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The Washington times., 1935-02-08
GSS SAW PAIR WITH LADDER IN CAR NEAR HOPEWELL

used in either the kidnap ladder
or the attic board. The witness
replied:
mot this nail?"
When Mr.. Wilentz asked "why
not?" the witness said:
Because no marks are on It
and no nail could be taken out
in as straight a shape as this"
Mr.. Wilentz asked:
would it surprise YOU to
know that this nail did come
from this bOard?"
Mr.. de BiSschop pondered a
moment and then said:
ut would be an awful sur.
PRISE"
Mr.. Wilentz became quite com.
bative. With boards in his arms
the attorney general moved up
to Mr.. de BisSchop and fired
questions at him.
Mr.. Pope, on redirect examina-
ton had brought out that some
Of the matched boards he had
offered in evidence yesterday had
some splits" in them this morn.
ing.
Mr.. de Bisschop told Mr.. Will
entz that was probably due to
the fact the boards were left in
a warm safe overnight.
Mr.. Wilentz then shouted:
"DO you mean to say these
splits appeared in the boards
Overnight?"
eyes, when the wood is left
in a warm place splits some
times appear in an hour"
The pieces of board were
shown to the jury.
Mr.. Wilentz tried to infer that
Mr.. de Bisschop had cut his
pieces of matched wood" from
the same piece of board,
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Trees in Court

When Mr.. Pope got organized
he handed up several small pine
trees to Mr.. de Bisschop. At the
instigation of Mr.. Pope, the wit
ness put two sections Of the little
North Carolina pine end to end
and held them up. The whole
trunk stood some eighteen feet,
and on the top were bristling
green needles.
Attorney General Wilentz OBJ
jected to the illustration, saying
the boards in the case could not
possibly have come from the
skinny-looking tree the witness
was trying to put up.
Mr.. de Bisschop sat in the wit
ness chair, his tWo-section tree held
like a spear. The bristling top
almost brushed the court room
ceiling.
Mr.. de Bisschop presented a
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Reilly Sarcastic

Defense Attorney Reilly .ques-
toned Mr.. Farber. He asked him
what time he got to Flemington
this morning, and the witness
said 1890" Mr.. Reilly asked
Garcasticauy:
81 suppose you had your
watch Out?"
"NO."
Mr.. Farber also said mo" when
Mr.. Reilly asked him If he took
a tape measure and measured
the distance from where the acci.
dent occurred to the cemetery.
Q.-Who sent for you to come
here?
A.-The attorney general.
Q.-Where were you last night2
A.-Hotel Hilderbrecht. in Tren-
ton.
(This is the States headquar-
ters.)
Q.-Having a good time? A.
] was not.
Q.-Expenses paid? A.-only
my room.
On redirect examination. Mr..
Wilentz asked Mr.. Farber if he
had ever been convicted OF a
crime. The witness replied: NO"
Mr., Farber was excused.
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Never One Board

This would tend to bear out
his contention that rail 16" Of
the kidnap ladder and the board
from Hauptmann's attic could
not have come from the same
part Of a tree, hence were never
part Of a single board.
Referring to the attic board
Mr.. Pope asked if this board lay
in the attic for several years,
would there be a mark under
meath the board where it met
the joist.
The witness said there should
be markings every 16 inches.
Mr.. de Bisschop pointed out
yesterday that there were seven
knots in the attic board and only
3 in Rail 49,"
Taking the little tree this
morning, the witness pointed to
it and said:
81 will show the difference
between q butt cut and q top
cut. You see there are more
knots in a butt cut than in
the top cut up here. This is
always true of North Carolina
pine."
The jury listened intently to
the homely lecture by the lum-
ber man.
eff this board were nailed
to the joists with square-cut
nails for a couple of years could
it be removed without leaving
some marks from a pry bar or
loosening chisel? A.-No, you'd
leave marks of some kind.
Q.-Do you see any marks Of q
bar or nail extracting tool or
hammer shown on this board
(attic boarO to show it was con-
nected with a joist? A.-No marks
are there. The only one is where
the nail was drove in by a ham,
mer,
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part Of one and the same
bOard?"
mo"
Mr.. Wilentz argued that the
witness was not qualified as an
expert in matching grain, so this
answer was ordered stricken.
Mr.. Pope rephrased the ques-
tion, asking the witness to an
swer, not as an expert in match
ing grain, but as an experienced
lumber man.
Mr.. Wilentz again objected, ar
guing for several minutes. But
Mr.. Mielke was permitted to an.
SWer. He said:
ThOse two pieces (the attic
board and rail 1872 are not
pieces of one board"
Mr.. Mielke then was handed
the cheap, wooden carpenters
plane found in Hauptmann's gar
age.
Asked if the plane would leave
different plane marks" on wood
If pressure were applied in differ
ent ways, he said the marks would
differ.
Mr.. Pope then handed him the
pieces of board introduced earlier
by Mr.. de Bisschop. Mr.. Pope
asked if the saw markings on the
boards were different.
After Mr.. Wilentz' objection
was overruled, the witness said:
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Was Point Proved?

