Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1935, Page 5

As Hauptmann Began Own Sto MRS, HAUPTMANN STILL UNSHAKEN | Nervous but Not Apprehen- | sive as Bruno Takes Stand | | Fighting for Life. | BY ANNE GORDON SUYDAM. FLEMINGTON, N. J., Janua | Despite near-zero weather at the trial | of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the | kidnap murder of the Lindbergh baby, | Mrs. Hauptmann, hopeful and confi- | dent, remarked that “she didn't call | 1t cold.” Yesterday she seemed ner- | vous, but not apprehensive as the time of her husband pearance on the witness 2 He wa pale, but = sibly perturbed, save for an occ 1 biting of his lower | lip, but, according to all previcus re- | ports, he has been eager to take the witness stand. Such vital and purely visual com- | munications as Mrs. Hauptmann | flashed to him across the resplend but indomitable person of Lieut. Smith | of the New Jersey State police, who sits two seats from Hauptmadnn's left, and the bulky but less colorful Deputy Sheriff Hovey Lowe. But when the fateful words “Bruno Richard Hauptmann takes the stand,” rang out in the court room, and th telegraph messages flashed like a ms flock of birds through the wa hands onto the wires, Mrs. Haup mann's composure was perfect ‘ Gaze Remains Steadfast. Her face flushed, but her gaze did | not waver. She watched, she listened, erhaps she believed every word whict er husband uttered, but she sh no notable sign of nervousness, simply gazing at him with the mute faith of & woman to whom her husband is a god. Hauptmann walked to the witness stand with the swinging stride of a man who has never known the hideous confinement of prison walls. He did not swagger, he did not slink, he simply stepped and then strode to the chair which stands s tly above | his audience, and slightly low his | Judge. He was neither manacled nor | handled during this eventful progress. | But Sheriff Lowe accompanied him unostentatiously to his seat and sat down directly behind him. When Hauptmann was removed from the stand. unexpectedly, his wife seemed to relax and breathe more | ireely, but when he came back, after | the testimony of the defense’s first | witnesses, Mrs. Hauptmann was more composed. Apprehensive at Alibi Jolt. | After the little baker and his sharp, hard-faced assertive wife left the stand, Mrs. Hauptmann turned a de- | voted and trusting gaze back toward her husband. She had looked appre- hensive as the Fredericksens failed to | convey any certainty in their answers | about that fateful March 1, 1932. But | when Hauptmann took up his story, | she seemed reassured and once more | confident in the outcome. | Presently she shifted her attention | to the jury, watching, plainly trying | to read into their minds the same | confidence that has always been hers. | | eign-born, | the devil.” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1935. ry in Kidnaping Trial No. 1—Bruno Hauptmann being questioned by C. Lloyd Fisher of defense counsel at his trial in Flemington, N. J., yesterday. Photo taken in court library just before Hauptmann went on stand. —Wide World Photo. No. 2—Estelle Taylor, movie star and ex-wife of Jack Dempsey, listening to the testimony. P. Photo. No. 3—Christian Frederickson, owner of the Bronx bakery in which Mrs. Hauptmann worked, shown with his wife in the court room. Both refused to “swear” on the stand that Hauptmann called for his wife on the night of the Lindbergh kidnaping. —Copyright A. P. Wirephoto. No. 4—These Flemington young- sters could not pass up the oppor- tunity afforded when snowshovel- ers, clearing off the court house steps, turned one section into a slide. Inside, Hauptmann was fighting for his life, but all was merriment on the outside. Photo taken just as Hauptmann went on the stand. —A. P. Photo. 3 ol PHOEBUS WILL MEET ——==== | TAXPAYERS IN PARLEYJ Hauptmann Trial Prosecution Big Opportunity for Wilentz Lindbergh Case Gives Him First Chance ‘ational Appearance—Immi- for 1 grant to U. S. From Native Russia. FLEMINGTON, N. J,, January 25.— | ing, Forty years ago in a small town in ssia a boy was born into the House id, he was given the name and a few years later fate, under the guidance of his parents, brought him to America. His full name is David T. Wilentz, and today he stands in bold relief | against the drab background of Amer- ica's currently most notorious court | room, and with smooth phrases and soft gestures, laying word upon word and fastening link to link, he draws | Bruno Richard Hauptmann, also for- electric chair. When questioned about his past, ‘Wilentz remarks that he knows noth- ing of it save what he has read in the papers, although he admits to hopes for the future. When asked what he does out of court during this trial, he says laughingly that he “worries like Nevertheless, though his past career may not have been spec- tacular, David Wilentz has not been idle in the 40 years which have inter- vened since his birth in Russia to the time when he became chief prose- cutor in the “crime of the century.” Reported for Education. While he was working his way through law school, Wilentz was a reporter for the Plainfield Courier News, collecting tasty items in Somer- ville County. Through ability, through personality and through his political bent, he became the Democratic county chairman in Middlesex, a county which up until a few years ago was strongly Republican. It seems to have been shortly thereafter that Mayor Hague, uncrowned boss of New Jersey, whose native Hudson County is the Democratic Gibraltar of this Her hands twisted nervously in and | State, and who, unlike his cohort Al out, her gaze shifted from her hus- | Smith, has managed to maintain Fed- band to the jury and back, and now | and then to the judge and finally up | to the clock, as the afternoon dragged | toward an end and she felt the strain that her husband must be feeling. Her composure was excellent. None could say that she, any more than the carpenter himself, failed to present complete containment in this ordeal. | TRIAL SHIFT FOLLOWS COURT HOUSE BURNING Tennessee Prisoner, Cause of Four | Eillings, Granted Venue Change to Nashville. By the Assoctated Press. SHELBYVILLE, Tenn., January 25. =E. K. Harris, colored, whose trial December 19 resulted in mob violence ‘which cost four lives and the burning of the court house, yesterday was granted a change of venue to David- l?llil County Criminal Court at Nash- ville. Circult Judge T. L. Coleman of Lewisburg, in granting the appeal of Harris’ attorneys, said he would ask for an early trial in Nashville, where has been held in jail for safe- keeping. Harris is accused of assault- dng a white school girl. Four men were fatally wounded when & mob made three attacks on the court house during Harris’ trial here, the mob being repulsed by Na- tional Guard troops. A score of others, some of whom deny being members of the mob, were wounded. —_— CHURCH RECEIVER ASKED - CHICAGO, January 25 (P).