HAUPTMANN TRIAL
BANKRUPT DEFENCE
WITNESSES DISCREDITED
FLEMINGTON, February 6.
With the courtroom more and more crowded by curious society folk and the whole atmosphere becoming one of strange carnival, the Hauptmann trial today almost degenerated into the spectacle of a bankrupt defence. '..'.'.. ~
Mr. Reiliy produced a witness who testified that he saw Fisch with a; shoe-box similar to the one found; containing the hidden ransom money, but examination disclosed, that the witness had been several times confined to a psychopathic ward during the last few years. ■ .. .. ,-..-.
It was then ruled that all testimony purporting to show that Fisch carried a shoe-box or displayed money was inadmissible unless it was shown that the money was the ransom funds. The ruling thus eliminated Fisch from the case. ■ ;' ■... :■. ..'.'.- ''■.' ■ '
Mrs. Greta Henkel, whom Hauptmann visited on his way to work after leaving his wife in the mosnings, tes-, tified that there was nothing "dishonourable" in her relationship with the defendant. There were serious discrepancies in her testimony. Other defence witnesses during the day were confused and unconvincing.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1935, Page 3
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173HAUPTMANN TRIAL Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1935, Page 3
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