Which side has come out best
is, of course, all in the point of
view. The big issue, still unset
tied in the minds of most unbiased
observers, is:
did the State actually put
Bruno Hauptmann in New Jer.
Sey the night of the crime or
nOt?"
Hauptmann's side produced wit
nesses to support his contention
that on the night of March /,
1882, when the Lindbergh baby
was kidnapped, he was in the
Bronx, New York city, calling for
his wife at Fredericksen's Bakery
early in the evening and later tax
ing her home where, according to
the defendant, they remained all
night.
The prosecution, on the other
hand, put witnesses on the stand
who testified they saw Haupt
mann in New Jersey in a car con.
tanning a ladder shortly before the
crime. But no witness has come
forward to say they actually saw
Hauptmann climbing the ladder
or seizing the child, or at any time
seeing him with the baby.
The most definite-and many
think the most discriminating
thing-the uthorities have
against Hauptmann is this ran.
som money. Generally speaking,
there is more doubt concerning
Hauptmann's explanation of the
ransom money than there is of
his explanation of his where.
abouts the night the crime was
committed.
On the question of the hand
writing in the ransom notes, testi-
mony has been given both ways.
For example, Albert S. Osborn,
State handwriting expert, said
Hauptmann wrote the ransom
notes. John M. Trendley. de.
fense handwriting authority, said
Hauptmann did not write thG
notes.
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the No. II juror. He is q car.
penter. Mr.. Pope said:
"NOw, you have been engaged
In the wrecking business. l sup
pose you have torn up great
deal Of flooring, haven't yOu?"
"Yes."
Q.-Now, if a board of North
Carolina pine was laid over joists
in a floor for any length of time
wouldn't there be marks on that
board where it rested OF the joists?
A.-Yes. There would be marks.
Q.-Did you find any such
marks on this board?
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MRS. F4ENKEES COFFEE WAS IRRESISTIBLE


THE FRAGRANCE of Mrs. Greta HenkePs coffee
brought Bruno Richard Haupmann to her house much
three time week. Mrs. Hnkel testified on the wit
stand. The who stands as one of the main
links between the living Hauptmann and the dead Isl
dor Fisch proved dsconcerng witness both for State
and defense Fisch she testified left this country owing
her relatives some thousands, mutey disproving the
aib of the defense that the German furrier had any
connection with the $5OOOO ransom money paid by
Colonel Lindbergh. The witness knew both Fsch and
Henry Uhlig his friend, in Germany and it was
in her house that Hauptmann used to meet Fisch on
his way to the brokerage where he passed day after
day. Attorney General Wilentz limited at romance
between her and the defendant but she Tended off
such insinuations. She and Mrs Hauptmann, once a
national Photo.
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CGrLStrOn1 Hit

Next Mr.. Wilentz called Arthur
larson, a painter, who testified
that on March /, 1882, the day
of the kidnapping, he was work
ing on a house for ''Mr. Christian
Aen," in Dunellen, N. j.
With him was working Elvert
0arlStrom, he said.
Mr.. Carlstrom is the handsome
27.year-old Swede who said he was
in Fredericksen's restaurant, in
the Bronx, on the night of March
!, 1882, and there saw Bruno
Richard Hauptmann.
Mr.. Larson declared emphat
1cally that Mr.. Carlstrom spent
that night in Dunellen, so he
could not have been in the Bronx
Mr.. Reilly in brief crosS-ex-
animation attempted to discredit
Mr.. Larson'S memory by asking
him what he was doing on other
dates in 1882.
Mr.. Larson was rather vague
IN his answers,
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Didn't See Him

