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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-09-13

county, city Incorporated LOWIl UT JULIET
taxing district of this State to meet the
current emergency created by accumulated
tax delinQuencies by the abatement of
interest and penalties accrued on taxes
levied for fiscal year 1888 or for any
fiscal year prior thereto and /or to provide
for the collection of any such delinquent
taxes plus accrued interest and penalties
in instruments over a period of five years.
WHEREAS, there is found to exist in this
State an unprecedented financial emergency
as result of which tax delinquencies have
occurred in large amounts causing consid-
cradle embarrassment and distress to many
of the taxing units of this State: and
WHEREAS, in order to alleviate said finan-
cial embarrassment and distress, to induce
the payment of such delinquent taxes, to
provide needed revenue, to avoid tax sales
and for other purposes.
SECTION l. Be IL enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. That the governing
body of every county, city. incorporated
town or other taxing district of this State
be and it is hereby authorized and em-
powered in its discretion to adopt appro-
pirate resolutions or ordinances providing
for the abatement of all interest. penalties
and/or other charges against all persons
delinquent in the payment OF any taxes
levied by any such county, city, incorporated
town or other taxing district of this State,
for the. fiscal year expiring in the year
1884, and for the fiscal years prior thereto,
upon the condition that any such person or
persons so delinquent in the payment of
taxes shall promptly pay to the proper tax
collecting official all such taxes unpaid.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That
any such governing body may. in its dis
erection provide in said resolution or ordi-
nance or in a separate resolution or ordi-
nance for the payment of such delinquent
taxes plus all accrued interest and penal
ties, in installments extending over a period
of five years, in the following manner: Fiji
teen per cent of said delinquent taxes plus
accrued interest and penalties to be paid in
the first year after the passage Of said
resolution or ordinance twenty-five per cent
of the balance Of said delinquent taxes plus
accrued interest and penalties in the second
year: thirty-ive per cent of the balance ct
said delinquent taxes plus accrued interest
and penalties in the third year. fifty per
Evening star., 1935-10-01
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.lHlxsb;1sIs l1 II / II

The open weave are adjustable to lengths
of windows. The Filet nets come In plain
modern or all-over designs. All are 2A yds.
long. we'll tailored. smart and exceptionally
nne. Hecht Month values
(6ixth Floor. The Hecht COY
Evening star., 1935-10-01

Very sheer and graceful. with in. wide and
extra full rufdes! Cushion-dot, pin-dot or plain
maruuisette. 80 and 43 inches wide to the
side, az yds long, The kind of curtains you'd
expect to pay more for! Ivory and ecru.
(Sixth Floor. The Hecht co..
Evening star., 1935-10-01

You'd expect to pay much more for such fine
quality damask drapes, 50 well made. 50 really
beautiful! 40 inches to the side az yds.
long nicely lined with sateen. Your
choice Of rust, red, green or gold.
tsixth Floor, The Hecht co.,
Evening star., 1935-01-25

stand, examined the ladder, and an
sWered:
Looks like music instrument"
In your opinion does it look like a
well-made ladder?"
ITO me 1t looks like a ladder at all.
I don't know how man can step
up"
Denies Transporting Ladder.
He was asked If he has transported
the ladder to Hopewell in an automo-
bile He replied
Il never transported ladder in my
car"
He denied also that he had taken
bOard from his attic for an upright
in the ladder He was shown the board
in evidence which had been taken
from his attic, and which State wit
nesses said matched the upright in
the ladder. Reilly asked:
Did you take any board from the
attic of your house and carve or cut
or manipulate or manufacture a side
of this ladder from that board?"
Il did not"
He said that the attic was empty
when he rented his home in the Bronx.
Reilly showed him the chisel in evil
dence which was found near the scene
Of the crime. He asked him if he had
left it at the Lindbergh estate.
Dis chiSel was never in my posses
sion!" he declared.
Evening star., 1935-01-25
EXTENSION SOUGHT
FOR BOUNDARY BODY
Representative Smith Introduces
Resolution for Another
Year.

