LINDBERGH i'T? rtZ^r-^.4 JT a ^ k .. /V ' 9*' ^ ///? J*m'— rJzh'Tiflz^L JL Mbf IT frsid.Z\ ^ __j/L___ ^ \t:t2+*arw\ i ^ r - -________-■ , , f It certainly is a high spot in court procedure when a with his own witness on the stand, has to step in to protect the opposing^ lawyer who is doing the cross-examination. Usually it's the other way around, with the lawyer interfering to protect his witness from the verbal axast assaults of the cross-examiner. But today Attorney General Wilentz jumped in to defend Defense Attorney Reilly from the wordy onslaughts of Jafsie. The second day of Jafsie on the witness stand began quietly, but Dr. Condon^t extraordinary qualities as a witness were not to be suppressed by any amount of quietude or studied formality, ^•gxtkw After the roughhouse and the riotous battle of words of yesterday afternoon*s* cross-examination. Defense Attorney Reilly, with a carnation in his buttonhole^began with a note of extreme contrast, a note of elaborate courtesy. Most of cpc the questions he asked took the Doctor again and again over the story of his various trips in the ransom transaction. It’s a common thing in court procedure for a lawyer do stunts, such as getting up, standing in a to make a witness LINDBERGH ~ 2 certain posture to illustrate something, pointing here and there* But such stxxHih orthodox methods don't go with Jafsie. He turned the tables on Attorney Reilly. He made Reilly A ----- — do the stunts. It was he who made the lawyer turn around and stand in a specified position and turn to one side and then the other, gxamixtng exclaiming, "Just a bit more; there, that's it,n — making Reilly illustrate something that Jafsie was saying. And all the time the eccentric Bronx educator remained a the school master giving a lecture. When asked question about distance, how far something was, he would reply: "Gh, eight hundred and eighty yards. You know that's half a mile.11 Then he'd go on: "Four hundred and forty yards is a quarter. And tmx two hundred and twenty yards is a furlong." He was so pedantlcly careful about his testimony that he wouldn't swear <% that the fence around Woodlaym Cemetery was iron. He swore it A, was ^metallic." It's an old and much condemned feature of court 5 . LINDBERGH - 3 jT ' 'i i ■-' [;" ! ! procedure, lor a iwx lawyer to badger and browbeat a witness. But once again It was a reversal at Flemington. Jafsie continued his tactics of badgering and browbeating bis cross-examiner. He did that yesterday with Attorney Reilly roaring back. But today Reilly was doing his best to be nice and polite. And^^^ example, could take it. As for saxwaJox when Jafsie demanded of him A A A te*g belligerently: nDo you know the points of the compass?*' Reilly grinned and kept his temper. And of course Jafsie continued his lectures on the subject of English, one of his favorite themes. He continued to correct the Defense Attorney’s grammar and choice of words. And that was when the strangest Reversal of all came about. 41 Jafsie v/as telling Reilly all about English as she should be spoke. He was Rellly^hfa^ he should have worded a certain phrase.suppose there must be a fellow feeling between lawyers, becauee Attorney General V.ilentz could stand it no longer. He interfered to protect his adversary. He intruded, calling sternly to Jafsiei- t1 Just & moment please. Don’t argue with the counsel. LINDBERGH - 4 m Just answer the question." that's what I /V '4 call human kindness. It stopped the learned Doctor for a while He apologized but it didn!t have much effect. The school master was soon lecturing again. Attorney Reilly’s urbanity and sweetness eould^t last forever. The inevitable finally hapoened. He lost his temper, and the uproar was on again. And the two contestants had a violent clash on that same subject — the English language. Jafsie didn’t like the way Reilly used the word "visibility," || H and he roared "I don't understand what you mean. Xou*!! have to put it in English if you want me. to answer." Reilly yelled back: "You want me to talk baby talk, do you!" the thundering of a familiar theme. And that theme was not the "No, just English," hollered Jafsie. The blustering battle led up to a free-for-all climax — English language. It ca e in the form of a startling LINDBERGH - 5 question -- when Attorney Reil3.y demanded accusingly of Jafsie - whether he had not been transferred from one school to another in 19GS as a result of misconduct with one of the women teachers -Zit "try to figure out JafsieTs answer to that, A Defense Attorney Wilentz strenuously objected to the question, crying that it was a mere attack on character. But what about JafsieTs answer? He had already if given it before Wilentz could jump in. To the question about the woman teacher he replied reart-my calmly and cooly — ”110 sir•0 To the most provocative and enraging question of the whole cross-examination the explosive Jafsie gave a calm answer, a placid denial. Butjit takes Jafsie to stand things on. their head. I suppose thelquestion must have been framed in impeccable English. If Reilly had made a slip In grammar,that would have made Jafsie howl. —o—' The net result of today's examination was that once core Dr. Condon held his own. The defetree-atta-eked■■ ■ hi» jx,.