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Condon Tells Story of Ransom| Negotiations and His Effort to Induce “John” (Continued From First Page.) interrupted time after time by thti prosecution and defense. “I object to what he said at that time,” Fisher would thunder. “Now, just don't tell us what you said, but only what you did,” Wilentz gently cautioned. Condon is almost old enough to be ‘Wilentz's grandfather. | Condon taught “boys” of Wilentz's present age about the time the attor- ney general was born. { The prosecutor handled the vener- able witness with the patience he might employ with a child. Condon was a difficult student. Wi- lentz was a tireless, kindly teacher. Condon would grin sheepishly after every technical error in his testimony. Condon at length told how he and Reich finally got to Woodlawn Ceme- | tery. “I got out of the car and went over to the space in front of the gates. I took out the letter and read it again.” “What happened?” Returned Again to Car. “Nothing fer a while,” said the doc- tor, noting that a man walked down ! the street in the meanwhile. | He went back to the car for a few minutes. Then the kidnaper signaled him. he | said. | “T saw a handkerchief being waved.” | Condon described the first time he | met the ransom collector. | “Who is the man who spoke to you between the gates of the cemetery?” | Wilentz asked. “John." “And who is John?” “Bruno Richard Hauptmann.” Condon said: “The man was inside the cemetery gate.” Q. And then what happened? A. Well, he kept waving the hand- kerchief through the bars of the gate. Q. Then? | A. Then I went and said, “I know you.” Alarmed by a rustle in the ceme- tery, John quickly scaled the cemetery fence, “turner fashion,” Condon re- lated. John ran, saying “cops” were there, he added., Called “sohn” Cowardly. As “John” fled into Van Cortlandt Park, Jafsie dramatically continued: e id, ‘Hey. come back here. Don't be cowardly. Here I am a poor school teacher a. you're leaving me here to be drilled.” Jafsie related how he caught up with John and sat down with him on a park bench. Condon described scene dramatically. “He told me, ‘It's too dangerous. It's 20 yea.s or burn.’ “Then he asked me, ‘Would I burn if the baby were dead?’ “I told him not if he hadn't killed the baby and if he would tell all| about it."” Condon said he himself took the safety pins from the babyis bed “with, as you might say, ‘French leave."” He said he had them when he met “John” in the cemetery. the cemetery to Return Babyi increased during the recess. Some were | even standing on the edges of Justice Trenchard’s bench. Jury Listens Intently. Condon’s testimony had drawn the attention of the jury. The four women in the box bent forward as the old man recited his adventures with “John" and the ransom. ‘When the jury returned to the box the members regarded the teacher curiously. Then they looked at Haupt- mann, who leaned back in his chair. The former German machine gunner seemed undaunted. Condon carefully adjusted his tie, brushed imaginary dust from his sleeves, adjusted his coat and faced the jury as he resumed his story. The next chapter was how the sleep- ing sult arrived at his B in accordance with “John' “I opened it in my parlor. Q. Who was present? A. Col. Lindbergh and Col. Breck- inridge. The letter which Condon identified as coming with the garment was read to the jury by Wilentz. It gave fresh instructions for the negotiations, di- recting an advertisement be published in a New York paper: “I accept. Money is ready.” Hauptmann Watches Jafsie. folded Hauptmann's arms were across his chest. He stared, red of face and lean of jaw. at Condon. He paid no attention to Wilentz as the attorney general read and spelled his way through the grammatically and orthographically incorrect ransom note. He told how he placed the ad be- ginning “I accept. Money is ready.” in a New York paper, after conferring with Col. Breckinridge. “Following that did you receive an- other letter or note?” “Yes, I did.” Wilentz established the dates of the receipt of the note. “I brought Col. Lindbergh into the living room, then I spread the sleep- ! ing suit on the piano, and he saw it.” Condon said, extending & hand as though offering the garment