A resolution extending the life of
the Virginia Boundary Com
mission for another year was intro
duced today by Representative Smith,
Democrat, of Virginia
The commission was created near
the close of the Seventy-third Con-
greSs to settle century old boundary
dispute. The act creating the COM
mission directed that its findings be
submitted to Congress not later than
March l of this year. The commits
sion, however, told Smith it could not
complete its work by that time and
urged him to seek an extension of its
life.
Smiths resolution also carries an
appropriation of $4,000 for the COM
missions continued activities.
Evening star., 1935-01-25
Hauptmonn Tells His Version.
As He Takes Stand Again
Defense attorneys Questions Concern
ing Kidnapping Flatly Denied in
Rapidfire Ar,s,Uer of ''NO."

@. Did you address this letter to Col.
Lindbergh? A. No. sir.
G. Did you write that? A. did
not write anything like that.
c. When was the first time you saw
that letter? A. I saw some letters in
the courtroom in the Bronx. l don't
know which ones.
@. You didn't mark them?
A. No.
@. When did you first learn that
Col. Lindbergh lived at Hopewell?
A I read it in the paper.
O. The morning after the kidnap-
ing?
Wilentz objected again.
@. When did you read of the kid
naping?
A. March second.
@. You didn't know Col. Lindbergh?
A. No.
Q. You didn't know he lived in
HopeWell?
A No.
G. You were never in Hopewell?
A. No.
G. When did you first read he lived
in HopeWell?
A. March 2, 1882, when I read it in
the paper.
@. Do l understand you-every day
you went the usual route looking for
work?
A. March I took my tools
Reilly interrupted.
@. Are these your tools?
A. Yes
Evening star., 1935-01-25
FIGHT FOR DEVALUATION
OF FRANC FLARES AGAIN
Flandin and Germain Martin
Plead for Gold Base, While
Reynaud Hits Policy.

By the Associated Press
PARIS, January 25.-France's bat
tie over the devaluation of the franc
famed up again in the Chamber of
Deputies today during a debate on
the governments plan to raise money
by discounting treasury bonds.
Premier Flandin and Louis Ger
main martin, a former minister of
finance, spoke in favor of the mainte-
nance of the franc on the gold stand
ard, while Paul Reynaud, another for
mer minister of finance, declared de-
valuation would furnish the only re-
lief from the depression, steadily
growing worse.
Evening star., 1935-01-25
Continued From First Page.)

your possession when you were ar
rested?
A. I did.
Hauptmann said the New York
police, as for all he knew, had pos
session of the skins.
@. What kind of a little box was it?
Pasteboard or wood?
A. found out it was a shoe box
later.
Hauptmann told how he got the box
from Fisch.
He had little package. He asked
me to keep it in dry place. I put 1t
in the broom closet on an upper
shelf"
@. Whereabouts in the closet?
A. On the upper shelf.
Accident Revealed
Box Contained Money.
@. How long did that box remain
In the broom closet?
A. Middle of August, "a.
@. What caused you to disturb it?
Al hit the box with a broom
handle. I damaged it and saw it had
money in it?
@. Was there any moisture there?
A. 1t was all soaking wet. I took
the box down.
@. Die you take the box down?
A. put it in the garage.
@. How much money was there?
A. 1 didn't count it.
@. Is that the money you afterward
started to spend?
A. Yes.
@. Was it the money found in your
garage?
A Yes.
@. Was Fisch dead at that time?
A. He was.
@. What did you do with the two
satChelS he left?
A. opened the big satchel and
searched it. I found nothing. took
it out and left it in the garage.
Q. While Fisch was in Germany did
he write to you?
A Yes
Evening star., 1935-01-25
JUDGE |MPRESSES
BRITISH NOVELIST.
informaIity of Hauptmann'S
Trial Contrasted With
That Abroad.

"A noted British noUeltst and es-
saWst, tOho has been attending the
HduptmaRn trial, has 1Urttten for
Associated Press his impressions OF
the real life drama taking place in
the court house at Pennington,
N. J.J
Evening star., 1935-01-25
BANDITS LOOT BANK
Machine Gun Gang Holds Up New
Jersey Institution.

