Evening star., 1935-01-30
Copyright. A. p. Wirephotos.

Hauptmann himself read the record
showing 500 a month as his pay
rate.
Wilentz held up the Majestic Apart
ment pay roll before Hauptmann and
led him through the details Of his
employment.
@. Now Is there anything on here
that shows you worked the I'd of
April? A. It shows two days. That's
how I know I worked the I'd
Q. That's your testimony, but does
the record show It? A. l am not IA
miliar with this record, how they
keep 1t.
@. While you look at 1t will you
tell us the rate OF pay it shows? A.
$100 rate.
WiIentz Manner
Tantalizingly Slow.
Wilentz took the "Jafsie" address
board and showed it to the witness
The attorney generals manner was
calm, deliberate and sometimes tanta-
lizingly slow as he proceeded with his
roSs-examination.
@. Is it the fact that you did tes-
tify you wrote the address on the
panel? A. Not in dis court.
THAT was in the Bronx?" Reilly
interjected.
Hauptmann agreed that that was
his testimony in the Bronx.
But I think you said yesterday
that you couldn't identify the writ
ing" Wilentz continued. He read the
record showing Hauptmann said he
told Reilly the lumber" was his.
@. Is it your lumber? A. I can't
prove it If it is or not.
@. I don't want you to prove 1t. A
In every house 1t is the same
@. Is this or is this not your lum-
ber2 A. can't say yes or no.
@. So the wood is the same In every
house? A. Yes.
@. Every house hasn't got YOU
handwriting on it?
Hauptmann did not answer.
@. Wasn't this lumber differen
than others because it had writing
on it? A. No.
Wilentz's voice rose as It had be-
fore in his badgering Of Hauptmann
@. When you were shown this piec'
of wood, you were also given q mag
nifying glass to study the writing
A. Yes.
@. And after you looked at tht
writing. you said That's my lum
ber?" A. Yes.
@. But you couldn't tell 1t was YOU
lumber until you saw the writing
A. I didn't think.
Mrs. Hauptmann
Called to Stand.
Reilly arose to object, asserting wv
have had 30 hours Of this and 1t ha'
been gone over many times"
Justice Trenchard said he though
so, too" but 81 don't know what Is OF
the attorney generals mind"
Wilentz said the subject was i'm
portant enough to go into.
He asked few more questions ant
said That's all"
Hauptrnann stepped down ant
went quickly to his seat.
Mrs. Hauptmann was called to tes
| tify to alibis for her husband.
She crushed q rolled handkerchie
in her hand, and apparently was Yer!
nervous.
Q. You are the wife of the defend.
ant? A. Yes, am.
Her voice was tremulous whisper
that was almost inaudible.
Q. When did you come to Americai
A. In 1924.
@. Who did you first work fort
A. Mrs. Rosetta Rosenbaum?
Reilly interrupted his questions tc
ask for quiet. :.
Justice Trenchard stopped court and
ordered the officers to remove all per-
sons who could not find seats.
LET the officers clear out those
people who have not seats there. Let
it be done.
'We'n wait until this Is done, Mr.,
Reilly" the justice said.
One Of defense counsel suggested q
f1ve-minute recess while the standees
were being cleared out, and the court
so ordered.
When the recess was called at 11:0a
Mrs. Hauptmann, in her severely plain
blue dress, went back to, the defense
table to chat with Bruno.
Every one In seats "sat tight" while
the bailiffs sought to remove the
standees.
Tells Of Marriage
To Carpenter.
Court reconvened at 11:18.
The jury came back and was polled
~xxSr aUx
resume the stand" Reilly requested.
@. Your occupation when you came
to the United States. was it genera
housework? A. Yes.
She said she worked until the mid.
die of 1925 and married Hauptmanr
October 10, 1895, ut City Hall, New
York.
Mrs uatfntnann. like her husband