Evening star., 1935-01-30
WIFE FOLLOWS
BRUNO ON STAND
Defendant Confronted With
Pay Roll Showing Error.
in Story.
nv the Associated Press,

PENNINGTON, N. j., January 3d.
Bruno Hauptmann, the Bronx alien.
today began his fourth day in the wit
ness chair at the Lindbergh murder
trial, and his counsel sought from him
testimony to counteract the damag-
ing admissions wrung from him by the
State.
Urbane Edward j. Reilly, chief de-
fense attorney, planned to retrace In
his redirect examination Of the de-
fendant all the ground covered by the
State in the two solid days of cross
questioning, which ended yesterday.
The State, meanwhile, was piling up
more ammunition to use on Haupt-
mann on re-cross- s-examination when
the redirect Is finished. There was
every prospect he would be on the
stand most Of the day.
The court room was well filled Tor
the session, but stringent enforcement
of the mo Crowding" regulations kept
down the number Of spectators and
prevented a jam.
Outside the courthouse many times
the number Of those in the court room
waited shivering in the. sub-zero
weather hoping to be admitted some
time during the day.
The court room was chilly. Before
convening time one man sat huddled
in a raccoon-skin coat, his baldiSh
head completely wrapped in a large
brown woolen scarf.
Promptly at Gas Hauptmann ar
rived in court, accompanied by his
three guards. His face was serious as
he walked across the court room, but
he began to smile as he talked to
Egbert Rosecrans, one Of the defense
counsels. He put a finger against
his chin as he talked, gesture he
first resorted to on the witness stand
yesterday.
Reilly Appears
In Jovial Mood.
Reilly appeared at the defense table
soon after, in jovial mood. He Joined
the conference with the defendant.
The jury came in as Hauptmann
was still talking volubly to his attor-
neys. The kidnap ladder, the wood
trim panel from the Hauptmann closet
bearing "Jafsie's" address and other
exhibits were placed near the witness
chair.
Mrs. Hauptmann arrived at the
defense table and Hauptmann inter-
rupted his conference with his lawyer
to talk to her.
Attorney General David T. Wilentz
and others of the prosecution staff,
Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck, jr.;
Robert Peacock and Richard Stock
ton came into court moment before
the trial was resumed. Wilentz and
Reilly talked briefly.
Court convened at 1901 am. (E.
s. T)
The three colonies - Charles A.
Lindbergh, H. Norman Schwarzkopf
and Henry Breckinrtdge-marched
single file to their accustomed seats
back of the prosecution table.
Justice Thomas w. Trenchard
slowly mounted the bench. The jury
was polled and, after short delay,
Hauptmann went gravely back to the
stand.
Lindbergh Looks
Directly at Him.
The defendant gazed soberly at the
jury while he waited for Reilly's first
question. Lindbergh was looking di-
rectly at the witness, but only few
of the jurors had their eyes on the
man in the witness chair.
@. You testified in the Bronx you
went down to the Majestic Apart
ments March l, 1882, to look for work?
A. Yes.
@. Did you go down a week or two
before? A. Yes.
@. Did you go to an agency?
A. Yes. The Reliable-I got letter
from the agency about the 9th (Feb-
Tuary).
@. Are you right-handed or left
handed? A. Right-handed.
@. Now there was something said
about that trunk you kept the money
in, and you said the trunk was broken
at one time? A. Yes.
@. When was that? A. In '33. I
didn't have any money in it anymore.
@. What was the month? A. I
can't remember
Reilly was examining Hauptmann
on the trunk which he said he kept
in his home with large sums Of money
in it. He said he frequently took
money from it, at time when the
State contends the unexplained sums
came from ransom money.
@. Was there at any time anything
improper between you and Mrs.
Henckel? A. Nothing.
Reilly shot the question and after
the quick answer turned the ques-
tioning to Hauptmann's German-Eng-
lish dictionary. He asked the attorney
general for the letter Isador Fisch sent
him after his return to Germany.
While the correspondence was being
produced Reilly asked Hauptmann to
enumerate the books ne had read dur
ing his stay in the county jail.
The defendant spoke Of a life Of
Lincoln, a North Pole expedition story,
"Stories of Canada" and Ancient His
tory"
The questions returned to the Fisch
letters and Hauptmann said there were
six or eight, and several post cards.
says E1Sch wrote
Him About Deals.
@. The letters from Isador to you,
where they In your house? A. I
don't know.
@. You don't know where they
are now? A. No.
@. Do you remember the contents
Of those letters? A. Yes.
@. What was the contents Of the
first letter? A. He didn't say any
thing particular. Only about his trip,
and he is well. Only little things.
Hauptmann said he sent F1sch q
postal card in reply and subsequently
received o post card from Fisch..
Wilentz produced a post card,
which Hauptmann identified as from
Fisch. Reilly introduced 1t In evi-
dence.
Hauptmann read in English the
message in German on the card.
Fisch spoke Of getting q Christmas
card from him, Of conditions In Ger
many and of his plan to write Haupt-
mann letter.
@. The next communication, was