The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-24

light blue, set off by Q dark blue necktie with white spots on 1t.
 Hauptmann evidently had had a haircut in anticipation of his ap- pearance on the witness stand. He seemed more alert than usual af- ter reaching his seat, and there was an occasional touch of color to his pallid countenance.
 He smiled when the United Press asked him how he felt, nodded his head vigorously, and said, Zine"
 His wife, Anna, entered the courtroom q few minutes after her husband, and talked in low tones with the prisoner. | Attorney General David T. Will entz, moving about at the prosecu- ton table, appeared jovial and in the best of spirits. with the end of his presentation in sight.
 Trial Resumed
 Flemington, N. J., Jan 24-(U. IP.)--Announced as the states last witness against Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Arthur Koehler, the federal governments expert on woods, who traced the Lindbcrgh kidnap ladder to Bruno Haupt- mann's garage-workshop, resumed the witness stand at the opening of to-day's session.
 c. MT Koehler you yesterday explained the connection between the ladder rail and the attic. This rail, was that part of the lumber that came from South Carolina? A. No.
 | c. The rungs of the ladder you said they were made of Pom derosa pine-were not part of the shipment from South Carolina? A. No.
 | c. You said you were in charge of laboratory at Madison. Wis? A. Yes, the Forest Products Lab oratory at Madison.
 c. How many such laboratories are there? A. Only one. 1 Wilentz then offered the Haupt- mann automobile in evidence, em- phasizing that the jury could ex- anime 1t in the courthouse areaway where 1t is parked.
 Reilly objected that the machine was not material.
 "The purpose of the exhibit at this time" WiientZ replied, lis merely to show the car that was in HiS pOSSebSIon dL LHe tlHle OL | Hauptmann's arrest" Wilentz offered to submit q pho | tograph of the Hauptmann car. A photograph of a Dodge Sedan was handed Lloyd Fisher of de- fense counsel. Hauptmann leaned | forward to glance at the picture.
 That's not my car," he told his attorney. "it's not my car" He shook his head vigorously. Hauptmann finally decided 1t was was his car, although the trunk on the rear had been changed. The picture of tho car was admitted in evidence.
 c. Did you take this ladder and attempt. to fit 1t into the defend- ants car? A. 1 did. I placed the sections over the front and back seats. There was several inches to spare.
 Koehler was turned over to the defense for ross-examination. Frederick Pope questioned him.
 Q. When the ladder was placed in the car how close did it come to the windshield? A. Four or i've inches.
 Q. The ladder could easily be seen by anyone outside the car? A. Yes, unless it was covered up. | Pope questioned the government wood expert on his testimony in other trials.
 Koehler said he had testified as a wood expert in numerous eases. Some of the cases concerned the failure of woods in service. Pope apparently was trying to cast doubt on Koehler's qualifications as G wood expert. c. You have never undertaken Ito identify chisel or plane marks in Q court before? A. No. c. You testified yesterday that | one of the notches on the ladder was mado by c three- quarter inch chisel? A. Yos. c. A threc-quarter inch chisel Is very common tool? A. Yes. c. Were you shown the set of Stanley chisels found in Mir Haupt- mann's house at the time of his ar- rest? A. No.
 c. You didn't try any of them to sec if they fit the chiSel marks on the ladder? A. No.
 Q. You came into this case three months after the ladder was found? A. Yes. l c. You had to take the word of other people for the condition of the ladder when 1t was found? A. Vest, but saw 1t myself, of course.
 Q. Referring to the ladder, you said 1t had q piece of wood you be- lieved came from the attic? A. Yes.
 Q. You don't know if the lad der when originally found com tained piece of Douglas fir? A. didn't see the ladder when 1t was found.
 Pope led the witness into lengthy discussion of how to de- termine the quality of North Caro- lima pine. He apparently was try Ing to prove that the lumber in the ladder is of better quality than that In the flooring of the Haupt- mann attic. The state contends the two pieces Of wood are Identical.
 The witness said there was but one mill in the country that could have produced the greater part of the wood In the ladder--the Doran mill in Mccormick. S. c.
 c. Taking the ladder as whole, would you say it was built by q mechanic? A. No.
 Q. It's n rather poor Job, Isn't n? A. Rather poor. yes.
 Q. Do you think that a ladder like this would hold q man of ITS. is0 pounds?? A. Yes. think C would.N
 O. He could go up and down the ladder without It's bronkingY A. think so.
 e. 4 ladder usually breaks be- cause Of vihfntlonY A. Yes.