Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 224, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 January 1935 — Page 14

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LIED TO WIFE ON ACCOUNTS, BRUNO ADMITS ON STAND

SPELLING TRIPS HAUPTMANN IN BITTERGRILLING Kept His Earnings Hidden in Trunk, Suspect Tells Accuser. (Continued From Page One) you happy? Were you sad? A—l was excited. Q —Did you holler out ‘Hey, Anna?' A—No. I did not. q—You didn't tell your wife? A —No. Q—You aren't very excited now, are you? A—Why should I be. Hauptmann spread his hands in a nonchalant gesture.

WANTED TO St UPRISE HER

Q —Why did you stop her from knowing about the money? A—l was planning a surprise for her. Q—You know Mr. Brent, a stock broker? A—Yes. Q —Do you remember saying, "Mr. Brent, if my wife ever asks you where I was some time, tell her I was with you?” A —No, Q—When you were brought to the Flemington Jail you knew some ransom notes were involved in this case? A—Yes. Q —Did you send out for a Ger-man-American dictionary while you were here? A —Yes. Q—To look up the correct spelling of the words? A —No. Q —ls that where you learned to spell signature correctly? A—No. Defense objected to the question and was overruled. Mr. Wilentz unrolled some charts that contained samples of handwriting from the ransom notes.

MISSPELLS “SEVENTY”

q—l want to show you on this chart hc word “signature?” A—l see it. Q—That’s a habit of your putting “N s” in where they don’t belong? A—No. Q —Well, you do it frequently, don't you? A—l don't remember doing it. Q_Would you be surprised to learn that you have done it? Look at this check and tell me if it is yours? A—lt is. Q —How much is the amount of that check? A—s 74. Q —How do you spell 74? Loud now. A—S-E-N- V-E-T-Y. Q—The ,;ame “N” that you use in “singnature,” isn't it? (Hauptmann didnt answer at first and Mr. Wilentz strode toward the witness chair shouting at him.) A—l guess so. (The defendant in answer to Mr. Wilentz’ questions on the exhibits said there was a great difference between an “N” in the ransom notes and the same letter in one of his admitted writings.) Mr. Wilentz handed Hauptmann a black-covered note book.

NOTE BOOK IN EVIDENCE

Q —ls this your book? A —Yes. Mr. Wilentz told him to draw lines under "New York” wherever it occurred or. a certain page. Hauptmann did it and Mr. Wilentz offered the page in evidence. The book was accepted in evidence. Mr. Wilentz showed the book to the jury, apparently trying to show that Hauptmann al ays put a hyphen between "New” r>d “York.” The iwo words are hyphenated in the Lindbergh ransom notes. Col. Lindbergh and the prisoner exchanged quick glances. The flier was in his accustomed chair, arms folded, listening intently to the testimony. Mr. Wilentz handed a ledger to Hautpmann and said: Q —ls this writing on page 5 yours" A —lt is. Page 5 of the ledger was accepted in evidence.

DENIES OWNING ROOK

Q —You w'vt in court when the handwriting experts testified about the peculiarities of the ransom notes? A -Yes. Q—Do you remember their testimony about the transposed words, the g’ ’h’ and ’t’. A—There were so many things I don’t remember that. Q —Now you had a habit of writing "lihgt.” and words like that? A—l have trouble writing English. Mr. Wilentz stood before Hauptmann. showing him the ledger and said: Q —You bought some CurtissWright stock and here is an entry in your ledger. Tell me how you spelled “Wright” in this ledger. Spell it good and loud so the jury

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can hear you? A—W R I H G T. Q —You had a German-American dictionary in your home? A—Yes, A yellow dictionary was shown Hauptmann. He said he had never before seen it. The question of his possession of the book was repeated by Mr. Wilentz and the defendant smiled as he replied “No.'’ Q —You started keeping accounts in what year? A—1925. Q —You said the word “boad” may have been written in this little red book eight years ago? A—Yes, I said that.