-in -the - e-our^rciomjp^o- LIKDBERGH - 6 The afternoon session brought to sudnen prominence a familiar sinister idea, the third degree. Cynics who doubt everything have been rather surprised not to hear that the cops had beaten up Hauptmann, That’s what gives the sudden appearance of the third degree, in the case, the sharpest kind of interest. There was evidence concerning samples of script which Hauptmann wrote at the second precinct station in New York after his arrest, Lloyd Pisher, second in command among the Defense lawyers, jumped to hie feet with an objection. He based one point on the statement that Hauptmann had written the samples of script after he had been continually examined for fifteen hours by no fewer than ten police officers. The defense asked Lieutenant Finn of the New York Detective Force whether Hauptmann had any chance to rest during that time. The Lieutenant replied: "Yes, in a chair." LINDBERGH « 7 ’’You mean, ” demanded the Defense* just such a chair as we have here in court?” ,fYes, ” admitted the policeman. And so the third degree was brought in. As it stands,! jfhere Is no hint that Hauptmann w^s subjected to beating or physical violence — just the ordeal of being questioned incessantly for fifteen hours at a stretch. The afternoon session brought to the stand two other witnesses, one Colonel iTreckenridge, Lindbergh’s In his testimony, and this vras no help to the Defense. Hauptmann*s lawyers have insinuated that Jafsie might have had ransom affair. Colonel Breckenridge testified that in the ransom proceedings Dr. Condon did not urge the payment of the seventy thousand dollars. His urging. In fact, was quite to the contrary. Jafsie protestea against Lindbergh’s paying the money except upon the safe delivery of the baby. friend, and attorney. Only one new point was sac developed dark and^evious motives, a guilty part in the fcfcHEt kidnap? A. * LINDBERGH 8 A hint of defense strategy became apparent in the cross-questioning of Jafsie*s daughter, the comely young ^rs. Hacker. Defense Attorney Rally questioned her about the man who brought isfcbc the package to Dr. Condon*s house, the package that contained the babyts night garment. This man has been a mysterious person. Attprney Reilly showed Mrs. Hacker a photograph and asked her*if it were a picture of the man who had delivered the package. She could not answer whether it was. The presumption is that the defense vail try to pin man in th this is all blank, and will have to await developments BOgUS In Washington they are trying to figure out the bonus battle when it flares up. The question ie — will the Senate veto the two-thirds bonus majority needed to nullify a veto from the White House. A poll among the Senators shows that thirty-five members will support the President on the veto. According to this the bonus could not be carried over the Presidents denial. The idea of a compromise between Congress and the White House is becoming increasingly popular ROOSEVELT President Roosevelt today soared another victory in his budget estimate for next year. It is said that he has reached an agreement with Congressional leaders to make available some four billion dollars to be used at once in Public Relief work. And as another concession to the President the Congressional leaders have agreed to 1 et Ate.rArhrwhrtrna. af-rt/he'rfhat; Mr. Roosevelt. ULLMO Ihat thing we call the news is a "bungling dramatist. Or maybe the news is a great dramatist. Certainly, from the daily sequence of events and tidings, the plot is seldom rounded off with a complete and satisfying cadence of•romance. Too often, the news goes in for anti-climax. But perhaps that makes the drama all the greater - grim, ironic realism, instead of sunset fadeouts of romance. The reason for this sudden philosophizing, is the immensely theatrical story of Charles Benjamin Ullmo. ' he had that story before and it was sheer romance. Before we come to the morbid close, which flashes in the news today, let's rehearse the strange tale, with an amplification or two. Then he met LaBelle Lison. He squandered his fortune on her, but she was insatiable. Desperate with the need of more money for LaBelle Charles Benjamin amin A naval college^oecame a lieutenant in the French navy. Allured by maritime Xe^endts of the exotic orient, he became a drug addict A Lison, Ullmo communicated with the German Secret Service and bargained to sell French naval secrets. The French Secret Service got on to him ULLMO - £ and in one oT the famous espiona-e cases of twenty-six yeai^-s a^o, he was