, 1935-01-14

answers, Reilly changed the angle
OF his attack.
G. How many other peoples hand
writing did you examine besides
that or Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
A. Over a hundred. Most Of them
were brought 10 me by the state po-
lice OF New Jersey. q few by the y.
8. investigating bureau.
@. Did you examine the handwrit-
ing OF Isador Fsch?
A. Yes.
O. / hand YOU q card and ask you
II that is the handwriting OF Isa-
dor Ffsch?
a. 7 can't say. II seems to resem-
BILE IL.
Osborn studied the card for q few
minutes and added. my recollec-
ton is that 1t does"
Reilly then directed him 70 com.
pare the 'y'' and certain other let.
tiers In the. nursery ransom note
with letters In the alleged F1sch-
written card.
Writing Different
There is a general resemblance.
but the writing Is very different.
They are not sufficiently alike that
I would say they were by the same
writer" Osborn said.
Reilly then demanded that the
defense have actess TO the samples
OF Fisch's writing on which the
witness made the comparison With
the ransom noteS.
Reilly had 10 sooner asked the
disposition OF some Of the state
exhibits, than Lanigan was on his
feet ~obiecting vigorously.
The court soliloquiZed:
The question seems to be, does the
examining counsel have the right
to ask the witness what happened
70 some OF the state evidence that
was submitted TO him for expert
analysis. He is inquiring into what
the expert knows about some OF the
hundreds OF papers he examined.
The thing that interests me Is
where he gets the right 70 ask
where he can get these papers,"
why shouldn't the state tell the
counsel where he can get the pa
pers?" Justice Irenchard concluded.
Lanigan said he didn't know why.
but he would look II up-and the
matter rested there.
q. This mis-spelled word Sig
nature" you would take that az q
monument In your case2"
A. There Is some significance In
II, yes.
Reilly referred to Osborn as
professor"
Il am neither a doctor nor q
professor" Osborn cut In.
There are so many titles in this
case. It won't do any harm to give
you n too" Reilly said.
@. VIII you count the words and
characters In that Cnursery) letter
and tell me how many you make it7
A. I think about "a On s..
Not Much Alike
Reilly directed the witness at
tention to his chart showing an
s" from the ransom note and an
IS" from the Hauptman writing.
@. Do you say usually there Is a
comparison between the two?
A I'd say they we're not very
much alike. OF course my opinion
is not based on any one comparison.
Reilly pointed out the shading in
the capital Il" In the ransom note
section Of the chart
@. Doesn't that indicate the note
was copied.
A. There was no indication of
copying at al lin my opinion.
@. DID you find in any OF the
notes q better flow Of English than
in the beginning.
A. That's language YOU mean7
@. Yes language.
A. Yes In some particulars. The
latter notes are briefer and say a
little more definitely what they
mean. I think the language Is subs
tantially the same throughout, al
though there Is some difference.
@. You believe. MI. Osborn. that
one person wrote all the ransom
notes?
A. Yes.
@. Referring to the notes you re-
cc.ved from Gel. Henry Breckenridge,
"S2l, $50 and S23. 7 ask you II there
Is not a visible difference in the
handwriting of those with and with
out the symbols and signature?
A. In my opinion they are subs
tantially the same.
@. Have you taken any from the
letter mailed to Col. Breckenridge?
A. Yes. The word did" In the
first line, the word was" and the
word "the" which. / believe, appears
right here on this chart.
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