The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-03
Accuses Hauptmann
hen, accusing Hauptmann, he

Then, accusing Eauptmann, he
said:
He went out that window and
down that ladder of his. The ladder
broke. He had more weight going
down than he had when he was COM
ing up. And down he went with this
child.
I'm the commission of that burg
larry the child was instantaneously
killed when it received that first blow.
1t received q horrible fracture, the
dimensions of which when you hear
about 1t will convince you that death
was instantaneous"
Edward Jay Reilly, defender Of
Hauptmann, demanded a mistrial at
the conclusion of Wilentz' vivid out
line. Reilly charged it was intended
to "inflame the jury" Justice Tren-
chard denied the motion.
Wilentz had continued his part
about the incident at the ladder,
thusly:
Getting down there he took the
ladder and about 70 feet away the
load was too heavy. In the one hand
he had the ladder and in the other
he had this bundle. This dead pack
age to him. The ladder was Of no
particular use to him. He abandoned
that.
Ripped Oft Garment
Then. knowing the child was dead,
he wasn't bit concerned about it
and there, three thousand or more
feet away and still on the Lindbergh
estate. he yanked and ripped the
sleeping garment of that child off It's
body.
Though it was cold, and raw, he
yanked and ripped that sleeping gar
ment off that child, because he didn't
need the child, as we will show you.
He needed the sleeping garment.
"A few miles away. he scooped up
hastily improvised and shallow
grave and put this child In face
downwards and on he went on his
way to complete the rest of his plans
in this horrible criminal endeavor."
A look of horror fitted across the
faces of the recently sworn Jurors as
Wilentz described gruesome mlorgue
scene, relating the story of "hor-
ribly decomposed" little body.
THAT was the little eagle"
His last words flung over the
crowded, breath-oppressed courtroom
were:
Demands Death Penalty
This state will not compromise
with murder or murderers." He
banged on the jury rail-"We demand
the penalty Of first degree murder!"
Sitting, listening, thin-lipped, dour-
faced, was Hauptmann. A few chairs
from him the famous flier father.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, pale, COM
posed, sitting two chairs from Anna
Hauptmann-the woman who believes
in the innocence Of her man, and who
backs the belief with all the fight
that's in her.
All of them heard Wilentz say Of
Hauptmann:
"He wanted money, money, money.
lots Of money"
Hauptmann braced himself, but re-
manned immobile in expression. He
displayed no emotion.
Wilentz spoke Of Dr.. John F. Con-
con, "a very distinguished educator
IN the Bronx" and told how the aged
man inserted an advertisement In the
Bronx Home News Offering his serv-
ices as an Intermediary.
THAT advertisement Mr.. Haupt-
mann answered" he said humping
the court rail.
We'll show you this defendant
personally got taxi driver to deliver
the answer to DR.. Condor" Haupt-
1nann, Wilentz said, contacted Con-
con and asked:
Twill I burn II the child dies?"
Describes Ransom Payment
Speaking In q confident tone,
Wilentz described step by step the
ransom negotiations, which were eli
NAKED when the freshly laundered
sleeping suit was mailed to the Lind
berghs as proof they dealt with the
kidnaper.
The slight, dapper attorney general
raised his arms in emphasis and as
serted Hauptmann told Condor that
the price OF return Of the baby would
1acrease to 500. 900 II the $4,000 were
rot paid before April 8.
In vivid language the attorney gen.
eral painted the scene Of the $4,000
ransom payments, how DR.. Condor
stood In the street outside Bronx
cemetery.
Finally there was q shout.
"'f1ey doctor! hey doctor! twice"
shouted Wilentz
I'm the still Of the night you could
have heard that shout for blocks
When he referred tn HauptmAun,