New Britain herald., 1926-11-23
DeferS Cross Examination

Senator Simpson received permis- sion to defer cross-examination of defense finger experts until tomor- row. He asked this so that he might submit copy of their testimony to the state experts.
 Frank Sandberg, in farge of the bureau of identification of the police force of Washington. D. C., was the second expert witness for the de- fense.
 He was permitted to make draw ings for the jury illustrating ridges. arches. bifurcations. islands, dots and all the other technical phrases which today had replaced the beaches and boats and bluef1sh of Lavallette in court discussions.
 The Illustrating was done over the objections of Simpson, who said Sandberg had not proved himself a "Corot or a Rembrandt"
 Sandberg said he considered identification by means of trans- parencies of two prints placed over each other as worthless and would net use it. It was too expensive and in the transparencies which the state introduced through the testimony of former Commissioner Faurot of New York, he said the comparison was between part of one print with all Of another.
 Alibi Seems Proved
 yrtn town of Lavallette. including Henry Stevens, were on record today as positive that he was not in New Brunswick at the time he is charged with having participated in the murder.
 After hearing for two days of the little fishing town of Lavallette. with it's beaches and boats and blueflsh, the court today fixed It's attention on the efforts of defense counsel to prove an alibi for Henry's brother, Willie.
 The defense at the close of court yesterday was paving the way for the introduction of it's flngerprint experts for the purpose of combat ting the evidence of a calling card with which the state seeks to con- vince the jury that Willie was in the lane on the night of the staying. The state contends this card was found at Dr. Halls feet. and bears Willie's flnger-marks.
 Previously thirteen men had testi- fled that Henry Stevens was at Law allette on the night of the murder. The witnesses ranged from the may CT of the small seashore town to girls who were college students at the time.
 The fact that Lavallette Is small town and that Henry Stevens was we'll known to everyone, being member of the borough council as well as fisherman. enabled the de- fense to- call witness after witness, who testified that they remembered seeing him at. or near his home, on the eventful night.
 Mrs. Jane Gibson, states star wit ness testified that she saw Henry Stevens and his brother and sister at the scene of the crime the night it was committed. Physicians at tho Jersey City hospital say Mrs. Gib- sons condition Is now serious. Per haps. Aggravated by the strain of an ambulance ride and giving testi- mony from a bed in the court room. the doctors say she has not long to live.
 The story of William Garvin, prt- vate detective, who testified for the state that Ralph V. NJ, Gorsline. member of the Rev. MT. Halls church. had told him that he (Gors- line) was at the scene of the slay- ing and saw Henry Stevens, was as- sailed through the woman organist of the minister's church who said that Gorsline attended both morn- ing and evening services at the church on the day Garvin claims Goraline saw him in New York.