The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-22

Hockmuth) already had identified Hauptmann as being in the neigh borhood of the Lindbergh Manor in the Sourlands on the day of the Kidnapping, and overruled the de- fense motion to exclude the mute witness.
 The state paved the way, then, to trace the wood in the ladder from tbe west coast to the Bronx, where, it says, Hauptmann used 1t to construct the ladder.
 Mrs Whatcly Recalled
 Mrs Oliver Whately widow of the suave Lindbergh butler. who died a year after the Kidnapping. was recalled to the stand to beat down defense insinuations that someone within the Lindbergh home had signalled to the kidnap- CTS by turning lights on and off. and to eorrohorate the story or how Betty Cow. the nursemaid. found one of the baby's thumb guards lying on the ground in a lane near the house, about a month after the Kidnapping.
 Remington, N. J., Jan 22.-(UP) "A lean mountaineer from the Sourlands today became the sev- enth government witness to iden- tify Bruno Richard Hauptmann as connected with the Lindbergh kid naping, and the second to place him in Hopewell at approximately the date this crime was committed
 Willard Waited, a woodsman who says he knows everybody in the Sourlands, testified today that he saw Hauptmann on two occa- sions, first about February IS. 1892. and again on February 25 or 27, skulking in the vicinity of the Lindbergh manor.
 Amandus Hochmuth, an 87-year- old resident of Hopewell, had prei- ously declared he saw Hauptmann, looking like a man who had seen n ghost" in the highway leading to a Lindbergh home, on March l. when the Kidnapping was executed.
 The other five identifcations of lated with hi mfor Col Lindbergh's the Bronx carpenter have been:
 1. Dr John F. Condon, the Bronx educator. who says Haupt- mann is the man who negotiated with him for Col Lindbergh's $5O,- 900 ransom.
 2. Joseph Perrone. the Bronx taxicab driver, who says Haupt- mann raid him a dollar to carry a note to Dr Condon.
 3. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who says he recognizes Haupt- mann's voice as that of the extor- tioner.
 4. Hildegarde Alexander, who says sho saw Hauptmann "shad- owing" Dr Condon in a Bro x railroad station.
 $. Cecilia Barr. movie house cashier, who says Hauptmann passed a $5 ransom bill through her wicket in November, 1883.
 The state ynopped up on many noon recess, and won a victory in kidnap ladder. over the vigorous protests and objections of the de- fense.
 In cross examination of Whited. c. Lloyd Fisher, associate defense counsel. did his utmost to disoredit the witness and prove his story incredible. He hinted that perhaps Whited told his story to the police to save himself from arrest. and that there were wide discrepancies between the testimony he gave at the Bronx extradition hearings, and the present evidence.
 Slow In Gathering
 Pennington, N. J., January 22- CUP) = The major figures in the Bruno R. Hauptmann murder trial were slow gathering in the Hunter don county courthouse today.
 Hauptmann, led by a state trooper who held him tightly by the wrist, was not brought from his cell until 9:50 a. m. He was paler than usual, and seemed un- easy as he took his accustomed seat behind the defense table.
 Weather, which changed from sleet to snow shortly before court opened, appeared to have cut down the out-of-town attendance. and the crowd in front of the court house was comparatively slim. Every available seat in the court room itself was taken. however, long before the prisoner arrived.
 The prosecutors table was first filled, but at 9:55 q. m. the only de- fense attorney In the room was Chief Counsel Edward J. Reilly. who chatted with friends in the specially reserved spectators rows.