The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-08
C. O n tt N U E II
from page one.
Prosecutor Begins
Immediate Attack
On BrunO's Alibis

Defense Case In Brief
The defense case, In brief, was:
Hauptmann was In the Bronx, more
than so miles from the scene Of the
crime, when baby Lindbergh was
stolen: the dead German furrier, lsa-
dor Fisch. and not Hauptmann, got
the $4,000 ransom money: Haupt-
mann innocently took $4,000 Of ram
som money from Fisch for safekeep-
ing: q man resembling F1sch and q
woman resembling the dead maid,
Violet Sharpe, were seen with q baby
shortly after the kidnapping: none Of
Hauptmanns fingerprints were found;
Hauptmann did not build the ladder
used in the kidnapping: money which
swelled his assets after the ransom
payment came, unrecorded, from Fisch
for stock investments: Hauptmann
was at musicale in his home on the
night Of April 2, 1882, when DR.. John
F. (Jafsie) Condor says he paid him
the ransom money In Bronx grave
yard; Hauptmann was at home for his
own birthday party on November Is,
1888. when theatre cashier says he
spent Lindbergh ransom bill, and
persons other than Hauptmann were
seen in an auto with ladder near the
Lindbergh home before the crime.
Call Three for Rebuttal
The state had time before the noon
recess at 1888 p. m. to call three re.
buttal witnesses. Farber, Arthur Lar
son and Oscar Christensen. The first
testified he was involved In an auto
accident with Benjamin Heller on the
night Of April 2. 1932-the ransom
night-when Heller said he sat in an
auto with girl and saw Isador Fisch
leap over the cemetery wall.
Larson swore than Elvert Carlstrom
spent the night Of March /, l032-the
kidnap night-with him in q house at
Dunellen, N. J. Carlstrom had testi-
fled he saw Hauptmann in q Bronx
bakery on the kidnap night. Christian
sen, owner Of the Dunellen house, pre-.
sented . record book which he said
showed Carlstrom was In Dunellen
that night.
Brevoort Bolmer, filling station
owner and graduate civil engineer,
who said on croSs-examination that
he did not report his story to the
police because he couldn't be sure
from pictures Of the ladder. testified
he saw and examined the ladder at
l:l5 q. M. March I, l932-about 20
hours before baby Charles A. Lind
bergh, Jr., was kidnapped and slain.
Two Occupants OF Car
Tho auto was at hts filling station.
he said, to be serviced With gasoline
and its occupants were q man and q
woman.
The state contends Hauptmaun,
alone, kidnapped. killed and collected
ransom for the Lindbergh baby.
Bolmer's recital followed the de-
lenses attack on the states wood
evidence against Hauptmann. Char
les J. De Bisschop leaving the stand
after giving several reasons for his
opinion that rail Is" Of the ladder
was not sawed from . floor board
Of Hauptmann's attic Is charged by
the state.
Hauptmann's attorneys heightened
the drama Of their surprise by call.
ing upon the defendant to assist.
stand up. Mr.. Hauptmann," cried
Frederick A. Pope Of defense coun.
sci.
Hauptmann came to his feet.
Hauptmann Not Man
us that the mani" Pope swept his
hand toward the waiting defendant.
Absolutely not!" said Bolmer.
A carpenter and millwright, Ewald
Mielke, Of Lindenhurst, N. r, came
next and added his opinion to that
Of Do Bisschop that the ladder rail-
and the attic board were not Of one
and the same piece.
Bolmer's answer to request TO de-
scribe the ladder, was . gesture to.
ward the kidnap ladder In court.
why describe It," he asked, II
saw that ladder there"
A man and q woman were In the
car, he said. Also. he testified, the
same car had visited his station
several times before. His station was
near Hopewell.
Bolmer, could not identity q picture
Of the dead Isador Fisch % the man
In the Car. He said he saw only q
part Of the woman's face.
"NoW, while the car was there with
the ladder, did you actually. physi-
cally touch the ladder yourself7" he
was asked.
II did, three times," he said.
Attorney General David T. WI
ent1 asked only one cross.examiuiug
question.
Didn't Report 10 Police
did you ever report the matter
to the state police?"
II did not" he said.
He had not reported the matter.
he said, because the pictures Of the
ladder he saw Ia the nexspepers, de-