Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-12

Chief counsel for the defenSe says
our case is too perfect" he went on.
How do they attack our case? They
attack the integrity of men OF repu-
tation, some go and 10 years Of age,
sworn to do their duty"
If 1.-The State is not OIL the level
Wilentz shouted, the entire prosecu-
ton staff, Tony HaucK and Judge
Large, are tarred with the same stick. "
He was referring to the two Flem-
ington men on the prosecution staff
County Prosecutor Anthony M.
Hauck, jr, and former Judge George
K. Large.
Uses Police Head
In Demonstration.
Wilentz asked Col. Schwarzkopf to
stand
The head of the State police stood,
while WilentZ asked if he looked like
q crook
Schwarzkopf had pursued many
leads in the crime before he brought
the evidence in against Hauptmann,
Wilentz said.
Inspector Henry D. Buchanan OF
the Bronx police stood up next.
"An honorable man." said Wilentz,
ridiculing the suggestion Of Reilly yes
terday that Buchanan had planted
the handwriting on the closet panel
of Hauptmann's home.
He was defending the police, who
Reilly had charged with "bunghng'
and framing" the case against
Hauptmann.
Reading from the transcript of the
extradition proceedings and Haupt-
mann's examination in the Bronx,
Wilentz told the jury that Hauptmann
had acknowledged at those times he
wrote the Jafsie address and phone
numbers on the closet board.
Banging the table, he emphasized
the defendant had recanted all this
when he took the stand here.
Unfortunately, men are permitted
with the protection of the courts, I'M
der our system, to assassinate men OF
good character" the attorney general
declared.
why, there are more crooks among
the lawyers than the police. In
spector Buchanan is no crook"
Assails Defense
For InsinuatiOns.
William e. Frank, Federal agent
who traced Hauptmann's stock and
banking transactions, stood next while
Wilentz inquired If he did not appear
to be q man of honor.
The State police photographer, Corp
George G. Wilton, Wilentz went on,
was assailed by the defense with the
implication that he had put nail holes
in the kidnap ladder rail and taken
pictures within the past 48 hours"
The ladder, night after night
Wilentz declared, had been locked In
the county clerks safe and Wilton
had no access to 1t.
Bitterly he charged the defense
thoughtfully overlooked the testimony
of Harold S. Belts, the United States
forestry official, who found four nal
holes in the ladder when he examined
it in May, 1882, and reported on it ir
June, 1882.
He referred scornfully to the defense
slurs that the State witnesses had ute
rior motives in testifying, whereas the
defense witnesses were prompted BY
| justice alone.
"Of course, these defense witnesses
were prompted by the defense radio
broadcasts," he declared.
THE State Of New Jersey could not
reduce itself to that level" he cried
"There have been no radio broadcast
before the trial, no broadcasts during
the trial, and tell you there will be
none after the t"ial."
Recalls Activi
OF State Expo.
He spoke of Arthur J. Koehler, tn
States wood expert, who Reilly sale
was looking for advancement.
HE must have been looking for ad
yancement," Wilentz Snorted.
HE must have been looking for ad
vancement. He, who went up ant
down the country tracing lumber
tracing It finally to the Bronx"
wilentz turned to Gen. John +
organ, former police commissions
Of New York. who the defense charges
had resigned "for Q reason"
I'VE had to bring Gen. Organ her,
after Hauptmann testified he told hin
that he had more money after his ar
rest" Wilentz explained.
The advocate spoke Of Albert s. Os
born, the first State handwriting ex
pert.
! "a man 80 years DID," he declared
"and they want to drag him down u