Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-12
W|LENTz ASSA|LS
BRUNO WITNESSES
Asks Jury to Ignore Defense
Efforts to Blame
Servants.
BY the Associated Press.


Hauptmann's jury today to ask for
the first death verdict he has ever
requested.
you men and women who have
been with us all these days have been
patient" were his first words as he
turned to the jury.
"If there is a clamor for the life
of this man. as indicated by my de-
lightful adversary, it comes not from
you or me, but from the evidence"
Wilentz asserted. his voice low,
serious gaze fixed on the jurors.
IF there is such clamor from the
American people, as my adversary
says, the American people aren't
swayed as easily as all that. There
must be a good basis for 1t, but after
all you are the judges" he declared.
He spoke quietly Of his entrance
into the case last October when
Hauptmann was extradited to New
Jersey. The more he had worked on
the case, the further the trial pro-
crossed, the more he said, was he
convinced he was pursuing "a right
eous and proper course"
He referred to Reilly'S admonition
to the jury to Judge not, lest We be
Judged" and said the defense chief
had overlooked the other biblical text,
land he that killeth any other man
shall be put to death"
All Evidence Seen
Accusing Bruno.
His voice started rising.
For all these months since last
September nothing has come to the
surface that indicates any other cul-
prit but the defendant, Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann." he declared.
Every avenue of evidence" he as
serted, "leads to the same door
Bruno Richard Hauptmann."
Wilentz said he felt his responsible
ity and had "lost more weight In this
case than this defendant"
He declared he did not seek task
of prosecuting man for murder, but
circumstance precipitated him into
the case.
He recognized his duty and respon-
sibility, he said, and could not be in
timated by the defense suggestion
that years hence some one else might
come forward and confess.
The jury, he went on, was serving
this county. serving this State and
serving the country"
I'VE ask you to do your duty" he
said.
"You can't compromise with murder
or murderers."
1--WE ask for conviction of murder in
the first degree"
A minute later WilentZ asserted:
Either this man is guilty or he Is
innocent And if he is guilty you
have got to convict him"
Reilly's assertion, he said, that the
Jury must determine Hauptmann did
the kidnapping alone was not the law.
The law, Wilentz went on, would
support Hauptmann's guilt, if there
were many persons involved.
Charges Defense
Lawyers Believe Guilt.
"Let the defense bring in the dead
body Of Violet Sharpe and lay 1t be-
side him, let them bring in the grave
of Isador Fisch, and still he would be
guilty" he asserted, his voice rising.
He swung gesture toward the de-
tense table and leaned forward con-
fidentially to the attentive jurors.
There is nobody at that table who
doesn't believe he is guilty. I don't
care what they say" he said.
The attorney general spoke again OF
Reilly's reputed efforts to tmplant
doubts in the minds of lone. only one.
Juror" so that mercy would be rec
commended.
"He wants to raise a question which
one of you cannot answer and thereby
engender a doubt
He glanced toward the pale Haupt-
mann and gestured, right there he
sits, the man who can answer all the
questions"
There was acid in his voice.
Hes cold. Yes, he's cold. But
he'll be thawed out when he hears
that SWITCH" he sneered.
He turned next to the facts con-
corning the death of the child and
denied as the defense charged that
the State must prove the baby was
Killed LII EdSt hIu"cu N1aOPCwcW
township.
Such was not the case, he informed
the jury.
rs he the fellow who went into
that room and took that child? That's
all you have to decide" Wilentz
shouted, humping the table before
the jury rail.
The tense little attorney began
the discussion of the evidence.
The conception of such crime, he
said, was almost unbelievable, but 1t
had occurred.
Reviews Lindbergh
Career From Flight.
He reviewed the saga Of Col. Lind
bergh, the fight to Paris. the mar
riage into the Morrow family and
the birth IF the child.
1.-THE most venomous snake would
pass that child by. An American
lentz declared.
ice water In his veins. It had to be
q fellow who thought he was bigger
than Indy, an ego maniac, a fellow
who was secretive."
1T had to be fellow who liked to
see his name screaming across news
paper headlines.
Hauptmann sat motionleSs, staring
ut Wilentz during the caustic attack.
ut had to be the type of man who In
Germany when he burglarized chose
the burgomaster and the leading citi-
zens of his town." he said.
There is something in the mental
makeup of the man that when he did
burglarize. he had to pick on some
one who was respected and prominent.
ut would have to be man who
would forsake and disgrace his ma
ton"
Public Enemy
No. / Of the World"
1T would have to be the type OF a