ADMITS WRITING "BOAD’*

Q—You see the $46.28 in this book carried over from the preceding page? A—Yes. Hauptmann leaned over and looked at the little red book in Mr. Wilentz’ hands. Their shoulders were touching while they went over the figures. Q —Now this entry concerned your California trip expense and so must have been written after July 5, 1931? A—Yes. Q—Well the word ‘ boad” is on the same page? A—Yes. Q—So, without any trouble we have established that the word was not written eight years ago but in 1931. No answer. Q—By the way, spell “signature” for me again. Hauptmann smiled and spelled: “S-i-g-n-a-t-u-r-e.” Q —How do you say "Lindbergh.” Hauptmann pronounced it slowly: "Lindenbergh.” Q —You’ve got an extra “n” in there haven't you? “Lindbergh,” Hauptmann pronounced again.

BRUNO SMILES BACK

Mr. Wilentz bantered with Hauptmann about pronunciation and spelling. Hauptmann smiled back at him. Q—This letter I hand you, is it yours? A—Yes. The letter to Hauptmann s broker was offered in evidence. Q—-You wrote to your broker when he asked for $74 more to cover your margin? A—Yes. Q—And you told him to wait a few days? A—Yes. Q —That was in May, 1931? A— Yes. Q—You remember writing “Dear Sir” and "Debit” in that letter. You know that both of them contain the letter "D.” Now look at the “D” in the ransom notes. "They are a whole lot different,” Hauptmann said. “We’ll let the jury decide that,” Mr. Wilentz said, passing the letter over to the jurors. Q —You kept accounts of all your transactions until July, 1930? A— I can’t remember when I stopped. Q —Why did you stop? A—l don’t know. Q —You stopped when you came back from California? A —l don't remember.

FISCH KEPT ACCOUNTS

Q—ln 1932, you began keeping accounts again? A —Brokerage accounts. Q—Didn’t you keep an account of the furs bought between you and Fisch, their cost, their sale price? A—Part of it. Q_Who were you hiding this from? A —Fisch kept part of the accounts. Q —l show you a ransom note and I want you to read this sentence. Defense counsel objected. The court overruled the objection. Hauptmann puzzled over the note for a minute and Mr. Wilentz’ next question was heavy with sarcasm. Q—Hard for you to read it, isn’t it? A —You bet. (Hauptmann was tracing the lines on the note with his finger. His brows were furrowed and he read the lines with difficulty.) Q—You stopped keeping accounts in July. 1931 and didn’t start again until after the kidnaping? A—l can’t remember. Q —Did you hear the testimony in court that the Lindbergh baby was born in July, ,1930? A—l don't remember. Q—lsn’t it true that you stopped keeping accounts about two weeks before the child was born and didn't start in again until after the ransom was paid? A—l can’t remember. Mr. Wilentz slammed questions at Hfuptmann rapidly, shouting them from a distance of three feet. Q —lsn't it true that you started keep;.)? accounts again when you got the idea of kidnaping the Lindbergh baby? A—l never kidnaped any baby.

DENIES DRAWING PICTURES

Mr. Wilentz showed Hauptmann a small gray-covered note book and had him look at it closely. Each time a page was turned Mr. Wilentz would ask: “Is this your handwriting?” “It is,” Hauptmann replied. One word the prisoner said he had not written. Another page near the middle of the volume he termed "Not in my hand.” M r - Wilentz

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asked Hauptmann about some drawings that appeared in the gray book. Q —ls that drawing here a window or a ledge? A—lt doesn't look like it to me. Q —Well, that’s a picture of a ladder. Look at the dowel pin? A—l don't know what that is. Q—Some of these drawings, whose are they? A—They are drawings of a child that visited us. Q —Now, these figures, is it a pinochle score? A—lt is the score of some game. Q —The last page you didn’t write? A—l don't think so. Mr. Wilentz was having Haupt mann cross out words in the book that he didn’t write. He told the defendant to put an “r” over some drawings thal were not his.

