The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-11
FAITHFUL WIFE
LEADS IN FIGHT
FOR HAUPTMANN
BeWlldered and Exhausted,
She's Confident OF Clear
ing Bruno.
ny SIDNEY u. WHIPPLE
United Press stan Correspondent

amazing courage. but she appears
bexIdered and baGled by the long
chain Of events that have plagued
and harasscd her ever since the con-
cIusion Of her husbands TRIAL
The legal quarrels. the nervous
strain attached 20 the raising Of
money for her husbands appeal
from conviction of numbering the
LindberEh baby. The hauling and
pulling among Lawyers manager
and friends have wracked her BODY
and exhausted her mind.
But I know Ve are going 10 win
Richards appeal She says. and she
firmly believes her oWn declaration
of faith
In three months since the Flem-
ington episode was closed. Anna
Hauptmann life has been a series
OF discOuTaging painfui-and occa-
aOnallv hope restoring -lncidents.
She has been torn hv the advice Of
friends who later proved they were
actuated by hope Of personal gain
she has been subjected to law suits
Gropes for Words
She has been sent 20 the lecture
platform 20 tell her tragic story. ia
the hope. OF obtaining money to
press her only interest IN life-her
husbands appeal And an the time
She has hated and despised the pub
lefty and the necessity for 10.
Mrs. Hauptmann speaks-slOWly.
as though cropping for words-in the
tone and manner Of one who Is
afraid 90 trust even her friends She
docs trust unquestiOnlngly. her
chief council. c LLOYD Fisher. Of
Pennington. her new counsel. judge
Charles A. OberWauger, and her pas
tor and comforter the Rev D. c.
Werner
Her nervousness Is betrayed by &C
casiOnal quick movements Of her
thin hands. the involuntary clench-
ing Of a FIST upon a small handker-
chief. or the passing Of her fingers
over tired eyes.
Travels 5000 Miles
hi the u weeks since Pennington.
she has travelled more than 5000
miles m the interest of her cause.
She has appeared before crowds to-
falling more than $4,000. and IN that
time. She revealed has collected a
little less than $4,000. Of which. she
says. her former chief counsel. Ed
ward J Reilly Of Brooklyn. received
$500
After the expenses Of fighting her
husbands case to the highest New
JERSEY court are paid 1 shall have
nothing left to live on. she says L
shall have to 60 to wOrk-sOme-
where
Mrs Hauptmann revealed the diff
fcrcnces of opinion-sOme mOtivat-
cd by commercial gain-regarding
her travels and appearances IN her
husbands behalf
some Of my real friends She
said. thought the mass meeting
idea was a good one. One attorney
even insisted that I should 60 on the
vaudeville stage. Others. after We
got started. took the attitude that l
was actually hurting our case by my
travels. ! don't know myself. All
know is that I was willing 10 60
through any torture and any ordeal
IN order 10 get the money 10 fight
Richards case to the highest court. -
Misses Her Infant Son
Her heart is torn. too. between
The ccu i'm Trepton and the friend 5
" home where her infant son. Mann
fried. is living Her trips have cost
much more than time and money
Tor she has had 10 be away from her
child. sometimes for as long as a
week. And she constantly worries
about him
Talk. much OF 10 ridiculous. about
The size ~ her defense fund makes
her bite her lips IN amazement and
bitterness.
Those stories" She says. ARE all
exaggerated I've heard people say
Nc had as much as S85 600 and some
people guess an the way from $4,000
70 5000 The truth IS that an of
our collections. I'm New York. Detroit
and ChiCagO-vhere We were
stopped from getting any funds at
All only amounted TO less than
$500
As for the other fund. the one
for which LLOYD Fisher is trustee.
that amounts 10 somewhere around
$4,000. and I know il Is being ad-
minISfered faithfully by him"
Given Courage by Pastor.
When Mrs Hauptmann mentions
the Rev Werner there is a flash OF
appreciation in her blue eyes.
He is one Of the men who has
given me the most courage TO GO
On-and he has been Of tremendous
service 70 Richard. He has talked q
great deal With Richard. and he
knows the truth. that Richard never
did that awful deed
The very clothes Mrs Hauptnmnn
wears show the frugality with which
she has ordered her own life from
necessity. since the trial. She still
wears the simple black silk dress
and the little tOQue that were ia
miisr to Pennington spectators
Every possible cent must so for the
appeal
With the appointment of another
new legal adviser. Judge Charles
Oberwager. Mrs. Hauptmann feels
considerably more at ease. She has
a happy faith that he and Llovd
Fisher viii BE- able 10 wipe out the
sore spots. the annoysnceS. the dis
hesrtening court actions that have
brought her such distress.