Evening star., 1935-01-13
Defense Will Limit Ques-
tions to Blanket DeniaIs to
Restrict Cross-Examina-
tion by Prosecution.
ACCUSED MAN TO LAY
RANSOM CASH TO FRIEND
Reilly Hopes State Will Excuse
Mrs. Hauptmann From Grilling
After Own Difference to Mrs.
Lindbergh-Handwrit Ex-
perts Confer on Notes.

Copyright. 1885. by the Associated Press.I
PENNINGTON, N. j., January l2.-
Bruno Richard Hauptmann's Witness
stand fight against the electric chair,
his lawyer announced tonight, will con-
sist of answers to seven questions
and six of the answers will be No"
Hauptmann's wife Anna will follow
her husband on the stand, and the
defense expects the State Ito accord
her the same consideration the de-
fenSe has shown Mrs. Lindbergh."
mother OF the baby for whose murder
Hauptmann is now on trial.
Said Edward ]. Reilly, Hauptmann's
chief counsel, tonight:
II think We shall ask Hauptmann
only seven questions. The questions,
and their expected answers. are:
u. Did you kidnap the Lindbergh
baby? A. No.
20. Were you in Hopewell, N j., the
night of the kidnapping? A. No.
''3 Did you make the ladder (Which
the State contends was used in gain
ing admission to the Lindbergh
nursery? A No.
~. Did you go up that ladder to
kidnap the Lindbergh baby? A. No.
IS. Were you in New Jersey the
night Of the kidnapping? A. No.
"6. Did you write the ransom notesf
A. No.
~. Where did you get the money
that was found in your garage? A.
From ISador FiSch.'
Cross question Limited.
Although Hauptmann'S direct ex-
animation. as outlined tonight by his
counsel. might require hardly more
than a minute, the croSs-examination
by the State is expected to take longer.
BY limiting the direct questioning,
however. the defense will restrict the
States cross-examination.
Reilly did not indicate what testi-
mony Mrs. Hauptmann would give. 1t
is expected to be corroborative Of
Hauptmann's concerning Isador FiSch,
the man Hauptmann has insisted gave
him the ransom money which was
found last September in Hauptmann's
possession.
In expressing the hope that the
State would give her the same treat
ment that the defense accorded Mrs.
Lindbergh, Reilly recalled that he
had waived cross-examination because
I'VE do not believe a mothers grief
should be subjected to public examina-
ton"
One of the days developments-a
story that double" of Hauptmann
had been found and that it might
have been this double" that witnesses
reported seeing near the Lindberghs'
home in the Sourland Hills the day
the baby was kidnapped and killed,
failed to impress Reilly. (See wire
photo on page A-4. The double"
was named as Robert ScanlOn OF
Menlo Park. a man who was in the
! vicinity Of the Lindbergh home about
| the time Of the crime.
From Mr.. Edison's Laboratories in
Menlo Park come many inventions"
said Reilly. Gould this story of a
Hauptmann double be one Of
! them?"
Examines Notes.
The defense spent today-the trial
being in recess until Monday-at
Trenton, concentrating upon an ex-
animation of the ransom notes in
an effort to shake. through its own
experts, the evidence yesterday OF a
State witness that the notes were
written by Iauptmann.
With experts from several parts Of
the country present. the defense
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