The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-17

ADOuL $lVU worth or BOlO coins, not certificates
 Did you ask him if he had any more gold certificates, and what did he say?'
 ''He said 'No.'"
 The state contends that was the beginning of Q string of falsehoods Hauptmann told in his attempt to explain his connection with the LindbePgh ransom money.
 The defense attempted today to infer that the body found on SourIand mountain was that of a child who's wandered away from nearby St. Michaers orphanage. It wa1 reported the state might call an official of the orphanage to re- flute that insinuation.
 John J. Lyons, the gas station attendant who received a ransom bill from Hauptmann was caleld.
 a. Where did you work in i9s4? A. For Warner Quinlan.
 q. Did you see Bruno Haupt- mann during that time? A. Yes.
 O. When? A. Sept 15.
 c. Where was he? A. In a Dodge sedan.
 e. Who was with you? A.. Walter Lyle, the manager.
 c. What did you do? A. We served him gallons of gas.
 c, What did you get in pay ment? A. A S1O gold certificate.
 The defense objected to a ques- tion on conversation between Hauptmann and Lyle.
 The objection was overruled.
 c. What conversation did you hear? A. Lyle said You don't see many of them anymore. Hauptmann said I've got only q hundred more of them"
 Lyons continued his story:
 Lyle wrote down the license number of Hauptmann's automo- { bile on the back of the bill and took the bill to the bank"
 Defense objected to the admis- sion of the bill in evidence, but was overruled.
 c. You finally took that bill Somewhere? A. Yes, to a bank.
 Q. What did you do with this bill at the bank? A. I got two $5 bills for 1t. ....
 Lyons was turned over to cross examination by Reilly.
 O. And then you put in a claim for the reward? A. Yes.
 Lyons was excused after this question.
 Miran Ozmec, bank teller, tes- tified he had, received the bill from Lyons.
 There was no cross examination.
 William K. Strong, an emplOye of the Corn Exchange bank was called.
 He identified the bill as having 7 cleared into his bank. Q. How do you know this was the bill? A. We'll, we had q list of the Iindbergh ransom bills. In counting some money l came across the serial number and mo- tified the assistant manager.
 The bill, number 7397G634-A was listed on page 72 of the govern ment's booklet. Attorney General Wilentz showed the court.
 On cross examination, Fisher asked him if he saw anything else on the bill.
 "Only the serial numbers" the witness replied:
 Wilentz recalled Lyons for a single question.
 c. Was MT Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the defendant in the case. a customer? A. No sir
 O. Was that the first time he { had ever been there? A. Yes.
 Defense Attorney Lloyd Fisher drew from the witness the fact that he was at the station but out fo "A hours and wouldn't know what other customers came.
 William r. Seery, a federal op- erative, was next called. He tes- I.a Tod l.. 1. of the Corn Exchange bank by a bank official.
 "After talking to Cashier Ozmeg I called attention to the number on the bac kof the bill.
 'I called Lieut.. James Finn of the New York police"
 He said they checked the station { where Lyle and Lyons worked and { received a description of the pur- chaser of the gasoline.
 T got a description of the man from Lyle and Lyons--it practical Iy coincided with the description given us by pr Con6on"-he be- gan.
 The answer was strickent out.
 Seery said that Hauptmann tolc him, after the prisoners arrest tiidt Hc Hdu gwen pAN oh' ." N"> Sam Levitino. a peddler.
 Levitino met Hauptmann 1T Seery's presence. the government man said. Hauptmann eaid tc Levitino. Don't you remember ms giving you this bell" Seery said.
 Reilly asked when and where the 1rst ransom bill was turned up.
 .The first one was on April 4th or 5th. 1892, at bank on 96th street. O. Did you hear Special Agent Wfsssn testify here that the only hIace that ransom bills showed up vas near the Majestic apartments? A. can't recollect his exact testimony.
 q. IS 1t fact or not that ran- som bills appeared in Albany,