LYNDHURST, N. j., January 25 up.
Five machine-gun bandits held up
the Lyndhurst Trust Co. today and
escaped with an undetermined amount
of money. Police said they believed
the robbers got away with lot"
Evening star., 1935-01-25
Hauptmann GaZes
At Little Sleeping Garment.

Reilly produced the sleeping suit.
Hauptmann gazed at it as if fasci-
mated
@. Did you ever take that off baby
Lindbergh?
A. never saw that baby, alive or
dead.
Q. Did you ever have that suit in
your possession?
A. did not.
@. Did you ever mail it to DR.. Con-
don?
A. did not.
Hauptmann's face was deadly seri-
GUS and pale. He shifted uneasily in
his chair as he answered.
Q. You saw the thumbguard here in
court?
A. Well, saw it only at a distance.
@. I ask you, did you ever see that
thumbguard?
A. never saw that. I don't know
what it is for.
Another ransom note was thrust
before Hauptmann-and another-and
another
Did you write that letter." Reilly
asked.
mo, I did not
Picture of Ransom
Negotiation Scene Introduced.
After brief recess Hauptmann re-
turned to his chair.
Reilly showed the witness a picture
of the scene of the ransom contacts
John" had with DR.. Condor.
1t showed the entrance of Woodlawn
Cemetery, when John and Jafsie met
for the first time. 1t was admitted as
evidence
@. How far away from your house
would you say the main entrance of
Woodlawn Cemetery is from your
house?
A. don't know where the main
entrance of Woodlawn Cemetery are
The map of the Bronx area was
again traced to the exhibit board.
Reilly designated Woodlawn Gene
terry with the long pointer. Wilentz
aided in pointing out the gate at
Two Hundred and Thirty Third street
@. Were you at that gate, or inside
that gate, the night of March IL?
A. I was not.
Reilly pointed out on the map the
Hauptmann house and the cemetery
gates to the defendant.
@. How far would you say now II
was?
A. I really can't say.
@. How far is it to Webster avenue!
Evening star., 1935-01-25
Contradicts Experts.


Referring to an envelope addressed
to Condor, Reilly asked him if he had
mailed the letter on March l9, 1882.
Il did not" he said.
Did YOU have anybody mail the
letter for you?"
mo sir
"Is that your handwriting?"
1T is not"
These denials were in the face OF
testimony by eight handwriting eX-
perts. one of whom had said that the
handwriting evidence against Haupt-
mann was irresistible, unansWerable
and overwhelming.
Reilly held up Baby Lindbergh's
sleeping sit.
Did you take this sleeping suit of
Baby Lindbergh at any time ne
asked.
I never saw the Lindbergh baby
alive or dead
When for the first time did you
see this suite"
Right here in this court room"
Did you ever have it in your pos
session."
Il never have"
Did you ever mail it to DR.. Con-
don?"
Il did not"
GazeS at Thumbguard.
Reilly showed him the metal thumb
i guard which Betty Gov said the baby
wore on its last night. and which she
found hundred yards from the Lind
bergh home a month after the crime.
Il ask you" he queried. ''if you ever
saw this before you saw it in the
court room?"
NO I never saw it. really didn't
know what it is for"
How far away from your house
would you say the main entrance OF
Woodlawn Cemetery was?" Reilly
asked.
We'll, I don't know where the main
entrance are of Woodlawn Cemetery.
Were you at that gate or INSIDE
that gate March II 1892"
II was not"
Have you any independent recol-
lection now where you were on March
II, 1882" Reilly asked.
March IL, Saturday night really
don't know. I guess We was playing
cards, but 1 can't hardly remember"
Then Reilly referred to the ladder
which a wood expert for the State
traced to Hauptmann.
Did you build that ladder?"
"I am a carpenter"
There was laughter in the court
at this.
Did you build that ladder?"
Certainly not
"You notice how 1t is constructed
do you?"
Hauptmann stepped down from the
Evening star., 1935-01-25

For Hduptmdnn's opening teS-
timony yesterday afternoon see
Page At.
Evening star., 1935-01-25
Tells of Working
At Millwork Company.


