Evening star., 1935-02-04

pictures Of men and women shown
to him.
Reilly then took him for redirect.
| Reilly excused him after a few
brief questions.
Ben Jupica, the young Princeton
student who saw an auto with lad
der near the Lindbergh estate at
| dusk the kidnap day, was then
sworn. He gave his full name as
Sebastian Benjamin Lupica.
G. Lloyd Fisher Of the defense took
the witness for direct examination.
@. Where did you live on March
l, 1892 A. With my parents in
Hopewell, N. j., about mile north
Of the Lindbergh estate.
@. Did you go past the Lindbergh
estate to set to your home? A. Yes,
was committing to Princeton Pre-
paratory School in my car.
@. Are you here under State sub
poena and did you testify before the
grand jury? A. Yes.
Fisher directed Lupica to recount
his experiences the afternoon of the
kidnapping while driving home from
school.
Lupica told of encountering man
in a car with a ladder in it near
the Lindbergh estate.
Saw Ladder in Car
Student Testifies.
@. AS you started UP the road what
happened? A. I noticed a car COM
ing around the bend. It pulled across
to the wrong side of the road near
a cornfield.
@. What happened then? A. He
stayed there, and I started to 60 on
up the road, and I passed him on
the right side.
Q. Did you see anything in the
car? A. saw two sections Of ladder
in the car. It was resting on the
tops Of the front and back seats.
@. Will you describe to me the man
you saw in the car? A. He had a
dark coat. He was about 40 years
old and appeared thin.
@. Was he Of foreign nationality?
A. No, he did not seem to be.
Lupica told Of seeing two sections
Of the ladder later in possession Of
the police.
The witness told of meeting a resi-
dent of the area, Nelson Wyckoff, to
whom he recounted the incident Of
seeing the ladder. At the time, he
said, he did not know the kidnapping
had occurred.
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and was summoned to the Lindbergh
estate late the afternoon of March
2, 1882.
The police, even then, he went on,
prompted by Fishers questions, did
not show him the ladder.
Car He Saw Was
"Blue or Black"
Fisher asked that the kidnap ladder
be brought into court.
@. Did you observe the make of the
car you saw? A. Yes, 1929 Dodge.
@. What was the color of the car
you saw? A. Black or dark blue.
@. It was green by any chance? A.
No, black or dark blue.
The dark-skinned student testified
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N. j., license plates.
Such q statement, he added, was
made to the police at the time.
@. It was not a New York license?
A. No.
Lupica testified he made q state
ment that the car was black or dark
blue, q 1929 Dodge sedan. The police,
he said, had him pick out q car Of
similar make.
@. Have you at any time told any
one that you recognized Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann as the man you saw
in that car? A. No.
@. Can you identify Bruno Richard
Hauptmann as the man you saw in
that car? A. I can not.
Fishers last questions brought out
that the driver did not resemble
Hauptmann and the kidnap ladder
was like the one Lupica had seen.
Lupica was released for cross-ex-
animation.
Says Passenger
"Resembled" Bruno.
wilentz, with detailed questions.
elected from the witness that he only
caught "fieeting" glance Of the lad
der.
Shown an article in a New York
tabloid newspaper bearing his name,
Lupica testified he had been. paid for
that and another, but he did not write
them. He asserted they erroneously
stated he had identified Hauptmann