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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-31
PROFESSIONAL DIVER HIRED

New York, Jan 3l.-(UP)---A professlonal diver today was to make search of the steam ship Lexington, which sank in East River Dec 6, in an attempt to find the body of Saul Lippen-- holtz, of Chelsea Mass, who is the only passen- ger still missing. Abraham Lenox and Simon Samft, his brothers-in-law, also of Chelsea, re- tained the diver.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-31
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Senator George T. Culhane of Waterbury introduced in the sen- ate today a measure reimbursing the firm of Barbara & DAurio of
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Final Edition
 Closing StOcks L0te NetOs FZashes
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
CHURCHES LAG
IN RACE WORK

Advocation Of the work of
human personality regardless of
color has been one of the elements
in the development Of the Chris
tian church, declared Prof. Char
les T. Loram, director Of the In
stitute Of Race Relations at Yale
University in his address at the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church.
The program closed the confer.
ence on the betterment Of race
relations in Washington held
under the auspices of the commit
tee on race relations of the local
Federation of Churches and DR..
Loram said that among the rea-
sons why the church had not
made more progress in the matter
of race relations was that it did
not realize the extent of race an
tagonisn such as lynching in the
South and because of intolerance
and impatience of racial organiza-
tions fighting against each other.
DR.. Charming H. Tobias, senior
secretary Of colored work of the
National Council of the Y. M.
c. A., also one of the speakers,
urged racial amity and goodwill
between the races.
The Rev. Allen A. Stockdale,
pastor of the First Congregational
Church, led devotion and Canon
A. P. Stokes gave a summary of
the conference activities.
Offering was lifted by DR.. W. L..
Darby, executive secretary of the
federation, and music was pro-
vided by the Women's Glee Club
Of Howard University.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13

the prosecution had stated the
child'S death resulted from a blow
against the window sill of the
house when the ladder broke. In
Attorney General Wilentz' summa-
ton, he said, the State had
changed its story to make the
death of the child caused by a
blow struck in the nursery to stifle
its cries.
After Mr.. Pope had finished,
Associate Defense Counsel Egbert
Rosecrans cited the list of 81
requests Hauptmann'S lawyers
had made for inclusion in Justice
Trenchard'S charge.
Only three of them were incor-
porated in the charge, and Mr..
Rosecrans took an exception for
each refused request.
Attorney General David T..
Wilentz, standing before the
bench, listening to the exceptions,
was turned so that he faced
Hauptmann.
His piercing brown eyes burned
into the steel blue Hauptmann
eyes several times and on each
such an occasion, Hauptmann
flushed slightly and moved un-
na civ
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
ReUieuUs ALibi

Justice Trenchard warned the
jurors concerning the testimony
Of the defendant. He said:
"His evidence is not to be
rejected merely because he has
such an interest at stake. But
there is question as to his cred
ibility. There is a question Of
whether he is telling the truth.
'There is evidence to show he
was addicted to committing
crimes on previous occasions
and that affects the credibility
of the witness.
"The defendant denies he was
in New Jersey or near the scene
of the crime on the day Of the
crime. He said he was at home.
"This under the law is a COM
mon form of testimony known
as an alibi.
However, you must remember
the defendant is entitled to the
benefit Of the doubt.
"You recall the testimony Of
the old man, HOchmuth, that
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
28 More Troopers

Nine State police officials are
now guarding every move Of the
jury. They are Lieut.. George Wal
lis and eight troopers. This
means a guard Of is over the jury
for in addition to the trooper
guard, there are three men and
three women deputy sheriffs who
have been with the jury since the
trial started January 2.
Today a detail of % additional
troopers was brought into Flem-
ington and assigned to help guard
the jury.
The blue-uniformed officers are
springing up all over town. They
are an unusual sight in a town
which ordinarily finds it necessary
to employ only one policeman.
No jury in recent criminal his
tory has been guarded as are the
eight men and four women who
will settle the fate of Hauptmann.
Tension and excitement pre-.
vailed on all sides in Pennington
today.
Everybody was discussing the
possible verdict. The community
is filled with all kinds of people.
Women with mink coats, cele-
brities from Broadway, bankers,
brokers, business men, cranks and
crackpots Of all types who have
all kinds of versions on the case.
Never in its history has Fleming
ton witnessed so much excite
ment.
The exciting outburSt Of the
Rev. Vincent Burns was the talk
of the town. He Is a brother Of
George Burns, author Of II Am A
Fugitive From A Georgia Chain
Gang"
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
Jury Guarded

