The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-19
DEFENSE TO CLAIM
MONEY BANKEDNOT
L|lyDbERGH RANSOM
State Contends Suspects In.
come Total|ed $49, $50, $40
Less Than Payment
TRIAL IN RECESS SATURDAY
Defendant Proud Of Wife for
Outburst Against Witness
She Accused Of lie
Copyright 1885. by the Associated


Pennington, N. j., Jan. l9.-Bruno
Richard Hauptmann's defense ex-
plored Saturday q maze Of money,
drafting evidence from his financial
accounts to oppose the states testi-
mony that he had q mysterious In.
come Of $40.960-only $40 less than
the Lindbergh ransom figure.
Wading through Hauptmann's bank
and brokerage statements during the
weekend trial recess, granted by
Justice Thomas w. Trenchard for
this very purpose, defense attorneys
said they would show Lindbergh ran
som notes failed to appear In . single
one Of the accounts.
Edward ]. Reilly, the florid chief
Of defense, took pains to bring out
that before the kidnapping, the Haupt-
mann bank accounts already showed
sizeable deposits. evidences Of the
frugal habits Of the Bronx carpenter
and his pale, care-worn wife.
Counter. ATTACK Prepared
The state took immediate steps for
. counter attack, Attorney General
David T. Wilentz asserting that on
the eve of the ransom payment, the
Hauptmann balance In one bank was
only $20300. and that year later,
the amount had swollen to $2.528.35.
BaSing its case further on con-
tention that the money banked was
change from the ransom notes, the
prosecution established that In an-
other account In q Mount Vernon,
N. Y, bank, the Hauptmann deposits
were known for their number Of sill
yer coins.
The prosecution drew into It's
theory Of the Lindbergh case q pic
ture Of Hauptmann, cautiously pass
ing the ransom bills in minor pur-
chases, and banking all the change.
Hauptmann himself, after q week
Of emotional climaxes during which
he exploded against the states &C.
cusations, relaxed In his cell, free for
two days from appearances In the
crowded court.
Smiling broadly in anticipation Of
the brief period Of seclusion, before
resuming his part In the judgment
on his life for the Staying Of the
kidnapped Lindbergh baby, he talked
cheerfully to his wife Anna through
the screen door Of his bull pen.
Proud Of Wife
The accused man was proud Of her,
she said. for her outburst In court
Friday against q former friend and
neighbor. Mrs. Ella Achenbach, who
was testifying that Hauptmann and
his wife took trip on the day Of the
Lindbergh kidnapping, March /, 1882.
and that Hauptmann had . leg in
jury when he returned.
Mrs. Achenbach," she cried. you
are lying!"
She insisted that the outcry. fol-
lowing by q single day q similar
denunciation by her husband Of an.
other state witness, was not con-
templated in advance.
This weekend recess In the trial
the third Saturday Oft, though JUS
tice Trenchard was still intent on
pushing it through quickly to . con-
clusion-gave the old Hunterdon
county courthouse but one day Of
rest.
Sheriff John H. Curtiss decided to
permit sightseeing Sunday only.
Aside from the financial investi-
cation. tho weekend activities Of the
attorneys and their experts conferred
about other evidence offered late
Friday In the trial.
Condon's Name on Panel
There was the panel Of wood trim
which Investigators found In the
closet Of the Hauptmann home after
his arrest September 10. 1894. The
panel bore the address Of Dr.. John
F. "Jafsie" Condor, the ransom nego:
tiator, and his telephone number.
Another major bit Of evidence was
the wood plane found in the Haupt-
mann garage when police were ran
sacking it for the hidden caches Of
ransom money. The state intended
to try to prove this plane was used
in the construction Of the kidnap
ladder.
Reilly, In his cross-examination Of |
william Mulligan. the New York
brokerage house customers man.
brought out that the late Isador |
Fisch, German furrier and one time |
business partner Of Hauptmaun, went |
to the brokerage office Of Steiner,
Rouse 4 co. With the carpenter some |
time In 1888.
He identified . photograph Of
Fisch. but denied F1sch Vas one Of |
his customers. elsch came with !!
Hauptnann five or six times. Multi |
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