Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 234, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 February 1935 — Page 1
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INDIANA SENATE TO PASS CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT TODAY| State to Become 24th to Ratify U. S. Bill With Majority of 20 or More Voting Favorably, Is Forecast. IDAHO GIVES APPROVAL TO MEASURE Hoosier House Adopts Proposal, 66-to-29; j Balloting Expected to Take Place Early This Afternoon. Final approval of the Child Labor Amendment to the Federal Constitution was to be voted in the Indiana Senate ' this afternoon. Majority leaders predicted that Indiana would become! the 24th state to ratify the amendment shortly after the Senators return from noon recess.
Political observers believed J the roll call in the Senate would show a majority of 20 or more in favor of outlawing child exploitation. Idaho yesterday became the 23rd state to vote approval. The Idaho house concurred with the Senate of that state while the Indiana House of Representatives was voting 66-29 to sanction the amendment adopted hv Congress in 1924. Kansas yeslerdav rejected the amendment for the fifth time. Confers Tower on Congress The amendment iO the Federal Constitution would permit Congress to enact ’,a'<s regulating or prohibiting the labor of persons under 18 years of age. The debate in the Indiana Senate! is expected to follow the same course j as that heard yesterday m the lower house. Opponents of the measure will claim the power given Congress would result in an im-. proper centralization of legislative. authority m Washington: that the) federal government would engage ‘ a horde of • snoopers” to prevent t children from assisting in ordinary chores. Advocates will show that Indiana j industry is suffering from the unfair competition of industry in other, states where child labor at low pay I i permitted They will argue that j child labor keeps adults from obtaining jobs. Farm Argument Refuted They will show that the United States Supreme Court has ruled that the term ‘labor” can not be: interpreted to affect anything other than gainful employment, and that.; farms boys and girls could continue j to help their parents without vio- j latmg the laws. House opposition yesterday was led by Rep. H. H Evans tR.. Newcastle*. Rep. Paul B Sturm <D.. Dana*, chairman of the labor committee. defended the amendment. Six Republicans voted with the Democrats to ratify and two Democrats jouied the minority against the approval. Idaho Ratifies l J*r. II BOISE. Idaho. Feb. 8 came the 23rd state to ratify the child labor amendment to the Federal Constitution last night when the House of the Legislature voted for it. 37-21. The Senate previously had voted for ratification. 35-5. GIRL. 13. IS ATTACKED: MAN. 73. GETS TERM Union-City Min Expectant Mother, I* Report. By r mted Press WINCHESTER Ind.. Feb. 8 Charged with criminally attacking a 13-vear-old girl who is said to be an expectant mother. Ed Dunn. 73. Union City, was under sentence of one to five years in the state prison today. He Is the second man convicted , or. such a charge as the result of an investigation of the girls rase. Roscoe Harshman. 29. Union City, j was sentenced to one to 15 years in the state prison. * Tha sirl. whose home is m Union City, was committed to the Crittendon home in Indiana polls by Circuit Judge A. L. Bales so that she may receive proper medical care. TEN KILLED AS TRUCK CRASHES INTO TRAIN Eleventh Occupant. Onlv Survivor. Also Expected to Die. By Unit'd P'ess FT. WILLIAM. Ontario. Feb. 8 Toll of the fatalities in a railway crossing accident hero last night mounted to 10 today as Robert Rose. 19 ono of the injured, died. Rose's death left John Bodnar. 21. the only survivor of 11 men in a truck that struck a train 10 miles from here last night. He is not expected to live. Times Index Bndga U Broun . 17 Comics 1 27 Crossword Puzzle 27 Curious World 27 Editorial 18 Financial 26 Food Fare* 20-21 Hickman—Theater* 14 Peeler 17 Radio 24 Sports 22-23 Me*
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SHERIFF'S FEE BILL ADOPTED Senate Rushes Action as Discovery of ‘Joker’ Stirs Storm. A bill returning the feeding of prisoners in County Jails to a fee basis and political manipulation was passed today bv th> Senate. 