Evening star., 1935-01-30

was not proper redirect evidence.
There was no way for the State,
he said, to check the message from
man now dead.
The justice asked the two attorneys
to step to the bench and explain what
was sought from the letters.
Hauptmann Restless
During Interlude.
Hauptmann was restless during the
interlude. He chewed at his lip alb
stractedly and spread out his fingers
stiffiy in front Of him, bending them
as If he were taking a hand exer-
else. He seemed obnvious of mis- sur
roundings.
After the brief conference Reilly
told Hauptmann to confine answers
on the letters to what Fisch said about
the fur business.
The letter I got from Mr.. FIch
was about the furs. He only wrote me
about the advance In price of 20 or
Is per cent" Hauptmann explained.
at Reilly. Again he was pronouncing
the word "furs" as If it were "fours."
@. So there was a continuous cor
respondence between you about the
furs? A. Yes.
@. And was there correspondence
about the stocks? A. Yes. In every
letter he asked me about the stocks.
Reilly produced a booklet and asked
Hauptmann to spell the word deSig-
mated. The word was boat" and
Hauptmann spelled it correctly.
Writing of Boat
Declared Different.
@. Is it not a fact the German at"
is different from the English ST.? A.
The German is different.
Q. And this word you say you wrote
1t b-o-a-t? A. Yes.
Reilly was apparently referring to
the same notebook entry which Haupt-
mann said under croSS-examination
was "b-o-a-d," spelled the same as the
last ransom note spelled boat"
@. When was it the President said
gold was no longer legal tender? A.
In March, '33.
@. That was when you turned in
the $3.50? A. Yes.
@. Did you know that If they sent
you any QUESTIONABLE on the gold you
would be. discovered to be an alien and
be sent back to Germany? A. Yes, I
know dat.
@. During what time were you pass
ing those bills? A. From the time I
found them until my arrest.
@. For a period Of over a month?
A. Yes.
@. During all the time you didn't
change your license plate; you didn't
change your name, did you? A. No.
@. You took your wife to buy shoes
with one Of the bills, openly? A. Yes.
didn't try to conceal that you had
gold certificate? A. No.
@. And when the man at the gas
station asked you about the bills you
made no effort to hide your license
plates, did you? A. No effort at all to
hide anything.
He was speaking of the passing Of
the bill which led to his arrest. There
was no change in his voice as he spoke.
Private Bank" Fund
Described on Stand.
@. Now I ask you again, did one
dollar Of the Lindbergh ransom
money pass into your bank or broker
age accounts? A. Not one dollar.
Reilly took a new tack.
@. Did you know Harry Uhlig and
Fisch had an apartment in some
other part Of New York? A. did
not.
Fisch lived in one small room, the
witness previously testified.
@. What was the private bank ac-
count you and Fisch had? A. The
private bank account was the $500.
To make it short 7 put it private
bank account"
@. In "your private bank account"
you meant your private records,
didn't you? A. Yes.
Hauptmann reiterated that the
business relation with Fisch was
"50-50." He explained that in some
of the stock deals it was 40 per cent"
@. When was it proposed2 A.
Summer time, 1898.
@. Then after q few days Isador
said he didn't want it anymore? A.
That's what he said.
Reilly stalked over to the witness
chair and picked up the plane which
State experts have said planed the
kidnap ladder.
@. Now they have made an exhibit
Of large plane. Is this your plane?
A. That's my plane.
@. How long before your arrest did
you use it2 A. This plane was never
used since 1928.
@. When was 1t sharpened? A. Not
since.
@. Where was 1t In the garage? A.
It was on-a rear sisslf at the rear wan
Of the garage,