Evening star., 1935-06-23

w YHILE IA judges Of New
"A Jerseys final court Of ap-
Wv peals consider the testi-
mony in the Bruno Haupt-
mann case, to decide on new trial
or to sustain the verdict Of the old,
IL men and women who served on the
Jury lay bare their hearts for the
first time in a summation of what
motives actuated them in reaching a
decision.
The Star herewith presents terse
interviews from each of the jury men
and women gathered by the North
American Newspaper Alliance. show
ing what transpired in the minds of
those who held the fate Of Bruno
Hauptmann in their hands.
Doing Duty rs Citizens.
The first juryman-the foreman,
Charles P Walton. sr.-says:
1--WE IL people of Hunterdon County
we're in that Hauptmann jury box be-
cause we were doing our duty as citi-
zens. We we're not on lark, and we
Ildu uOL SOuB1b tAAC oCA WV
Since the trial We have become
aware Of a wide variety of opinions as
to our motives and actions. Our only
motive was to see justice done.
Five days every week for five weeks,
and for six days Of the sixth week, we
listened and looked in silence. We
heard and considered the evidence.
-Four Jurors were women, all moth
ers, one a grandma. Among the men
we ranged from farmers through the
trade and ofice workers TO a justice
of the peace.
THE defense lawyer. Edward j.
Reilly. showed his contempt for us
from the start. He tried his best to
fool and confuse us. But the evidence
was what we wanted and what we con-
sidered.
Fourteen thousand dollars of the
ransom money paid for the Lindbergh
baby had been found in Hauptmann'S
garage. We all knew it, and no ques-
ton was raised about that point. That
detail alone would have needed ex-
planning by any one.
ally Va 10 AG JA4 %
believe this alone made Hauptmann
guilty of the murder. But it did make
him the logical defendant.
Here is how we convicted Haupt-
mann:
"A ransom note had been left on
the window sill of the stolen babyis
bed room. The person or persons
who left that note got the baby.
How they entered the room and left.
stairs or balloon. made no difference
he or they got that baby.
Some person, a man, gave DR.. j.
F. Condor (JafSie) the sleeping gar
ment, in exchange for $4,000.
That money was recorded by bill
numbers and all the bills were on
record.
"Hauptmann was caught with S14,-
900 of those bills.
"a million-and-a-half words of teS-
timony did not bury those simple facts.
Every circumstance brought out made
them clearer.
I'VE have no regrets. We only wish
the whole tragedy had never BEEN"
Bruno Got Every Chance"
Now comes George L. Vorhees 10
the witness stand, and says:
Justice Trenchard stood like q
rock against the frantic attempts of
the chief defense counsel, Mr.. Reilly,
to break up the trial.
IF there ever was an accused man
who got every chance the law allows,
Hauptmann was that man. Justice
Trenchard gave him all the rope his
counsel asked, then chucked him the
entire coil.
Justice Trenchard knew the State
had something to prove and he was
going to make the State prove it.
Hauptmann got all the breaks.
Reilly came down from Broadway
to us hicks to show off his tricks.
But If you want the truth about the
impression he made on us, here it
is. We thought he was great big
bluff
1T became evident to us that Mr..
Reilly was trying pretty hard to Gre
ate mistrial.
when it came to chucking mud on
graves, Mr.. Reilly had no conscience.
He seemed willing to say anything