The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28

during the most embarrassing of che questions.
 nnt in more than two hours of exnmlnafion, Wilentz had drawn from hlm the following admissions:
 q. That the accounts he kept Of his financial transactions were faiae-purposely 50, lest his wife become aware that he had money.
 q, That book containing some of his writing, with the word "bcad" in 1t. was written in 1881 in4tead of eight years ago, as Hat1ptmann had claimed.
 That it was difficult for him 10 spell words containing the let- tert 'sgh" and that he was in the habit of inserting unnecessary ms in long words. such as "signature" and Seventy"
 A That a time when Haupt- 1nann claims he was worth mine or ten thousand dollars" just be" ft-e the Lindbergh Kidnapping. his brokers were bounding him for $7@ margin on his account, and thFEatening to close him out.
 z < MisspeIling Words
 The habit of misspelling words was vital to the states case, be- cauee it has shown through its Z handwriting experts that the same fnistpeiiing occur in Hauptmann's acknowledged writings and in the rareom notes sent to Dr John r. Coffdon.
 Tho matter of Hauptmann"s margin calls was also important. Hahptmann stubbornly insisted that before the Kidnapping he had plenty of money, cached in q trunk.
 Yet, according to the attorney general, he was unable to meet margin calls-and didn't take any of bis hidden wealthy 10 pay them.
 With infinite sarcasm, Wilentz forged the prisoner to say that wh6n he found the money he says was left with him by Isidor Flsch, he didn't count it for two weeks.
 The money, according to Haupt- mahn, had become soaked in the shoe box by rain that came through into the broom closet where he was keeping 1t.
 g let 1t dry first, before count cd it,' Hauptmann said calmly.
 Forced Him to Admit
 From red and black boks, from cheeks and other papers uncovered in The Hauptmann home, Attorney GeHeral David T. Wilentz forced him to admit first. that he had not been honest with his wife, and sec- ond that his spelling followed many of the variations found in them nessages he is accused of send ing. to Dr John r. Condon, while he was negotiating for the ransom
 It was the second day of Haupt- m n f1S Sa tnt tsr.tG r.E.1n .l l,n forney general was as savage in hisTattack as he was last Friday, welt he sent him, pale and near collapse. back to his cell after a 30-minute inquisition.
 Wilentz dwelt at length on Hauptmann's peculiar habit of in- serzing an unnecessary "n" in cer- taia words. This was important beQause in the ransom. note, the wOFd Signature" invariably ap- pears as ''singnature."
 The attorney general then de- yeloped that the defendant in his private writing, had great difficulty wikh the letters ''g" and "h," and thtk he frequently transposed them. Thip, too: followed the style of the ransom notes.
 Pinned Him Down
 Wilentz cracked down on Haupt- rnann's statement that he wrote the word "boad' (for "boat") in the cdebook found III the house some eight years ago.
 HYou wrote that word in 1881, didn't you?" the attorney general asked.
 No answer came from Haupt- mann, but Wilentz pinned the date to that year because 1t was an &C., count of expenditures made by Hauptmann, his wife, and Hans Kloppenburg. during their 1891 trip to California.
 Under the badgering of the chief prosecutor, Hauptmann was ob- viously endeavoring to keep hls temper In check. To 8 series of ems barrassing questions he began re- :. plying only "I can't remember, l can't remember
 Some of the questions were de- signed to trap him into an admit sion. from the stand that he had q part in the crime. Hauptmann would not be trapped.
 Didn't you begin keeping &C., counts after the idea of the Lind- bergh Kidnapping came to you?" he was asked.
 T never kidnapped any baby" he replied stolidly.
 Wilentz thrust another damaging book at the defendant. It contained drawings of what WilentZ said were "a window, ladder and a dowel pin"
 T don't know what that is," Hanptmann asserted. Tt doesn't look like it to me.
 'They were done by a child who was visiting us," he declared.
 Crowd Kept Reduced.
 Bennington, N. l., Jan 28-tUP) Strict orders from Sheriff John IT. Curtiss to keep the aisles clear reduced tho size of the crowd in theg courtroom today for the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
 Oustide the courthouse, however, large throng stood In the zero temperature, wearing fur coats and ear IIuffs. None of them had a chance to gain admittance 10 the courthouse, but they hoped to get q glimpse of some of the trial prin- cipals.
 Attorney General David T. Will entz arrived in court early. II" wore q gray, double-breasted suit, gray necktie and gray spats.
 The rotund Sheriff Curtiss had put-on blue necktie for this big day in court.
 Broadway once more travelled to Main street for the trial.
 Among the spectators were Jack Benny, radio comedian: Clifton Webb, musical comedy dancer; and Ozzie Nelson, radio crooner.
 Half an hour before court open ed sthe crowd was massed in the corFidor and on the steps. State pu- lice kept lanes open for the pas WAKE UP YOUR
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