35 to 14. in spite of a warning of dire consequences. It now’ goes to Gov* Paul V. McNutt. House already had passed the bill. Rushed through the House without ever being debated, the measure yesterday passed its second reading in the Senate before the •'joker" was discovered by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. Unfavorable publicity subsequently appearing in newspapers resulted today in a precipitate third reading and passage, so that constituents now will be unable to throw their influence against it when legislators return to their homes over the week-end. It has been estimated that, in Marion County alone, on the basis of last year, feeding prisoners will under this measure cost between SIB,OOO to $20,000 a year more, the money going logically into the sheriff's pocket. The measure allows sheriffs 40 cents a day for feeding each prisoner in counties over 200.000 population and 60 cents a day in counties under 200.000 population. SIX MILLION RATS KILLED l tab Rodent Control Program Saves Farmers $500,000. Bv r nitc* press SALT LAKE Cm\ Utah. Feb. 8. —A rodent control program which brought death to 6.000.000 rodents saved Utah farmers approximately $.500,000 during 1934. according to Scott Zimmerman, district agent of the game management division of the U. S. Biological Survey. About 150.000 pounds of grain bait, distributed over 703.000 acres, accomplished the saving, he said. CONCRETE - LETS^LOOSE None Injured in 100-Foot Drop of Bridge Flooring. By U mted Press AKRON. O . Feb. B.—A 200-pound piece of concrete broke loose from the flooring of a high bridge here during a noon hour and fell 100 feet into the valley below. No one happened to be underneath. Eastern Star Chapter to Meet Golden Rule Chapter 413. Order of Eastern Star, will meet at 8 tonight in the Masonic Temple. Mrs. Alice Goodnight will preside. Rank Looted of $15,000 SPARKHILL. N. Y.. Feb. B—Five bandits held up the National Bank of Sporkhill today and escaped with loot estimated at $15,000.
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The world has always believed that the indomitable Napoleon s one and only romance was with his first Empress. Josephine. But ' that is because the world never knew! Not until the recent discovery of more tha i 3do of Napoleons letters to his second Queer. Marie Louise, was there disclosed the dee.) and tender love the conqueror Os all Europe bore for the beautiful young Austrian arcnduchess who became the mother of his aon and heir. Now. FOR THE FIRST TIME, the world is to learn the truth that has been hidden for more than 121 years. Here is anew and surprising insight into the real character of one of the world's most interesting personalities. An entirely new chapter in Napoleon's life will be disclosed with the publication of THE LOVE LETTERS OF NAPOLEON TO MARIE LOUISE Starting Wednesday, February 13, in The TIMES
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Noted Churchmen Sound Pleas for Ratification of Child Labor Amendment
Bv Brripps-TTn’rnrri V eicspaper Alliance WASHINGTON. Feb. B.—Legislatures that have not ratified the Child Labor Amendment were urged to act this year in a statement this afternoon by Monsignor John A. Ryan, director of social welfare for the National Catholic Welfare Conference and professor of moral philosophy at Catholic University here. Dr. Ryan, who has been active in behalf of the amendment for a decade, pointed out that only 13 more ratifications are needed. Nevada is expected to be the 24th state to ratify, with the outcome there reported hanging on one vote. Indiana's Lower House ratified yesterday, and the American Legion is pressing for passage in the Senate. ‘‘lt would be deplorable if this amendtntr.t should be lost, now that it is within sight of victory,” Dr. Ryan said. ‘ Industry has accepted the prohibition of child labor by writing its outlawry into the 500-odd codes. We are told by the amendment's enemies that this is a matter for state, not Federal law’s. The trouble is that NRA is not a permanent thing so far as w r e know.” an a DR. RYAN said the chief opponents of ratification w’ere certain “super-patriotic and pseudopatriJtic organizations” and the National Association of Manufacturers. Replying to their arguments, he declared the amendment was not born under “radical” auspices. He pointed out that it was drafted by Senators Thomas Walsh of Montana and George Wharton Pepper of Pennsylvania, sponsored by Senator Samuel Shortridge of California. and passed by an overwhelming vote of Congress. He attacked the argument that the states, if left alone, would abolish child labor themselves. In the decade in which the amendment has been pending, he said, no substantial progress has been made in that direction. Finally, he emphasized the “folly” of working children while idle elders are on charity and relief. “This is a national matter.” he said. “Low legislative standards in one state cause unfair competition against the industries of other states.” nun A NUMBER of other prominent Catholics are enlisted in the fight for ratification. The Rev. Francis J. Haas, director of the National School of Social Service, and the Rt. Rev. Msgr. William J. Kerby, professor of sociology at Catholic University. have just accepted membership on the Nonpartisan Committee for Ratification of the Child Labor Amendment. At their convention in Colorado Springs the Catholic Daughters of America denounced child labor as the “most vicious of antisocial practices.” and indorsed a Federal child labor law. The Rev. William A. Bolger, economics head of Notre Dame University, called the amendment one of the nation's most pressing legislative measures.
