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the rotations on the paneD although
he now denies it, you may conclude
that it throws light upon the ques-
ton whether or not he was dealing
with DR.. Condor"
On the discovery of ransom money
in Hauptmann's garage, the court re-
marked:
Does 1t not appear that many
thousands of dollars of ransom bills
were found in his garage, hidden in
the walls or under the floor, that
others we're found on his person when
he was arrested and others passed by
him from time to time
The defendant says that these
ransom bills, moneys, were left with
him by one ISidor) Fisch, a man now
dead. Do you believe that?"
He told the jury it might also con-
slider the evidence that shortly after
the delivery of the ransom, Haupt-
mann began 10 purchase stock in
much larger way and TO spend more
freely Then he asked: DO you be-
lieve his testimony that the money
was left with him in shoe box. and
that it rested on the top shelf in his
closet for several months?
His wife. as I recall it. said she
never saw the box and l do not re-
call thai any witness. excepting the
defendant, testified that they ever
saw the shoe box there"
m, h. n,-fo 1al lar
evidence, the court asked the jurors:
Does not the evidence satisfy you
that at least a part of the wood from
which the ladder was built came out
of the flooring of the attic of the
| defendant"
If you find that the murder was
committed by the defendant in per-
petrating burglary it is murder in
the first degree" the court said, even
though the killing was unintentional
If there Is a reasonable doubt that
the murder was committed by the de-
PENDANT in perpetrating burglary, he
must be acquitted.
If you find the defendant guilty
of murder in the first degree you may,
if you see fit by your verdict and as
a part thereof recommend impiison-
ment at hard labor for life
! Referring to the testimony of Ar
thur Koehler, wood expert. on the
/ ladder, the court said:
You should consider the marks
upon the wood and give the. evidence
! in respect thereto such weight as
| you think it entitled to after con-
sideration of the credibility of the
| witness
| AS to Hauptmann's own testimony:
! His interest in the result may be
/ taken into consideration on the ques-
| ton of whether he is telling the
| truth. His previous convictions of
crime may be considered only as af-
fecting his credit as witness" =
| OF Amandus Hockmuth. the aged
man who said he saw Hauptmann with
ladder in a car near the Lindbergh
home on the day of the crime:
This testimony, if true, if highly
significant. Do you think that there
| is any reason, upon the whole, to
| doubt the truth of the old mans tes-
timony? May he not have we'll and
easily remembered the circumstance,
in view of the fact that that very
night the child was carried away?"
AS to Hauptmann's alibi witnesses,
the Judge told the jury:
"You should consider the fact,
where it is the fact. that several of
the witnesses have been convicted of
crime and determined whether or not
their credibility has been affected
thereby. And where it appears that
witnesses have made contradictory
statements you should consider that
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EARNS WAY WITH BONES

ITHACA N. Y, February Is Up).-
Hy Sachs. Cornell junior. is paying
his expenses through college with
bones
He collects skeletons of animals.
from frogs to horses, pollshes and
assemblies them, and sells them TO
students, schools museums and private
individuals. Now he has two dozen
regular sources of skeletons They
include circuses, lion farmers in the
West, game farms and farmers near
Ithaca.
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Room AbOre Cell
OfBrunOSe Aside
For Use of Jurors

BY the Associated Press.
PENNINGTON, N. j.. February
ia room directly above Bruno
Hauptmann's Jail quarters is set aside
for the deliberations of his jurors.
The cherries. bare witness room
on the third floor of the new Jail
building directly behind the court
room was provided with chairs and
a makeshift stand, on which trial
exhibits could be examined.
The three windows look out on a
narrow court between the court house
and the Jail On the second floor of
the Jail beneath the room is Haupt-
MAINS cell.
Special padlocks were installed on
all doors leading from the witness
room to Offices on the third floor, to
assure no interference with the jury
during its deliberations. A passage
way connects the witness room with
the court room.
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annual Reunions to Be Talked
By Bruno Jurors After Trial

