The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-11

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a day give us their opinions Of things"
Reilly told the jury he respected
Colonel Lindbergh, that he marched in
the parade OF welcome when the col
onel returned from his fame-making
flight to Paris. but he added:
Bruno Richard Hauptmann was
never on those grounds" He referred
to the Lindbergh estate at Hopewell,
N. j.. from which the baby was
stolen.
Fool or Master Mind
'Now," Reilly said. they would
have you In one breath believe that
this man Hauptmann was q master
mind, that he planned this himself,
and the next minute they would have
you believe that he was the worst fool
In the world. that he was dumb, that
he didn't know anything; he would
wear gloves making q ladder so his
fingerprints wouldn't be left behind:
and he would sit an hour and hall
talking to Condor with his face ex-
posed. In one the careful master
mind, in the other the perfect fool.
Now you cannot carry water on both
shoulders"
Later, he said:
LAS we 60 through 1t you will see
that this case has been pieced together
as you would write scenario, but 1t Is
not founded on honest fact.
THE first thing you have got to de-
eide when you go into your jury room
Is this, how In Gods name did Haupt-
mann know anything about the Lind
bergh home.
Contends Inside Job
II don't care about handwriting. I
don't care anything about wood, nor
do I care about the ransom money for
which this man stands indicted in the
Bronx and for which he has to stand
trial there. Nor am going to allow
you to pull the chestnuts out OF the
fire for Bronx county and say, well,
because he had the money he must be
guilty Of something. therefore we will
send him away for something
Colonel Lindbergh was stabbed In
the back by the disloyalty Of those who
worked for him and despite the fact
that he courageously believed that
there was no disloyalty In the servants
quarters, say now that no one could
get into that house unless the infor.
nation was supplied by those who
worked for Colonel Lindbergh."
Hauck Opens for State
Opening for the state, surrounded
by nearly 400 mute exhibits and heard
by the gray-faced, worried, defendant.
Prosecutor Anthony NJ. Hauck OF
Hunterdon county told the Jury:
THE state OF New Jersey contends
that they have proven not only be-
yond reasonable doubt, but conclu-
sively and overwhelmingly that Bruno
Richard Hauptmann Is guilty Of MUIR
der In the first degree, that he Is
guilty Of the murder Of the infant,
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr."
He pointed out at once that the
state had established the corpus del
|ltctt
He recited the details Of the theory
which he declared the state proved.
that Hauptmann entered the nursery
window Of the Lindbergh home by
means Of ladder, yanked the sleep.
ing baby from It's crib. started back
down the ladder with 1t and fell to
the ground as the ladder broke. II
was then, he contended, the baby
suffered . fractured skull which
caused its death.
Fall Causes Babys Death
1--WE have proven to you conclusive-
! ~" he said, that that fall caused
the baby's death when it received the
fractured skull which was Of such &C
extent that It caused instantaneous
DEATH"
Later. he said:
, "You can infer that that crack that
Colonel Lindbergh heard was the very
crashing Of that very ladder outside
, LOT the nursery window"
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, faith
e. Of the child. testified he heard {
, noise which sounded like q lallina
. crate.
) "You can infer that the defendant
/ IN leaving the premises with the child
realizing that the baby was dead
! yanked that garment Oft the babs
!. and ct that time that thumbguart
was dropped on the premises"
Hauck was referring to the baby'l