, 1935-01-28

Crosses Some Out
Nov you're almost 10 the end,
tells Us what's In your handwrit-
ing" Wilentz went on. That's the
end of the book. the last page you
didn't write-if there's any doubt
about IL cross 1t out"
Hauptmann crossed out the last
page and thumbed the others.
Hauptmann continued. prompted
by Wilentz. 10 circle letters and
words he didn't write. When he
stopped Wilentz offered the book in
evidence.
Wilentz directe dthe witness at
tention to the drawings Of the lad
der and window.
@. Would you say those we're the
drawings Of a little child?
A. It's not my drawing.
g. Would you say a little child
did It?
A. Yes.
Wilentz had him mark the por-
tons ne did not consider his with
the circled letters r, x, and h.
q. Now in April 2, 1892. you re-
member Or. Condon's testimony
that that was tine date he paid YOU
$4,000?
A. $4,000 Gin a surprised tone)7
O. NOW with reference TO that
particular day, April 2, all you had
IN your stock accounts was 50 shares
Of Warner Bros?
A. That's right.
q. And your bank balance then
was 500. $202267
"A. Yes.
@. And you had a mortgage for
$3.50 which you and your wife had
bought?
A. Yes
@. In 1929. you had. you said
about $500 in cash at homer
"A. $500.
Q. In 1881. about 1000?
A. Yes.
Q. That was the cash you were
hiding on your wife?
A. Yes.
@. When did you put $4,000 in
circulation7
A. Oh, 80.
Q. On April 2. 1892 you had $4,000
in cash?
A. Yes, about that.
@. Where did you keep the mon
ey at home?
A. In a big trunk. Hauptmanr
explained the trunk was used fos
storing winter and summer clothes
Lndbergh took up again his
steady scrutiny OF the witness as
he testified. Mrs. Hauptmann re-
garded her husband en~couragingly
q. You had clothes in the trunk
And what else7
A. Feather beu.
q. II was a dry place. wasn't it7
A. OF course, II was dry.
q. Where did you keep it7
A. In the front room.
@. In what room?
A. In the big closet In the front
room.
q. Was the trunk locked7
A. Yes.
@. Did your wife have a key7
A. No sir.
@. In the front room where you
had your victrola-your radio, where
you entertained your friends-sc
safe you could keep 1t hidden7
A. Yes.
Q. That was the safest place In
your house?
A. I guess II was the safest.
q. So safe you thought IL was
the place 70 keep It away from your
wife?
A. Yes. I knew my wife goes
there only a few times a year.
Back 10 Note Book
Wilentz pointed to Hauptmann's
note book, When he computed his
worth in 1929 as s2l066 and his wife's
as s1.03l.
@. That mortgage was the only
one you had-you put that in the
book?
A. Yes.
Q. You owned $500 worth OF
stock and put that In the book?
@. This was your yearly inven-
tory2
A. Yes.
@. Now read this line. what does
II say2
"A. Cash al home SIG.
q. Not $500?
"A. No.
@. Not s3007
a. No.
@. But si62
A. Yes. but that's the reason. That
was all my wife knew OF.
At Wilentz's request Hauptmanr
estimated his worth at the end Of
1929 as between $1,000 and $4,000.
@. That was your assets In 1929 ex-
cept the money you were hiding from
your wife?
A. Yes.
Hauptmann recorded the salaries
he and his wife made. he testified,
but did not include the money he
made in overtime work.
That's the money" he explained,
II kept from my wife"
@. How much did you have In
Europe?
A. Billions
q. Billions?
A. That was during initiation.
q. What did YOU have when YOU
came to the United States?
A. About 500.
@. So YOU and YOUR wife c2me here
and worked h7rd. and kept strict
accounts. and AZ the end Of 1928,