railroad section gang worker, would
be SO when the first reunion takes
place, and Mrs. Stockton. the youngest
juryWoman. would be 80.
1t wouldn't be hard for them all
TO come" said Baggstrom. Most Of
them live within 90 miles of here"
The chief constable is wondering
whether the jury bachelor Robert
Cravatt. will be married when reunion
time rolls round
The permanent organization idea
was Baggstrom's. He watched the
fraternal spirit flower as the jury took
its Saturday spins in his school bus
and walked briskly on the second-floor
veranda of the hotel.
This spirit should be preserved"
said Baggstrem.
An idea that has been suggested is
to organize the jurors % children as
a subsidiary.
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watched Reilly, with interest. but he
seemed no more touched by the attor-
ney generals invective than he had
when Reilly defended him.
One by one, WilentZ took the six
persons whose character Reilly had
attacked and whom. by insinuation,
he had tried to connect with the
crime-Betty Cow, Violet Sharpe,
Ollie Whateley, Henry Red" Johnson,
Isadore Fisch and DR.. Condor.
so far as Hauptmann is concerned,
he could have had so help him: If he
participated in this murder that's all
you have got to deal with" WilentZ
said. HE CReilly) can bring In Violet
Shapes corpse and body and lay it
right alongside of him if he wants;
he can bring Isador Fisch's grave
from Germany and put it alongside
Of him. That doesn't help this de-
PENDANT in this case a Bit"
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POLITICAL LEADER DIES
Crash Injury Proves Fatal to
Jerome T. Fuller, 60,

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. February 10
P)-Jerome T. Fuller, go. leading
political figure in Alabama for many
years, died here yesterday from in
juries received in an automobile acct
dent last week
A native of Centerville, Ala, he
was State compaign manager for Gov.
b. NJ. Miller and Senator John H.
Bankhead in 1880 against the Helm
Locke "Jeffersonian" ticket, and for
Mayor Frank Dixon in last years
race for Governor.
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suit was stripped from it at the point
at which the nurse, Betty Cow, said
she found its thumbguard.
This evidence was important to the
States case because the baby'S body
was found in Mercer County. Haupt-
mann is charged with murder in
Hunterdon County.
The State contends that the un-
contradicted evidence of Lindbergh
and DR.. (CharleS) Mitchell and other
evidences justifies the reasonable in
ference that the feloniouS stroke &C.
CURED in East Amwell township in
Hunterdon County, when the child
was seized and carried out of the
nursery window and down the ladder
by the defendant. and that death was
inStanteouS and from the evidence
YOU may conclude, if you see fit. that
the child was feloniously stricken on
the first day of March at the township
of East Amwell in this county and
died as a result of that stroke"
Reviewing the ransom negotiations
in which Dr. Condor said he paid
Lindbergh's $4,000 to Hauptmann,
Justice Trenchard said:
1T is argued that Dr. Condon's
testimony is inherently improbable
and should in part be rejected by
you. but you will observe that his
testimony is corroborated in large part
by several witnesses whose credibllity
has not been impeached in any man
ner whatsoever
of course, if there is in the minds
of the jury a reasonable doubt as TO
the truth of any testimony. such
testimony should be rejected. but. upon
the whole, is there any doubt in your
mind as to the reliability of DR..
Condon's testimony"
. 1T is argued" Justice Trenchard
said, that Col. Lindbergh could not
have identified that voice and that
it is unlikely that the defendant would
have talked with Condor. Well. those
questions are for the determination of
this jury.
Cites Defense Theory.
AS to the gang theory expounded
by the defense chief, Reilly, the court
said:
1T is argued by defendants coun-
sci that the kidnapping and murder
was done by a gang and not by the
defendant and that the defendant
was in no wise concerned therein. The
argument was to the effect that il
was done by a gang with the help OF
connivance of some one or more SER
wants of the Lincbergh or Morrow
households.
Now, do you believe that? Is there
any evidence in this case whatsoever
to support any such conclusion?"
The doors of the court room were
locked as the charge was given. The
Associated Press. the only news service
subscribing to the official transcript of
The proceedings. was able. however. to
report the instructions as they were
delivered.
The Judge declared 1t a matter of
Importance as to whether Hauptmann
wrote the original ransom note which
was found in the Lindbergh nursery
and the IS notes that followed.
He recalled the numerous State ex-
rerts testifying that Hauptmann wrote
them. Hauptmann's denial and the
testimony of one defense expert who
said Hauptmann did not write them.
He said:
THE weight of the evidence to
prove the genuiness of handwriting
is wholly for the jury.
About the disputed panel in Haupt-
mann's closet which bore the pen
cilled telephone number and address
of DIR. Condor, he said:
IF you believe that he did write
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BY the Associated Press.

