, 1935-01-20

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Ladders, letters and lucre became
Saturday night the crux Of the
states case against Bruno Richard
Hsuptmann.
The ladder, thus far excluded as
evidence but promised as an exhi-
bit before the trial is over, is that
on which the state contends the kid
naper OF the Lindbergh baby des-
cended with the child. Hauptmann,
the state will attempt to prove, made
It.
The letters are the series Of ran
som demands. Experts have testified
that Hauptmann wrote them.
Bruno Gets Ready
The lucre represents the sudden
wealth which, the state says, Haupt-
mann displayed shortly after q $780,
600 ransom was paid TO a mysterious
John" by DR.. John +. Condor, act
ing for Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.
Condor and Col. Lindbergh say
"John" is Hauptmann
The prisoner sat Saturday night
in his cell, always under the ewes
Of guards. and studies photo331ic
copies OF his own brokerage accounts
the accounts by which the state
hopes to prove that he came into
possession OF his unexplained wealth
Immediately after the ransom was
paid.
Defense attorneys had planned to
study the accounts Saturday. but
instead OF going to Trenton where
they are held. Chief Defense Counsel
Edward j. Reilly obtained copies
and sent them to H~auptmann.
The prisoner is expected to famil-
iarize himself with every phase and
thus be prepared to advise his coun-
sci when the state begins p~resenta-
ton OF this testimony.
Tire state will submit to the Jury
Of eight men and four women that
Eauptmann. a carpenter with few
Jobs to keep him occupied in the
depression, managed to have an in
come OF sac. $50 between the time Of
the payment OF the ransom, April
2. 1882. and the date OF his arrest.
Sept. II last.
Asst progresses through the pre-
vicus business Of revealing Haupt-
mann's brokerage transactions and
showing the amount OF his bank
accounts, the prosecution will halt
this line OF testimony occasionally
To call witnesses to strengthen the
states contention Hauptmann was
In the Hopewell area before and
during the kidnapping. March ], 1882.
witnesses Reduced
Federal agents Edward Hill and
william Frank and Assistant Attor-
new General Richard Stockton went
over Hauptmann's bank and brok-
eraee accounts in Trenton Saturday.
They eliminated eighteen Of the
witnesses the state planned 70 call
10 testify to the Hauptmann &C
counts. and viii produ1 only a
certified public accountant and a
federal agent.
The money angle has been stress
ed from the beginning BY Attorney
General David +. Wilentz. chief OF
the prosecution staff. Hauptmann.
he said. in his opening to the jury
ON January 3. planned the kidnapping
for money and collected the ransom
alone.
He will show next week that
Hauptmann brought a $500 radio
shortly after the ransom collection
date, that his wife. Anna, was able
to make a trip to Germany in the
summer of 1892. and that Haupt-
mann himself made frequent hunt
ing trips. Moreover. II was about
that time, or a little later. the
state win show. mat Hauptmann
opened his first brokerage account.
At the time Of his arrest Haupt-
mann had a credit balance Of 1886
In his account with Steiner, Rouse
a. Co, whose customers man testi-
fled Friday. Under his wife's maiden
name, Anna Schoeffler. he had a
credit balance Of S5.O17. In the Cen
trial Savings Bank. New York the
Hauptmanns had a Joint deposit ac-
count OF $2.578. They held two mot
cages. totalling $1,000. on houses in
Brooklyn.
The state figures Hauptmann lost
$1,000 In stock market speculations,
and he made the assertion he loan
ed Isador Fisch. his German furrier
friend, $500. Ransom money turn
ed I'D before his arrest totalled
more than 5000 and when he was
seized the authorities recovered s14.-
500. bringing the general total to
s46g60.
Claim Both Frugal
The defense will try to offset this
evidence by showing that none of
the ransom money turned I'D in
Hauptmann's bank accounts or
brokerage transactions. Reilly also
has pointed out the carpenter and
his wife were frugal and has size
able bank accounts before the kid
mapping.
The state will contend Hauptmann
changed ransom bills in small
transactions and deposited numerous
amounts Of silver in the bank.
The so-called kidnap ladder. one
OF the most important pieces of
evidence IN the states case, is still
-uneccepted as evidence, though It
has been marked for Identification.
The defense has objected to its adj
instability on the grounds that its
custody has not been clearly traced.
The state will call Arthur Koehler.
federal forestry products expert. 10
trace the wood and 10 attempt 10
prove Hauptmann made the ladder.
the tools. found in his bronx gar
age. including a plane, have been
accepted IS evidence and the state
yin try to show the plane was used
n the ladders construction.
One OF the states witnesses octo-
nenarian Amandus Hochmuth. test
flied last week he saw Hautpmann
In the vicinity OF the Lindbergh es-
rate near Hopewell on the day Of