The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-31
the bakery?"
"Until half past nine"
"And them"

"And them"
eve went home"
She faced the jury to tell it.
Reilly, the best Snowman in this
courtroom, took a leisurely walk
across the room to the defense ia
Bile to allow time for her testi-
mony to sink into the minds of
the jurors.
was concerned, disposed of one
fateful date. Every one recalled
the promise that Lloyd Fisher of
defense counsel made in his open
ing statement:
"There are three important
dates in this case and there are
three alibis."
Reilly proceeded to alibi No.
"Do you remember April 2,
1892" ...
That was the night the ran
som was paid. -.
eyes," Mrs. .Hauptmann repi-
ed in a clear (, =. voice. 81 remern-
Der it WE'LL"
"That was a Saturday,"
Eyes"
What were you doing that
night?"
J sT was in nv home with my
husband and Hans Kloppenburg.
They played. music. Later there
were cards played"
Reilly raced on to alibi No. 3.
There was, another date spok-
en- of here-November 26, 1888.
What date was that"
"That was my husbands birth
day.
1t also was the night, accord
ing to Cecile Barr, cashier at
the Loew's Sheridan Square
theatre in New York. that Haupt-
mann walked up to the window,
trust in a SIS Lindbergh ransom
bill and asked for a Accent
ticket. e.
J The date is important. 1t
comes one month before 1sidor
Fisch, according to Hauptmann,
called at his home and left a
shoe box full of Lindbergh ran
som money. If Cecile Barr is
correct in her testimony, the
whole fabric of ,Hauptmann's
story about is ripped in shreds.
+ Other points developed by At
torney General Wilentz were:
1-Retraction of her state,
mont that she had never cleaned
the top shelf of the broom closet
where Hauptmann had kept the
shoebox containing the gold ran
som notes. She said that it was
too high for her to reach, and a
photograph of the clset showed
that above the point at which
the shoebox stayed was the nall
on which sh daily hung her
: apron. The tin box in which she
kept her soap coupons was, on
this shelf and she took 1t down
often.
2-Elbert Carlstrom. Swede.
who carried boards to carpenters
working on the Majestic apart
ments in New York, on which
Hauptmann worked substantlated
the Hauptmann alibi that he was
in the bakery where Mrs. Haupt..
mann worked on the night OF
the kidnapping. But he could not
remember the number of floors
in the apartment in which ne had
lived for eight months. Could
not give any idea of the four
other men who were in the bak-
cry on the night of the purport-
ed alibi. and that he saw pic,
ture with Hauptmann n q
Reilly together fright after
Hauptmann. was arrested, where
as Reilly did not enter the case
until weeks afterward., 81.
Wilentz spend the latter part
of the afternoon trying to LEAD
Carlstrom into other traps, Dut
did not succeed. After the days
session, George X. Large, ,speclai
assistant Encouragement an
nounced that the state consider
ed Carlstrom's testimony OF such
Importance that his story would
be checked to see if perjury pro
ceedings could not be brought
against him.
Thus did the story of the
Hauntmanns end, and out OF
their hands passed their supreme
chance to save the life of the
CARPENTER. Other witnesses will
testify now, in an attempt to bull
Iwark the stories that the HaupI-
mann's spent four days IN tell
ing.