to the flying colonel. “I asked Col. Lindbergh if I was doing right, and he said it was all right. “Then I went ahead and did what the notes said for me to do.” As the note was being offered in evidence Jafsie stared hard at Haupt- mann from under his shaggy brows. Wilentz again carefully read this note to the attentive jury, stressing the bad spelling. The note follows: “Dear sir: You and Mr. Lindbergh know ouer progra If you don’t ac- cept den we will wait untill you agree with ouer deal. We know you have to come to us anywaw But why should Mrs. and Mr. Lindbergh suffer longer as necessary. We will note communi- cate with you or Mr. Lindbergh until you write so in the paper. Careful Plot Is Claimed. “We will tell you again; this kid- naping cace whas prepared for & year “‘I'm only the go-between,” he told ®lready so the police won't have any me.” Condon said. | looks to find us or the child. You Condon recounted how he promised | only puch everyding further out did to help John all possible if he co- | You send that little package to Mr. operated, “‘but if you fail me, I'll| Lindbergh it contains the sleeping follow you to Australia. | suit from the baby. The baby is well.” 7 Jafsie put on his glasses to scruti- Baby's Return Promised. Riss the note" “‘We won't. You will get that! He peered at it long. his head baby and put it in its mother’s arms.’ " | moving as he scanned line after line. | Condon told how he besought John| He rubbed his chin frequently. It to quit we gang he said he repre-| was minutes before he looked up. sented, but John said the “leader”| Then he said, “Yes, sir, that is the | would “smack him down.” letter I received at my home.” “‘Are you a German!' " Condon said | Turning from the jury, Wilentz he asked him and “John” replied, asked Condon if he had inserted an- *“‘No, & Scandinavian.’” | other ad in the papers as the result John also told him that night the abduction had been “prepared a year alreacy,” but was adamant when Jafsie pleaded to be taken to the| baby, the witness continued. | “You have nothing to be afraid of. | T've been square all my life and I'm | square now. | “I'll go as a hostage to the man | who has the baby. I have three toys | belonging to the baby. “I couldn't see the child,” Condon | continued to relate. “He said they'd ‘drill’ him. “I said, ‘Don't be afraid. Do what | you think is right. Do it for your mother’s sake.”” Asked to See Baby. Condon said he urged the ransom collector to take him to the baby. “That was all I wanted,” he declared, “to take that baby back to its mother's arms.” | “He said they'd flash a light from a boat,” Condon went on. “And I said Col. Lindbergh would go anywhere in | & plane to recover his little child.” Condon continued, “he said he'd send me the baby's sleeping suit.” “Is this it?” Wilentz handed him an exhibit. “That is the baby’s sleeping suit I received, Condon said. Condon said the cemetery conversa- tion lasted an hour and 10 or 15| minutes. The fantastic conference that cold night in Van Cortlandt Park eventual- ly broke up, after John promised to send him the sleeping suit. Court recessed for 10 minutes 11:39, E. 8. T, with the Bronx edu- cator still on direct examination. Condon left court during the recess, but he was back on the stand, genial and smiling, when the session re- | the uppermost knee, of this latest ncte from John. “I did,” said the doctor, with a nod | of his head. Reilly, always ruddy of face, was a beet-like crimson. He sat at the defense counsel table, | his lower lip drawn over the upper. Counsel Shows Impatience. At times he bowed to smell the | white carnation in his lapel. He shifted his glance from his knees to the floor, to Wilentz and infrequently | to Condon. He was biding his time—but not with any show of patience. Other members of the defense staff watched the proceedings soberly. Col. Lindbergh, one knee thrown over the other, his hands folded over watched the drama before him with keen interes! He has always been attentive al the trial. Today he was particu- larly so. The advertisement was not read in court, and the trim attorney general offered Jafsie a ransom letter post- marked Marchr 29, 1932. Jafsie said the communication ar- rived at his Bronx home. He