Evening star., 1935-01-30

trial, listened to every word, watching
Hauptmann's every move.
He heard Hauptmann deny he ever
had known Violet Sharpe. the English
maid in the home of Mrs Dwight w.
Morrow. Mrs. Lindbergh's mother. who
ended her life in June, 1882. after
being questioned by police in connec-
ton with the kidnapping.
You didn't know anybody who did
know her, did you?" Wilentz de-
manded.
mo"
you didn't know anybody con-
nected with the Lindbergh household
prior to March l, 1882, did you?"
mo"
Hauptmann refused to be trapped
when Wilentz touched on the bank
deposits Hauptmann made between
1882 and 1888, the deposits Of silver
that the State claims was change"
from ransom bills that the carpenter
slipped into trade.
That means bills" he insisted,
when confronted by the deposit slips.
and he explained the slips were in
error because he put the amounts of
the bill on the line intended for coins.
He never had all that silver" he
said.
Teller Recalls Deposits.
Nevertheless, Harry Trister. teller
at Mount Vernon bank, who gave
States testimony earlier, insisted to-
day he remembered that Hauptmann
banked as much as $100 in silver at
a time.
Hauptmann's replies were firm, but
sometimes hating, and at one point
Wilentz asked him:
Are you a little bit confused, or
something?"
"Oh, no, nothing at all" Haupt-
mann said.
mo, you wouldn't get confused,
would you?" the attorney general
asked.
mo, why should I9" the carpenter
shot back.
At another point Wilentz told him
to speak up.
"You are not getting weak, are
you?" he asked.
mo, no." Hauptmann said, and
smiled.
Wilentz hammered away at the dis
crepancy between statements Haupt-
mann made in a letter to Pincus
F'isch, brother of the furrier, con-
cerning his business dealings with
Isador, and the entries Hauptmann
made in his own account book.
The letter was produced in court,
translated anew for the jury under
Hauptmann's eyes, and read aloud.
Says He Lied in Letter.
Hauptmann merely insisted he had
lied in the letter, and had made what
to be a false entry in the
book.
Hauptmanns defiant answers twice
drew rebukes from the court and
once he even told his own attorney
what to do.
AS the days session ended. Reilly
asked on redirect examination:
Now, did you have some letters in
your home from 1sador) Fisch to
you at the time of your arrest?"
"Yes," replied Hauptmann, "and l
wish you would produce it in court
here"
Reilly: "Well, I guess the attorney
general will produce them"
Attorney General Wilentz: 1--WE will
produce whatever letters there are
from Fisch."
Q. (By Mr.. Reilly.) Do you know
who took them? A. don't know, but
I suppose the police took them.
Cautioned About Answers.
Supreme Court Justice Thomas w.
Trenchard earlier had cautioned
Hauptmann twice about his answers,
first when Wilentz accused hin4of
lying in the Bronx about a German
conviction.
Hauptmann replied, "Yes, but"
answer should stand, added: "It was
Is years ago and overruled"
The court: One moment. Your
counsel will give you a chance to
talk, If you want to explain any
thing.
The other rebuke was on redirect
when Hauptmann tes-
tilted he was uncertain at the time
of his Bronx testimony as to whether
he was working or looking for work
on March /, 1882, the date Of the kid
naping. Then he volunteered:
eff it wouldn't be so long ago !