" was the
answer.
That was the opening. Wilents de-
manded II the story the witness had
told was the same he gave in the
Bronx after his arrest.
ITO q certain extent" Hauptmann
said weakly. A few minutes later he
was answering q similar inquiry with
almost the same words: ITO . certain
extent, yes: to certain extent, no."
Wilents dinued that point into the
jurys ears for . few moments, and
then swung to Hauptmanu's criminal
record In Germany. He drew from
the defendant testimony on his con-
yictious for crime after the world war.
hts prison term. his subsequent ar-
rests, hts escape from jail. Haupt-
mann was reluctant In his answers at
times and Wilents capitalized on that
reluctance.
Memorandum Produced
Then the prosecution chief sprung
the first surprise Of the croes-exam-
nation. He thrust into Hauptmanns
hand . cheap red memorandum book
open ct certain page. His voice wa
loud. insistent.
rs that your handwriting?"
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