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MEDFORD MATL TRIBITXE. MEDFORI), OREGON, . DAT, JANUARI , 1935.
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Ransom Dealing
With Hauptmann
Told by "Jafsie"
(Continued from PK one)
of Hauptmann for the kidnaping and
murder of Baby Charlea Augustus
Lindbergh, Jr., the elderly Bronx edu
cator shook a finger and aaid:
"'John' la Bruno Richard Haupt
mann.' Only a little later, after Identifying
notw exchanged between hlmaelf and
the then myaterioua "John." Dr. Con
don added to hla identification by
saying that Hauptmann was the man
who met him and aat on a bench
with him for an hour In Van Court
land park aome time before the ran
som was paid.
Note Bore Symbol
The note he Identified were the
letter he received In re peruse to an
advertisement he Inserted, and subse
quent notes giving him directions, ali
of them bearing the strange "three
holed" symbol for signature.
Tha first letter accepted him as
go-between and Instructed him to in
sert an advertisement In a newspaper
saying "Money Is ready." Enclosed
with It was a note to uoionei l-iuu
bergh. aaylng the kidnaper had ac
cented Condon m intermediary.
nr. Condon examined the notea
with meticulous care before he would
Identify them. When he received the
first letter, designating him, he said:
"I felt rather pleased that I was so
honored."
The Bronx man at times appeared
to be consciously dramatic about hts
ttimonv. Melodrama tinged his
voice on occasions, such as when he
related that In the Lindbergh home:
"I slept In the baby's nursery."
There was rolling "Ahl" over the
court room. Attorney General David
T. Wllentz repeated: "So you slept In
the nursery?"
Wit tie Loquacious
At times he became loquaclcs, es
pecially about his own early life, and
WllentE would atop him. Defense at
torneys wanted him to be allowed to
ramble on.
Hla first Identification of Haupt
mann came early in hla testimony.
Wllentz quickly leading him up to
the night of Aplrl 2, 1932, when he
drove with Colonel Lindbergh to St.;
Raymond's cemetery with 70.000 to
meet the man known iui "John."
After he testiflel that $50,000 was.
separated from the money, Wllentz j
asked:
"Did you give the money to a man
that night?"
"I did," he answered, hla voice be
ginning to rise.
"Who did you give It to?"
"To John."
"Who is John?" WtienUa own voice
cracked.
"Bruno Richard Hauptmann!'
Iluiiptniunn Vu'.ih
Hauptmann blanched, turned deep
scarlet, and glnred at the uged wit
ness. ' Jafsie glared back.
Wllentz led up to the Identification
in thla way:
"All right, sir. Juat ft minute. Now.
let's get back Juat about where we
started, where we should start. In
March, 1032, as result of a letter or
advertisement you Inserted, did you
receive a note?"
O. Lloyd Fisher of defense counsel
objected to the question as being
leading.
"Yes?" Wllentz pressed.
"To look under & table and I
would find a stone there," Condon
ald, "and Uncling the stone there,
that there would be a note under
that atone."
"As a result of finding the stone
and the note, where did you go?"
"I went across the way as directed
by the note, the original note gave as
nearly ai I can remember. I could
tell In a moment If 1 saw it, to cross
the strept, to talk to nobody and to
go down Whlttemore avenue."
"Now. Doctor, did you go down
Whlttemore avenue that night?"
"I did."
Tells of Meeting
"Did you meet a man there?'
Condon said that he did. and then
related hl meeting with John, who.
he said, was Hauptmann. j
Then Wllentz asked him what he
received as the result of hla adver-j
tisement. j
"I received ft letter with ft peculiar
signature upon it consisting i
"All right. Just a minute. I will
try to find the exhibit." He showed
him an envelope duU-d March 0. 132.
and postmarked Now York. He asked
Mm If he recognized it.
"I received this letter about March
9. 1932. I recollert," Condon answered
"Now, In that envelope, I take It.
there w ere some enclosure s?"
"Yes, sir."
Will you take a look at some of
these papers?' Wllentz aald, handing
him several exhibits.
"1 received this letter within that
envelope with the directions on It.
and the signature of the three holes."
it was received In evidence,
tliimlkrn-hlef signal
Here Is Dr. Condon's story of his
firt meeting with "John" at the gate
of Wood lawn cemetery In the Uronx.
with the prompting questions elimi
nated :
"I ir a handkerchief from some
one Inside the gate being waved.
The man was inside the cemetery
ate.
"A man put his arm through the!
bars, which are wide enough to ad-j
mlt ft man's arm, entering or rctrsc-
Ing. I walked over there and said. "1 j
5ee you ' j
"The man was standing abmit three 1
feet away on the InMde. Thej
Hate were closed Aoovit the locking, j
I do not know. The man was)
John. I
"John lb Hrun Klrhnrd Haupl-
msnn. ' He sale) 'Did vou nt it . !
