Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-12
BRANDS ACCUSED PUBLIC
ENEMY NO. l OF WORLD
IN DEMAND FOR DEATH
Mrs. Snyder, Upset
By WiIentz Plea,
Misses Luncheon
Jurors Listen Attentiuely
to Request Not to
sect Weak. -
BY the Associated Press.


PENNINGTON, N. j.. February IL.
Mrs Verna Snyder. the Hauptmann
No. juror, was so upset after hear
ing the first part Of the prosecution
summation today she did not finish
her lunch.
She left the crowded Union Hotel
dining room after her first course.
and went to the jury's quarters by
way of the back stairs.
Men and women stood on chairs
in the dining room to see the jury
come in for lunch. They massed in
the hotel corridor, blocking the pas
sage until Defense Attorney Edward
J. Reilly arrived and cleared it.
Mrs Anna Hauptmann was stat
ueque in her court room appearance
today while Attorney General David
T. Wilentz argued for her husbands
electrocution.
Hears Singing Attack.
She sat unmoving while the jurors
constantly. by little gestures and facial
terly-phrased summation.
At one point Wilentz said of Haupt-
mann:
Hes cold-heIl thaw out when he
hears that SWITCH
Her pale face under the felt hat
pulled down over her eyes did not
change its expression.
Her hands were folded in her lap.
With her head dropping slightly she
looked at the attorney generals blue
clad figure as he urged the jury to
convict her husband.
Don't get weak If you think he's
guilty"
Four jurymen gazed at Wilentz. who
leaned toward them with clinched
fist.
Mrs. Snyder Thoughtful.
Mrs. Rosie Pill rested her chin in
one hand: Mrs Snyder claSped her
black pocketbook in both hands and
looked thoughtful.
The youngest jury woman. Mrs.
Ethel Stockton. was pale and intent
She and Mrs. May Brelsford. the
middle-aged No. 10 juror, sat with
folded arms
Mrs Pill had the grave, respectful
air of a church-goer hearing a SER
mon. She sat on one side Of her
chair. her grandmotherly face turned
toward Wilentz
Mrs. Snyder beside her was less in
tent. She frowned and jerked her
pink collar when Wilentz came over
and sat on a table in front of the
jury box.
Charles Snyder. serious. middle
aged farmer in the front row, looked
impressed when Wilentz said that If
he had sat in the same row with a
man he thought killed his child. "the
man might never have lived to face
trial"
Snyder is the father of several chill
dren. George Voorhees, another
father on the jury, frowned and
leaned forward intently.
Scores of silent men and women
stood in a court ante-room and
craned. Among them we're many resi-
dents of Perth Amboy, the attorney
generals home town.
Wilentz's wife did not hear his sum-
nation. She attended only one ses-
sion and left, saying ut made me
nervous"
Carpenter Intent.
The carpenter on the jury cupped
his hand to his ear and Mrs. Stock
ton blinked when Wilentz said:
The murder of the Lindbergh child
would shrink into insignificance in
comparison with the crime that would
be committed if that man were free. "
Mrs. Hauptmann did not move. but
she Redeemed when the chief prosecu-
tor added:
His nation will never forgive him
for the disgrace he's brought to them.
He smothered and choked that
child right in that room into insensi-
bility. Why didn't 1t cry out?-there's
the answer" he said
Mrs. Stockton, in her red blouse.
dropped and looked sad. Another sad
face was Mrs. Brelsford's.
Mrs. Snyder's plump face had a
stony look when Wilentz shouted.
Look at his hands! Watch hin: walk
ing. panther like, gloating, feeling
good"
Mrs. Pill Strengthened keI shoulders
when Wilentz said, IF We didn't have
another thing besides Condor sitting
on the stand saying That's the man
gave the money to- that's enough TO
convict him of murder in the first
degree"
Mrs. Stockton was leaning far to
one side. her eyes on Wilentz when
he pictured the fright vixen you flnd
your child missing"
Ibid you see JOHNNY TWO
hours. and you're panic-s1ricken.'