arrested, tried, degraded and condemned to Devils Island. After years in the tropical inferno, two things happened to the outcast" prisoner, two things that solaced him in the bitter memory of his downfall - downfall of drugs, Labelle bison, treason, condemnation. One thing was religion, the other romance. At Devils Island^Ullrao attracted the attention of the priest who ministered to. fche convicts. The two nsu became fast friends, and Ullmo, who had been born a Je.w, renounced and became a Catholic. It was shortly afterward, that he received a letter from a woman - a woman in France, a nurse, who knew of his tragic story and who pitied him. They began an exchange of letters that lasted forbears. And the woman in France devoted her life in his behalf. A *7 She started a campaign to get a pardon for him, and moved heaven and earth. And at last she succeeded. Ve heard some months ago how Charles Beniamin Ullmo, the prisoner of Devils Island, had been pardoned by the President of the trench Republic, and was returning to France - and to the woman who had saved himI U.LLMU - 3 That made a perfectly happy ending. It should have closed right there for good and for all. But today comes the anti-climax. Yes, as a dramatist, the news is an artist of ironic realism, A. dispatch from Paris tells us that Charles Benjamin Ullmo is on his way back to DeviX*s Island, to pass the remainder of his life there, That*s what the court martial decreed A in the first place, and that court martial twenty-six years ago is having its way in spite of the President of the French Republic and his pardon. It seems that Ullmo had some premonition when he was 5 t released. He told how much he to see Paris once more, but he added: UI doubt if I can ever live in Paris again, after spending half of my in the tropics,- If I find I can't, I will return to Devil's Island, And that * s what has happened. In Paris today, as Ullmo packed his bags, he said: "After six months of freedom, 1 find the world spiritually weak, xhere is a lowering of standard of mscience and of intelligence.11 vAnd above all,”he added: "there- is the profound and illimitable stupidity of the human race, which believes itself to be so superior," ULLMO ~ 4 And what of the woman, the nurse who rescued him from the tropical hell and. brought him back to freedom and civilization? She was at the dock at LeHarve to meet him when he came back* He saw her a few times after that. And then they did not see each other any more* i'here is a bit of a novel in that alone. But Ullmo doesn't tell the story, 'i'hey struggled against desperate odds to come together. They met, and parted. Anyway, Charles Benjamin Ullmo, the tragical prisoner °ti“s is on his way back free man on Devils Island. - to live the philosophical The fourth day of fog,, In the East, with New York outdoing ! London pea-souper^-- is just one instance of freak weather* *<r*«dfc£ju7vv\ \ 4 „ sg£7Z?TL ~ W^rr:::——i ^.'1 ^ ( S^STthe Frenoh^fe^^*-*' — wr * ^v'|r ~ ~ ~ ~ ^ ^ -.n. - - ~ ^jp j Over In^Lurope\T.Tonte Caflolias 'aad its first snow in nearly ten years. Snow and piercing cold winds the French _ A A Vi} 'WzJo£ K>-«j As~u£t&xi U/etJVw\.. Paris^is freezing, andyso is Rome. ^In the Balkans blizzard weather has disrupted transportation and coniraunication. In Russia, where itfs cold anyv/ay, the frost is so intense they have to keep children indoors instead sending them to school, iiith our own fog in its fourth day, the losses to shipping are mounting, all air traffic tied up, motor transportation running hours late in up-state New York, and in New England the fog has caused such a rapid melting of snows that flood warnings have been issued. The Mohawk River has already overflowed its banks, swamping one section of the Buffalo-Albany highway. The Chenango %y., River is threatening to pour over its links near Binghamton,'and the weather man gives no hope of relief from the fog for at lea-gt another day TALL STQBY Tfaers are two places I’d like to be tonight, ©M-e ia at a talk concerning m fascinating a subject as "An Architec­ tural AdTenture in Persia and Afghanistan,M scenes of some of my own travels. Yes, I’d like to be at the Waldorf to hear that tonight, at the annual dinner of the American Institute of Persian Art and Archaeology, And, I’d like to be at the City Club in Boston, Goveraor Brann and many falsifying Poo bahs are there, A Mew England Tall Story Contest is on. They’ve sent me a bunch of whoppers from which to pick the prize winner. It comes from a mighty fisherman of the north woods, who tells me that the fishing hasn't been so good up his way. The biggest trout he got was just medium. He doesn't know the measurements. He only remembers that when he pulled the fish out, it took him ten minutes to fill up the whole in the river. Ten minutes, a ho’* sling water. That story is tall enough, and this broadcast is long enough, and SOLOMG UNTIL TOMORROW