The Washington times., 1935-01-19

ing in the loopholes and soft
spots" in the case.
The prosecution turned to the
notes which the kidnaper Of the
Lindbergh baby wrote during the
lengthy ransom negotiations.
Writing is Vital Link
The Hauptmann case hinges to
a great extent on handwriting,
perhaps more so than any other
great American criminal trial.
Handwriting experts were EN-.
phatic in their Identification of
the handwriting Of the ransom
notes.
Before the experts were sum.
moned to the witness chair Miss
Alexander took the stand. She
told of seeing q man whom she
identified as Hauptmann trailing
DR.. Condor.
Attorney General David T.
Wilentz asked her about a night
in March, 1882, when she said
she saw DR.. Condor and another
man at a telegraph stand in the
Fordham station of the New York
Central railroad in the Bronx,
New York city.
Q.-(By Wilentz) What was
DR.. Condor doing? Ascending
telegram.
Q.-Where was the other man?
A.-Diagonally in back of him.
The beautiful witness was per.
fectly calm. She talked in a low
musical voice.
Q.-What attracted your atten.
ton to the other man? Ale
was obviously watching DR.. Con-
don.
Saw Him Again
Odd you see that man again?
A.-Yes.
Q-When? A.-Two or three
nights later, near DR.. Condon's
home.
Q.-And who was that man?
The girl calmly turned her
head to face Hauptmann and in
level tones said:
Bruno Richard Hauptmann."
Miss Alexander testified, under
further questioning by Mr.. Viii.
entz, that she recognized Haupt-
mann from his pictures after his
arrest and went to the Bronx au.
thorities with this information.
She said she later testified be.
fore the Bronx grand jury before
it indicted Hauptmann for extor-
ton.
Reilly Attacks
Defense Attor Reilly
launched a vicious crossfire of
questions intended to confuse and
discredit the witness. His tone
angered her, and at one point
she simply refused to answer his
questions.
The witness said it was 6:15 or
$50 p. m. when she saw DR.. Con-
don and Hauptmann in the sta
ton.
Q.-Where was the station
agent? Al don't know.
Q.-Don't you know there is no
ticket agent after S p. m. in that
station?
Mr.. Reilly hammered away at
the young lady with barrage of
questions about her knowledge of
the railroad, the trains, and the
station.
When Mr.. Wilentz objected,
Justice Thomas w. Trenchard
asked:
what is the purpose of this
line Of questiOning?"
Mr.. Reilly said:
II want to show that the
young lady never was in that
railroad station. She knows
nothing about the trains out
of that station or the station
itself, in spite of the years she
says she has spent in the
Bronx"
Witness Calm
The pretty witness was upper
turbed by this blast.
Justice Trenchard overruled
Mr.. Wilentz and Mr.. Reilly went
on with his questioning about the
trains. The witness appeared to
be extremely vague in her knowl-
edge of them. She was unable
to state what the fare was to
certain points in Greater New
York city from that station.
Mr.. Reilly switched his line Of
questioning. The girl eyed him
cody as he proceeded:
Q.-How long have you known
DR.. Condor? A.-Since 1928.
Q.-Where did you meet him?
A.-At a theater. I was working
at the theater nights as a cashier
while going to school. and the
manager introduced me to DR..
Condor.
Q.-Dr. Condor was a frequent
visitor? A patron.
Mr.. Reilly's tone was insinuat-
ing and the girls temper obviously
began to rise.
She simply didn't answer.
Tells of Seeing Condor
Mr.. Reilly went back to the
night the girl said she saw
Hauptmann watching DR.. Condor
in the station.
Q.-And when you saw DR..
Condor in the station what was
he doing? Ale was directly
in profile to me. He was excited
and he was talking to the tele-
| graph operator.
Q.-And you came in the sta.