The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-15
Hauptmann Is
Aided by Hearst
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Wilentz Is an affidavit showing that
Abe Samuelson, the Bronx carpen-
ter. who, DR.. Condor admitted. he
had asked to construct the box that
was used to carry the Lindbergh
ransom money, also constructed the
ladder which the State contends
was used by Hauptmann to kidnap
the Lindbergh money. Samuelson
also swore that three others in ad-
dition to Hauptmann called for the
ladder.
Samuelson's shop is a block away
from DR.. Condpn's home. When
Condor was on the witness stand,
he asserted that he had forgotten
the address Of the carpenter whom
he had asked to construct the box.
Josephson also declared that
agents Of the Department of Justice
had warned him against talking.
But Josephson did talk-to Mr..
Hearst. outspolsen defender of fas-
cism IN the United States, outSpoken
admirer of the Nazi murderer in
Berlin who has sent handwriting
experts to Pennington to defend his
adherant Hauptmann. And Mr..
Hearst's N. Y, American reminded
Attorney General WilentZ today
that Samuelson had given him an
afhdavit with the above information
months ago.
Reluctant to Use Affidavit
But Wilentz. who has a personal
interest in prosecuting Hauptmann,
has class interest In keeping the
Lindbergh household free of any
scandal that might limit the use
fulness 70 the capitalist class OF the
greatest" hero Of modern times.
After admitting that he knew Of
SamuelSon's AFFIDAVIT, Wilentz de-
clared that he didn't expect to use
it at the trial! And Reilly, former
chief counsel for Art Smith. Khaki
shirt leader, whose reputation as a
criminal lawyer has not prevented
large proportion of his Clients"
from going to the electric chair, is
also reluctant to use the newly-un-
covered evidence because of the dis
closures which he would be forced
to reveal If Samuelson took the
stand.
The persistent Hearst is continu-
ing to raise doubts as to the guilt
of the Nazi defendant with a long
criminal record. His N. Y. Journal
today, in leading editorial beneath
one of his daily attacks against the
Communist International. describes
Hauptmann as "a devoted husband
ana father =. quiet. mild. soft
spoken" and the forgotten man" in
the case.
AS both prosecution and defense
attorney sought to hide the class
significance of the case by shadow
boxing over relatively details, Reilly
forced Albert Osborn, the States
chief handwriting expert, to admit
on the stand today that the ransom
note found in the Lindbergh baby's
crib on the night of the alleged kid
MAPPING was Slightly different" from
the other notes. all of which. Os-
born stated, were written by Haupt-
mann.
Two of Reilly's handwriting ex-
perts, stating that although they
weren't certain that Hauptmann
wrote the notes they couldn't say
that he didn't" resigned from the
defense staff over the weekend.
State Contradicts Itself
Though Reilly, whose failure to
press all his points, has been COM
mented on by newspapermen here
and has been intimated in one of
the capitalist papers, is fearful of
allowing the case to break wide
open, one of his assistants, C. Lloyd
Fisher, stated yesterday that the
contention by the State that Haupt-
mann is the only one guilty of the
crime contradicts the entire trial
and conviction here of John Curtis,
Norfolk shipbuilder, who was SEN
fenced to Jail in 1892 because the
State commended and proved that
Curtis had information which he
refused to divulge cncerning a gang
which kidnapped the Lindbergh baby.
IF Curtis was guilty as charged :"
Fisher said, "Hsuptmann cannot be
guilty as charged" that is, of COM
hitting the crime alone.
Reilly is continuing his prepara-
tions to try to prove that not only
did Fsch, the Jewish furrier, kid
nap and murder the Lindbergh
baby, but that he forged the ran
som notes supposedly written by
Hauptmann.