The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18


 c. How much money was there in the can? A. $11.930.
 The witness identified plane found in the garage.
 The cans which contained the money, and the carpenters plane were shown to the witness and each in turn was identified.
 The detective was excused from direct examination.
 Petrosini was oss-examined by Reilly.
 c. Weren't there four or five planes there? A. l don't recall.
 c. Were there any screw-driv- CTS or files there? A. I don't know.
 c. Why can't you recall If there were any planes, files or don't you want to? A. I don't recall.
 The witness was excused from ross-examinatlon while the spec tators laughed at Reilly's attempt to prove he could forget con- veniently' anything he chose.
 On redirect examination Wilentz sasid
 c. Just a minute-there's no guessing about the can or the money? A. No there's no guess ing about that.
 Detective James M. Cashman, who searched the Hauptmann premises the night before the money was found, was the next witness.
 He identified a chest of tools found in the garage as the same set he had taken 10 police head quarters.
 Cashman opened the box and rattled the metal tools.
 Q. Are those the tools you took from the garage? A. l think so.
 Q. What do you mean you think so? Are they or aren't them? A. I think they are. They're the ones turned over to police inspection.
 The box and tools were intro- duced in evidence without objcc- ton from the defense.
 Members of tho jury leaned for ward as the detective rummaged through the box, removing saws, braces and toher implements.
 Cashman was excused without cross-examination and Charles r. W. Engler was called. He is q car penter in the New York police de- partmcnt.
 He said lie was assigned to the case and went with oth- CT officers to the Hauptmann gar age.
 c. Your assignment was to tear down that garage? A. I didn't know our orders.
 Q. What did you do in the gar age? A. We knocked down some timbers and 2x4's and . At this point Defense Counsel Reilly asked for conference at the bench with Justice Trenchard. The attorneys talked in whispers.
 After seven-minute huddle, the attorneys returned to their respect I've tables.
 Nothing was revealed about the nature of the disc ussion.
 Examination of Engler was re- sumed.
 Q. Tell us who you did? A. l would find q loose WOulu Ldkt u pdTI,
 c. Did you find some trim" disturbed in the house? A. Yes, some, but it didn't mean much.
 (Trim is a form of lumber.)
 Q. Getting back to the garage. How long did you search there be- lore you found something? A. bout half an hour.
 Q. Was that board to all intents <.f |, \. Yes.
 money behind 1t? A. No.
 c. Is this the board? A. Yes.
 Wilentz offered the board in evil fence. It was the one that had been placed horizontal to two up- fight two-by- -fours.
 It has been bored out with brace and bit on the back side. In t. the state claims, was found s840 rolled up.
 WilontZ showed how the board looked when 1t was turned around.
 Q. call your attention to the one, two, three, four, five holes? Were they there when you found the board? A. They were.
 Q. Did you find any more money after that? A. No.
 The defense did not cros-ex- amino and the witness was ex- cused. subject to recall later.
 Police Officer Anselm Cramer, who participated in the destruc- ton of Hauptrnann's garage. also described the finding of the board with the money concealed in five holes.
 Q. Arc you the officer who dis covered and tore down this board? A. Yes sir.
 Q. When you took 1t off the wall. did you have to tear 1t down? A. Yes sir.
 There was no cross examination.
 Maurice W. Tobin. New York corroborated Cramer's testimony.
 Tobin said each of the five small holes contained d roll of money. He identified the bills he found, and the money was offered in evil dence and admitted over the de- fense objection.
 Each hole was numbered for tion. Out Of Hole No. l" came $190: from the second $200; from No. 3, $50: from No. 4, S200. from No. ], $10O.
 Wilentz introduced piece of lumber taken from closet in the Hauptmann home by Inspector Henry Bruckman.
 It came from the closet in the Hauptmann baby's room. the wit ness said.
 Q. Was the board on the out side of the closet? A. No it was not, 1t was on the inside.
 c. Did 1t have 2974 Decatur Ave. written on it when 1t was taken out by Inspector Bruckman? A. It did.
 Q.Did 1t have "Sedgwlck B. 7154" on 1t? A. It did.
 WilentZ offered the board in evl- dence but the defense objected and the witness underwent cross-exam- ination on the question of it's ad- mission.
 Frederick A. Pope of defense counsel cross-examined the wit ness.
 [ c. Did you see these figures be- fore the board was taken out? A. l seen them before the board was taken out