HAUPTMANN TRIAL
A TOUCH OF COMIC OPERA
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright)
FLEMINGTON. February 7
The Hauptmann trial almost seemed to become a farce to-day when the defence put on the stand thre e neighbours <of Mflllard Whited, ldho lived near the Lindbergh estate, and who had testified he saw a man lurking in a bush shortly before the kidnapping. Each witness declared of Millard Whited’s reputation for veracity. “It ain’t no goodl’’
Mr Willentz (Prosecutor) made short shift of these witnesses. He said to one: “Is it true that Whited has never been in gaol?” The reply was “Never.” Mr Willentz: “But you have?’’ Witness: “Yes.”
A comic opera touch came, however, when Henry Uhlig, a German furrier, and who allegedly was the defence’s best, witness, turned upon Mr Riley, defence counsel, when the latter suddenly declared him hostile, and shouted the lawyer down with cries of: “You are lying!” This arose when Mr Reilly by innuendo, attempted to show that Uhlig had tried to get the ransom money from Fisch.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 February 1935, Page 5
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