by lIlt ASSOCldlcO FItSS-
PENNINGTON. N. J., February 10
A plan for a permanent organization
of the Hauptmann jury in order to
hold reunion party once year will
be discussed when the trial ends. Oden
Baggstrom. chief jury constable. said
today.
II think they'll be in favor of it,
said Baggstrom, AN organization with
a president and secretary. to hold an
annual affair and re-enact old times.
Wed have dinner in the Union
Hotel dining room again. behind
screens. but with no State troopers"
Baggstrom said maybe the "affair"
would be birthday party Just like
we had for Mrs. Ethel Stockton and
Constable Sue Dilts. with victrola
music and dancing afterWard.
wed shake the roof celebrating"
The oldest juror. Philip HockenbUry
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fact and determine their credibility
as affected thereby"
His remark on circumStantial EVIL
dence was:
When the case against the de-
PENDANT is made up wholly of a chain
OF circumstances and there is reason
able doubt as to any fact the existence
OF which Is essential to establish guilt,
the defendant should be acquitted.
1T Is not sufficient that the circum-
stances prove. coincide with, account
for and therefore render probable the
hypothesis that is sought to be estab-
lished by the prosecution. They must
exclude to a moral certainty every
other hypothesis, but the single one
of guilt
Jury Listens IntentIy.
The jurors seemed oblivious to the
court room scene. They had eyes
only for the justice as he leaned
slightly forward toward them and
talked Juror No. g. Mrs. Verna Sny-
der. was the only one in the box who
occasionally took her glance from
Justice Trenchard. Once she stared
at Hauptmann, and then dropped her
eyes meditatively to look at the jury
rail before her. Then she returned
to watch the jurist on the bench.
All the while Justice Trenchard's
charge continued the lawyers at the
defense table attended studiously, &C.
casionally making notes on some
point. The prosecution attorneys
listened in various attitudes OF atten-
ton and few notes were taken at theil
table.
Hauptmann Scans Jury.
Then abruptly it was all over. The
lawyers arose as the jurors, carrying
coats and hats, filed soberly from the
jury box, past the prosecution table
past Hauptmann and his wife, past
the defense table and out of court tC
the bare, virtually unfinished room
in the back of the court house where
they will deliberate.
Hauptmann gave each face one last
searching look and then settled bach
a little In his chair Mrs. Haupt'
Ildu hOlOO VI CllNOul d6NAiClAI "
say to him, but he listened absently
glancing once toward the door through
which the jurors had quietly de-
parted.
The jury returned to the court
house this morning under a guard
heavy and formidable enought to bt
worthy of a President.
| nf UacfordoU this
| throngs that damned Main street
from curb TO curb, flowing across the
sidewalks and up TO the porch OF the
Union Hotel. were missing.
| Shortly before court opened there
were only a few hundred persons
around the court house.
But the State police were every
where in evidence, men in bright
| powder blue tunics, guarding the
doors of the court house, stationed or
the steps under the old ionic facade
and across the broad sidewalk.
Clusters of people were on the
Union Hotel porch, on the sidewalks
and in the streets, watching sound
motion picture men setting up their
machines, watching photographers al
work.
AS 10 o'clock drew near a feeling Of
/ tenseneSS became noticeable every
where. The jury had breakfasted, as
! they had dined last night, under a
! guard of six State troopers in addi-
ton to the deputy sheriffs who have
been on duty throughout the trSt
All night the troopers had stood or
| duty in the hotel lest some one tr!
to get near the eight men and foul
women who will decide Hauptmann'S
fate.
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PUBLICITY ON TAX
RETURNS FOUGHT
Income Filing Date Next
Month Brings BiII-Crime
Aid Cited.