Hi money?' nui, 'No, 1 could ,
not'nilng the numey until I shw the;
package. About a minute or so
I heard a ruMlc In the leavrs There'
Is a little hit of a parkway on the1
HiKlde nt thr Kute arwl 1 heard a rustle,
In thnt diii" tion He heard It
nnri si. id. 'There's a cop
"He raiitfht hold -f the bars nut),
climbed, what I call 'turner' fashion.
up to the top of that fence and
Jumped In front of me.
Hniiptmann Flees
"'Did you send the cops?' he asked.
I aald, 'No, I gave you my word that
I wouldn't do that, and I kept my
word.' He then said, 'It's too danger
ous and started to run In a north
erly direction.
"He reached 233rd street, because
we had a part of that plaza In front of
the gate to go, he reached 233rd street
and kept on running, and I said,
It Is alright for me to say that?
"X said, 'hey, come back here. Don't
be cowardly. and 'here I
am a poor school teacher up here Id 1
the cemetery and you leaving me
here to be drilled you are my
guest.' He kept on running I
followed him.
I followed him Into a little clump
of trees near a shack on the opposite
side of the way from the cemetery.
and I went over and got ahold of his
arm and srtld, "hey, you mustn't do
anything like that; you are my
guest.' I brought him back I
didn't bring him back, I led him
back to the seat by the small shack.
Talked for Hour
"The bench was there, and I led
him I led him back to that bench
and asked him to be seated as my
guest he accepted the Invita
tion. I put him on my right and aat
down with him. j talked to him for
more than an hour.
"I first reprimanded him for going
across there again. I said, 'don't ever
do that again. I am square with you
and the. truth to a kidnaper is the
aame as the truth to a ' all
right yea. Ho aaid to me, lt Is
too dangerous. Might be twenty years
or burn. Would I burn If the baby
Is dead?'
"Not If you did not have some
part in It.' He answered, 'I am only
a go between.'
"In order to find out whether he
was the proper party or not, I said,
'how am I to know that I am talk
ing to the right man?'
"I trust if this hurts anybody's
feelings I trust that I may be ex
cused. 'The baby was held In the
crib by aafety pins. John said that.
I had the pins with me. because I
took them out of the hnby's crib on
the night that I slept there. They
had been, as nearly as I could Judge,
to the right and left of where the
baby's neck was.
"I took them out first and asked
him (Colonel Llndhcruh) afterwards
what they cnll French leave.
Praised Hniiphnnnn
"I asked him how he ('John') hap
pened to get Into such a scrape as
that, a mnn like he was. I praised
him and I meant It. 'a. man like
you what would your mother aay
lf-ahe knew that yon were engaged
like this?' and he said, "my mother
wouldn't like it; she would cry." Juat
like that, as nearly as I can Imitate
It. I am not a good mimic.
"Then I said, 'leave that, leave
that stuff, come with me. I then
used the words, I have a thousand
dollars of my own available' I did
n't any that was all I was worth. I
aald 'I have a thouaand available.'
That la ail I had at that time, 'and
you can have It.'
"'We don't want your money.'
"'Well, leave them, I will give you
that and I will go over to Jersey and
collect the rest for you if it Is with
in my power. There are a number of
lawyers in my family and If It Is
within the taw, I will get him to go
with you to the Inst degree, but If
you fHll me. I would follow you to
Australia'."
"I suppose I was a tittle vehement
In the matter, but that Is what I
said to him. He said, 'we won't. You
will get that baby and put It In Its;
mother's arms.' That was what I was
out for. Then- I aald. 'leave them and I
come.'
" 'No.'
" 'Why?
" 'The leader would snatch me up.' ;
" 'Excuse me. are you a German? I
"'No. Scandanavlan.'
"'Scnnclanavlan? well, leave
them. You will be caught.' I
Prepared for Year
" 'Oh no, we were prepared a year i
before, we were prepared to do this." J
"Then he talked about himself I
he had his coat upon this way
(lapels over facei I said, 'you j
have nothing to be afraid of, I have;
been square all my life and 1 am !
square now. You have nothing to
fear from me. Take down that coat.' j
" 'Well.' j
'"Well, nothing Your fabric Is too j
thin. I have got two coats. 1 will give
you one If you are In want.' And ;
then he couched. It was what they j
call a hollow cough. I don't want to ,
Imitate that. I said, 'the Inroads of 1
pulmonary disease. i.t me go j
over and get you aome medicine. 1 1
will do anything I can to straighten
this matter out. anything. I will go j
as hostAge to the man that has t
the baby. Let n.e go.'
"He said, "hostane? Oh.'
"'What I mean. I will po and stay i
there until you get the money
I have three toys belonging to the ,
baby and there are three words 1 1
know the baby knows' M got the
toys from Colonel Lindbergh, at my
request. I said tf he (John I would
take me to where the baby wr.s 1
would know If It was the real baby.
