Evening star., 1935-01-26
BRUNO IS WEARY
At END OF DAY
Early Calm Disturbed When
Confronted by Spelling
of "Boad."
Nv the Associated Press

prosecution yesterday to trip the car
penter's alibi for the kidnap-murder OF
Baby Lindbergh.
The world read that word nearly
three years ago, when a ransom hoaxer
sent Col. Charles A. Lindbergh on an
empty search for the mythical "Boad
Nellie" where. he wrote, the baby
would be found safe and well.
Yesterday, in singing attack on
Hauptmann's witneSs-stand story, At
torney General David T. Wilentz
whipped out little red notebook and
showed the prisoner the word "boad''
in handwriting he would not deny was
his own.
Hauptmann was perspiring and per-
turbed when he stepped from the
stand, although he had spent almost
an entire day in calm denial that he
ever saw the Lindbergh baby, "alive
or dead" or that he had anything to
do with the ransom hoax.
Told Truth in Court.
Earlier Wilentz had Hauptmann ad-
nit he told the truth only ito cer-
tain extent" when he was arrested in
New York, although the prisoner in
sisted there was mo question" that
he told the truth yesterday.
He also dragged out the prisoner
German prison record after Haupt-
mann, in ending his direct testimony,
told Chief of Defense Counsel Edward
j. Reilly that the police beat and
tricked him when they arrested him.
Blame for the ransom goldbacks
with which he was caught were placed
by Hauptmann on the dead shoulders
of Isador Fisch.
The attorney general came back
with Fisch's name on cross-eXamlna-
ton.
Never Saw Lindbergh Baby.
"He was a very good friend" the
carpentry said.
Did he help you kidnap this Lind
bergh child and murder it?" Wilentz
shot out.
"I never saw"
"You never saW?"
"-Mr. Lindbergh's child"
Over continued defense objections,
WilentZ made Hauptmann say that ne
concealed a pistol, as well as five
rolls Of ransom bills, in holes he bored
in his garage.
intervening testimony appeared in
all editions Of yesterdays Starr.
After Fisch sailed for Europe,
Hauptmann said, he began drawing
his living expense from his stock
account.
In March, 1888, he said, he trans
ferred his bank account to his wife,
maiden name. Anna Schoeftler, after
he was involved in an automobile
accident and feared the man he hit
with his car would sue him. There
was an out of court settlement.
Twelve days earlier, he testified, he
had deposited $3.50 in gold certifl-
Gates and gold coin in bank in
accordance with President Roose-
velts order of an embargo on gold.
He had intended keeping the gold
certificates and coin because he was
afraid of initiation, but when Roose-
velt'S order came through he obeyed it.
Reilly questioned him further, then
turned to Miss Hildegrade Alexander's
identification of Hauptmann as the
man she had seen watching DR.. Con-
don in the Fordham road station of
the New York Central Railroad in
March, 1882. Hauptmann denied he
had ever been in that station.
Beaten by Police.
Then Reilly asked Hauptmann
about his treatment by police in New
York when he was arrested.
@. Now, when you were taken to
the New York police station were you
beaten by the police?
WilentZ objected, but he withdrew
the objection after some argument.
@. During the period between the
time you we're brought in and the
time you were asked to write and
give certain exhibitions of your hand
writing and samples we're you beaten
in that station house?
A. Not in this time.
@. Well, now, when were you
beaten?
Wilentz argued unsuccessfully
against the admission of this testi-
mony.
Q. Were you beaten-yes or no? A.
Yes, sir.
Q. When did it starta A. The Sec
ond night when I got arrested.
Q. Where were you? A. New York
police station.
@. After that you were taken to the
Bronx? A. After that I was taken to
the Bronx.
Wilentz argued again, and Reilly
had to reframe the questions He led
Hauptmann through the various
phases of his arrest, and his deten-
tion at the Greenwich Village police
station.
O. Now, in the station the first
night what did they do to you, If any
thing? A. The first night they re-
quired the request writing.
@. Yes. Now, in writing did YOU
spell the words of your own free will
or did they tell you how to spell the
words? A. Some of them words they
spell it to me-
Q. How do you spell not? A.
Not.
j. Did they ask you to spell it
n-o-t-e? A. remember very well
they put ''e" on it.
Q. How do you spell "signature?"
A. S-i-g-n-u-t-u-r-e
@. How did they tell you to spell it,
Sling? A. They did.
@. -n-a-t-u-r-e? A. They did.
@. "Singnature?" A. They did.
Q. So when they were debating the
spelling, that was not your own free
will in spelling, was it? A. 1t was not.
Wrote at Dictation.
@. AS far as the spelling of these
words that I have indicated, and other
words that are misspelled in these
request writings of yours, was that
your voluntary spelling or your vol
untary act, or was it the act and
spelling dictated to you by policemen
and officials who wanted you to write
it that way? A. 1t was because of the
dictation.
@. And in that writing they kept on
for how many hours? A. I can't re-
member exactly the time of the request
writing, but I know real well it was
late, it was really late in the night
time probablv after l2 O'Clock. I