The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-02-22

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charged with murder 81 S
in Hunterdon county.
In reviewing the D,v,a
ransom negotiations, w;ien+-
and Doctor Condon's
part, Justice Trenchard said:
"Of course, If there is in the minds
of the jury a reasonable doubt as to
the truth of any testimony, such testi-
mony should be rejected, but, upon the
whole, is there any doubt in your mind
as to the reliability of Doctor Condon's
testimony"
Trenchard said:
at is argued that Colonel Lindbergh
could not have identified that voice and
that it is unlikely that the defendant
would have talked with Condor. Well,
those questions are for the determina-
ton of this jury"
AS to the gang theory, the court
said: asstA [
1T is argued by defendants counsel
that the kidnapping and murder was
done by gang with the help or con-
nivance of some one or more servants
of the Lindbergh or Morrow house
holds.
''Now, do you believe that? Is there
any evidence in this case whatsoever to
support any such conclusion?
Does it not appear that many thou
sands of dollars of ransom bills were
found in his garage, hidden in the
walls or under the floor, that others
were found on his person when he was
arrested and others passed by him
from time to time
"The defendant says that these ran
som bills, moneys, were left with him
by one Isidor Fisch, a man now dead.
Do you believe that?"
He told the jury it might also con-
slider the evidence that shortly after
the delivery of the ransom Hauptmann
began to purchase stock and spend
more freely. Then he asked:
do you believe his testimony that
the money was left with him in shoe
box, and that it rested on the top shelf
in his closet for several months?
His wife, as / recall it, said she
never saw the box and do nor recall
that any witness, excepting the de-
PENDANT testified that they ever saw
the shoe box there"
The judge first told the jury it must
be guided by the principles of law,
which he would SET forth. He added
that they were the sole judges of evil
dence.
Hauptmann will await his execution
date in the Trenton death house.
Elaborate precautions have been taken
to prevent suicide or Jail break at
tempt on the part of the prisoner.
Asked whether Hauptmann would be
permitted to mingle with others in
death row, the warden declared that
other prisoners would tear him to
pieces" Hauptmann's cell is only a
few steps from the gray door that
leads to the death chamber, barren
room containing the electric chair.
The walls of the chamber are a glar-
ing white, the concrete floor a battle
ship gray. The chair stands in the
rear of the room, under two flood
lights.
Unless efforts of his attorneys to
obtain retrial are successful, it is in
this room that Hauptmann will end
the long trail that began on March 1,
1882, when the Lindbergh baby was
stolen as it lay sleeping in it's crib in
the Hopewell home On April 2, DR..
John F. Condor established contact
with the kidnaper and paid the $780,
600 ransom to "John" in st. Ray
mond's cemetery, the Bronx. The
search for the child was resumed when
the kidnaper failed to keep his part
of the pact, and the baby was found,
slain, in a thicket grave five miles
from the Lindbergh estate.
During the year of 1888, the search
continued with apparent failure to
find any trace of the criminal, and it
was not until September 10, 1882, that
Bruno Richard Hauptmann was ar
rested in New York's Bronx; within a
week $4,000 in ransom bills were
found hidden in his garage. The
Bronx county grand jury indicted
Hauptmann for extortion on Septem-
Der 26. Hauptmann's fight to escape
extradition to New Jersey to answer
a charge of murder was unsuccessful
and on October 10. he was taken to
Pennington.
The trial began on January 2, 1885.
and on February Is, he was found
guilty and sentenced to the electric
chair.
Some believe Hauptmann will talk
now that he has been convicted. Many
have felt that he had accomplices in
the crime and that only the fact that
his story would implicate him has
sealed his lips. Whether this will hap
pen, and what the results of such
testimony would be, can only be con-
jectured. No one knows. Perhaps he
will go to his death, his lips sealed.
still a man with ice water in his
veins"
g. Western Newspaper Union.