The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-09
|Hauptmann 7rialMay
 Be Sensation To-day
Two Witnesses of Yesterday By Their Identification of the Accused Man, Paved the Way for Appear
 ance of Doctor John F. COndOn

AA0hAhh6 AhAh6CAk 0AA O 4dSS~ tioning. That is the only thing that has occasioned the prosecution any worries or doubts.
 May Be. Real Factor
 Tho exciting incidents he is expect ed to reveal for the first time will be, in the opinion of counsel on the case against the stolid Bronx carpenter.
 Placed at the kidnap scene by a surprise witness yesterday = the aged Amandus Hockmuth who placed his hand on Hauptmann's knee and said,' this is the man I saw" - Hauptmann to-day steeled his nerves against another identi- fication "Jafsie's" declaration that he was the man with whom he talked for an hour in the dark ness of a March night near the Woodlawn cemetery. preparatory to the ransom negotiations.
 May Link Educator
 During that hour, while Condon the "fiat-cheeked man with the pointed chin" sat at the other, the extortioner made numerous reve- lations to the Bronx educator which will link him to the actual kidnaper and murder.
 Dr Condon always has been a kindly man, a sympathetic man, a man who loves to deal out little homilies and good words. He remonstrated with the extortioner, trying to appeal to his better na- ture Ito restore this child to the arms of his mother" He begged of him to give some. proof he had the child. He asked him to be satisfied with $50,000 and not seek to ex- tract an additional $20,O00 from the suffering parents. ,
 According to his own story, pr Condon was met by some strange indecision on the part of the man with whom he was arguing. Evi- dently he wanted to prove the Sincerity" of his approach = to show that he, and only he, had the key to the mystery. and that only he had possession of the child.
 Pins From Nursery
 Dr Condon, it is claimed by the prosecution, showed the nocturnal vistant pin-or perhaps two pins.
 What are these 2" he asked him. Where did they come from?'
 The man responded promptly, almost eagerly.
 '"They were used to pin down the blankets of the baby's crib,9 he said.
 The prosecution staff, headed by 3. confident attorney general, David T. WilentZ. firmly expected "Jaf- ae' to repeat this story on the | stand to-day. When and if he does, two i'm nnrfa nj rnivfa been presented to the jury of four women and eight men who will de- eide Hauptmann's fate.
 l, The first is that Hauptmann was the Bronx cemetery negotiator who | received the ransom money. The second is that the man in the Bronx cemetery was the kid- naper and-under New Jersey law the murderer of Charles A. Lind bergh, Jr. ~
 There had been many reports and rumors, emanating from the dim sources that ever since the be- ginning of the case have sent out cloud of confusing complications, that Dr Condon was not fit" to testify-that the case and the 30 months of investigation had so shaken him that he would be un- able to take the witness stand, and that if he did, he would be unable to withstand whitening crass- -ex- animation.
 If his appearance to-day was any criterion. the rumors were all wrong, He has. the stride of young man, this elderly enthusiast for outdoor sports There was a glow l nf hn0Ifh fxa txi id nh ,Exak ko moustache was close cropped. His towering form stood out swagger- lingly in the midst of attorneys, witnesses and spectators. He ap- peared alert and confident. Reilly Ready to Fight Edward J. Reilly. ruddy-com- plexioned veteran criminal lawyer was prepared for one of the most strenuous battles of his career.
 "Jafsie" is we'll accustomed to addressing audiences, both of cols lege boys and of their elders. He | has lectured at Fordham Univer- l sity for years. He has interested himself in youthful societies, and has all through his life, been a | leader. The battle between him and the clever defense counsel, there- fore, promised the greatest thrill | of the trial. The ground work for pr Con- don's testimony was laid yesterday by J. A. Perrone, taxi driver, who | testified that man he identified as Hauptmann gave him dollar to deliver note to Condon's home, and by Al Reich. former pugilist. bodyguard and close friend of Dr Condon. He testified that he drove 0ondon to his cemetery rendezvous with the negotiator and on one oc- casion sat in his car for an hour watching Condon talking to a stranger on a bench 100 yards away.
 The state had finished its direct examination of Reich when court adjourned yesterday. After. Reilly cross examines him to-day, Con- don will be summoned to the lStand.
 Ladder StlI Unsettled
 The question of the kidnap lad- der. the three sectiened steps by which the defendant fg accused of