The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-12

first man to have his day in cout,
always is listened to with respect"
The defense appeared yesterday
to have exploded a depth bomb in
the states contention that it had
traced SAG, 500 of the s5O 1000 ransom
money TO Hauptmann.
Decide Bomb" is Harmless
The prosecution. after a confer
ence last night. decided the bomb
was harmless. II said the testimony
of Frank j. Wilson, a special inves-
tigatOr for the Internal Revenue
Department. in which he admitted
that TO his knowledge only SIG. 900
of the ransOm money had been
turned in to the United States
Treasury Department. would be Of
set by other testimony using
Hauptmann's bank accounts to show
where the money went.
This much the prosecution re-
gealed.
Every bank in which Haupt-
mann's money was found-was If
close proximity to the firm of
Steiner, Rouse & Co, where Haupt-
mann had his brokerage account,
one of which was in the name Of
Anna S%choeffler, his wife.
Wei put in Hauptman's hands
at least SAG, 500 which he can not
account for. and for which he will
have the testimony in his own
figures the prosecution said.
Lost $1,000 in Market
It was known that Hauptmann
has claimed. since his arrest, that
he was earning a living through
playing the stock market. 1t is al
so known that he actually lost APP
proximately $1,000 in stock deals
from March, 1882, to the time of
his arrest. He had several thou
sand dollars in stocks, securities and
bank deposits when he was arrested.
And he had two mortgages. with a
face value of $500. which have
been turned over to his various de-
tense counsel, and which are even
now the subject of litigation in New
York courts.
In addition to that, he says ne
gave ISidOr FisCh, a cOnsumptive
friend with whom he was asso-
ciated in the fur business. $500 in
cash as a loan-the loan which
FiSch returned. according to Haupt-
mann'S story. by leaving with him
a shoe box full of Lindbergh ransom
currency.
Wilson hedged to some extent on
his story yesterday. by saying that
nobody could tell to a penny ex-
actly how much of the ransom
money actually was turned into the
Treasury.
Prosecution Holding Back
The prosecution is holding back
some of the most vital parts of its
testimony.
AS the case stood today, at the
conclusion of the eighth day of trial
and always remembering that the
defense has not yet submitted a
witness in behalf of the hollow
eyed, flat-cheeked prisoner-the
state had presented the following
facts:
/. The kidnapping and murder of
the child were proved by Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh. his wife. Anne
Morrow Lindbergh. nurSemaid Betty
Cow. Mrs. Oliver Whately. widow of
the Lindbergh butler. and members
of the police forces of Hopewell and
New Jersey.
,. The passage Of the ransom
money was proved by Col. Lind
bergh, DR.. John F. Condor (Jafsie)
Al Reich daisies bcdyguard), and
Col. Henry c. Breckenridge. friend
and legal adviser of Col. Lindbergh.
5. The innocence of DR.. Condor
was vigorously established by Col
Breckenridge.
1. Hauptmann was identified as a
man in a dirty green car" seen
with a ladder near the Hopewell
home Of the Lindberghs on the day
Of the kidnapping. by Amandus
Hochmuth, 81.
Identified by -Jafsie"
5. The former German machine
gunner has been identified by "Jaf-
sic" as the man who met him in
Woodlanw Cemetery and bargained
with him for the return Of the
child; received the package of ran
som money from his hands in St
RaymondS Cemetery in the Bronx;
told him he had been in the Lind
bergh nursery on the night of the
kidnapping and proved it by describ-
ing how the baby'S bed was ar
ranged. and how the blankets were
fastened down with pins.
s. It has been proved. by a New
ark police officer. that a man coulC
climb into the Lindbergh nursery
by means Of the kidnap ladder found
on the Lindbergh estate. which ha,
not vet been admitted by the court
as evidence.
Z. 1t has been shown that the
writer Of the ransom notes returned
10 the Lindberghs the baby's sleep
ing suit. a WOODEN garment to which
thumb guards were attached by
identifable thread. and that he thus
proved per Sc a connection with The
Ednaping-and hence the murder.
s. The worlds most noted hand.
writing expert has compared the
series of a ransom notes with
specimens of Hauptmann's hand
writing. obtained first through
ordinary channels such as promis'
sorry notes and APPLICATIONS for auto.
mobile licenses. and. second
through the suggestion Of New York
and New Jersey police officials. He
SAYS they are the work Of the same
man-and that the man Is Bruno
Richard Hauptmann.