Hauptmann squatted down and ex-
Amined the tool box, checking over
its contents.
Resuming his story, he recounted
how he worked at the National Lum-
Der & Millwork Co. lumber yard doing
contract work between the lSt and
18th Of March, 1882.
1t was this yard to which the State
traced the kidnap ladder lumber.
On March Is, the defendant said,
he started work at the Majestic Apart
ments, after calling at the employ
ment agency where he was registered.
Q. The best of your recollection is
that you went to work on the 18th
or 10th?
A. Either one of the two days.
Q. And you worked right through,
as you testified yesterday?
A. Until the I'd of April.
Reilly brought forward more ran
som notes.
@. ask you if you mailed this en-
velope and these two letters to Col.
Henry L. Breckenridge?
Hauptmann looked curiously at the
ransom notes.
A. did not.
@. Is that your handwriting?
Again he made the calm inspec-
ton.
A. 1t is not.
Denies Knowing Either
Breckenridge or "Jafsie."
Q. Did you know a DR.. Condor?
A I did not.
@. Did you know a "Jafsie?"
A. No.
@. I show you exhibits S-22 and
ask if that's your handwriting?
A. 1t is not.
Q. Did you ever know of a Col
Henry L. Breckenridge in March,
1892?
A 1 did not.
Q. Did you mail this letter to DR..
John Condor March 9?
A. No
@. Did you have any one mail that
letter for you?
A. 1 did not.
@. Is that your handwriting?
A. 1t is not
@. I ask you if you wrote that
letter?
A. I did not.
@. When for the first time did you
see DR.. Condor who testified here?
A. In New York police station
The downtown district.
@. That was after your arrest?
Yes.
Reilly brought forward another ran
som note.
Hauptmann said the letter and the
envelope were not written in his
handwriting.
One by one, Hauptmann inspected
the notes of the correspondence be-
tween the kidnaper and "Jafsie, u
who denied he wrote any of them.
Finally Reilly produced the wrap
ping paper in which the kidnaper
mailed the baby's sleeping suit to
DR.. Condor.
@. l ask you if any part of this
paper-if the first or second addresses
on it-were written by you?
A. It's not written by me.
Evening star., 1935-01-25
CRIME IS DENIED
FLATLY BY BRUNO
Defendant ContradiCtS
State Experts Who Said He
Wrote Ransom Notes.
Continued From First Page.)

said that is paper in it. I thought
maybe they are bills"
He said he put the box on the upper
shelf in the broom closet in the
kitchen and did not disturb it until
the middle of August, 1884.
"And what caused you to disturb
ftp"
It was looking for a broom. and
when took the broom must hit the
box with the broom handle, and /
look up, and that way saw that 1t
Is money. I damaged the box"
And you saw money!"
ayes"
Reviews March 1st.
Hauptmann said that on March l.,
1882, the day Of the KIDNAPPING, he
woke up at am, took the wife
down to the bakery" then went home,
then to the Majestic Apartments in
tending to work. The superintendent
told him there were no jobs for that
day, he said. so he went on to two en-
ployment agencies and to Radio City
in a futile effort to get job. He re-
turned home around pm.
He called for his wife at the bakery,
her place of employment, at pm, he
said,
"Tell us what you did that night?"
IT took the police dog out. l went
to the corner of the Boston road, went
a little farder up. met gentleman.
l guess he was put gas gassing in the
gasoline station and he was talking
about the-about the dog. Und he was
asking me where get him."
Hauptmann said this was between 8
and $50 pm. He returned the dog to
the bakery and left with his wife
after 9 o'clock.
What did you do?"
81 went home. We went home
Took the car in the garage. Went
right away to bed
Learn of kidnapping.
He said they arose on March 2 at
am. and he took his wife to the
bakery, went home and then to q
subway.
In entering the subway station,
he said, Il read the paper and that is
the first time I read about the Lind
bergh case"
Col. Lindbergh, at the prosecution
table, was sitting bolt upright AID
watching Hauptmann intently.
Hauptmann denied categorically the
writing of each of the IA ransom notes
and declared the first time he ever
saw DR.. John F. (Jafsie) Condor, ran
som Intermediary, was in Bronx po-
lice station after his arrest last Sep
tember 10. DR.. Condor testified for
the State that he twice met Eaupt-
mann and paid him the S50,000 ran
som in a Bronx graveyard.
Evening star., 1935-01-25
Says They Split
Profits on $3.50 Basis.