BY the Associated Press.
With the approach Of another in
come tax filing date next month, a
drive is being pushed in Congress 10
stop publicity about taxpayers re-
turns
Complaining that it is "the great
est scientific aid ever given TO crimi-
nails" Representative Bell, Democrat
of Missouri, introduced a bill yester-
day TO repeal the section in the 1884
revenue act which makes portions OF
the returns available for public in
spection.
His was the second step toward this
end at the present session.
kidnapping Feared.
THE publicity on income tax IN
formation would allow kidnapers 10
ply scientifically their nefarious prac-
tees with the greatest menace to the
American people said Bell, a former
Kansas City Circuit Court Judge
Widows, unsuspecting property
owners and those who had recently
come into wealth would be the living
quarries Of every promoter Of fraudu-
lent stock schemes and racketS. Bust
ness men would be subjected to unfair
advantages by INSCRIPTIONS competi-
tors"
Representative Bacon. Republican OF
New York. who calls the present law
IAN invitation to shopping" is the
author of a similar resolution.
Bell goes farther than the New
Yorker however, in proposing to strike
from the National Industrial Recovery
Act a provision designating all re-
turns made under that law as public
records"
Publicity Held Unnecessary.
Bacon says this is unnecessary, hold
ing that the revenue law supersedeS
the N. l. r. A.
Taxes are the subject Of more
proposed legislation in the form of a
bill by Representative Fish, Republic
can of New York, to require the Treas
ury to supply the House with list
Of holders Of taX-eXempt securities
with the amount of tax thus avoided.
The bill is opposed by Secretary Nor
genthau.
Speaker Byrns and other House
leaders have refrained from COM
ment on the repeal proposals, but
some influential majority members
have expressed privately their opposi-
ton TO publication Of income tax in
formation.
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BRICK 2,134 YEARS OLD
Relic From Wall of China Pre-
scented Illinoisan by Sailor.

BLOOMINGTON. Ill. February IS
tPl.-If T. B. CorreL feels like doing
any brick-tossing. he can heave
missile 2134 years old
The brick once a part of the Great
Wall of China, was given Correll by
his grandson. T. J. Bliss. a member
Of the crew of the U. S. S. Chaumont.
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A4tA-AuNA ~. - 70
counsel-"I think it covered the sit
uation fairly we'll"
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Closet Board Cited.
The board in the closet of Haupt-
MAINS home with writing on it by
Hauptmann-Dr. Condon's telephone
number and address-as admitted by
Hauptmann in the Bronx
The Identification of Hauptmann by
Amandus Hochmuth, Willard Whited
and Ben Lupica as a man seen lurking
near the Lindbergh home before the
crime.
Col. Lindberghs identification of
Hauptmann's voice as that of the man
he heard say Hey doctor" in the
Bronx cemetery ransom rendezvous.
THE brokerage accounts, the Sleep
ing garments and the $4,000 in gold
in the garage is not circumstantial, u
he said. And any one of these things
is sufficient"
Picking up one of the ransom notes
and pointing to the mystic symbol for
signature, he said:
And he CHauptmann) put his sig
nature on there. There it is: The
blue circle, the red center and the hole;
B in blue for Bruno, r in red for
Richard, holes H for Hauptmann.
Our signature Nobody could repro
duce that except Bruno Richard
Hauptmann."
He pointed to Hauptmanns habit
of placing the dollar sign 60 after
The Fort Peck press., 1935-05-09
Bible Verse for Today
| hate and adhor lying: but
thy law do | love.
Psalms 110:163
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Those bone head 500 citizens
who paraded in Butte in protest
at the execution of the murderer
Zorn must want these youthful rob-
bers to have full swing in robbing
safes and then if the owner happens
to interfere, let the robber shoot
him down and then 60 Scot free.
Gov. Cooney and high court officials
showed good sense in refusing to
intervene and save the criminals
murderous neck. Even with cap.
ital punishment staring them in
the face there are men who will
kill for money. What would they
do if we would do away with Cap
ital Punishment?
The Fort Peck press., 1935-05-09
THE CRIME OF A

