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scintilla Of evidence pointed to Haupt.

mann.
I'VE might like to bring In Violet
Sharpe as an accomplice, but nothing
pointed to that dead girl"
There had been plenty Of oppor-
| tunity, he reasoned, while the child
] was In Englewood, and Col. and Mrs.
Lindbergh were on flights, for either
Betty Cow or Violet Sharpe to aid in
q kidnapping.
Don't get the feeling" he urged,
"that either one Of these girls had
anything to do with 1t. There Is no
such evidence and you would never
forgive yourselves"
The Lindbergh butler, Ollie Whate-
ley. too, he went on, had been brought
into the case by the defense. There
was nothing to connect the dead
| servant with the crime, he asserted,
but Mrs. Whateley had to be crushed
with the Others"
Not one single dollar" he pro-
claimed. rapping lightly on the table,
hiss ever been traced to any one
connected with the Lindbergh or
Morrow household"
He told the jury vigorously that
every person had been investigated
and indicated, and that the Lind
berghs and Morrows believed in the
honesty Of the servants.
mo chisel Of Betty Cow was found
on the estate" he said.
mo ransom note in her handwrit-
ing or that Of any other servant was
found in the nursery. No, 1t was
Hauptmann.
mo ransom money was found in
their garages"
Objects to Jury
Meditating About Servants.
Wilentz, as the time for a recess
arrived, summed up the attack on
the servants and declared:
I'VE protest and object to the jury
meditating for one minute about these
people. There's no evidence against
them for you to consider but If you
do, remember it doesn't change the
guilt of Hauptmann."
Justice Trenchard called the recess
upon Wilentz's suggestion.
Court reconvened at 1889 am.
Despite morning Of vitriolic attack
on his innocence, Hauptmann, at the
recess, talked cheerfully to his wife.
Anna. The German couple. leaning
toward each other, chatted animatedly
throughout the interruption Of Will
entz' summation.
Wilentz walked quietly over to the
jury box when court resumed and
apologized for the way he was tres
passing on their patience before he
resumed his summation.
Let me suggest to you this point
that the State does not have to prove
every fact that 1t alleges. That's a
joke. Just because we allege one fact,
we don't have to prove every fact to
convict this man." he said.
1.-THE taking Of life," the attorney
general went on, "has always been
considered the most serious crime, but
it would sink into significance II this
man were acquitted and allowed to
roam the streets again, making women
in their homes shudder again"
The kidnapping of the Lindbergh
baby was unimportant, Wilentz de-
clared, in comparison to the POSSIBLE
ity Of the freeing of Hauptmann.
Wilentz leaned over the table.
VIII Convince Jury
Hauptmann Was in Nursery.
Counsel says we've got to place
J Hauptmann in that nursery" he said
Sure, we have to place him in tina,
room, and when get through re.
enacting this crime you'll be con.
WINGED that he was in that room.
| 80 . t>,,
one who sat there and watched him
we don't need moving picture Of 1t. ,
THE defense has asked how Haupt-
mann could have found his way
through that dark room.
What do they expect us to do?
Show he had a dress rehearsal.
AN experienced burglar like Haupt-
mann didn't need any rehearsal. He
had an elaborate education in Ger.
many"
If Hauptmann's criminal record had
been available in this country, Wilentl
declared, the alien would have beer
arrested for the crime in six months.
Germany" he said. will never for.
give him for the disgrace he ha,
brought upon his nation.
But he is no more representative o.
Germany than the Italian who as
' sassinated Mayor Anton Cermak o
E Chicago was representative of Italy"
Here's where the American peopl
! were up against something in thi
4 gentleman, the attack continued
y 1.-THE spelling of 'ouer,' the di
mansions Of the box. They knew
was German and probably a car
;, penter. They knew 1t was a cleve
= criminal, but there was nothing Il
! the records. Even his sister in Cali
: fornia didn't know where he was"
Wilentx Says Child
y Was Crushed to Death in Room.
S Wilentz gave an explanation of VIII
{ the child didn't cry.
He crushed that child right Il
that room into iasensibility. That
why there was no outcry," he said
Life meant nothing to him"
Public enemy No l Of the world,
j Wilentz shouted. his words chokin
o in his throat.
Wilentz ridiculed the defense theor
that the beer stein in the window re
cess would have been disturbed by tn
+ kidnaper.
= He produced the suit case on wl1ic
! the criminal was supposed to hav
:. stepped coming In the nursery window
e The defense suggested 1t would hav
4 been crushed by his foot.
= WIentz dropped the case to tn
q floor before the jury box and stoo
on it.
S Crush it?" he asked. IT weigh l6
a pounds
t He stood on the case as he talked.
Now there has been a lot of tai
e about the bungling Of the State polio,
t They're human. They're ordinary be
a ings," he said.
= Surprising there was bungling. ]
there was it was 50 before Haupt
t mann's arrest This bungling doesn
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