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A Gentleman by the Name of Wiggins Is in Trouble; It Seems He’s Been That Way Before.
CHUCK WIGGINS. Who asked newspaper men that his name not be used in connection with the regrettable circumstance of his 11th arrest in the last two years, didn’t appear in court today, though he was asked to do so by the state of Indiana.
Instead, his attorney, Frank Sisson, appeared, bearing a fragmentary note. He addressed Municipal Judge Charles J. Karabell thus: “When I got home last night, I found my dog chewing at this note which had been stuck under the front door. It is from Chuck's mother who says that Chuck and another man went for an auto ride up north and had a traffic accident. Chuck, she said, was sorry, but he could in no possible way get back for the hearing.” Chuck was arrested for turning from N. Capitol-av onto 22nd-st the other night, but someone had
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SUPPORT GAINED FOR SALES TAX Gross Retail Income Cut Looms If Program Is to Be Adopted. BY JAMES DOSS Times Staff Writer The state administration'*, plan for meeting its increased ob.igations in the next two years today was reported to include the imposition of a 2 per cent sales tax after reduction of the present gross income retail tax levy of 1 per cent to of 1 per cent. Enactment of a 2 per cent, sales tax would raise at least $13,000,000 annually, it is estimated, and one source close to the administration places at $18,000,000 the probable amount of revenue from a 2 per cent sales levy. Even before introduction of the appropriations bill yesterday, with its healthy increases, there has been considerable speculation about the administration's tax probram. No one. from Gov. Paul V. McNutt down, will admit for publication that the administration has decided on a sales tax. However, there is a feeling among several administration advisors that the sales tax is the only solution to the state’s problem of obtaining enough money to finance its share of the Federal government's social security program. The Governor is reported firmly opposed to disturbing any of the levies imposed by the present gross income tax law, with the possible exception of the reduction for the retailers and then only in the event the sales tax in enacted. An alternative to the 2 per cent (Turn to Page Twenty-Four)
misplaced 22nd-st and Chuck drove his car into a lady's front lawn. The judge cleared his throat: “Mr. Sisson,” said he. “Mr. Wiggins has played hide and seek with this court long enough. His SIOOO bond is forfeited if his bondsman doesn’t produce him within 10 days. Next case.” Abe Greenspan, Chuck's bondsman, shook his head speculatively. “I can't understand it.” he sighed, “ordinarily you can’t bribe Chuck to go out of town.” CANARIES DIE IN FIRE Birds Suffocated as Blaze Sweeps Breeder's Headquarters. By United Press CINCINNATI. Feb. B.—One hundred and fifty canaries were suffocated in a fire here. The blaze started on the second floor of a two-story frame building occupied by William Waldman, canary breeder. HATCHET KILLS WORKER Falls From Derrick, Cutting 8-Inch Gash in Man's Head. By United Press MANSFIELD, 0., Feb. B.—Horrible death came to Erwin Stephens, who died from injuries suffered when a hatchet fell on his head from a derrick under which he was working. The blade caused an eight-inch gash in Stephens’ skull. RAIL - MAN - OfTPROG RAM Burlington Agent to Addrqs* Science Class of Orchard School. O. G. Hageman. general agent for the Burlington Railroad, will speak on “Modern Transportation” at 9:30 tomorrow morning to members of the general science class at the Children's Museum. Hillis L. Howie. Orchard Scnool principal, will show .films taken in the American SouthSteal at lfi.3£k
ALIBI WITNESSES FOR BRUNO LIED, WILENTZ ATTEMPTS TO PROVE AS REBUTTAL TESTIMONY IS STARTED
S. CASTS ns nt at am Msmmr Federal Trade Commission Will Find Backers, Says Prober. (Other Details on Paye 31 BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Feb. 8— If Indiana legislative investigators can’t find out who is backing the Users Ga Cos. the Federal Trade Commission will. This assurance was given The Indianapolis Times this afternoon by Col. W. T. Chantland. head of the legal staff conducting the commission’s investigation into all natural gas activities. Field work is nearing completion and hearing dates are to be announced shortly for some time in March. The W'hole Indianapolis affair and the pipeline controversy which is agitating city officials throughout the middle west will be given an airing. “We will find out who owns this dummy company,” Chantland told The Times. Under his direction, all of the data concerning alleged division of the areas between the big three pipeline companies and the squeezing of Frank A. Parish from the Mis-souri-Kansas Cos. will be exposed From the data gathered by the commission and the story told by Mr. Parish, Senator Gerald P. Nye (R., N. D.), weeks ago urged a senatorial investigation, since that time, the data has been growing in volume, with new evidence being disclosed at Indianapolis and various Ohio and Missouri cities. Clinton H. Givan, attorney for Users Gas Cos., said, when informed of the Federal Trade Commission's threat to discover and make public the backers of Users, that the threat would not change his course of action and said he would not reveal his backers to the commission if he were called upon to do so.