Extraordinary police precautions
have been taken to guard the jury
in it's solemn task of deciding
Hauptmann's fate.
With all kinds of melodramaNc
events breaking" at the trial,
such as the sensational outburst
of the Rev. Vincent G. Burns,
every safeguard is being employed
to prevent some occurrence which
might result in mistrial and
undo all the legal labors Of the
past six weeks.
The Rev. Burns, pastor Of the
Community Church Of Palisades.
N. j., startled everybody in the
court room yesterday by leaping
up and crying out, "a man con-
fessed this crime in my church!"
Only the swift action of the State
police prevented a mistrial of this
$4,000 case" They seized the
man and hustled him out Of court
so quickly his message did not
reach the Jury,
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
Plea Supports
Early I. N. S. Theory

ting, perSistent-one who pictures
himself as a supreme being"
contemptuous Of the mental
ability of his fellow men, so con-
temptuous in fact that if he is
captured he will phlegamtically
resist to the bitter end any at
tempts to draw from him con-
fession of guilt.
Further, Mr.. MatteSon and DR..
Schoenfeld contend, the criminals
perverted mental quirk would re-
suit in a Self-picturization out
shining Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh's achievements.
Mr.. Wilentz summation:
ut would have to be q man
with a queer mental makeup.
1t would have to be an ego
maniac-the kind of q man
who can keep q secret, the kind
of a man who would never tell
a thing if death itself threat
ened him.
"The kind Of a man who,
when he decided to commit q
crime, would pick somebody re-
spectacle, as though he could
envisiOn the headline.
"A fellow who had ice water
in his veins fellow who was
an egO.maniac who thought he
was OmnipOtent. A fellow who
thought he was bigger than
Colonel .Lindbergh."
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
Rdps Gang Story

He called attention to the de-
Tense contention that gang, in
cluding the Lindbergh servants,
might have committed the crime
and commented:
do you believe this? There
has been no evidence whatever
to support such q presumption"
Hauptmann listened to the
Judges charge with intense in
terest. The defendants pale poker
face changed expression only once.
That came when the judge spoke
the word death" in connection
with the possible penalty. His
face blanched and beads Of per-
Spiration came out on his nose.
His wife, Anna. attired in black,
seemed highly nervous. She stirred
in her chair constantly and there
was a worried look upon her face.
Fear came into her eyes as the
Judge excused the jury from the
court room so they could de-
Iberate Hauptmann's fate.
There were no more solemn
faces in the room, however, than
those of the eight men and four
women who comprise the jury.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
Comment Scored

Mr.. Pope also voiced exception
to that section of the charge in
which the Judge told the jurors
that the State had adduced evil
dence to show that the "kidnap lad.
der" was on the scene solely for
the purpose of effecting entrance
to the nursery. Mr.. Pope held
that the judge should not have
commented in that fashion.
The stocky little defense lawyer
also objected to the judges state
ment there was sufficient ground
to believe the child died at or
near the actual kidnapping scene.
The defense, Mr.. Pope claimed,
has questioned whether the death
occurred in Hunterdon or Mercer
county. He held that the manner
in which the court commented
upon this point was not consistent
with the evidence presented.
The spectators stirred reStleSSly
as the lawyers droned on, huddled
close to the bench.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
Cites Evidence

Justice Trenchard then said
that to support that charge (that
the Lindbergh child died as the
result of a felonious blow in East
Amwell township, the State pro
duced the following evidence:
"On the evening of March 1,
1882, the child was 20 months
old, that its mother, and nurse.
Betty Cow, put the child to bed
at about 8 o'clock, left the room
and closed the window.
"The child was in good
health.
"The evidence shows some per-
son entered the nursery through
the southeast window Of the
nursery by means of a ladder
between 8 and 10 p. m. and
entered the nursery and carried
the child away.
"YOu will remember the evil
dence of Colonel Lindbergh that
he heard a sound at about that
time like the sound of wood
on wood; like the sound Of q
couple of Stats from a crate
falling off q stand or chair"
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
STANDLEYFOE
OF D|R|G|BLES

