Evening star., 1935-02-05

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no response.
He asked next for Mrs Hoff.
Mrs. Bertha Hoff, little woman in
q brown hat and black dress, came to
the stand She told Of living in
Brooklyn, but said she never lived In
Manhattan or the Bronx.
@. Did you spend some time on the
farm OF q man named Budreau? A.
Yes, In the Summer of 1891.
@. How long?
A. About four weeks.
The woman said she and her chill
dren spent about four weeks on the
Budreau Farm, near Lebanon.
Lebanon is about IL miles north Of
Pennington and approximately 20
miles from the Lindbergh Hopewell
estate.
Q. How long had you known the
Budreaus?
A. About 10 years.
In quiet tones, the witness told Of
moving to Corona, Long Island. after
the Summer visit to the Budreau
farm.
remembers Visit to
Budreau and Another Man.
@. Now do you remember being
visited in some part Of 1888 by Bud
reau and another man2
A. Yes.
@. When was It?
A.October. It was around Thanks
giving.
@. But Thanksgiving Is In Novem-
Der.
Alt must have been November, for
we talked of Thanksgiving.
@. Did you know the man who came
with Budreau?
A. No.
@. How long did they stay?
A. About a half an hour The chill
dren came in from school while they
were there.
@. Is that the man who came with
Budreau Showing picture Of Fisch)?
A. Yes.
@. Do you know the man?
A. Yes, Isador Fisch.
@. Now, Mrs. Hoff, there Is no doubt
in your mind that Isador Fisch was
the man?
| A. No, sir.
Q. Did Isador Fisch have any bun
dies with him that day?
Wilentz objected that the bundles
were not material to the case.
Reilly explained that the defense
sought to prove that Ffsch tried to
get rid of his bundles" in some other
| place.
Wilentz interposed, asserting that
the testimony had no relation to the
package Fisch allegedly left at the
Hauptmann home.
/ Will Seek to Prove
Fisch's Connection With Money.
Reilly. flushing, said, I'VE may as
well have the issue out right now"
During the day If can get my
witnesses here from New York, I hope
to prove Isador Fisch was the man
who jumped over the CWoodlawn)
Cemetery fence, that he received the
money from Dr. Condor.
Il am going to try to prove how
he tried to dispose of that money.
am going to trace every connection
Of Fisch with that money until he
took the boat for Germany"
His voice rising, Reilly declared he
would bring out that Ffsch sough,
| to leave the money package with this
witness and others" before he finally
placed 1t in Hauptmanns custody.
Wilentz remarked dryly as he fin
ished, It can find nothing wrong in
the counsel's statement, but the State
is confident he will never prove any
thing like that"
II can find no fault with counsel's
assertion he Is going to prove it," Will
! entz interrupted. but the question
| is the nateriability of evidence of a
woman who never saw Fisch before
and didn't know what the bundles
contained"
Il fail to see the materiality now, -
ruled Justice Trenchard.
Mrs. Hoff Steps
From Stand Temporarily.
Reilly asked permission to withdraw
the witness temporarily. while he de-
veloped another way of presenting the
testimony.
Mrs. Hoff stepped down and John
E. Seykora, an inspector of the De-
partment Of Justice, took the stand.
The slightly bald, heavy-set agent,
wearing blue suit, identified his re-
port on investigation OF the ransom
payment in st. Raymonds Cemetery
"Dr. Condor Cthe intermediary
told US he went back several days
later to look for the box in which the
ransom was delivered" Seykora tes-
! titled.
Q. Not the next dayP
A. No.
The agent said Col. Lndbergh was
not present when DR.. Condor made
his search Of the cemetery.
G. Was 1t then he found q footprint
on fresh grave near q retaining
| wall?
A. can't recall.
@. It's an open cemetery. Any one
could go there?
A. The gates were not guarded