On cross,examination Mr.. Reilly
asked only one question. It was:
Did you see Carlstrom work
ing for you in Dunellen that
day?
"No, I wasn't there myself"
That's ALL" said Mr.. Reilly and
court adjourned for luncheon re
cess until 1:45 p. m.
Breevort Bolmer, New jersey
filling station operator and grad
uate Of Princeton, threw a bomb
shell into the trial earlier today
by teStifying that on the day the
1indbergh baby was kidnapped he
saw a man and a woman in a
car with the kidnap ladder on
the side of the automobile, and
that the man was not Haupt-
mann.
Mr.. Bolmer said the pair stop.
ped at his filling station, on the
road from New Brunswick to
HopeWell, N. j., where the Lind.
hergh home was situated, and
asked for gas. 1t was 1:15 a. m
The ladder was attached to the
side of the car. Mr.. Bolme1
quoted the man as saying:
"I'm on a nursery job"
This remark about the nursery
job" was ordered stricken from
the record.
Mr.. Bolmer, a tall, red-faced
man, is Princeton graduate oi
the class of 1914. He testified hi
has been a resident of "Bolmer's
Corners" between Hopewell anc
Princeton, for 80 years, and thai
he operates filling station there
Questioned by Defense Attorney
Frederick A. Pope, Mr.. Bolmel
said he knew the location of the
Princeton airport. He said the
entrance to the airport is neal
the Reed House.
Q-Pope) Did any persons in
February 1882. drive UP to youl
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Thickness Differs

"The saw markings are diff
ferent."
The witness also said one board
was thinner than the other.
This line of testimony was cal
culated to support Mr.. de Bliss
chops testimony against Mr.
Wilentz' insinuations that Mr.. dt
Bisschop had cut his matched
samples" from the same board.
On cross-examination Attorney
Wilentz asked:
"The extent of your examina-
ton Of these boards and the
ladder was the short time you
looked at them yeSterday-isn't
that right?"
EYES,"
"That Is ALL"
The witness was excused and &
5-ninute recess was ordered.
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Can't Identify Her

Q.-Would you be able to ident
lily her if a picture was shown
you? Al would not.
Mr.. Wilentz asked Mr.. Bolme1
II ne had ever reported the matter
to the New Jersey police and the
witness said, NO" When Mr.
Pope shouted why didn't you?'
Mr.. Bolmer replied:
II didn't identify the descrip-
ton given mG Of the ladder.
The picture Of the ladder showed
1t was extended and I didn't
think It was the same ladder.
and I didn't want to make q fool
out Of myself"
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But you saw the ladder later.
Was it the same ladder?"
1T was"
Mr.. Wilentz shouted:
You're too anxious"
He reproved the witness for this
readiness in answering.
Justice Trenchard warned the
witness.
Don't be so free with your
talk"
Mr.. Wilentz began cross-exam-
nation. He asked Mr.. Bolmer if
he had seen dodge suburban.
with a ladder on the floor that
night, and Mr.. Blomer said, mo-"
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Story Supported

Hilgert Christensen, of New
York, next took the stand. He
substantiated Mr.. Larson's story
by saying that Mr. .CarlStrom and
Mr.. Larson we're both working
for him in Dunellen, N. j. on
March l, 1882.
(Wilentz) What kind Of
work was it? Airing a fur
mace.
Q-Was that day and night
work? A.-That I don't know.
All he was supposed to do was
keep up the fires.
Mr.. Wilentz tried to have in
troduced in evidence a 1nemoraa.
dunn showing his record Of the
employment on March 1, 1882,
Of Mr.. Larson and Mr.. Carlstron,
but it was excluded when Mr..
Reilly objected.
Q.-You paid Carlstrom for
working for you March /, 1882,
didn't you? Ayes.
That's ALL" Mr.. Wilentz said.
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SdlU Marks Vary

