The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-12

Hauptmann, the St0lld de-
PENDANT, his face flushed to a
deep crimson, looked at him
with rage and hate in his
eyes, but never stirred a
muscle Of his powerful frame.
1t was the most dramatic day Of
the Hauptmann trial, and perhaps
the most unusual bit of stagecraft
was used to bring it to a climax.
The attorney general, Olives
skinned, his face only occasionally
illuminated by a smile, sat on a
table in front of the jury, and
pounded his fists on the table.
Occasionally he turned away from
his audience of four women and
eight men, but then only to point
lean finger at the prisoner and
shout murderer" at him.
Trenchard Watches WiIentz
1t was noteworthy that Justice
Thomas w. Trenchard, who, during
yesterdays summation by Chief De-
Tense Counsel Edward j. Reilly, had
busted himself with opening his
mail, today kept his eyes on the at
torney general from the beginning
to the end of the morning session.
The jury was fascinated by Mr..
Wilentz' bonbardment. Even the
placid Verna Snyder, whose eyes
wander over the courtroom, and
Mrs. Rosie Pill, who is usually som-
nolent, seemed alert and absorbing
every word.
The attorney general not only
matched his wits against the famous
Reilly, the Bull of Brooklyn" but
he matched his witnesses, che by
one, against the peculi IF array of
men and women who came forth
to testify in defense of the hollow
eyed, fat-cheeked carpenter.
Stand Up SchwarzkOpf
He matched his witnesses in a
melodramatic fashion, bidding them
stand up and be counted, to be
looked over by the jury, and to show
if they were crooks" or not.
Stand up Schwarzkopf, he said
at one point.
Col. Norman SchWarzkopf rose.
Look at him-does he look like
crook; a graduate of the United
States Military Academy; who
served his nation on the battlehelds
Of FTance?" roared Wilentz.
"Schwarzkopf has been pilloried
around this nation. Schwarzkopf is
good enough for the state, for the
state Senate"
He then asked Police Inspector
Henry Brakeman of the Bronx to
stand up.
docs He Look Like That"
Bruckman stood up quickly, and
promptly sat down.
"Bruckman is in charge Of po-
lice department that has 1900
men," Wilentz said. And the de-
Tense says that because he is a Ger
man he wrote the Condor telephone
number in defendants home. Look
at him. Does he look like that kind
of persona"
Wilentz answered Reilly's insinu-
atoms that persons other than
Hauptmann committed the crime,
by citing the records Of the Lind
bergh servants, by reciting from
their testimony, by showing to the
jury the evidence they had present.
ed in clear-cut fashion.
He declared there we're more
crooks among the lawyers than
there were among the police" That
was his answer to the Reilly sugges-
ton that his client had been the
victim Of heinous plot TO frame
him and thus cover up the blunders
Of the New Jersey State police"
Stands on Suitcase
He demonstrated that it was not
only possible, but probable that the
kidnaper entered the nursery VIM
dow by means Of his kidnap ladder,
and stepped to the floor over a suit
case, by jumping on the very suit
case that was found beneath the
window Of the nursery after the
kidnapping.
They said Hauptmann would
have crushed the suitcase by the
window if ne had stood on it." he
said.
Give me that suitcase"
An attendant carried the suitcase
before the jury box Wilentz stepped
on it and addressing the jury, he
shouted:
Herein standing on it-both