Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-28
BY stan Correspondent.
ETIZARETH Sent

BY stan Correspondent.
ELIZABETH, Sept. 2S-The sum-
ming up in the case of the state
against Harold v. Lamble alias
George Brandon, was started this
Afternoon after both the state and
defense had completed their testi-
mony during the morning. Efforts
were made on the part of Brandon
and his attorney. Frank .McDermitt
to prove that Brandon had never
been in Perth Amboy, and members
Of his family testified that he was
home in bed on the night Of the
murder. The evidence was contra
dicted however, by Pauline Sabold a
waitress at the powder plant in Par
lin who said she had talked to Bran
don on the night of August 10 and
waved to him on August 21- That
she knew both Brandon and Perch
and was proven by the fact that she
picked the two men out in the
crowded court ROOM
The case will go to the jury late
today or early tomorrow morning.
The main feature of this mornings
testimony was that by Edward H.
Schwartz, superintendent of Rec
/ ords of the New York police depart
n1ent. He took fingerprints on the
| car door, windshield, running board,
/ lamps, etc, and all agreed with I'M
gerprints of Brandon and copies of
the comparisons were handed to the
jurors.
Finger prints of Brandon's right
middle finger, right index finger and
right ring finger were taken by the
expert. The right index finger
showed there were twelve character
istic lines exactly alike, the middle
finger showed thirty y-seven Character
listic lines and the ring finger seven
characteristic lines. When asked
| how many of these characteristics
were necessary. the expert replied
only four, and when asked If it would
be possible for two men to have the
same finger prints Schwartz replied
1 there was never found to be, and
there is about one chance in sixty
two billion people of finger prints of
two men being alike
j The case did not get under way
until $40 o'clock, because Of the
failure of Frank McDermitt, one of
the counsels for the defense to ar
rive on time- and the court expressed
its unpleasantness of the counseHs
hardness John A. Galatian, chief
of county detectives OF Union coun-
lty, was the first witness of the morn
and he told of the automobile being
turned over to him by the Linden
police, and Of his taking the car to
the Central garage in Westfeld
where it was covered with canvas to
prevent any marks being tampered
with.
The county detective told of
notifying the expert of the New
York police department TO come TO
Westfield to take finger prints OF
marks on the car and the arrival OF
the expert that afternoon to take the
prints.
car in the Central garage until II
was claimed by Kupfer employees to
whom it belonged.
Mr.. Schwartz told of the process
. he employed in taking the finger
. prints from the car. This recital
by Schwartz took Up considerable
. time.
Mr.. McDermitt, counsel for Bran
don, objected TO the finger prints
from the door OF the car being Of
fered as evidence. but his objection
. was oyerruled.
The next witness was Steve Keip-
er, of 1871 First avenue, New York
City. KEEPER is twenty-five years
>
tective. He said he had known
Brandon since 1918 and that Bran
don had told him "the police wan
us for murder" He stated he had
come over from New York today Il
testify. Mr. McDermitt asked hin
: if he was not a stool pigeon. Ths
question met with the objection o.
counsel and the objection was sus.
tanned. He was asked if he knew
a girl by the name of Marion. He
said he did.
This completed the states case.
| In stating his case TO the jury
. Mr.. McDermitt said that one of the
! chief witnesses OF the defense vii
. be Chief Galatian. II will produce
letters written by him TO Brandon
! at Auburn prison making him
promises if he would give evidences
, TO the state" McDermitt pointed
. out that Brandon was never il
Perth Amboy, never saw a woman
there and was not there on the
night of the murder. The first Bran
don knew of the murder was wher
Perchand came to see him and told
him he had shot some people bui
did not know if they were dead. He
claimed Perchand made arrange
ments with Steve KEEPER 10 frame
learned of this he turned the table:
: by communicating with the prose
+ cutor's office.
: Mr.. McDermitt told of series oi
letters between Chief Galatian and
/ Brandon and visits TO Auburn pris-
: on to see Brandon. DIR. Moore weni
up with them to identify him. Their
E for protection Chief Galatian tooh
) the letters from Brandon so they
J could not be used as evidence
against him. AT the time of the
: murder Brandon's wife was i'll in
the catskill Mountains and Brandon
was living with his aunt in Brook
} iyn.
/ Chief Galatian offered to hand the
letters over 10 the court, but the
court would not accept them as ev-
ideEce. Mr.. McDermitt claimed he
could not get just trial without
them
Brandon when placed on the stand
said he lived in Brooklyn. was
twenty-nine years old and had
known Perchand since 1917. He said
he had never been in Perth Amboy.
did not know OF any bridge and had
not met q woman. The first time
ne knew he was connected with the
case was when he saw the article in
the Newark Evening News on July
lis. He said that when DIR. Moore