TODAY’S WEATHER
Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 36 10 a. m 41 7a. m 38 11 a. m 41 Ba. m 39 12 (noon).. 42 9 a. m 40 1 p. m 45 Tomorrow's sunrise, 6:45 a. m.; sunset, 5:14 p. m. In the Air Weather conditions at noon: South-southwest wind, 14 miles an hour; barometric pressure, 30.01 at sea level; temperature, 43; general conditions, overcast, variable; ceiling. estimated at 300 feet; visibility, three-quarters of a mile, light mist, moderate fog. . ARCTIC TRIP ARRANGED Scientists in Search of Prehistoric Animals of Frozen North. ByU nited Press LENINGRAD, Feb. B.—The Academy of Science here is sending an expedition to the Jamal Peninsula in the Arctic region to unearth the bodies of five mammoths which have been discovered in the eternallyfrozen tundra of the North. According to preliminary reports of the find, two of the bodies are preserved and are expected to throw new light on the structure of these prehistoric animals. CHURCH RECEIVES SSOO Philanthropist Leaves Check Under Sauerkraut Dinner Plate. By United Press NEW PHILADELPHIA. O Peb. 3. —C. W Burry r , philanthropist, was invited to the First Reformed Church for a sauerkraut dinner. Under Burry's plate, a waitres. clearing the table, found a SSOO check, left by Burry, payable to the church.
Greeted by Happy Friends in Heaven, Briton, Returned From Death, Asserts
By United Press LONDON, Feb. B—Back from death, John Puckering, 58, found that he had left what to him is a real heaven to return to an earth that promises him only the waning years of his life, he has revealed. ‘ Mr. Puckering's heart stopped during an operation at Liverpool. By means of massage and injections, surgeons brought him back to life in five minutes. In his heaven, he saw during his five minutes of “death'’ crowds of people. Supremely happy, and among them friends from his village of Arley. near Bewdley, where he was interviewed, ypon lut z£Uun u> bis, h in-
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State NRA Rushed for Senate O. K. Early Action Expected After Hurried Approval in House. Early action is expected in the Indiana Senate on the state NRA bill which was quickly passed in the House of Representatives late yesterday afternoon by a 61 to 35 vote. The vote was strictly along party lines, with the exception of Rep. Jacob J. Reisinger <D., Evansville), who voted with the Republican minority. After counting noses at the noon recess House Democratic leaders rushed the measure through. The roll call came after a-’'3o-minute debate in which Rep. Joseph A Andrew tR.. Lafayette), led the opposition and Rep. John Napier Dyer (D., Vincennes), author of the bill, urged its passage. “The measure will give labor in the state the same rights that the national NRA gives them,” declared Rep. Dyer. “This is one of the most constructive measures offered to the House in this session. Over 50,000 business men in the state want this bill passed. It will eliminate the racketeer, the chiseler and the exploiter of industrial labor,” he said. Rep. Dyer claimed all of the labor organizations of the state had studied the contents of the bill and are unanimous in urging its passage. Charges that monopolistic business interests are seeking its passage so they could “squeeze out the small man" were made by Rep. Andrew. “This bill, like the national NRA has certain etherial desires, the greatest of which is that it will be a boon to labor,” he said. “If there was ever a group completely hoodwinked by the national NRA it is organized 'abor. This law hasn’t clone any good at all. It has just shortened hours and decreased wages,” he declared.