RECESS IS ORDERED

Mr. Wilentz had him identify one drawing, which he said was not his, by marking the page “X” and putting a circle around it. The book was offered in evidence. The defense did not object. A recess of five minutes was ordered. Hauptmann apparently calm, resumed the stand. Q —(By Wilentz)—Now, on April 2, 1932, there’s been testimony that Dr. Condon paid you $50,000? A— He didn’t pay me $50,000. Q —On that date all the stock you had was 50 shares of Warner Brothers, and you had only $203 in the bank? A —Yes. Q—Now in 1931 you had about $4000? A—Yes. Q—That was the cash you hid on your wife? A—Yes. Q —Where did you hide it? A— In a trunk. Q —Did your wife have a key? A—No. Wilentz held up the gray record book again. Q —You were doing pretty well in 1929, weren’t you? You were working as a carpenter and your wife was working? A—Yes. Q—How much to you say you were worth in 1929? A —Nine or ten thousand dollars. Q —You still had quite some money in 1930, didn't you? A—Yes. Q —Most of the money you made in odd jobs, outside jobs you wouldn't show your wife? A—That’s right. Q —Did you ever have as much as SI6OO in Europe? A—Oh, I had billions.

BILLIONS—IN MARKS

Q—You had billions? A—Yes, billions in reichsmarks. Defense Counsel Reilly protested against laughter among the spectators when Hauptmann mentioned the billions he made in inflation. Q—Now, you don’t mean you had billions in Germany, do you? You think that’s a joke? A—No, I had very little. Q—How much did you have there? A—About SIOO. Hluptmann denied that any letters or words in his account book corresponded with the script in the ransom notes. Q —ln May, 1931, you had S4OOO at home? A—Yes. Q—You lost money in the stock market up to April, 1932, didn’t you? A—Yes. Q —Your broker called for $74 margin. Where did you get it. You didn’t get it out of the S4OOO in the trunk, did you? A —No. Q —The reason you didn’t get the money out of the trunk Is that you didn't have any money in the trunk? A—l never touched the money in the trunk. Q —You didn’t use the mortgage

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because Anna wouldn’t let you? A—That's right. Q —On April 2. all you were worth was 50 shares of stock. $2 )2 in cash and a mortgage? A—Yes. Q—You weren’t such a pood stock market operator? A—When you first go into the market you don’t do so good. Q—And . when you first build a ladder you don’t do so good either? A—l didn’t build a ladder. Q —Were you a mechanic in Germany? A—No. Q—Then you neves, saw the interlocking circles on the Krupp plant? A—No. Q—ln 1931, ftere you running low ■on money? A—Yes. Q —You lost money in the mar ket? ! A—Yes, I lost. Q —You tooK Anna Hauptmann's j thousand, your own and ran down | thousands until they had to ask you for $74 at the end of December, 1931? A—l don’t know how much. Q —You were getting down to where there was no more money left? A—No.

DENIES DIVORCE PLANS

Q —You were losing Anna’s money, but yours was in the trunk? A—lt was our money. Q —Did you tell Mrs. Hauptmann when she came back from Germany you couldn’t live with her any more? A —(Shouted) Do you know what you are talking about? You are talking of my wife. Q—Didn’t you tell this to Mr. Brett? A—No. Q—When Fisch gave you this shoe box, he told you to keep it in a dry, safe box? A—Yes. Q —How much money was in that boxx? A —Close to fifteen thousand. Q—Exactly how much? A—l didn’t count it. Q —You didn’t count it, and the reason you didn’t count it was that you knew how much there was? A— No. Q—For two weeks you left that money around without counting it, didn’t you? A—l let it dry first. Q—The trunk was a safe place, wasn’t it? A—Yes. Q—And Fisch told you to put this box in a dry place, so you put it in the wet closet? A—l couldn’t go into the front room. Q —You were master of the house, why couldn't you go in? A—There was company there and I didn’t want to disturb the baby. Q—But finally you found the money in the wet closet? A broom hid it? A—Yes. Q —When was that? A—Middle of August, 1933.

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