—A | Buit for foreclosure and appointment | ‘of a receiver was filed yesterday @gainst St. John's Lutheran Church of suburban Maywood. The action was taken by Carl Carey, holder of a $4.500 note due since December 11, 1933, Who ex- plained that he brought suit because of a disagreement of church officials about refinancing the debt and not because he wanted possession of the church, g eral favor, as well as city, county and State leadership, began to notice the young man. Hague is said to have credited Wilentz with County to Democracy, thereby plac- ing it democratically second only to Hudson County, and a little over a year ago Gov. Harry A. Moore, pos- sibly via the Hague route, appointed David Wilentz attorney general. Or maybe those three carding, weaving | and snipping fates had arranged all that 40 years ago. Whether this comes under the head of accident, or patronage, or abllity, or personal charm, which is sald to have netted him high percentages among the ladies, no man could have had a better break than he has had in being prosecutor at this epochal trial. A break, but no snap. This is his first prosecution case, this is his first murder trial, certainly this is his first national appearance, and, judging by his present excellent per- formance, I am inclined to think that his future triumphs will be more due to his own push than to others’ pull. Cannot Remain Static. He is married to a charming bru- nette, mother of his three children, who came to court the other day to behold her husband in action for the first time in their married life. He is said to be devoted to his wife and children, domestically contented, though professionally ambitious. Per- haps he is right when he says that he has had no past to speak of, but hopes for a future. Certainly he is a man who could not remain static. He is slight, beautifully groomed, wearing always an immaculte though inconspicuous business suit, a white or blue shirt and a tie as suave as a per- fect souffle. His black shoes gleam, his smooth black hair glistens, and his scnsitive hands are artistic. Fre- cnently he wears blue—dark blue suit, light dull blue shirt, purple tie—and this color combination seems to em- phasize the bluish circle beneath his sad, subtle, Levantine eyes. He seldom raises his voice, in con- trast to the bombastic Reilly, the pompous Pope, and the logical, but fiery, Fisher, of the defense, but by sheer artistic suasion he is able to create his effects. His 1s the sooth- closer and closer to the| swinging Middlesex | smoothing, but never slippery, voice. He takes no exceptions on the | infrequent occasions when he is over- | ruled, but then, of course, he needed | none. Perhaps from now on, while | Reilly's witnesses appear and Wilentz | cross-examines, his deprecatory hands will become accusatory fists, his pla- cating voice will rise to greater and more caustic heights, and his brood- ing eyes will flash with unaccustomed fire. He is expected to be a wizard at cross-examination. The skill, the suavity, the science with which he has conducted his first prosecuting case, justify us in ex- pecting professional perfection and supreme personal artistry when the roles are reversed and Wilentz ceases to lead to a point and fights for it instead. He will say less frequently the smooth, but unsubservient, “If the court pleases.” He will probably shout belligerently, “Your honor, I object,” | but though potentially passionate in feeling and conviction, I do not think that he will let his temper run away with him. Pyrotechnically speaking, Reilly is the noisy, spluttering tor- pedo, and David Wilentz is the quiet skyrocket, which does not explode but which creates its effects with smooth and beautiful efficiency. A. G. S. Indian Chief Buried. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, January 25 (#).—Chief Ezi, long ruler of the once-powerful Eklutna Indian tribe, was buried here yesterday in colorful funeral ceremonies. He was believed to be 100 years old. Hauptmann Good Defense Witness, Attorney Claims Pope Quotes Defendant as Believing He Will Get Fair Trial. By the Associated Press. FLEMINGTON, N. J, January 25. —Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s ap- pearance on the witness stand was very satisfying to his attorneys, Fred- erick A. Pope, associated defense coun- sel, said today. “He is a very good witness,” Pope said. “He held himself very well, and we are very proud of him.” Pope said he believed Hauptmann would stand up well under cross- examination. The defendant, Pope said, believes the court is very fair, and the jury is paying careful attention to all the testimony and will give him a fair trial. “He has said the jurors are like himself—plain folks,” Pope said. Pope said the prisoner has made no comment on the tactics of his counsel and has made no suggestions. CRIME TALK PLANNED | Miss Bertie Backus to Address A. U. Forum Tonight. Miss Bertie Backus, assistant super- | intendent of schools character education, will address the University American Calls Meeting at Princess Anne | HAUPTMANN ALIBI JOLTED BY BAKER Defense Witness “Not Certain” Bruno Called for Wife on Kidnap Night. By the Assoclated Press. FLEMINGTON, N. J, January 25. —Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s alibi that he was in a Bronx bakery the hours the Lindbergh baby was kid- naped end killed March 1, 1932, was | MORNING 7 } to Discuss Legislative | Issues, By the Assoctated Press | PRINCESS ANNE, Md., January 25 —State Senator Harry T. 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