CHAIN STORES CURB PROPOSED IN BILL High Licenses Called For in Dyer Measure. Aimed at Indiana chain stores a bill was introduced in the House today by Rep. J. Napier Dyer <D., Vincennes) that seeks to limit, through higher license fees, the number of stores owned by chain groups. The bill provides for a SIOOO license fee for every store in a chain group having in excess of 20 stores, SSOO for each additional store in excess of 15 and not to exceed 20, and $250 for each store in excess of 10 up to 15. The measure, according to its author, is beneficial to small merchants. TEMPERATURE RISES, BREAKING COLD SNAP Showers During Night Accompanied by Warmer Weather. A shower of gentle rain here last night brought with it warm weather which raised the temperatures to 10 degrees above normal at 7 today. The normal for 7 is 26 degrees. By 9 the mercury had arisen to 40. UTAH - PRECIPITATION UP Greatest in Last Eight Years During Final 1934 Months. By United Press PROVO. Utah. Feb. B.—Precipitation in central Utah during October, November and December of 1934 was greater than during any like period for eight years. Figures released by the Provo water commissioner show the average precipitation during those months on five measuring stations in central Utah to be 5.7 inches, 121 per cent of normal.
quired about the health of his wife, who died 15 years ago, as if she were alive, and in the same way asked about his friends. He did not regard them as dead any more.. “Before my operation,” he said, “I had what is, I suppose, the usual feeling about death. It was not exactly fear, but a little trepidation about the unknowm. Today all that has passed from me.” w a a “ r T''HIS is what I saw,” he relatA ed. “It was as though I were looking into a great place, something like a hall, though I do not recall having seen either ceiling or walls. “There was a good light, and I saw crowds of peopl*. So maojr
Two Lumbermen Refute Government Expert’s Story Linking Hauptmann to Ladder, Closing Defense’s Case. STATE ATTACKS CREDIBILITY OF PAIR Supporters of Lindbergh Suspect Far From Scene of Kidnaping and Ransom Payment, Is Charge. By United Press FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. B.—Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s defense against charges he murdered the Lindbergh baby ended today and the state of New Jersey opened a vigorous attack on credibility of the defendant s alibi witnesses. Two alibi stories were hit by damaging state's evidence. Benjamin Heier, who said he saw a man resembling Isidor Fisch leap over the St. Raymond’s Cemetery fence on the night the Lindbergh ransom was paid, was eight miles away from that spot at about that time, the si/ate s first rebuttal witness declared. El vert Carlstrom, the young Swedish boy who said he saw Hauptmann in Christian Fredericksen's bakery on the
34 INDICTED IN RUM RING WAR Prosecutor Among Officials Accused in Virginia Whisky Plot. By United l Press ROCKY MOUNT. Va., Feb. B. Treasury agents, breaking up what was described as the nation's biggest moonshine whisky ring, went into the Virginia mountain iquor country today with warrants for 34 persons, including nine present and past officials. Already under arrest or due to be taken into custody were the prosecuting attorney of Franklin County, a Federal agent, a former sheriff, four deputy sheriffs, a former member of the Legislature and a former prohibition agent. Franklin County was named in the Wickersham report, as one of the greatest moonshining districts in ;he country. The report said 90 out of every 100 persons w’ere connected with the illicit traffic. Return of the indictments climaxed more than a year's investigation by treasury agents in a remote, mountainous region where many of the natives for generations considered “revenoors” their mortal enemies. The grand jury met in Ha-rison-burg, 120 miles from Franklin County, in an effort to avoid local interference. The investigation was accompanied by murder of ond person and attempted intimidation of other witnesses. EX-CONGRESSMAN RAPS ROOSEVELT CRITICISM West;'in Jackson Day Speech, Defends Administration Policies. By United Press WOOSTER, O , Feb. B.—Ex-Con-gressman Charles West, endorsed che policies of President Roosevelt and condemned critics of his Administration in a Jackson Day banquet speech here. “Critics of thp present Administration policy of spending four billions during the coming year to keep our people from starvation are the leaders of a system which permitted international bankers to take 14 billions out of the savings of our people,” West said. SOME INDIAN—THIS GIRL Woo-Wah-Woo, Wooden Maid, Worth S2OO to Cigar Store. By United Press RICHMOND. Va., Feb. B.—Woo-Wah-Woo. buxom Indian maid, stands invitingly before the door of a Richmond antique shop. Mysteryveils her past. In her up-raised right hand is a bundle of cigars. On her head are feathers. The owner. M. Reese, thinks his wooden Indian girl is worth S2OO. She attracts customers.