Admiral William H. Stanley,
Chief of Naval Operations, re-
ceived direct wire reports of the
Macon disaster at his Naval Oh
servatory home. He remained in
close communication with the
Naval Operations Office until as
Sured there had been no great loss
of life.
Admiral Standley issued the fol
lowing statement:
81 am greatly heartened that
it was possible to rescue prac-
tically all of the MacOn's crew.
However, this should be a
solemn warning to this cOun-
try with respect to the use Of
ighter.than-air craft.
II have never approved of the
use Of lighter-than-air craft for
other than commercial purposes
and / am more than ever con-
vinced Of their unsuitabiIity for
military and naval purposes.
England learned its lesson
with the R-1O1. Immediately
following the loss Of the R-1O1,
a ship that they had spent more
than four years preparation in
building, they discontinued all
plans for the further use of
similar craft.
"A constant patrol of the
shores adjacent to the accident
will be kept in the hope Of find
ing further survivors and a
more extended search will be
made tomorrow.
"The Macon was operating un.
der instructions issued by Com
mander.in-C Chief Admiral Reeves,
one Of the Navy Department
aerOnautical experts"
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
Cites Symbols

The justice pointed out that the
evidence showed there was a note
left in the Lindbergh nursery
window containing certain direc-
tions and a peculiar symbol"
He reviewed the evidence con-
cerning the ransom notes. He
told the jurors DR.. John F..
"Jafsie" Condor, the Lindbergh
Intermediary, identified Haupt-
mann as the man with whom he
had conducted the $4,000 ransom
negotiations.
Justice Trenchard said the man
who wrote the ransom notes had
the sleeping suit which was taken
from the stolen baby's body.
Justice Trenchard recalled that
"some doubt" had been raised as
to DR.. Condon's testimony and
added:
"But you will Observe that DIR.
COndOn'S testimony has been in
large part cOrrObOrated by the
testimony of witnesses whose
Credibility has not been i'm
peached.
'Ts there any doubt in your
minds about DR.. COndOn's teSti-
mOny?"
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
FLEMINGTON, N. j., Feb. 1S
I.N.S.).-'It would have to be

FLEM1NGTON, N. j., FeD. is
(I.N.S.).-'It would have to be
an egOmaniac ="
With these words, Attorney
General Wilentz yesterday drew
upon the pre-Hauptmann-arreSt
theory of an International News
Service science writer and a noted
psychiatrist in building up his
closing argument designed to pro-
duce a death verdict" for Bruno
Richard Hauptmann.
Long before the baby's body
was found, within a few hours
after the kidnapping, International
News Service laid before police a
study of the kidnaper-based
solely on scientific analysis of the
ransom note found in the nursery.
This study was developed by
Leigh Matteson, staff writer, in
collaboration with DR.. Dudley D.
Schoenfeld, famous psychiatrist.
Following is a point-by-point
summarization of the Interna-
tional News Service study-two
years before Hauptmann's arrest
and salient points raised by Mr..
Wilentz in his final summation:
International News Service:
The criminal, undoubtedly a
resident of the Bronx, is of for.
eign extraction, probably Ger
man. He is cool, stolid, calcula-
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
N|LENTZ TALK
FAILS To SHAKE
HAUPTMANN
By JAMES CANNON

COURTHOUSE, FLEMIN G.
TON, N. j., Feb. 13 GN.SO-Un-
shaken and arrogantly boaStful,
Bruno Richard Hauptmann came
into court today and contemptu-
ously ridiculed the case against
him.
He told Edward J. Reilly, his
chief of defense:
Il was more disturbed by
that minister's outbreak In
court than 1 was by Attorney
General Wilentz' summation.
"Mr. Reilly, Wilentz only
told that jury what he thought.
He told them his opinion
one mans guess. He did not
state the facts. He told only
what he thought. 1 am sure
the jury will not believe
that"
Mr.. Reilly, crooking a ponder
Gus arm over the ex-machine gun
ner's shriveled shoulders, askse
why the Rev. Vincent Burns sud-
den, hysterical shout had fight
ened him. Hauptmann said:
81 tell you, when that minis
ter started to yell, I figured out,
maybe, it was a man who was
going to shoot me.
81 do not fear what the jury
will do. They have to say / am
innocent because they know I
am. But 1 thought that was a
crazy man who got all excited
about Wilentz'S speech-and
was going to kill me.
"What did he hOIIer for?
What did he do that for? He
might spoil my case. You know,
1 never saw that man before.
81 only had a quick look at
him when they dragged him
out Of the court. 1 didn't even
see his face. 1 didn't hear what
he said-but it was a terrible
thing to stand up in court like
a crazy man."
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
Lindbergh Pale