perused it with exacting carefuiness. “That is the letter I received,” he said emphatically. Wilents took the letter and walked over to the jury. | Once more the jurors heard another of the strange epistles John sent Jefsie. Wilentz read slowly. | It was: - “Dear sir: It is note necessary to furnish any code. You and Mr. Lind- bergh know ouer program very well we will keep the child in our save | plase until we have the money in hand but if the deal is note closed until the 8 or April we will ask for sumed, The spectator jam seemed to have 30000 more also note 70000-100000. “How can Mr. Lindbergh follow so Stout Matron Juror Yawns At M ystery By the Associated Press. FLEMINGTON, N. J,, January 9.— Behold Mrs, Verna Snyder, seated in chair No. 3 in the Hauptmann jury box—yawning. That's how she régards the dra- matic murder trial at times, especially when the attorneys begin to argue over such legal technicalities as ad- missability of the kidnap ladder. Her stout legs swing in unison, the feet lifted slightly from the floor, and sometimes her fingers drum on the chair arm. One sees Mrs. Snyder, who weighs 250, also nodding her head. Mrs. Snyder did drop her listless demeanor when 87-year-old Amandus Hochmuth identified Bruno Haupt- mann. Her massive form leaned for- ward, and she looked at Hochmuth. 8he was interested. Wears Coat in Court. She is as puzzling as the Lindbergh case itself. She sits through oppres- sive heat with her beige coat on, its striped flat fur lying about her neck. But at dinner, in the Union Hotel'’s cooler dining room, she is seen coat- less, in & handsome black dress. As the trial progresses, this jury's characteristic attitydes are stamping themselves on the public mind. The people who finally get in remember of the Century Mrs, Rosie Pill in her poppy-printed dress and Mrs. Mary Brelsford, the former lodge matron, sitting under | the American flag. Mrs. Brelsford chewed gum at one session, and so did many in the eourt | room. Mrs. Pill, who is heavier than Mrs. | Snyder but doesn’t look it, holds the same position day after day—a grand- motherly figure in spectacles. She sits well back in her chair, her hands on the arms, and apparently follows every word. Mrs. Pill is the Califon widow who does bead work. Take Duty Gravely. Three others who seem to take the duty gravely are Mrs. Ethel Stockton, the youngest woman on the jury, who has followed the testimony with un- wavering attention; Charles Walton, sr., the gray-haired jury foreman, and George Voorhees, a Clinton township farmer who has an open, serious face. Eleven of the twelve jurors are parents, and a few are grandparents. Often Mrs. Stockton leans far forward to miss no detail, and some- times she props her chin on her hand. hair and regular features, and wears no_makeup. Robert Cravatt, the one bachelor on the jury, is another close listener. He the testimony with a scholarly air. L} wears glasses, and appears to weigh e: THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1935. many false clues he knows we are the right party ouer signature is still the same as in the ransom note, but if Mr. Lindbergh likes to fool around for another month we can't help it. “Once he has to come to us anyway but if he keeps on waiting we will double ouer amount there is abso- lute no fear about the child. It is well.” Wilentz gave Condon still another note—a ransom note enclosed in the usual transparent envelope used by the State to preserve these documents. Says He Received Letter. “Yes, sir; I received that letter,” he replied after inspecting it carefully. The note was admitted in evidence and once again Wilentz read to the jury. It said: “Dear sir: Have the money ready by Saturday eve we will inform you where and how to deliver it. Have the money in one bundle we want you to put it a sertain place there is no fear that somebody els will take it, we watch everything closely pleace lett us know if you are agre and ready for action by Saturday evening—if yes put in the paper “Yes everything OK “It is a very cimble delivery but we | find out very son if there is any trap. After 8 houers you gete the adr. from the boy, on the place you find two ladies. They are innocence. “It it is to late we put it in the | New York American for Saturday morning. Put it in New York Jour- nal.” Identifies Ad in Paper. The retired teacher then identified the ad he placed in the paper, follow- ing his receipt of that note. “I accept. Money is ready,” said the ad which appeared April 2. It was on that day the ransom money was brought to Condon’s Bronx home, Jafsie said. B It was on this day, too, he went on, that a note from John was delivered at his home. The jurors seemed even more tense as they leaned forward to hear Wilentz read this note, the next to last in the ill-fated ransom negotiations. The note said: “Dear sir: Take a car and follow Trement ave to the east until you reach the number 3225 East Tremont ave. “It is a nursery “Bergen “Greenhauses florist ““There is a table standing outside right on the door, you find a letter undernead the table covert with a stone read and follow instruction don’t speak to anyone on the way. If there is a radio alarm for police car we warn you. We have the same equipment. Have the money in one bundle. We give you % of an houer to reach the place.” Relates Story of Ride. Jafsie then, in his pedagogical way, began the tale of the ride he and the flying colonel took to the ransom pay- ment rendezvous. Following the kidnapers’ instruc- tion, the doctor said, they drove to a greenhouse, where he found another note beneath & stone under a table in front of the place. Wilents showed him a piece of paper. Condon identified the note as “the one I received. It was under the stone.” ‘Wilentz read the note: “Cross the street and follow the fence from the cemetery to 233 street I will meet you.” Recess for Junch was taken at 12:32 pm. As the court filled up for the after- She is slender, has red-brown bobbed | noon session, Wilentz said Condon would require “about a half hour more” to conclude his direct testi- mony. “Do you expect defense cross- | xamination will require the rest of the afterncon,” he was asked. 4] | conscious agreement “If it doesn't, I'll be very much surprised,” he replied. Reilly Promises Long Quiz. Rellly said of his cross-examination plans: “We'll take all of the rest of the afternoon, oh, y We'll go over all the ground very oroughly. “Our cross-examination will prob- ably take a full day and a half,” he estimated. Mrs. Ralph Hacker, Condon's daugh- ter, entered the court near the end of the noon recess. Hauptmann, with a wan smile on | his ashen face, talked quietly with his counsel in the minutes before court convened. He seemed to be a little tired. Court resumed at 1:46 pm. | (Jafsie took the stand again. | Wilentz picked up the questioning from where he left off—the trip of Jafsie and Lindbergh to St. Raymond's Cemetery to pay the $50,000 ransom. There followed a long descriptive narrative of the geography of St. Raymond's Cemetery. | Lindbergh followed closely the doc- tor's description of the route he took after he had left him to pay the ransom. The fiyer nodded in apparent un- at times. “I showed him (Col. Lindbergh) the | note,” related Jafsie, describing his | actions after getting the note at the | greenhouse. | Followed Note Directions. | “I then walked across the street | following the directions of the note. | “I then walked along the east side of Tremont avenue past the entrance of the gate of the cemetery.” He said he saw no one and was re- tracing his steps to report to the colonel when he heard himself hailed in a loud voice. “Then, all of a sudden, I heard be- hind me a voice calling: “‘Hey, doctor. Over here!’” Con- don said. Dr. Condon lengthened the “o” and rolled the “r” in ‘“doctor” to give it a slight foreign accent. “Then I walked back toward the voice, which seemed to come from a mound in St. Raymond's cemetery. “It was very dark. But I stood in the light of the street lamp,” he continued. “There was a hedge fence about 5§ feet tall,” he said, describing the spot whence came the voice. Q. Is that a continuation of the cemetery? A. Yes, sir. Q. How far did you go? Heard Voice Again. A. I went about 10 feet, and there again I heard the same woice as I heard when I was up on the corner when he called “Hey, doktor.” Q. Then what? A. He sald, “Have you got the| money?” the same, as he said the| night I met him at Woodlawn Ceme- | tery. “I said, ‘Col. Lindbergh has it,’" Condon continued. “He said, ‘Is he on?’ “I said, ‘I don’t know.’ “He said, ‘Give me the money.’ “I said, ‘not 'till you give me a re- ceipt—beg pardon—a& note, saying we'll get the baby.’ Ransom Reduction Asked. “I said, ‘Col. Lindbergh is not so rich. Why don't you be decent to “Well, T suppose if we can't get 70 we’ll take 50. In 10 minutes I get the note and come back.”” He told how he returned t‘o‘mCol. Lindbergh and got the box containing $50,000, Lindbergh first removing the additional $20,000 which had been brought along. He returned to the rendezvous at the hedge, he said. Q. What happened then? A. He was crouched down under the hedge. I said, “Come on, stand up like & man; I have the money.” 1 said. “Come on, give me the note.” “He put his hand in a coat pocket. A “I could look down on him as he was crouching there, and I said ‘give me the note. Gave Money to John. The witness then described how he extended the money to “John” on his left arm in the box. I took the note from his left hand and he took the money with hL!‘ right.” Jafsie said he started to depart to aring the sealed note to Lindbergh. “Vait,” John cried, Jafsie testified. “John” then took the money out of the box to make sure it was “all right,” he explained. The witness then quoted John as saying: “All of them said your work was perfect.” “I said, “There is no other way to act. The truth should be told to a kidnaper as well as a judge. “ I said, 'If youre giving me 8 chance to get that baby, it's all right. If not, I'll follow you to Australia.’ “Then he said ‘good night,’ and I sald ‘good night, John.” Wilentz then again asked him, “Who is ‘John?"" “John’ is Bruno Rudolf—or rather Bruno Richard Hauptmann.” Condon corrected himself. Instruciions Read. After Condon's identification of Hauptmann for the third time, the note instructing searchers to go to a boat was read to the jury. It was: “The boy is on boad Nelly it is a small boad 28 feet long two person are on the boad the are innosent. “You will find the boad between Horseneck Beach and Gay Head. “Near Elizabeth Island.” He said that Col. Lindbergh and his attorney, Col. Breckinridge were present when the note was ready. He said the three of them started on the hunt. Q. Where did you go? ADown to Seventieth street near Central Park west * * * it was the late Senator Morrow’s library. Traveled Through Night. Q. From Senator Morrow's where did you go? A. We went in an auto to Bridge- port. Q. Traveling through the night? A. Yes, sir. Q. Who drove the car? A. Col. Lindbergh. Jafsie said the party arrived at Bridg2port about 4 or 5 a.m. and left again at daybreak. Q. What did your party do then? A. We went in an airplane from Briddgeport. to the vicinity of Gay H oLATEN EMI-ANN of the Season’s Women's Fine Shoes b Formerlyup to | 250 Lo ] ALL SALES FINAL. JY SLATER £ Formerly upte |9 25 Hauptmann Ponders “Surprise” Testimony | | | No. 1—Hand to chin, Bruno Hauptmann ponders the story of Amandus Hochmuth, aged Prus- sian veteran, who testified yester- day. Hochmuth identified Haupt- mann as the man who drove a car near the Lindbergh hcme on the day of the baby kidnaping. No. 2—New photograph of the crib from which Charles A Lind- bergh, jr., was kidnaped, showing the screen which protected the baby from drafts. No. 3—The child's nursery, shown in copy taken vesterday in court. Note the kiddie car and china fowls in the room. No. 4—Associated Press Wire- photo, taken at Los Angeles. shows Charles Garrick, 29, of Whittier, Calif. Garrick, in a lengthy state- ment to police, said Hauptmann was one of four persons in a car who gave him a “lift” near the Lindbergh estate on the afternoon of the kidnaping. —~A. P. and Wide World Photos. “How long were you in the air?” he was asked. Jafsie said he kept no track of the time, but it was several hours. Q Did Col. Lindbergh find his baby? A. No. Did Not Find Boat. Q. Did you find the boat Nellie? A. No. Q. Did Col. Lindbergh find the boat Nellie? A. No. Q. Who piloted the plane? A. Charles E. Lindbergh. | ‘ “Jafsie” gave the wrong middle | initial for the Nation's most cele- | brated aviator. 