Evening star., 1935-01-31

at Sixty-third street and Eighth
avenue"
Wilentz asked If Kiss were sure
there was such a corner in New York
as Sixty-third street and Eighth ave-
nue.. The witness said he wasn't sure
whether it was Eighth or Ninth ave-
nue., although he lived. worked and
received mail at the studio for year
This questioning interlude over. the
silk painter went confidently on with
his recital.
Kiss disclosed unusual versatility in
many occupations. From cloth paint
ing he went to operating restaurant,
which he furnished with old Hungar-
ian furniture and pottery, hand
painted by himself.
Wilentz called the witness attention
to direct testimony that exactly one
week before the Lindbergh kidnapping
he had taken his sick 7-year-old son
to the hospital.
@. Sure of that? A. Positive.
O. You couldn't be mistaken? A. No.
A Positive.
WilentE asked him details on the
hospitaliza ton Of his boy on February
%, 1882, the name of the doctor and
the departure from his home.
Wilentz read Kiss his previous teSti-
mony that he took his boy to the hos
pital exactly one week" before the
kidnapping.
"One week exactly is the 29th Of
February" WilentZ said to the witness.
Fisher interrupted to point out that
/ am in the morning, when the boy
was taken to the hospital, would be
the 23rd of February.
Wilentz suggested that Kiss teSti-
mony be accepted as he gave it.
Says He Was Taking
Rum to Friend.
Kiss told of making rum" from al
cohol and f1avoring. He said he was
taking two pints to a friend in the
Bronx when he got lost the night of
March l.
@. Did you give this rum you made
to friends just as a charitable? A.
Oh, no, no, they paid.
@. How much did you sell it for?
A. sl25 a pint.
@. Well, this rum making was a
business you never told us about be-
fore? A. I made it for mine self
@. And you sold it, too? A. Just
to mine friends
@. Didn't you know it was against
the law to make rum in 1882?
The witness shrugged and spread
his hands expressively.
@. Was it good rum? A. Yes.
Kiss said he made the rum by mix
ing straight alcohol with rum flavor
ing. He had been making and SELL
ing it to friends for q couple of years.
The delivery of rum was about 8
pm, Kiss said, after leaving the
restaurant.
Kiss said he had not been drinking
his rum" that night.
II drink rum in the morning." he
explained. Sometimes wine, some
times beer in the evening"
Fails to Remember
Rum Sale Data.
Kiss memory, for the second time,
became hagy as Wilentz pursued the
rum sale questions The witness said
he could not recall whether the de-
livery of the two pints was the first
or second to the customer in the
Bronx.
Wilentz asked him to describe the
East Side route to the Bronx and he
said he could not remember.
Kiss developed a complete lack of
memory on rum deliveries before and
after the bakery incident, March l,
1892.
During the quiet Interrogation of the
witness, Hauptmann sat forward In
his chair, hand on chin, listening
intently.
Fischer objected to Wilentz' ques-
ton: so 1t was shortly before mid
night, February ~, that you took your
boy to the hospital?"
A delay for examination of the
record followed.
Wilentz released the witness and
Reilly asked him when he called a
doctor Kiss said about midnight.
Reilly asked that the record, which
stated the call was made at 9 pm,
be corrected. Justice Trenchard de-
clined, saying "You may question the
witness"
Kiss said the departure for the
hospital occurred at am. of Feb
ruary rs.
Wilentz asked a few questions on
the return trip from the Bronx rum
delivery and released the witness. He
was excused and the noon recess was
called at 1927 pm.
The aftarnnon session Rnk under