Evening star., 1935-01-09
COND0N IDENTIFIES
BRUNO AS JOHN.
SAYS He Is Man Who Got
$4,000 Lindbergh
Ransom.
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sometimes clapped his hand to his
mouth to shut off his own words.
Attorney General David T. Wilentz
asked him:
Did you give the money to man
that night?'
L did" he answered, his voice be-
ginning to rise.
Who did you give it to?"
ITO john
"Who is John?" Wilentz own voice
cracked
Bruno Richard Hauptmann!"
Hauptmann blanched, turned deep
scarlet. and glared at the aged wit
ness. JafSie glared back
Wilentz led up to the Identification
In this way:
'All right sir. Just a minute Now,
let's get back just about where we
started, where we should start In
March, 1882, as result of letter or
advertisement you inserted. did you
receive a note?"
c. Lloyd Fisher of defense counsel
objected to the question as being lead
ing.
"Yes?" Wilentz pressed.
To look under a table and I would
find a stone there" Condor said,
"and finding the stone there. that
there would be note under that
stone"
AS result of finding the stone and
the note, where did you go?'
L went across the way as directed
by the note, the original note gave as
nearly as l can remember could
tell in a moment if l saw ito cross
the street. to talk to nobody and to go
down to Wittemore avenue"
Now. doctor, did you go down Wit
temore avenue that night?"
L did
Did you meet man there?"
Received Letter.
Condor said that he did, ana then
related his meeting with John, who,
he said, was Hauptmann.
Then Wilentz asked him what he
received as the result of his advertise
ment.
II received a letter with a peculiar
signature upon it, consisting"
All right. Just a minute. 1 will
try to find the exhibit" He showed
him an envelope dated March 9, 1882
and postmarked New York. He sked
him if he recognized it.
L received this letter about March
8. 1882, recollect," Condor an
swered
The letter was offered in evidence
I notice that there is some color
ing on that envelope. doctor. that
isn't altogether white. Was that col
oring on when you received 1t or
was it a white envelope?"
To the nearest of my recollection
1t was white
Now, in that envelope. I take it.
there we're some inclosures?'
Yes. sir"
will you take a look at some of
these papers?" Wilentz said, handing
him several exhibits
Il received this letter within that
envelope with the directions on it,
and the signature of the three holes.
1t was received in evidence.
AS dramatic as "Jafsie's' strange
adventures in the ransom negotiations
is the story of the Jail interview with
Hauptmann which the State his
described as follows:
Condor sat with Hauptmann on q
bench, the two men occupying the
same positions "Jafsie" and John"
did during the ransom meeting in the
Bronx.
Called Bruno John"
Condor called Hauptmann John"
throughout the hour and a quarter
they talked, and both the doctor and
the watching witnesses said the pris-
oner answered naturally to the name
Condor also couched his sentences as
much as possible in the language he
used in the ransom conference.
After he had moved Hauptmann to
tears by speaking kindly of his mother
in Germany, his wife and his infant
son. Hauptmann told "Jafsie" the
State official said, that he had acted
as the emissary of kidnap band in
the ransom negotiations.
Condor then beSought him to make
complete confession, naming others
involved. The aged man promised to
go to President Roosevelt to obtain
clemency for Hauptmann if he would
tell the whole story. But Hauptmann,
tears on his cheeks. became silent.
The first witness to be called before
DR.. Condor was Reich, the former
prize fighter who was his bodyguard
and companion during the ransom ne
gotiationS.
Reich presented yesterday a graphic
eyewitness picture of one of "Jafsie's"
most important contacts with the
mysterious "John"-the rendezvous In
Bronx cemetery. 1t was on that
occasion that "Jafsie" and John"
talked side by side on bench for an
hour and arranged for the return of
the slain baby's sleeping garment to
the Lindbergh as ransom token.
Reich told how he drove the doctor
first to a deserted frankfurter stand
on Jerome avenue early in March.
where "Jafsie" found a note under a
stone. Apparently in pursuance Of
instructions in that note, Reich then
drove the doctor to 233rd street and
Jerome avenue to the cemetery en-
trance.
DIR. Condor got out and stood in
the triangle in front of the entrance
to Woodlawn Cemetery" he said, re-
lating that the retired educator stood
there for 10 or IS minutes.
Saw Men in Street.
Eventually he came back to the
car. seemingly discouraged" the wit
ness said. Meanwhile, Reich said he
saw a man walk down south on our
side of the street" and he informed
"Jafsie" of it. The educator returned
to his post before the cemetery gate.
A few minutes later, he testified,
he noticed DR.. Condor engaged in
conversation with some one in the
cemetery. AS he watched a man sud-
denly scaled the 9-fo0t-high cemetery
fence from the inside, leaped down,
ran past Condor across the street into
Van Cortlandt Park with Condor fol-