Mr.. Pope said TO Mr.. de
Bischop:
'Now, want to ask you a
few questions about these two
boards. Are the saw cuts on
the flat sides the same?"
"NO."
Dwell, then these pieces
must have come from different
boards, didn't they? A-Yes,
Again the foot-long pieces OF
board were handed to the jury
They were of particular interest
to impasSive little Liscom c. Case,
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DENIES DRIVER
WAS F|SCH Or
HAUPTMANN
Continued from Page y

CONTINUED from Page y
sdentified the man as the late
ISador FiSch.
Mr.. Farber tol Mr.. Wilentz the
accident occurred about 10 p. m.
on Sixth Avenue, between Fifty
fourth and Fifty-fifth Streets.
This is about eight miles from
st. Raymond's Cemetery.
@. (Wilentz) Are you sure the
man in the car at the time Of
the acciden. at 10 o'clock that
night was Heller? Al am.
That's ALL" said Wilentz.
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Witness Firm

Odd you watch your man
when he cut these samples? A
Yes.
Dwell, now isn't it a fact
you cut these two samples from
the same piece of wood? Al
did not!
The good-natured nursery man
shouted the answer emphatically.
Whatever drama is vet to be
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station and attract your atten-
ton? Ayes. They drove up
in a dark green car.
Q-What date was it that you
saw something on the car? A
March /, 1882, at lis a. M, fol-
lowing February 20. I saw on
the car a very poor ladder.
saw a ladder like it and the man
said he was going to do a nursery
job.
The last sentence was stricken
ont
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AUTOIST SPOKE
Of NURSERY,
He SAYS

strange appearance on the stand
with his miniature forest.
Over the bitter objections of
Attorney General Wilentz, Mr..
Bisschop was permitted to use
the tree to illustrate his state.
ment that in North Carolina pine
there are more knots in the butt
Of a tree than in the upper part
of the tree.
The Washington times., 1935-02-08

testify for the State in rebuttal,
unobtrusively came into the court
room and sat down near Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh. He is ex-
pected to deny Hauptmann's
story that he was beaten by New
York police after his arrest.
The Washington times., 1935-02-08
Man Described

POSITIVELY not!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-07
NO RESERVATIONS BY
OFFICIALS Of sioux
Governor Says He Is Not In.
formed Of Move Reported by
Hard-Prssssd County

Governor Walter Wexford Thursday
said he knew Of no move on the part
Of Sioux County officials to resign.
James Caddell, representative from
Sioux County, said that the indefi-
mite postponement Of the senate meas
ure which would have allowed disso-
luton Of the county by judicial court
order and gubernatorial proclamation
would not meet with favor from the
county.
Sioux county, which has been in
Strengthened circumstances, Caddell
said, Is having difficulty In obtaining
federal work relief projects because
Of the inability to pay for Workmen's
Compensation Insurance Is required
by relief regulations.
e. A. Wilson. state FERA admins
traitor, said no new work relief pro-
jects could be started In the county
until funds were obtained with which
to pay for the insurance.
At the Bank Of North Dakota It was
declared that no more Sioux county
warrants could be purchased BY the
bank because Of the poor financial
background Of the county.
Oaddell said he had been informed
that the county was running behind
approximately $4,000 each biennium.
Residents Of the county. however,
hoped that through the proposed Gales
tax q new source Of revenue coming
from Indian population. which repre-
sents about 80 Per cent q the resi-
dents Of the county would b found.
according 70 Oaddell
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-07
WORK RELIEF BILL
AWAITS new Vote
Roosevelt Forces confid . n (
Security Wage Will Be-
Endorsed by Senate