DR.. Charles Sheldon. famed
crusader for world peace, asserted
that American naval maneuvers
in the Pacific are "for the purpose
of bluffing Japan"
They are exhibitions of trucul-
ence and bad Manners said the
white haired minister and author
of In His Steps"-A book that has
sold $4,000 900 copies and reputed
ly is the worlds best seller next
to the Bible"
There is no reason for the
maneuvers, Japan has no intent
ion of attacking us. The very idea
is absurd" DR.. Sheldon said,
1T looks like a crime to spend
money for such a warlike exhibit
ion at a time when men are walk.
ing the streets hungry and when
citizens are burdened with economic
troubles"
Naval maneuvers are now under
way. Aboard U. S. S. Penn, far
from the sea lanes in the Pacific
off Cal. the United States fleet en-
tered its big training event of the yr
to-day-the annual fleet problem.
The most majestic unit in this
array of the largest force ever
sent to sea in American naval
maneuvers is the battle fleet.
It is a fortified city of tremendous
powers of destruction, the IL dread
naughts forming the battle line
of AID miral Harris LaDing's COM
mand.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-05-09

Mrs Dean Leach who visited re
latives in Ontario returning recent
ly has a nice stock of sale dresses
Selling for $4.9S. Call and see them
The Fort Peck press., 1935-05-09

Dr., Mark the drugless doctor, Of
Wheeler made a professional call
at McCone City and Park Grove.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-12-20
HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES DESTITUTE:
PROTESTS TO ADMINISTRATION SO
FAR FAIL TO BRING RESULTS

In struggle in which the workers are determined to
win better conditions for themselves their families the
big capitalist papers and their little sisters the weekes
organize complete boycott the expression the worker
side of the controversy.
Noticeable the many instances of this kind is the
complete silence exercised by the press regard to the de-
orabe conditions of the workers and Fort Peck
The Producers News has always given and will continue
to give utmost publicity and assistance to the distressed
worker and farmer and in the particular struggle going
on in Fort Peck we gladly publish every word that been
sent to us from that quarter.
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Gov. COOney's Funeral Held Wednesday;
Body to Be Taken to MissOuIa

his family made their home in
Missoula since 1908.
Enters Politics
Not until 1924 did Frank
Cooney take any prominent part
in politics, when he became the
nominee of the democratic party
for lieutenant governor, but was
defeated by w. S. Mccormick. He
again sought election in 1928 and
was once more defeated, this time
by Frank A. Hazelbaker. Four
years later, however, he was ell
ected lieutenant governor. This
office he held until March Is, 1888
when a trade was made with Gov
ernor John E. Erickson, whereby
Erickson resigned as governor on
condition that Cooney, when rails
ed to the position of governor
would appoint him to succeed the
late Senatr Thomas J. Walsh to
fill the unexpired term in the U.
S. Senate. This trade was regard
ed by many as a political scandal
and attempts were made to have
the shameful proceedings multi.
fied-Judge George M. Bourquir
leading the fight.
Mr.. Cooney was married to Miss
Emma Poindexter of Dillon OF
December 27, 1899. Besides his
widow, four sons, John, Walter
Lyle, and Gage, and two daughters
Merle and Virginia survive him
A son, Francis, was killed in al
automobile accident July 10, 1884
Cooney was the eighth governor
of Montana and had made a toul
of the state a few months agU
working up enthusiasm in his pol
itical interests.
He spoke at the high schoo
auditorium in Plentywood on Sat
urday, November 9th. Friends sa,
that he had intended to oppose U
S. Senator James E. Murray il
the coming primaries for the jo
as junior Senator of Montana i
: the U. S. Senate.