The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-07

Manley was excused and one Friedlander's name was called. He was not in the court room. May ask your honor to inquire Of the attorney general if he ex- poets to have Miss Hildegarde-Al- exander here agaln?" Reilly asked.
 Why, she's been here since she testified but l don't know If she's here today" Wilentz replied.
 Reilly was trying to find another witness.
 Frederick Pope of defense brought several pieces of wood into the courtroom.
 Stanley Seal of Bennington was questioned by Pope.
 He said he was q pattern maker in woods.
 c. In the past 10 of 12 years you've been accustomed to work on wood? A. Yes.
 Q. You're familiar with the marks q plane will make on wood? A. I am.
 c. Docs it make any difference how the plane is held in the deter imitation of the plane marks? A. Yes.
 Seal picked up a wooden appL- ance he had constructed to show the difference in plane marks.
 Instead of q plane blade the ap- Dliance uti iZed two lead pencils to make its impression on paper.
 The young man clamped q board to Justice Trenchard's bench, as wood expert Arthur Koehler had done, and shaved a strip from t with a standard plane. He then held the plane at a different angie, and said the resultant marks were wider"
 Hauptmann leaning back in his chair watched the demonstration with interest.
 There was only brief cross exam ination. Seal stepped down from the stand with his equipment.
 He said in response to a belated question by Wilentz his plane blade was not nicked.
 Pope suddenly recalled the wit ness and requested the states plane, in evidence, be brought in.
 Seal took the plane and adjusted it's blade.
 Take a shaving off one end of the. board with that plane" Pope said. Seal ran the plane along the edge of the piece of pine.
 The second time Hauptmann's plane was pushed across the other edge of the board.
 The board was received in evil dcnce without objection.
 WilentZ conducted re-cross eX- animation.
 c. Regardless of the distance between the hicks, the hicks will make marks. won't they? A. Yes.
 c. And when you used Haupt- mann's plane. 1t left marks from its hicks on both sides of the piece Of lumber you planed? A. Yes, but tho lines were farther apart.
 .. Nevertheless the marks are there? A. Yes.
 That's alI," said Wilentz.
 Hugh orr was the next witness.
 Pope stood by the side of the witness, who was partially deaf.
 C.. Where do you live? 4. Brockton. Mass.
 Q. What institution of cduca- ton were you graduated from? A. Massachusetts Institute of Technoi- ogy.
 O., Have you examined photo graphs of plane markings in this case? A. Yes
 Wilentz cross examined the wit ness on his qualifications. v. You are an architect? A. Yes.
 @. Have you ever testified to ihe age, weight or grain of lum- Der? A. No.
 / The witness said his knowledge 9f wood was limited to it's use in buildings.
 He said he did not consider himself wood expert and would not testify about woods.
 Pope smiled.
 Ihls man is not here as a wood exnert, tho defense attorney said, Tie is to testify in physics"
 Wiientz took the witness again 10 test his qualifications as an lex. pert on Identifying the marks of tooIs on the rings of wood"
 Q You cant identify any marks made by tools on wood, could you? A. No. could not.
 o' but you could measure such a marking? A. Yes.
 v. Well the Jury could do that
 dont think this witness is at all qnaiihed, Justice Trenchard 
 Pope insisted that his witness wasn't being brought as wood expert but as physicist "who could measure things"
 Q; tBy Wilcntz)-You are moi phyaicist? A. No.
 ropes eyes were Blinking rapld- 'y' . me was becoming angry. l.. rms witness is here to testify In physics" he said.
 Ihe court ruled Orr could testIsv to anything that could be meas.
 Ihe witness was permitted to say ne had examined the photo- graphs of the plane markings and .ma. .'n they were in two dimensions. whereas the marks thcmselves were "solid bodies" with three dI" mensions. u-
 The witness was excused.