Evening star., 1935-01-30

Often Stood in Closet.
@. You never took the soap out
when 1t was wet. A. Yes, I took
them out and dried them and put
them back.
@. think you said you had some
rags or clothing there. A. did.
@. In addition to the rags thefs
were the tin box, the curtain rods
and the shelf trimming. A. Yes.
@. When you say 1t was wet up
there you mean it was just little
damp? A. No, there was water there,
water in the closet.
@. Now those rods-how were they
lying In the closet? A. don't re-
member. I didn't know how they
were dere.
@. Didn't you object when he
wanted to take money out Of the bank
account for speculation? A. I said
he shouldn't take any more.
@. Now you remember you were q
witness at the extradition proceedings
in the Bronx? A. Yes.
Wilentz, quiet voiced and deferen-
tial, read slowly from the record Of the
extradition proceedings.
Wilentz asked her II she had told
| the Bronx authorities that she had
no recollection of what happened
March !, 1882, at was too far back"
She replied that she said Il do,
but didn't know it was the first Of
March," the night of the kidnapping.
Justice Trenchard called the noon
recess as Wilentz was about to ask
another question. Mrs. Hauptmann
took chair near her husband as the
jury filed out.
Mrs. Hauptmann Pale
On Return to Stand.
Mrs. Hauptmann was the firSt Of
the defense figures to return to the
court room after recess. She was pale,
but seemed confident
When Hauptmann was brought in
he looked at his wife and nodded.
How are you?" he inquired in
clipped words.
She smiled her answer at him en-
couragingly. There were no words
spoken then, but a few minutes later
both engaged in brisk conversation.
The jury was polled after Justice
Trenchard resumed the bench and
Mrs. Hauptmann went slowly back to
| the witness chair.
Wilentz asked her first about the
statement she gave in the Bronx after
Hauptmann's arrest.
@. You knew it was about the
Lindbergh kidnapping? A. I didn't
know what it was.
@. You and Mrs. Henckel were very
good friends, you say? A. Yes.
@. Ever have any trouble with her?
A. No.
Mrs. Hauptmann Denies
Complaining Of Henckels.
Mrs. Hauptmann, a defiant look III
her eyes, denied she refused to go To
the Henckel home and that she had
complained of the friendship with
them.
@. You didn't like the idea Of pic
lures your husband had taken with
other people? A. would say dat.
Wilentz asked her what was her
husbands attitude when she returned
from Germany in 1882.
@. Did he act differently after you
came back from Germany? Mrs.
Hauptmann choked and struggled for
a minute then she replied violently:
"I won't say So"
@. Did you notice any difference?
A. He was always the same to me.
Wilentz returned to the question OF
Hauptmann's friendship for Mrs. Hen
excl.
He asked her if she had not refused
to 90 to Greta HanckePS house, and
she replied she had. but there was no
fighting"
What was the reason?" Wilentz
asked ever so gently.
Mrs. Hauptmann's head drooped.
Her eyes were on the floor and there
were tears in her voice as the halting,
human answer came slowly: I
couldn't say that to you"
Quiet Question EIicits
A Pathetic Answer.
@. When you were nursing your
child, you probably didn't reach often
to that top shelf in the kitchen broom
closet? A. The doctor told me not to-
so I didn't.
It was o pathetic question and
answer.
She told wilentz she heard over
the radio that gold must be turned In
and she told Hauptmann about 1t.
She said she told him he would have
to take his to the bank.
@. Did your husband say, III you
had let me take the money out sooner
for stocks I would have made more
money!" A. I don't know what he
said.
Mrs. Hauptmann told Of showing
Mrs. Hahn her dresses before she
went to Germany Wilentz was bring
ing out the visit of the Hahns, who
allegedly saw ransom money at the
home.
@. When your husband came to
Pennington did you say you were
going in to ask him again II he were
guilty or not? A. I didn't tell any
body anything.
The plain little German woman de-
scribed how she had stopped working
after June, 1882, because my husband
was working in Wall Street."
Tells Of Her Surprise
When Money Was Found.
@. Did Inspector Bruckman (of the
Bronx police) tell you the Lindbergh
kidnapping was March /, 1892? A. 7
don't remember.
@. Did he ask you If you were with
your husband that night and didn't
you say you didn't remember? A I
don't remember. said I was with my
husband, but didn't remember 1t was
the first Of March.
wilentz elicted from Mrs. Haupt-
mann chat she never saw any one FIX
the closet leak. The plumber who In
spected it, she said, told me ne would"
The day of the arrest, she said, the
police called me down to the garage,
and zone man said to the other, Look
at this money"
@. Did you see this can at the
time? Wilentz exhibited the shellac
can in which the bulk Of the money
was found. A. Yes.
@. You were there when this can
OF money was found? A. Yes.
@. Whatever he did with reference
to hiding the money In the garage,
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