Col. Charles A. Lindbergh,
father of the slain child, sat
quietly in his seat until after the
jury had filed out. He was rigid
and pale during the judges
charge.
After the judge had finished his
charge, the six Sheriff'S deputies
who have charge of the jury, three
men and three women, were sworn
anew. They solemnly placed their
hands on the Bible.
Absolute silence prevailed in the
court room which, during the
Judges charge, had been more
orderly than at any time since
the trial started last January 2.
After the jury filed out, Justice
tTrenchard announced that any
one who wished might leave the
courtroom. The audience settled
down to maintain a rigid vigil
until the jury's return with the
verdict.
Both prosecution and defense
counsel went out, but returned to
the court room after a short time,
and Defense Attorney Frederick
A. Pope read a defense exception
to a portion of Judge Trenchard'S
charge dealing with review of tes-
timony concerning the occurrences
on the night the child was kid
naped.
At great length, Mr.. Pope ar
gued that this portion Of the
charge was so phrased that, to the
defense counsel, it did not CORE
spond with the evidence adduced
during the trial.
AS Mr.. Pope talked, Hauptmann
and Colonel Lindbergh sat quiet,
staring straight ahead. Neither
man stirred in his chair. Between
them was one empty seat and a
State trooper guarding Haupt-
mann,
The Washington times., 1935-02-13

there any evidence in the case
to support any, Ahch cOnten-
tiOn?"
Justice Trenchard told the
jurors the Every important" ques-
ton in this case is:
did the defendant write
the ransom n0tes?"
Justice Trenchard reviewed the
handwriting testimony presented
by the States experts who in
sisted Hauptmann wrote the IA
Lindbergh ransom notes. He said:
"If you find the defendant is
the man who received the ran
som money by means of series
of notes bearing strange SYM
bOls, the question Is pertinent
whether he is not the man who
left the original ransom note
and kidnapped the baby"
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
Exception Taken

Justice Trenchard granted Mr..
Pope exception to that portion of
his charge dealing with the jus
tees reYiew of the testimony con.
corning the occurrences Of the
night the baby was abducted. Mr..
Pope asked:
May 1 also have an excep-
tiOn to the charge itself?"
Justice Trenchard said:
"Yes, 1 think the statute Gov
erS that"
In his exceptions to Justice
Trenchard'S charge to the jury,
Defense Attorney Pope laid EN-.
phaSiS on the conclusion allowed
the jury by the judge that the
death of the child had occurred
in Hunterdon county.
He contended, in this connec'
ton, that the State had changed
its theory of the death of the child
in it's final summation from the
one outlined in it's opening.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
MANIPULATION
REPORT MADE
BY M. L. RAMSAY

Market "manipulationS" accom-
panying the sale Of stocks to in,
vestors were reported to Congress
yesterday, as lines were drawn
for a bitter fight over bills to
abolish the holding companies.
Henry L. Doherty interests
spent $965, 100000 in purchases of
their Cities Service stock in the
market in less than four years,
according to a report of findings
submitted by the Federal Trade
Commission.
Meanwhile small army Of
utility employees, statesmen, brokers
and bankers sold 1,146 million
dollars of the stock to the public.
Most of the stock represented old
issues changing hands and less
than $S1, 100000 of new capital
was raised, according to the conf
mission.
In the year before the market
crash the Doherty interests bought
$4O6 100000 of stock, doing the
"great bulk of the trading" on the
New York Curb Exchange while
the price went up from $17.69 to
$6S.12 a share, the commission
said.
purchases of $13S,OOO,OOO after
the panic began failed to prevent
price break Of $40.
insult interests bought their
own stock almost continuously"
They bought heavily, according 20
the commission during the pre-
panic period of 1929 when Middle
West Utilities stocks scared from
S177 To $54n q share.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
NSE ATTACKS JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN KIDNAPPING CASE
Mrs. Roosevelt
TOASk Aid of
Ogden Mills

Because he Is a citizen Of the
same community in which Mr.. and
Mrs. Roosevelt make their home,
Mrs. Roosevelt will ask Ogden
Mills, Secretary of the Treasury
In the Hoover administration, to
aid her in her plan for the re.
habilitation Of Hyde Park, Ny.
The Roosevelts and the Mills
are neighbors in the small New
York township and Mrs. Roosevelt
is planning to write to Mr.. Mills
and to other important land own
ers there for their cooperation.
Mrs. Roosevelt has initiated a
movement to help the unemploy.
ment situation in the Hyde Park
township and has taken an active
interest in it. She went to a meet
ing there last week and will at
tend the next meeting February
%, when the citizens there will
appoint a committee to communi.
cate with Federal officials for sug-
gestions in ending unemployment.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
Young Pirates
Jailed, Town
Rests Easier

