The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-13

der with the attic board and the
lumber yard where Hauptmann
worked. Arthur Koehler, lumber
expert Of Madison, Wis, makes the
Identification positive.
THURSDAY, JAN. "a
The state rests and the stolid
German carpenter goes on the stand
in his own defense. He presents
alibis. claiming TO have been at
home on the night Of the kidnap-
ing and the night the ransom
money was paid. A neighboring
bakery owner and his wife support
the abb, but are not positive.
FRIDAY, JAN. Is
Haptmann, still on stand, ap-
pears upset and uncertain under
merciless discrimination. He
cff2rs more alibis and says his sud-
den wealth came from previous saw
ings and money given TO him by the
late IsidOr Fisch. a business asso-
Ciate, who subsequently died in
Germany. He admits writing
"bOad" for boat" in his diary,
which corresponds to the spelling
in the ransom notes.
MONDAY. JAN. %
Hauptmann wavers and grows
confused and angry under five
hours Of crOsS-examination by Mr..
Wilentz. He admits he had told
many lies since his arrest, including
statements in the Bronx court
under oath.
TUESDAY, JAN. %
Letters from Hauptmann to
FiSch's brother are introduced, in
which Hauptmann wrote that he
had begun business dealings with
Fisch in the spring of 1888, al
though he had testified previously
that the profitable association
began in 1892. Hauptmann's own
books are introduced to show that
he had received only S3737 from
Fisch not $4,000 as he had teSti-
fed. Hauptnsnn insists the ac-
count books were incomplete. Bank
deposit slips are introduced to
show Haurtmann had made I'M
usually large deposits of silver, in
dicating he had gotten rid of ran
som notes and banked the proceeds
in silver. Although he had made
out the slips, Hauptmann declared
he merely must have written on
the wrong line. showing silver de-
posts when he meant checks or
currency.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 80
Mrs. Hauptmann supports her
husbands alibis about his where
abouts or the night of the kid
naping and the payment of The
ransom. She admits under cross
examination, however. that she
testified at the Bronx eXtraditiOn
hearing she did not know where
Hauptmann was on March l. Ebert
Carlstrom, a Swede acquaintance
of Mrs. Hauptman, teStifies
ne saw Hauptmann in a Bronx
bakery on the night Of March /. He
is vague and evaSive under cross
examination, a fact commented on
by the bench
THURSDAY, JAN. 81
Two more witnesses positively
identify Hauptmann as having been
in the Bronx on the night of
March /. State brings out that one
was a boOtlegger and the other the
of a speakeasy. 4 former
convict testifieS he encountered two
men in an automobile with a ladder
on March l who asked the way to
the Lindbergh home. and neither
was Hauptmann. John NJ. Trendley,
defense handwriting expert, is adj
mitted as an expert despite the
states efforts to discredit his quail
TicatiOnS.
FRIDAY, FEB. l
Trendley testifies that in his opin-
ion Hauptmann wrote none of the
ransom notes. He throws discredit
on the methods of Mr.. Osborn.
Peter H. Sommer identifies pictures
OF the late Violet Sharpe and the
late Isidor FiSch and says he saw
them with a blond baby about two
years old" coming over from New
Jersey to Manhattan on the Wee
hawken Ferry at midnight March l,
1892 On cross examination, Som
mers becomes badly confused and
makes almost no positive state
mentS.
MONDAY, FEB. 4
Five alibi witnesses called by the
defense fail 10 answer their sub
penaS. Col. H. Norman Schwartz
kopf. superintendent of the New
Jersey State Police. testified that a
duplicate ladder like the one used
in the kidnapping broke in tests
under a weight OF $50 pounds, which
was the combined weight az that
time Of Hauptmann and the child
n inc other witnesses support
Hauptmann's case.
TUESDAY. FEB. S
Five more defense witnesses fail
10 appear. Twelve testify. most in
support Of Hauptmann's claim that
the late ISador Fisch gave him the
ransom money. A Brooklyn res
taurant cashier testifieS he saw
FiSch jump over the Bronx ceme-
terry wall on the night Of the ran
som payment.
WEDNESDAY. FEB. 6
Dr.. Erastus Mead Hudson, New
York physician and student Of fin
gerprinting, says his methods would
disclose finger prints on the ladder
for six months after the kidnapping,
but that tests showed none made by
Hauptmann, although plenty by
other handlers.
THURSDAY. FEB. 7
Eleven defense witnesses appear,
three Of them supporting Haupt-