Evening star., 1935-01-11
are in no haste. Take your time" the

are In no haste. Take your time" the
court proclaimed loudly.
He was asked to repeat his opinion
and he said. THE ransom notes were
all written by the writer of these other
various proved writings"
@. How do you explain your con-
clusion?
A. Hand me my brief case.
The expert fairly beloved his order
and then looked apologetically at the
court.
II don't hear we'll" he repeated.
First. I examined the notes to de-
termine if all were done by the same
writer" he intoned.
II first examined these ransom
notes in May, 1882. I wanted to see
II they were connected with each
other, and l found that they were in
seven or eight different ways"
Notes All Connected.
Osborn Tells Court.
They were connected in my opin-
ion by their use Of words. spelling
peculiar spelling-by the statement
Of the amount Of the ransom men,
toned in the first letter and repeated
in later letters, and by the statement
in later letters OF not reporting to
police" the expert said, describing
how he concluded the same hand
wrote all ransom notes.
But mainly was impressed by the
peculiar and ingenious device which
appeared in the lower right hand cor
ner," he said, referring to the kidnap
symbol
He displayed large photograph to
the jury. showing various sections Of
the notes and their signature.
The white-haired witness turned to
the first note left in the nursery.
He called the jury's attention to the
sentence, I'VE warn you for anyding
public or for notify police" words
which were repeated verbatim in a
subsequent note.
He pointed out the notation at the
bottom, indication for all letters are
singature," and the symbol.
The word "Singature" for signature
was stressed.
Speaking of the symbol, he said the
two concentric rings were made by
some implement which did not take
ink well-a crude device. such as q
bottom of the bottle or porcelain or
china cup.
But the most significant things are
the holes"
THE three holes" he said, were
connected with each other unmis-
takably.
"A pattern was made, and they were
all of that pattern.
They were in the same relation to
the edge and bottom of the paper.
"You could hold them up to the
light and see through all the holes.
They are uniform.
1T would be impossible to make
them from a description, because they
are all the same mechanically.
Speaks to Jury
In Earnest Tone.
Facing the jury, the old but vigor-
GUS photographer spoke with the ut
most conviction.
4AC july, dPPCdACo oOACA az
the early part of the session, could do
nothing but listen.
He dwelt at length on each sentence.
Now he has here the sentence wy
did you ignore'-now. notice that n
before the g. just the same as in
'singature'-
WY did you ignore auer-' notice
that a-u-e-r again. 'Auer letter which
was left in the room,'" he concluded.
That is more than misspelling,"
the expert opined. They can hardly
be described as misspelling; they are
q peculiar combination of letters
He noted a difference in the first
ransom note, the one found on the
Lindbergh nursery window sill.
The first letter Is written with
more deliberation, he said, than any
other letter. J
But" he added hastily, sit was
the same writer"
Osborn referred ITO the frequent
notations in the letters concerning