were there that they seemed like a multitude at a football match. “The people stood in a circle, and I noticed that there were no children among them. They looked natural, with healthy faces, and they appeared to be dressed as on earth. “I was deeply impressed by the happiness which shone in their faces and which was so intense that I felt as though I should not have minded joining them. “Among them were two or three friends from this village who have passed over. One I noticed particularly had difd seven years ago. While every one seemed to be welcoming me, this old friend nodded and smiled. Their happiness thrilled me and I hava aE q£ dt&UV*
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night of the kidnaping, was actually in Dunellen, N. J., on that night, and never left his home, according to another witness. J. j. Farber, an insurance man. broke down Heier's story. He said that on the night of April 2, 1932, he had an automobile accident in which Heier’s car was involved, and that the accident occurred in the midtown section of New York, far from the Bronx cemetery. He placed the time of the accident as 9:15 p. m. Heier had testified he parked his car at the cemetery from 8:30 until nearly 11 p. m. Arthur Larson, a friend of Elvert Carlstrom. testfied that he and Carlstrom slept all night, on March 1, 1932. in a vacant house in Dun-* ellen, N. J., of which Carlstrom wa* the caretaker. Lumbermen Aid Alibi Hauptmann’s attorneys closed his side of the case after two lumbermen had given testimony disputing the findings of the state’s expert, Arthur Koehler. Charles Bisschop and Ewald Mielke, experienced in wood work, declared that “rail 16” from the Lindbergh kidnap ladder was not constructed from a board taken from Hauptmann's attic, as the state contends. Brevoort, Bopmar, a filling station manager at Princeton Airport, produced the morning’s most sensational testimony. He said that ort the morning of the kidnaping, a man and a woman stopped at his pump and that they had a ladder in their automobile. The man wa* not Hauptmann, he said. “It was this ladder now in court,” he asserted, pointing to the extension ladder which the state charges was used in the commission of the crime. Atty. Gen. David T. Wilentz said at the noon recess that he expected to present rebuttal witnesses throughout the day, and probably until noon tomorrow. Hauptmann listened in sullen depression today. It was known he is not satisfied with what has been done so far to save him from the electric chair. Only Two Impressive Only two of the array of witnesses that have been presented for more than a week in defense of the former German army machine gunner, were impressive either to Hauptmann or to observers. Mr. Wilentz concentrated his rebuttal on those two—Dr. E. M. Hudson, New York City physician and amateur finger-print expert, and Charles De Bisschop, lumberman. Both sought to disprove tha state's most damning evidence--that which linked the ladder used by the kidnaper with Hauptmann. Arthur Koehler, government wood expert, testified for the state that one rail of the ladder had been a part of the flooring of the Hauptmann attic. Hauptmann himself has listened uneasily to one after another of the strange characters produced by Mr. Reilly make admissions damaging to him. Hauptmann was scarcely satisfied with the assortment of character who paraded to the stand and swore they saw him in the bakery of Christian Fredericksen on the night of the kidnaping. “Dat fellow is not so good,” he remarked to C. Lloyd Fisher, hi* associate counsel, after one of hi* witnesses was proved to have a criminal record. Pleased by Greta’s Story But he. had moments of satisfaction. One was when Mrs. Greta Henkel, the pert young woman with whom he was accused of being so intimate that his wife refused to visit her home, went to the witness chair. She supported his story of a.’ birthday party” at the moment he was accused of passing ransom / money eight miles away; and of his strange friendship for Fisch, the consumptive little fur cutter who, according to Hauptmann, left with him the ransom money that wa* found in his garage. Hauptmann liked also the testimony of the rough lumberman from Massachusetts, Bisschop. He disputed, in a loud and commanding voice, the evidence supplied by M* ■Knehlcg