The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-12

 1 lngton to testify about the nail holes" he said. He read the testimony of Dr Hudson that ambitious writer of q book"
 Dr E. M. Hudson was a defense fingerprint expert.
 WIlentz sarcastically referred to Reilly's reference yesterday to the "state's paid witnesses"
 "Oh yes, only those who answer ed the radio call of Mir Reilly for witnesses were moved in the in- terest of Justlce." He dared anyone to find a biem- ish on the reputation of Arthur koehler, states wood expert. Arthur Koehler who has spent his life on this sort of thing must have been ambitious for advance. ment," Wilentz said ironically.
 The man who one and half years before Hauptmann was arr rested traced the lumber to c Bronx lumber yard.
 For 20 minutes yesterday coun- sel talked about the defense witt nesses. That's all they were worth, | They had four handwriting ex- perts down in Trenton. Only ono testified.
 "Why, even Hauptmann himself, said the writing looks like mine"
 They talk Of the defense having the handicap of no money There isn't a scintilia of evidence that they haven't any. think they have plenty Of money. They got 1t from cranks, un- | A nta ,,I xxNt .Ii l the country. They had enough money to hire what they thought were the four best lawyers avuil- able-enough money 10 hire one of the best criminal lawyers in the cast.
 "So there must be some money somewhere. Certainly the lawyers wouldn't do 1t just to represent q murderer.
 | Now Red Johnson had the un- fortunate experience to be fond of Betty Cow. And she was unfor- tunate enough to have to work for Q living"
 Wilentz smashed into the defense charge that Red Johnson was i'm Dlicated in the Kidnapping.
 Why Scotland Yard investlgat- ed Red Johnson," he shouted.
 "The defense said we refused to bring Johnson back here. We could have brought him back, but they would have said we were wasting the taxpaycr's money" Wilentz replied to refensc cr!- tlcism that only one of Isidor F'isci's relatives were put on the stand although a party of four were brought from Germany. If ] had not brought Isidor Fisch's nurse here from Germany, l know someone would have gotten on the stand to swear that Fisch confessed on his deathbed. That's why we brought here here. Reiliy interrupted Wilentz with an objection to the attorney gen. erals recital of tho dcfense's fail- ure 10 introduce phonograph record which Dr Condon made de- scribing his cemetery converse tions with John.
 Justice Trenchard ruled he had seen nothing irregular in the sum nation.
 You may proceed with the sum- matoin," the court ruled.
 Now why didn't they call for the record?" Wilentz asked. Were they afraid 1t would be more dam aging than the lip testimony of Dr Condon?
 "rhey would have heard that conversation all over again Hauptmann's voice initiated by pr Condon.
 Like Reilly. Wilentz praised Col. Lindbergh.
 II am proud to sit in the same UI hn nIA
 Hauptmann was breathing fast CT than usual, but he had not moved a muscle of his body.
 Ills wife, Anna, seated a few chairs away, was nervous. Her face, ordinarily drained of color, was rcd.
 T don't know whether Betty Cow or Violet Sharpe knew it, but from the day or the Kidnapping, they and their families were un- der surveillance" Wilentz said.
 "They couldn't spend quar- ter without 1t being known. "Why, even their telephone wires must have been tapped. in- vestigators moved next door to watch them.
 Why the federal government has spent fl fortune on this New Jersey crime.
 Counsel says if he had been in that cemetery he would have torn the kidnaper limb from limb.
 "col. Lindbergh didn't want that. He wanted the man punished but cant you hear the father say. First let me have my child back
 Defense counsel had said Col. Lindbcrgh was stabbed in the back.
 We are bound by what we know of this case. "Wouldn't 1t have been easier for authorities to have blamed the dead Violet sharpe for the crime, than to have tried this defendant? Of course, but Violet Sharpe was not involved in the slightest. There Is no proof that she was.
 Why should we blame this dead girl?
 "If Violet Sharpe was going to help hldnap the child, she would have done 1t at Englewood where she worked.
 Now you cant convict people, dead or nlive--for something they didn't do. There isn't Il word of testimony that smears Betty Cow.
 Betty Cow had the child in her sole custody for months while the parents were away flying. Don't ever get the idea that either of these girls--Betty Cow or Violet Sharpe--had anything to do with 1t.
 Don't leave such thought on your conscience" WilentZ related how meticulous- ly the state checked Ollie Whately -"Even to his grave--and found nothing to duplicate him or his wife.
 If they have no respect for the dead, why do they try to cast doubt on Mrs. Whately, who still works for the LindbcrghsY' Will entz asked.
 Not one ransom dollar was tracel to anyone connected with the family!
 "If these servants arc good enough for the Llndberghs--after government officials had checked them don't be swayed by defense counsel.
 No chIscl of Betty Cows was