Evening star., 1935-01-25

A. Christmas, 1924.
@. How much were you paid on that
job?
A. Fifty dollars.
Mrs. Hauptmann did not look at
the witness. Her face was a mask,
her eyes blank and expressionless, but
she was very rigid in her chair.
@. When did you and Anna Schoef-
f1er marry?
A. The 10th of October of 1925.
@. Were you spending all you
made?
A. spent little.
@. Did you open bank account?
A. Yes, downtown at the bridge,
branch.
Hauptmann TeStifies
OF Early Carpentry Jobs.
(Reilly interrupted the examination
at this point to call Fredericksen and
his wife,
When the examination of Haupt-
mann was resumed, Reilly asked him
about his Lakewood job. He said he
had seen New York newspaper ad-
vertisement, had answered it, and
been sent to Lakewood to build a
one-family house. Diebig worked on
the job with him as his helper.
About the time he was married,
Hauptmann said, he worked for man
named Olson This work was irregu-
lar, but lasted over period of three
or four years. When he wasn't work.
ing for Olson he worked wherever he
could find a job. he said. In 1929
he worked as a carpenter in Mount
Vernon.
G. Were you out of work very often
during 1928 to 1929?
A. Not very often.
During 1928 and 1929 he also
worked Saturdays and Sundays for
some friends, and built three houses.
@. And how much did you make
on the job at working overtime in
your odd hours on that job of three
houses?
A. Oh, it was approximate $1,000.
@. And how much of that did you
save?
A. Well, I took some to the bank,
and some of the money I always keep
in the house.
@. Did you keep some of the money
in the house?
A. Yes, always. That is habit
have.
Claims He Had $500
In His House in 1929.
Q. Now, do you remember about
how much you had in your house at
the end of 1929?
A. In 1929 I would say $4,000
@. Three thousand? A Three
thousand, three thousand five hun
dred
Q. In cash? A. In cash.
@. And that was money you had
made as carpenter? A. Yes.
@. And saved? A. Yes.
@. Was Anna working all the time
until practically the birth of the baby?
A. Well, she worked all the time
with the exception of two times she
went to Europe.
@. Where did she go?
A. To her home town.
@. Did she go to visit some rela-
tiveS of hers in Europe?
A Her parents.
G. When was her first trip to
Europe?
A. Summertime, 1928.
@. 1923? A. Yes.
@. Had she worked steadily since
she came to America up to the time
she made the first trip to Europe?
A. With the exception of one month,
one or two months, when we get mar
ried.
@. You were married in 1925, in
October? A. Yes.
Q. How much did Anna make a
week? A She makes about $40 or $25,
I guess, and about SIS to So tips.
Q. About $50 or S33 a week. A. Yes.
@. DID she save most of it? A. Well,
We kept our household from the
money from my wife.
Q. The running expenses of the
house? A. The running expenses
Estimates Wife's Trip
Abroad Cost $500.
@. The running expenses came from
the money Anna made? A. That is it.
I used to save my wages.
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Now, when she went over to Europe
in 1928, how much did she pay for
her ticket? A. I can't recall
@. Did she go second class, tourist
class A. No, she went third class.
The round-trip passage cost about
5000, Hauptmann said, and his wife
stayed abroad about four months. On
that trip she took to Germany one
of the three daughters of Mrs. Ella
Achenbach, & neighbor
Mrs. Achenbach, an elderly Bronx
matron, was the woman whose testi-
mony last week provoked Mrs. Haupt
mann to Cry out that she was lying,
when Mrs. Achenbach related that a
day or so after the Lindbergh kid
naping Hauptmann came to her home
and she noticed he limped. Mrs.
Hauptmann, at that time, according
to the testimony, told Mrs. Achen-
bach her husband had injured his leg
on a trip.
Between 1928 and 1882 his wife con-
tinued to work, Hauptmann testified.
@. Did you save your money. A. Yes.
G. Now, in the early part of July,
1881, do you recall that period? A.
Yes.
Says California Trip
Planned for Years.
@. You decided to go and take a
trip to California; is that right?
A. Well, it was decided eight years
ago already.
@. Well, did you decide to go, then,
in 1881? A. Yes.
@. Can you tell us, now, about how
much you had in cash, just before
you started for California in 1891?
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