Evening star., 1926-11-26

a box which ne carried from the f1al
home on the afternoon OF September
16. after the bodies had been found
contained clothes In which Mr.. Hal
was to be dressed for burial, while
an empty one was for the minister {
vestments.
Henry Carpender testified today tha'
he was in New York at work until
about 20 pm. on the day the bodie:
We're found and that he never removed
l"paper boxes, drawers or packages
containing letters or papers" from the
Hall home.
Carpender said that on Sunday. Sep
telnber II. three days after the rnur
der, he went to Spring Lake with his
wife and returned late in the after
noon.
Were you at the home Of Mrs. Hal
that morning." asked Case.
No, SIR" answered the witness.
Denies Taking Bundles.
Did you that morning take any
bundles, papers or boxes from Mrs
Halls hone?"
Il did not"
Did yea see anything that morning
OF Mrs. Bearynan?"
NO, sir
| A States witness had said she saw
1 D
Mrs. Halls. in the automobile ir
which the States witness said they
saw Carpenter taking away papers.
Did you take any letters out OF
the house,"
| None whatever"
Simpson in croSs-examination saked
| When you went to Spring Lake
was it a warm day?"
| Yes" answered Carpenter.
DO you remember whether a re
porter came to your house there and
| the chimney and asked if you were
destroying letters?"
| No"
| did you ever meet State Trooper
Dickman in Prosecutor Beekman' s
office and have a conversation with
him about checkbook?"
| mo: never in my life was in Mr.
Beekman'S office"
Henry L. Dickman, former New Jer
| sey State trooper. testifying for the
prosecution. said that in 1929 he was
given a $4,000 bribe by the late Aza
riah Beekman, Somerset County
! prosecutor, to give up his investiga.
| ton of the double Staying and leave
| the State.
Carpenter Leaves Stand.
The defense later proved that Dick.
man was a deserter from the Army
and Navy and 1t was brought out
| in court that he was a military pris
| oner at the time he testified for the
State.
carpenter left the witness stand
| and was followed by J. H. Taylor,
flngerprint expert Of the Navy De.
partment, who earlier this week testi.
| fled that the f1ngerprint represented
| by the State as being that Of Willie
| Stevens was not his fingerprint at all
The alleged fingerprtnt Of Willie
| Stevens was on a visiting card OF
the Rev. Mr.. Halls which the State
contends was found at the scene of
| the Staying.
Taylor was recalled for cross
| examination by Simpson. The wit
ness told of taking a fingerprint from
| metal box two months after the
imprint had been made and after the
box had been sent to him in Wash
| ington from an Asiatic station.
What Is the greatest length OF
time you have ever taken a finger
print from a card or paper after the
| fingerprint was made?" asked Simp.
son.
i've never been able to get one
from paper after over two or three
days." answered the witness. He
added it might be possible to make a
photograph of a fingerprint on paper
after two or three days. but II was
improbable that one could be made.
Sandberg Testifles Again.
Frederick Sandberg Of Washington.
the second defense expert to be cross
examined, testified that the enlarge.
nf hn AnDn~nriof hn s,ey
card was correct and missed no de-
tail to be found in the original print
on the calling card.
You made your whole demonstra-
ton to the jury on the enlargement,
did you not?" Simpson asked.
Yes"
Then, II the enlargement has miss
Ing ridges and ridge characteristics
that would affect your opinion"
Sandberg did not understand the
question at first, but finally answered:
Yes, absolutely"
Both Taylor and Sandberg agreed
with Simpson that hngerprinting was
an exact science, that there was no
room for difference Of opinion and that
a f1ngerprint either was or was not
that OF a particular person.
Sandberg thought print on dull
white card might last for three or
four days before development. pro.
vided 1t were handled carefully.
Another Of the defense f1ngerpr1nt
experts, Gerhard Kuhne, Of the New
York Police Department. who had
testified earlier this week that in his
opinion the supposed fingerprtnt OF
Willie was "superimposed" on the
calling card as an after thought,
was next called for cross-examination
Simpson Offers Test.
He denied he had communicated
with Frederick Drewen Of the Jersey
City Police Department and finger
print expert for the State. and asked
that he be employed in the case by
the prosecution.
Kuhne, on direct examination
earlier in the week, had testified that
graphite or charcoal was used in de-
veloping the supposed fingerprint Of
Willie Stevens on the visiting card.
while lampblack or boneblack was
used in developing other prints on the
card.
simpson showed the witness a
dozen cards and asked him to tell
what different materials were on
them. He said he could not tell ex.
actlv what powder was on the cards.
but that he could tell graphite or
charcoal from lampblack or bone
black, as he said appeared on the
card in evidence.
Kuhne was questioned on whether
he had told officers of the Jersey City
force that he knew the late William
Fitzpatrick, MiddleseX County detec-
tive, had a calling card of Mr.. Halls
with fiugerprints on it.
He said that Fitzpatrick former
student OF his, came TO him four years
ago with a photograph Of a print in
, this case which the detective told him
had been left upon a piece OF writing