Evening star., 1935-01-29

story about the wood yesterday? A.
No.
Wilentz swung to another line Of
attack that of his alibi for the kid
nap night.
@. Who told you to change your
story and tell about the dog? A. No.
body. I found out about 1t myself.
@. Never mentioned it. did you. A.
No.
@. Never said anything about walk
ing the streets with a dog? A. re-
member it afterward that think Of it.
@. Why didn't you think of 1t then?
A. I guess I know, but don't think
it was important.
@. It wasn't important. The only
important thing in that extradition
proceeding was whether you were in
the Bronx the night of the kidnapping
as you testified or in Hopewen as New
Jersey claimed? A. Yes.
@. So it was important. wasn't 1t?
A. Yes.
Market Transactions
Figure in Testimony.
The questions, shot rapidly at the
quiet-spoken defendant, turned to the
market transactions.
Q. You sold short, didn't you. A.
Yes.
@. Did you buy put and call. In
other words it's hedge? A. Insurance.
Wilentz went into the technical
details of puts-and-calls, winding up,
you learned all the tricks of the trade
in Wall Street; didn't you?"
He got no answer from the witness.
Hauptmann, smiling, corrected Will
entz that he did not lose, but won "a
few dollars" on put and call.
@. The only money you put in was
from Fisch from furs and from your
bank account? A. And mortgage.
@. You deposited hundreds of dol
lars In silver change? A. I'd like to
explain to the jury.
The large amount Of silver. the
State contends. came from the change
Hauptmann obtained by passing ran
som money.
@. Where did you get all that silver?
A. 1t was a mistake. Sometimes on
the slip, the deposit slip, when write
it down, I get the bills down below the
line where it reads silver.
@. You mean that some Of the de-
posit slips show silver but what we
call silver were really bills? That
right? A. Yes.
Wilentz produced the deposit slips.
@. Take a look at this. 1t shows
coins, $186. A. That Is wrong. It
means bills. You can't expect to carry
5000 in silver in my pocket.
@. But isn't that your Handwriting
on that slip? A. Yes. But never
carried that much silver.
Defendant Bushes
During Examination.
Wilentz showed him another slip.
@. You put the bills in the right
place then? A. No, that's all right.
| Another deposit slip was shown him,
and again Hauptmann said 1t was all
right, the bills and coins being In the
correct place.
| A red blush suffused the carpenter's 6
face as the questioning progressed.
@. What's this So in bills, $12 In
coins and $50 check? A. That's all
right.
9. Now, here's se2 in bills. sl2 in
coins? A. Yes.
@. Here Is s12 in coins. A. That
means bills.
Q. Between bills and checks? A.
That is bills.
@. Another coins, $84. A. That's
a mistake. I didn't pay so much at
tention to the figures, how I wrote
them.
One after one Wilentz showed him
deposit slips in his handwriting, show
ing large deposits of silver. Haupt-
mann seemed to be getting confused
and his explanations became more
jumbled.
"It should be bills. It should be
bills" he repeated monotonousiy a
he looked at the deposit amounts he
had marked beside the word silver
on a deposit slip.
Counterfeit Coin
Draws Question.
Wilentz hammered questions about
counterfeit quarter among the de-
posits and Reilly protested. The jus
tice advised Hauptmann he would
have opportunity to answer"
@. Here is 5000 In bills deposited ir
September, 1882. You weren't work.
ing. Where did you get the money?
A. From the fur business.
Wilentz and the defendant con.
tinued the identification of the de.
posts, the attorney general citing
many coin deposits which Hauptmanr
said were mistakes.
| They turned to another.
@. It couldn't be coins? A. No.
@. But it is IN your handwriting
A. Yes. III ~.
@. And here's the bank clerks mum
Der, 1876? A. Yes.
@. He checked it? A. Yes. all hi
cares is the amount Is right, not tn
kind of money.
| wilentz showed Hauptmann 81:
coin deposit.
@. You didn't deposit $12 in coin II
all the years before 1882? A What!
that?
j The question was repeated.
Il A. I don't remember.
/ Wilentz showered more deposit
slips on the defendant. They showed
both bills and silver coins under the
proper nstings.
There were two deposits Of silver
one $l2 and the other $40, both made
shortly after the ransom payment.
j @. Where did you get that silveri
A. Some OF the money out Of my
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