HAUPTMANN TRIAL
CASE FOPt DEFENCE
EFFORT TO PROVE ALIBIS
United Press Association—By Electric Tela-
erauh—CopjriKht (Received February 5, 3 p.m.)
FLEMINGTON, February 4. The taking of testimony was speeded up at the Hauptmann trial today, both the prosecution and the defence expressing a desire to finish the case this week, which is the sixth day of the trial. .Mr. Reilly, for the defence, continued to press his two main contentions, namely, that Hauptmann was at home on the important dates of the case and that Violet Sharpe, the Morrows's English maid, was in some way involved in the kidnapping. - Two defence witnesses were produced who swore to alibis for Hauptmann the night he allegedly received the ransom from Dr. Condon and the night he was charged with passing a ransom note at the theatre. Another witness testified that on the night of the kidnapping when Violet Sharpe was supposedly keeping a clandestine engagement at a road house speak-easy he saw her near the Hudson River ferry carrying a baby's blanket.
The defence made a surprise move today, adducing evidence that an exact duplicate of the kidnapping ladder had broken under a weight of 180 pounds, whereas Hauptmann weighed slightly more than that.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 30, 5 February 1935, Page 10
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202HAUPTMANN TRIAL Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 30, 5 February 1935, Page 10
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