Hauptmann said that in both busi-
nesses, fur and brokerage, he and
Fischer split profits and losses fifty
fifty"
Evening star., 1935-01-25
Learned of kidnapping
Through Newspaper, He says.

"Then for the first time read about
the Lindbergh kidnapping"
Lindbergh's eyes still were focused
searchingly on the prisoner.
Reilly produced one of the ransom
notes, addressed to Col. Lindbergh
March 4, 1882.
Evening star., 1935-01-25

@. Describe the money?
A. There were four bundles wrapped
up in brown paper. 1t was thin
wrapping paper.
@. What did you take it down to
the garage with?
A. A pail.
@. That was August, 1884?
A. Yes.
Hauptmann described the location
of the garage at the side of the house
with a narrow road between and a
low concrete wall along the side of
the yard.
G. So you took the money to the
garage?
A. I put it in a basket and covered
it up. I put it up in the ceiling so no
one could see it. Not up in the CELL
ing, but on a top shelf so the basket
was at the ceiling.
@. What was the condition of your
account with Fisch when he sailed?
A. MY market account was $4,000
and there was $500 in the Fisch ac-
count
Q. Did you owe anything on your
account?
A. No, that was money.
@. How much of that $12,500 was
Ffsch's?
A. Only $4,000 was Fisch's. The
rest was my money.
Reilly then directed the witness to
his fur business with Fisch.
@. Did FiSch owe you money?
A. When he went to Europe. He
said IF I'm willing to sell some of
those furs" I said why not" and
said I'll take $4,000 and give it to
you"
Q. Did you give it to him?
A. Yes about two weeks before he
sailed.
Says They Split
Profits on $3.50 Basis.
Hauptmann said that in both busi-
nesses, fur and brokerage, he and
Fischer split profits and losses fifty
fifty"
, 1935-01-27

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Have some good farms 70 rent for
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PHONE 499
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, 1935-01-27
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The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-09-04

Gregory Motor Co., and will speno
part of his time in the office aIlc
part of It on the road.
House Is Condemned
The William Friedlander house
which was partially destroyed by
fire a week ago, has been con-
demned and will not be repaired by
the government. Mr.. Friendlandel
and family will move into the house
on the west side of the river which
has been occupied by Mr.. and Mrs
Louis Miller, and the Millers will
move to the agency.
Visit On COa5t
T. Buckingham, Joseph OFT and
Margaret Under left Wednesday for
the coast to spend the week END
with their families. Miss Under
expects to stay there and attend
school this winter.
Enters University
Robert Rice has gone to Seattle
where he will enter the university
this fall.
Goes To Seattle
Louis Prince motored to Seattle
FIR day night to spend the weekend
with his wife and young son, David
Louis. Mrs Prince is ait the
Providence hospital, in Seattle.
Uses Clutches
Mrs. Cot Cleghorn is on crutches
following a minor operation on the
foot.
Daughter Is Born
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Friedlander
are the parents OF a daughter born
Wednesday, August %.
Visit In Seattle
DR.. and Mrs. Palmer and daugh-
tiers, Olive and Barbara, are spend
ing their vacation in Seattle.
Son Born Wednesday
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Jess Chapman On Wednesday, Aug
ust 81.
Leaves Hospital
The Rev. Father Edward M
Griva returned Sunday from the
Mason City hospital where he has
been convaleScing for week from
a severe cold.
Visits In Spokane
Mrs Quasi IS spending few
days in Spokane.
Leaves For School
Mr. and Mrs j. M. Koontz and
Estelle and Bobbie, motored to Sui
ton Monday. Estelle will remain
there and attend the high school.
Visits Brother Here
Miss Elizabeth HanScom is visit
ing at the home of her brother,
William HanScom.
Visits With Father
Charlotte Lord is visiting in Sc