, 1935-01-29

-
Back 20 Market
The questions. shot rapidly az the
ouiet-spoken defendant. turned 10
the market transactions.
q. You sold short, did your
A. Yes.
@. Did YOU buy put and calf II
other words It's a hedge2
A. Insurance. .
Wilentz went into the technical
details OF puts-and-calls. winding
up, "you learned all the tricks Of
the trade in Wall street. didn't
your"
He got no answer from the wit
ness.
HauptmRnn, smiling. corrected
wilentz that he did not lose but
won "a few dollars" on put and call.
@. The only money you put In was
from Fisch from furs and from your
bank account2
"A. And q mortgage.
@. You deposited hundreds of dol
lars in silver change?
A. I'D like to explain to the jury.
The large amount OF silver, the
state contends. came from the
change Hauptmann obtained by
passing ransom money.
@. Where did you get all that
silver?
A. II was a mistake. Sometimes
on the slip, the deposit slip, when ]
write 1t down, I get the bills down
below the line where 1t reads silver.
@. You mean that some Of the
deposit slips show silver but what
we call silver were really bills?
That right?
A. Yes.
wilentz produced the deposit slips.
@. Take a look at this IL shows
coins S106.
A. That Is wrong. II means bills
You can't expect to carry $500 In
silver in my pocket.
@. But isn't that your handwriting
on that slip?
A. Yes. But I never carried that
much silver.
wilent9 showed him another slip.
@. You put the bills in the right
place then2
A. NO. that's all right.
Mistakes I'm Deposits
Another deposit slip was shown
him and again Hauptmann said II
was all right. the bills and coins
being In the correct place.
A red blush suffused the carpen-
ter's face as the questioning pro-
%. whats this So in bills si2 In
coins and $50 check2
A. That's all right.
q. Now here s62 In bills s12 In
coins2
A. Yes.
@. Here Ia $i2 in coirIe.
A. That means bills.
@. Between bills and checks?
A. That is bills.
q. Another - coins &84.
A. That's A mistake. ! didn't
pay so much attention to the fiG-
ures how I wrote them.
one after one WilentK showed him
deposit slips In his handwriting
showing large deposits OF silver
Hauptmann seemed 10 be getting
confused and his explanations BE-
came more jumbled.
1T should be bills. II should DC
bills" he repeated monotonously as
he looked at the deposit amounts h
had marked beside the word "si-
YER on a deposit slip.
Wilentx hammered questions about
a counterfeit quarter among the
deposits and Reilly protested. Tho
Justice advised Hauptmann he
would have opportunity 20 answer
@. Here Is 500 In bills deposited
In September 1881. You wcren1
working. Where did you get the
money?
A. Fom the fur business.
wilentz and the defendant contin.
ued the Identification OF the de-
posts. the attorney general citina
many coin deposits which Haupt-
kldAlAA chAN WNAC uli1t0A11s
Can't Remember
Wilentz showed Hauptmann a ST.
coin deposit.
q. You didn't deposit si2 In coin
IN al the years before 1881?
A. What's that7
The question was repeated.
"A. I can't remember.
There we're two deposits Of silver
one Sl2 and the other $40. both
made shortly after the ransom pay
ment.
@. Where did you get that silver1
A. Some OF the money out of my
trunk In the house.
@. When you had the $4,000?
A. Yes.
Hauptmann explained his wife had
complained at the small bank bal
ance In their account and no had