Washington, March 7.-(RHThe
capital waited Thursday for another
senate vote on the prevailing waae
requirement which was written into
the 1850, 100000 work relief bill two
weeks ago against President Roose-
velt'S wishes.
Reopening Of the floor fight on
the measure was held up temporarily
by q discussion OF the army's appro-
priation bill. Administration leaders
stood ready to proceed with the re-
lief controversy the moment this bar
rier was out Of the way.
A the test neared, Senator NcCar-
ran (Deu1., New. author Of the pre-
vailing wage amendment which the
senate previously passed, a to =. con-
tended that the administrations
forces were "wavering."
McCarran said the disclosure earlier
this week that VermontS two Re-
publican seuators-Austin and Glib
son-Would change from his 70 the
presidents side Il certain concessions
were granted had resulted II "stif1en.
iug" the support for his amendment.
Senators striving b ct the work
relief bill enacted Ia the form Fresi.
dent Roosevelt desires retortod that
their lines we're holding firm.
The Roosevelt leaders have agreed
! to mobilization wanted by the Vermont
senators. One would eliminate much
OF the preamble. Opponents -of the
bin have criticised the preamble On
the grounds that Il empowered the
president 70 do anything he wiSled
With the money. Another modl1lca.
ton would earmAsk 196o. 00o. 100 q the
works fund foe flood relief and other
purposes. Vermont has had heavy
Flood damage II recent years
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-07
Planning Board Bill Sign
Creek Rebels Threaten to Shell Athens
Wednesdays Legislature
(Dy the Associated press)
Convened ct 1880 Q. m.

convened &C 1V:JU q. m.
Recommended for passage bill
appropriating $500 for last July'S
special session, after bitter fight
In which charges Of political cor
ruption were hurled, and placed
bill on calendar for action Thurs.
day.
Indefinitely postponed senate
bin tightening regulation Of poul.
try dealers and providing for their
licensing and bond after turning
down house amendments.
Withheld action on IS house bills
still remaining on senate calendar
until Thursday, including final
vote on livestock weighing and
grading measure and special ses-
sion appropriation bill.
Recessed at 5:45 p. M. until 10
p. m, Thursday.
HOUSE
Killed senate revenue bill step.
ping up beer tax 100 per cent.
Prepared to act on senate in
come tax proposal.
Ploughed through q heavy cal
endar In attempt to clear decks
In time for closing day, Friday Ut
midnight.
Sent appropriations measures
for University Of North Dakota
and state agricultural college back
to appropriations committee for
further reductions.
Moved into night session.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-07
OF
MONEY IS Seen AS
'36 ELECTION ISSUE
Advocacy Comes From No Less
Source Than Governor Of
Federal Reserve

Washington, March 7.-(F-Redis.
tribution Of money-whetlses- capital
or income burst forth Thursday es
q fast-rolling ball Of political dyna-
mite headed toward the 1896 election
contests.
From the very throne Of banking
control-tle governorship Of the fed
eral reserve board-was heard adj
vocacy Of q new distribution Of the
nations income. To this, Governor
Mariner 8. Eccles, added:
THE most effective way Of achiev-
ing q better balance Is through in
come taxes"
differences by some that Eccles'
statement to the house banking COM
mittee Wednesday might represent
the Roosevelt administration reply
to Senator Huey p. Longs share the
wealth" campaign brought denials in
official quarters. Eccles, It was made
plain, spoke for himself.
But the political minded could not
overlook the fact that Eccles, holding
these views, had been lifted to q high
financial post by an administration
besieged by q host Of men pushing
what they term remedies for eco
nomic ills. OF these Longs share
program Is only one.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-07
BURLE|CH CORN-HOG
COMMITTEES NAMED
Charles Swenson Elected Chair
man Of County Group at
Meeting Thursday

Charles Swenson Of Bismarck was
elected chairman Of the Burleigh
county corn-hog allotment committee
ct Z meeting Of that group here
Thursday morning. william Joseph
son Of Wing was named vice chair
man.
John H. Noon Of Wilton Is the third
member OF the county committee and
Christ Schoon Of Sterling Is alternate.
Community committeeman were
elected In four districts throughout
the county and the chairmen Of
the four districts make up the
county committee. The committee
men viii appraise the farmers lands
under the provisions Of the 1885 corn
hog contracts.
Results Of the four district elections
are:
District John H. Noon, chair
man: G. L. johnson, e-chairman,
both Of Wilton: Carl A. johnson,
Baldwin, secretary: Sam Berg and
Axel Stenquist. members, both Of
Wilton. District includes: Wilson,
eteiber. Grass Lake. Estherville,
Painted Woods, Ecklund. 0hylin,
olenview, Crofte and Cromwell town.
ships).
District - william Josephsou,
chairman: Romeo Bailey. vice-chair-
man: J. J. Scallon, secretary. Ill q
Wing: william Deckert. Arena. and
Charles ]. Tfygg, Baldwin, members.
District includes: Summit, Florence