'Please give me a chance. promised
Mr. Lindbergh. Colonel Lindbergh
and Mrs Lindbergh, to help them
get their baby That Is what 1 am out
for, Nobodv else '
Condon prnmUrd Ran
" 'Nobodv ele shall ever get the
baby but vou, snd you can put that
habv' arms around Mr. Ltndherh'
neck ' And I bellexed It
"'Hew on earth could 1 get you It
vou wouldn't take me to where thr
hrthv Is?' Aaln he said, 'they would
smack you dow n The leader wouldn't
stand for I Mow could I tell you
now? There is a point there
and on that point 1 will stand and
signal vou s boat They will see n
sUnal snd Colmiel I.indhersh can
(jet his plane anil go right up t'.icre.
Sketched at the Hauptmann Trial
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(Contmueo .jm page one)
the office for his first day of labor,
he met one of the younger Roosevelts
who was hl friend. They decided to
go swimming In the White House
pool, became absorbed In eradication
of bugs until It was too late to work
that day.
During the last few days, for the
first time, the new deal has been
unable to direct the extent of Its
own publicity. The Hauptmann trial
unquestionably detracted from popu
lar attention given the president's
message and the budget could not
compete with Betty Oow on the
stand.
I tractive froci will be on
Thursday.
) we chose
(the TRAIN-,
Postmaster General Farley Intends
to write a lot of lettera next year.
His stationery appropriation Is being
increased 25 per cent, allowing him
20.000. It may be merely coinci
dental that Mr. Roosevelt is up lor
re-election next year.
Here, caught In quick sketches on the opening day or the Haupvinann trial, are six of the leading characters In the drama bein played In
the crowded courtroom at Flemlngton, N. J. Top, left to right. Henry Barrow, Associated Press staff artist, depicts Mrs. Bruno Richard Haupt
mann, wife of the man charged with murdering tho Lindbergh baby, and three of the Jurors who will decide his fate. Walton. 55, a machinist,
is foreman of the Jury. Mra. Stockton, 32. an attorney' secretary, has a seven-year-old child. Mrs. Pill, a widow, has two grown sons and cares
for two grandchildren, supporting herself by bead work, The three Jurors wera sketched as they sat In the Jury box after having been sworn in.
Below are Edward J. Reilly, chief defense lawyer, And Justice Thomas W. Trenchard. presiding at the trial.
" 'Why not walk?'
"'You couldn't walk there.
He said I couldn't get there any
way but by plane, but Colonel Lind
bergh would take hla plane and get
there I did not get to see the
child and he aald he wouldn't ever
propose It, that they would drill
him. I said, 'well, you mustn't be
afraid of anything like that, do what
you think la right, while you have
got time, for your mother's sake.'
"He aald. 'maybe you think we are
not the ride ' The d la accented on
that more than the f In righteous
ness and right, and so on. He said,
'we are the ride parties. I will send
you tho sleeping suit of the baby.
Tell Colonel Lindbergh and Mrs.
Lindbergh, that the baby la all
right.
"'All right, then, you will send
me the baby's sleeping suit.'
"Yt.i, I valted (sic) too long al
ready "I aald. 'well. It la so Important,
what are you going to do?
" I will send you the sleeping suit.
I must go.'
"That had been after we talked
this way for one hour and well, ten
minutes, fifteen minutes, aa nearly
as I can remember, and we shook
hands and parted. I did not go to
catch him. I wanted the baby. I
didn't care about catching him."
Defense Counsel Rellly demanded
that the whole recital be stricken
from the record, but Wllente went
on with hla examination and no im
mediate notice was taken of Rellly's
motion.
LINDY BABY CLOTHES IN COURT
Medford Federal
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J. H. Fletcher, secretary of the Med
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first annual meeting of the share
holders January 5, all directors were
re-elected. Fletcher stated that a 4
per cent per annum dividend was de
cleared on all classes of stock. In addi
tion to a 1 per cent bonus set tip on
all installment shares, and legal re
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The Medford Federal Savings and
Loan association, organized October 2.
1034, has shown considerable growth.
Assets now total $61,000. This amount;
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Since November IS the new associa
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Its present size in so short a time
the earnings have not been sacrificed;
fur after paying all expenses, which
Include organlrntlon expense and In
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profits amount to $517 for only three
months of operation.
An outstanding frature of Federal
Savings and Loan association la that
the United States treasury will Invest
3 for every $1 invested locally. The
association has ni"de a rtvqust for
S3.VOO0 from the government, which
will serve to finance home construc
tion and other first mortgage loans.
Share Invested in Federal Savings
and loan aAwvtattons re insured up
to .VH0 by the government.
One of the most dramatic momenta in Bruno Hauptmann's trial at
Flemlngton, N.J., came when Mra. Charlea A. Lindbergh Identified
these clothes as those worn by her first son at the time of his abduc
tion. The clothes were offered at an exhibit by the state. Left to right:
Robert Peacock, assistant prosecutor; Capt. John Lamb of the New
Jersey state police; Anthony Hauck. Hunterdon county prosecutor
and a movie cameraman. (Associated Press Photo
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