1 He said that a Government boat, “a revenue cutter,” was in the loca- tign specified in the note. Passes Carefully Checked. Al Reich, the ex-prizefighter who ! was Jafsie’s aide and companion dur- ing the ransom negotiations. went back to the witness chair as the day's first witness, The crowd in attendance was so | great that Sheriff John H. Curtiss | double-checked all court room passes, first at the entrance of the court house and then again at the court room doors. Justice Thomas W. Trenchard, who arrived with his usual punctuality, | had difficulty making his way through the press of spectators in the aisles, ! Even Hauptmann's path was| crowded as he was led in by his| guards and he had to thread his way | carefully. far-away, set expression until his wife | arrived and sat nearby him. Then his | fearures softened as he smiled at her. | Mrs. Hauptmann's eyes looked tired and her face was deeply lined. They | talked together. | Chief Defense Counsel Reilly was & fresh-appearing, - commanding figure as he strode into the court, a large white carnation.in his buttonhole. He | conferred with his associates, C. Lloyd | Fisher, Frederick A. Pope and Egbert Rosecrans, while Hauptmann and his wife continued their conversation. ! Attorney General Wilentz, looking | | crisp and jaunty, led the prosecution’s | staff into the noisy room just before | court convened. | Col. Lindbergh, Col. Henry Breckin- | | ridge, his friend and legal advisor, and | Dr. Condon came in together, but not | | until several minutes after court h-d; | started. | Condon had conferred with prosecu- tion attorneys and Col. Lindbergh in | an ante-room for several minutes prior to his entrance. Condon followed a few paces behind Col. Lindbergh and Col. Breckinridge. | The three sat together at the right end of the rail. | Lindbergh wore the same gray suit he has worn every day since the be- ginning of the trial. | Dr. Condon was dressed, as yester- | day, in a solemn black suit, red knitted | tie with white stripes and celluloid | collar. ! Reich Describes Trips. Describing the night of April 2, 1932, when the ransom was paid, ! SAL UAL A rare opportunity. Genvine Slater shoes at prices thet are strikingly low for such recog- nized quality. Every pair from regular stock. Compiete selec- tions in both groups. Al sizes, all types including Vamps (shert vamp — round 1oe). At these reductions, you can afford @ number of pairs: for use now and in the Spring. *Copyright 1221 CONNECTICUT A Pale as usual, he wore a | Reich said he was at Jafsie’s Bronx home, together with Col. Lindbergh, Col. Breckinridge, Ralph Hacker, Con- don's son-in-law; Mrs. Condon and Mrs. Hacker. He was asked if he drove the car to the ransom payment spot. “Col. Lindbergh drove the car," he said, explaining I suggested they use my car.” ‘The $400 radio taken from Haupt- mann’s Bronx home and the chest of carpenter’s tools found in his garage were in the court house for use as exhibits later in the day. The State has announced that a woman acquaintance of the Haupt- manns once saw a large sheaf of bills in the radio. 4 The State says it will link the tools to the “kidnap ladder.” Put $70,000 in Box. Directed by Wilentz, Reich told of the preparation of the $70,000 ransom money in the box ordered by the kid- naper. “It was there when it was packed I helped bring it up that afternoon from the banker's home.” he detailed. explaining the money was brought to Condon’s in two packages, one of $50.000 and one of $20,000. “That was the afternoon of the night of the final pay-off.” Wilentz concluded direct examina- tion of Reich with a short series of questions regarding the ransom pay-! ment. Q. You saw the $70,000? A. Yes, it was packed in a wooden box. Q. And you were present at Dr. Condon’s home when he and Col Lindbergh left to pay out the money? A. Yes. Q. How long did you wait there? A. About a half hour. Q. Who was there? A. Besides myself, Mrs. Condon, Col Breckinridge, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hacker. (Mrs. Hacker is Dr. Condon’s daughter.) Cross-Examined, Wilentz then turned the witness over to Rellly for cross-examination. “Are you Dr. Condon's bodyguard?” Reilly began. “No, I just go with him.” The huge open-faced pugilist an- swered questions easily. Dr. Condon, studying Reilly closely, paid little heed to the witness. Q. Have you any means of income other than as a referee? A. I own some real estate. LEGAL AIDES PLAY BIGROLE IN COURT Associates of “Star” Law- yers Watch Proceed- ings Intensely. By the Associated Press. FLEMINGTON, N. J., January 9.