The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-08
SAW SUSPECT NEAR
u|NDBERGH ESTATE,
AGED man RELATES
Alleged Baby Murderer Cleared
at Ne as If He Saw a Ghost
Says Hochmuch
LADDER EVIDENCE Baked
Taxi Driver Points Out Bronx
Carpenter as Man Who Gave
Him Note for 'Jafsie'
LADDER EVIDENCE Baked
(Copyrirht. 1895. Nv the A. p,

Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Bronx
carpenter accused Of the kidnapping
and murder Of Baby Charles Angus
tus Lindbergh, Jr., was twice iden.
tilted In court Tuesday by witnesses.
Amandus Hochmuch, aged former
neighbor Of Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh, identified him as q man with
q ladder In dirty green" Car near
the Lindbergh home on the day Of
the crime, and John Perrone, Bronx
taxicab driver, pointed to him g the
man who gave him q dollar to de-
liver q note to Dr.. John r. (Jafsie)
Condor in March, 1882.
Perrone, taking the witness stand
shortly after the opening Of the aft
ernoon session, walked to Haupt-
mann, slapped hand on his Shout
der, and declared:
That's the man."
Earlier in the day the spectators
had been startled by the unexpected
testimony Of Hochmuch. who pointed
q shaking finger at Hauptmann and
said he was q man who on March /,
1882, near the Lindbergh home,
"glared at me as If he saw . ghost"
tert00o Accuses SUSPECT
Perrone, asked II during the time
he was taxicab driver he ever had
occasion to visit the home Of Dr..
Conden, said:
Eyes, sir"
"What was the occasion OF your
visit to the home Of Dr.. John f..
Condon?"
II had q man give me an envelope
addressed to DR.. Condor"
who is the man who gave you that
envelope?"
Bruno Richard Hauptmann."
us he in this room?"
Eyes, sir"
"Come down and point him out,
please" Wilentz invited.
Perrone left the stand and placed
his hand on Hauptmann,s shoulder
and asserted:
"That is the man."
you're q liar" Hauptmann num-
bled.
His voice was 50 low it was heard
by only q few newspapermen and his
counsel. Edward J. Reilly, chief Of
the defense legal staff, attempted to
get the reply Into the record, but At
torney General David T. Wilen:z OBJ
jected on the ground it was not heard
by the official court stenographer.
The court ruled the record would
stand without the declaration for the
present, but Reilly might offer news
papermen later as witnesses to insert
the reply In the record.
Ladder Ruled Out
The state failed in its second at
tempt to get the ladder down which
It contends the baby was carried to
its death into evidence, and the de-
Tense pursued vigorous attack on
the efficiency Of the New Jersey po-
lice after two troopers testified they
could find no fingerprints In the
Lindbergh nursery, on the ladder, Of
on the ransom note which Lindbergh
found on the nursery window sill.
The defense successfully blocked
the ladder from evidence on the
ground that It had not been properly
identified.
The court ruled. however, that the
ladder could be again offered into
evidence after more Identification
testimony about 1t had been pres
ented.
Hochmuch, who turned out TO be
the mysterious old man who paced
the jail in front Of Hauptmann's cell
several weeks ago, electrified the
packed court when he gave his testi-
mony. And there was . gasp when
he stepped down from the stand and
gingerly touched the Bronx carpen-
ter with his hand.
Hauptmann Shakes Head
Hauptmann rolled his head mega.
lively back and forth.
The old man testified he was stand.
ing on the porch Of his home in thu
forenoon March /. 1882. His home
he explained, was on the main high.
way intersection with the lane thai
runs to the Lindbergh place In Hope.
well.
"Well," he said, II saw . car com.
ing around the corner, pretty good
speed, and I expected II to turn ovel
ia tho ditch. And O. the car N,
about 26-l should Judge about n
feet away from me. the man II therl
looked out Of the window like this
He turned his head toward the jur1
70 show them how.
.And hs glared at mo . u he sev
q ghost"
No questions could shake the Old
mans positiveness, and he Was ex.
cused from tho stand after Reilly COL
him to say no had not discussed hi
Identification Of Hauptmann with
Hochmuch turned out to b til.
mysterious old man who paced thu
jail In front Of HAuptmanns eel
some weeks ago.
Prior to his startling testimony tht
defense had launched vigorous at'
tack upon the efficiency q New Jer'
sey police after two officers testifiet
they could find no fingerprirts IN th'