The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-11
HAUPTMANN WRITER OF ALL
LINDBERGH RANSOM NOTES,
FAMED EXPERT TESTIFIES
Worlds Greatest Script Authority Brands
Bruno as Man Who Worked Out
All Money Notes.
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TOHi age OHeJ
Bronx carpenter was displayed and
identified in court today.
Nine hundred and ninety-six bills,
IN a big red envelope. unsealed on
the table before the judges bench,
totaled s146O0.
1t was through spending one $40
certificate from this hoard that the
former German machine gunner was
trapped and arrested by Federal de-
tectives and New York police last
September.
The money was identified by
Frank J. Wilson, internal revenue
intelligence officer, who prepared
the original list of serial numbers
Of the currency given the eXtor-
toner.
Mr.. Wilson revealed that the
search for ransom bills was con-
Quoted at the request of Col. Lind
bergh, after he knew he had been
sWindled out of his $4,000.
He also made the positive declara-
ton that since the arrest of Haupt-
mann not a single ransom bill mas
passed into circulation.
All Recovered in L. S.
His statement was designed to
put an end to rumors that ransom
money has been turning up in vari-
Gus parts of the country since the
Bronx carpenter was taken to jail.
A moment after this declaration,
however, he was forced to admit,
under croSs-eXamination by C.
Lloyd Fisher, that he did not know,
Of his own knowledge, that no such
bills had come to light.
Mr.. Wilson revealed, under Mr..
Fishers examination, two impOr-
tant faCts-that no ransom money
was picked up in Connecticut, and
that none was recovered outside of
the United States.
The defense scored a point when
Wilson was forced to admit that
the handwriting on a deposit slip,
used when some person turned in
S2980 in ransom bills to the Federal
Reserve Bank when the gold en-
barge became effective was not that
of The prisoner.
$4,000 Still Missing
The deposit had been made in
the name of }. j. Faulkner and the
Federal detective said he had found
several men" with that name.
Did you know that a j. j. Faux
Ter jumped from the ChrySler
Building and was killed." he was
asked.
Mr. Wilson replied that he did
not, but that he knew one Faulkner
who had died since Hauptmann
arrest.
The defense brought out that
S31 900 of the ransom money has
not been turned into the United
States Treasury. Mr.. Wilentz and
Attorney Fisher engaged in frequent,
heated verbal clashes during Mr.
wilson's testimony.
Guards had their hands clamped
tightly about his wrists when they
brought Hauptmann into court to-
day for the eighth day of his trial
on charges of numbering Charles A.
Lindbergh Jr.
RumOrS were current of a "sui-
eide or escape" plot, but they were
laughed away by Sheriff John H.
CurtiSs.
1T is merely a little extra pre-
caution, in view of the crowds
through which he has to pass" the
Sheriff said
The rumOrs gained circulation.
however, when it was observed that
deputies were taking up every ticket
at the dOor-including the red press
paSSeS-and returning them to the
holders only when they left the
building.
That is being DONE" said the
Sheriff. because there have been
a lot of chiSelers at work. One of |
them got as much a. $50 Tor his
ticket, which he sent OCT 10 a friend
in the crowd by messenger"
Fisch's Relatives or Way
Edward Reilly, chief defense
counsel. intimated this afternoon he
woulC prove that Dr.. John T (Jaf-
sie) Condor. delivered the $4,000
not to Hauptmann, but to Isidor
Fisch. fur maker, who returned to
Germany some months after the
kidnapping and died. Hauptmann
has maintained steadily since his
arrest that the ransom money IN
his possession was given 20 him by
F.SCh.
Mr. Reilly attempted yesterday to
get DR.. Condor and Dr. Condon'S
daughter, Mrs. Ralph Hacker, to
identify a man who delivered note
to DR.. Condon'S home during the
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