WILDWOOD, N. J. U.N.sO.
Police and residents alike of
this quiet little town breathed
easier today with "Buccaneer
Jim" and his pals safely behind
bars.
They were captured in an old
barn, from the walls Of which
leered, in proper piratical fash
ion. three human skeletons.
In a three-month reign, the
band Of five burned two sum-
mer houses. two bath houses,
wrecked considerable property,
and looted the local high school
Charges Of arson, larceny
and unlawful entry were LODGED
against the five culprits.
Their ages range from 3 to /;
years.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
Bias Alleged

The tenor of Mr.. RoSecrans'
protests was that the charge had
indicated bias against the defend
ant. After Mr.. RosecranS had fin.
iShed, the third defense attorney
to object to the charge-Lloyd
FiSher-aroSe.
Mr.. Fisher took exceptions to
the point in the charge where it
concerned the character of the
testimony offered by the States
handwriting experts - testimony
which was questioned by the de-
fenSe.
Justice Trenchard granted Mr..
Fisher his exceptions.
Finally, Edward j. Reilly, chief
counsel for the defense, arose
and asked exceptions to four
failures" in the judges instruc-
tions to the jurors. He excepted
to the omission Of the name of
any defense witness except the
name Of the defendant"
Mr.. Reilly also took exception
to the judges statement "did you
believe that?" when reviewing
the defense's claim that Colonel
Lindbergh's servants had a hand
in the kidnapping.
At 1908 p. M, the court room
was cleared and Hauptmann was
taken back to his cell where he
will be held until the jury returns
with a verdict.
Before the courtroom was
cleared, Attorney General David
T. Wilentz requested that "if
your honor agrees, from this time
forward this courtroom will be
kept clear of spectators except
for authorized representatives of
the press, and they will be kept
out until after the verdict"
Justice Trenchard said:
"That seems to be a fair re-
quest. Let the officers carry it
out"
He then said:
"Let the prisoner be re-
manded to the custody of the
sheriff until the jury returns"
Hauptmann looked cool and
self-possessed as he was escorted
from the courtroom, a deputy
firmly holding each of his wrists.
He NODDED to his wife as he
passed her chair on the way back
to his cell.
In charging the jury Justice
Trenchard told the jurors they
may conclude-if they wish
that the child was "felonlously
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
Recalls Symbols

"Dr. Mitchell, who performed
the autopsy, said the child died
of a fractured skull. 1t was a
very extensive fracture. DR..
Mitchell said death was inStan-
taneOuS or occurred within a
short time after the blow was in
flicted.
"The State contends this blow
was inflicted when the ladder
broke as the child was being
taken from it's nursery by the de-
fendant and it fell.
"The presumption has been
drawn that the child's death
did not occur in East Amwell
township. This is a debatable
presumption which can be
overcome by circumstantial evil
dence in this case. From the
evidence you may conclude, if
you wish, that the child was
felOniOusly stricken and died
in East Amwell township.
Secondly. 1t must be proved
beyond a reasonable doubt that
the death of the child resulted
from the act of the defendant.
"The evidence in this case
shows that there was a note
left in the nursery containing
certain directions and contain
ing a peculiar smybOl."
Referring to Mr.. Hochmuth, tn
justice said:
'Is there any reason not to
believe this old MANI"
Justice Trenchard passed brief
ly over the testimony of Haupt
mann'S alibi witnesses with ;
warning against credibility Of wit
nesses who contradicted them
selves or were ever convicted O
crime. He said:
'Tf the chiId'S death was
caused by the defendant it is
murder. And, If murder, the
degree thereof must then be de-
termined.
''If the murder was committed
while the defendant was per-
petrating a burglary, it is MUIR
der in the first degree. The State
contends this murder was COM
mitted while perpetrating a
burglary.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
Chain Store Sales
Climb 10 Per Cent

A 10.1 per cent increase in
January sales over the preceding
year, to $1oo,475,697 from $91'-
223, 1893, was shown by the first
IL chain store companies to re-
port for the month, a survey IN
dicates. Several Of these COM
panieS, however, reported de-
creased volume from January a
year ago.
Sales reports issued today fol-
low. Walgren Company, reported
January sales of $4,704,507. COM
pared with $4,3O3,470 in January,
1884, an increase Of $40l ,O37.
Sales for the four months ended
January 81 totaled $20,066,657.