— At the prosecution and defense tables in the Hauptmann murder trial sit }legal aides to the prircipals, schooled by long study and experience in the | grim business before them. The associates of Attorney General David T. Wilentz at the prosecution | table, who rarely address the court, | but who follow his development of the State’s case with unabating attention, include three men frem his office at the State Capitol. They are Joseph Lanigan, whose activities during his many years' cone nection with the Siate legal departe ment have made him familiar with crime prosecution in many a New Jersey county; Richard Stockton, 3d, descendant of an old family, whose knowledge of legal precedent makes him useful in conforming the evidence to the rules, and Robert Peacock, whose interviews with many of the witnesses have placed the evidence and | exhibits to be produced at his ringer- tips. Prosecutor Present. With these sre the prosecutor of Hunterdon County, youthful Antheny | M. Hauck, jr, :in whose jurisdiction the crime was allegedly committed, |and the county’s leading lawyer, forme: Judge George K. Large, who knows law and criminal trial procedure from long practice. Edward J. Rellly, the Brooklyn cri inal lawyer who secks to free Haupt- {mann of the murde: charge, has as- sistance from three attorneys, trained by experience to give a de ant the utmost during his day in court C. Lloyd Fisher of Flemington. al- | though a young man. has been en- gaged in active practice in the county for more than 10 years, giving atten- tion to much eriminal work. His con- nection with the Lindbergh cime i« not new, for he defended John Hughes Curtis, the Norfolk boatbuilder who was ccnvicted two years ago of ob- structing justice in the case. Watches Wilentz. In a similar capacity, Frederick A. Pope of Scmerville assists the delense. Pope not only is thoroughly familiar with the rules of evidence and pro- motes many of the objecticns to the State's methods, but he has had per= sonal experience in litigation with At torney General Wilentz. He is able to foretell with considerable accuracy the course the State counsel will pursue Fourth at the defense table is Eg- bert Rosecrans of Blairstown. kncwn in Western Jersey for his success 1 obtaining acquitals in hemicide cases. His advice in defense attack on the State’s case as it unfolds is often fol- lowed by Reilly DIES TO SAVE HORSES BELLINGHAM. Wash. (.—Adolph Scrieber, 38, a logger. sacrificed his own life that his team of horses might be spared. After successfully frightening his | team from the path of a falling tree | which had caught against another | while he was clearing a logging camp | road, Scrieber was hit on the head i by a limb. He died a few hours later. Reilly was told by the witness that Condon sometimes came to City Island. “That's where I live," plained. Reich said he did not remember Dr Condon coming to City Island during ransom negotiations in March, 1932. Reich ex- Who Suggested Payment? Reilly swung abruptly to the mat- ter of the ransom payment “At whose suggestion was the $70.- { 000 brought to Dr. Condon’s home?" “Anything that was done at the time was done with the consent of Col. Lindbergh, Col. Breckinridge, and Dr. Condon.” “Did you hear Dr. Condon suggest it would be a good idea to have the money in the Bronx. “No. “Who knew the money was to be in the Bronx that night?” “Col. Lindbergh, Col Dr. Condon and myself.” ) “So after the money was there in the Bronx. there comes the instruc- | tion to pay the money in 30 minutes.” | “Yes. Reich said the police knew the pay- off was to be made, but were not aware of at what place. | Reilly pressed Reich to explain why | he did not follow the doctor and the flying colonel to protect them, and | why he did not take a more important | role in the proceedings. | “I wasn't an executive in this: I was just a dot on the eve” the ex- | pugilist replied, and the court laughed | heartily. 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