The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-01-24

Osborn pointed out To the jury was
hyphen used between the. two words
In New York" A specimen taken from
the writing that was on the sleeping
suit wrapper was pointed out as hav-
Ing this characteristic. A photostatic
copy of Hauptmann's writing on one
of the automobile registrations was
then shown by Osborn to have this
same name hyphenated.
Other words pointed out by the ex-
pert as showing examples OF broken
English and German speilIngs In both
sets OF writings were: "auer' for
our "aus" for U.S. Wy" for IVY"
mote" for mot" "gute' for good"
"lngore' for ignore signature" for
| signature" and "hte" for the"
The expert testified that he had ex-
amined about hundred samples OF
| hand writing which had been brought
| to him by New Jersey police and fed
eral agents. Among these, he said,
were samples Of writing by Isadore
/ Fisch, German furrier, who. the state
contends, was actually the abductor OF
! the baby. Fisch died later In Germany.
Fisch continues to loom In the back
ground as the defense's chief reliance.
In suggesting that Fisch wrote the ran
som notes. a spokesman for the prose-
cution declares that this line of de-
Tense will not avail, since 1t does not
take the eye Of an expert TO see the
utter dissimilarlty between the neat,
fourishing penmanship OF Flsch and
the scrawl OF the ransom notes. 1t Is
| understood from those who have sam
pies of Fisch's handwriting In their
possession that his hand was that of
man who took pride In his penman-
ship. forming his letters neatly and
correctly and dotting all is and cross
ing all rs.
The defense has maintained that
Fisch is the actual receiver Of the ram
som money, that 1t was he who kid
mapped the child, and Hanptmann was
his wholly unconscious dupe. Haupt-
mann has declared that he was assoc
ciated with Fisch In the fur trade. and
that he loaned Fisch $500 and that
Fisch left with him package which only
few weeks before his arrest, Haupt-
mann discovered to be the ransom
money, this bulk OF which was found In
. his garage Tho state holds II can
prove that ransom notes we're circu.
lated by him many months earlier than
last summer. or even last spring.
Reilly attempted to SHOW that toe
few handwriting exhibits had beer
brought into the courtroom. theE
opened up q line OF questioning de
signed to force Osborn to admit tha
I a Scandinavian could have written tn,
ransom notes. The expert said Their.
0 was an essential difference betwecE
German and Scandinavian script.
Some connection was seen between
this line of questioning and that 0
Reilly when Betty Cow, the baby
J nurse. was on the stand, with referenc
O to "Red' Johnson, Norwegian sailor
e whom she admitted having told o
: activities OF the Lindbergh household
y on the day the kidnapping occurred.
. Another handwriting expert who's
y testimony has been mistaken unde
= questioning OF Reilly ID Elbridge v
n recent Vanderbilt case In New Yor
T. as well as the Wendell and Ride
Q cases. Stein said he had first studio
- the ransom notes and request writing
L of Hnuptmann In July. 1892, and d.
"a clared II was his opinion that the sam
X man, Hauptmann. wrote both. Il
re admitted there were differences. bs
II insisted that there were simlarities b
81 tween the spelling III the two sets I
al writing Chats aud photographs
IN words taken frarn the ransom mott
es and the other writings done BY Haup
by mann were produced by Srein In su
port of his siatsinel;n-
ne AS the hearing progresses, HauH
as mann appearsio have lost much OF Il
Ike calmness which marked his frst a
IL. pearance In court. The stolidity OF Il
ed ex-carpenter which was SO remarknb
1t, when he was identified by both Colon
a Lindbergh and DR.. j. F. Condor Is n
an so apparent. Emotions show In I
re face, although even close watche
ed admit there has been no sign OF Re
In or alarm among them. Occasional
he he talks to his wife In a low voice.
ID The accused continues TO follow en-
as word OF the trial with deep intere
he He appeared especially Interested
% the handwriting testimony, cranlnG
In neck to see as the expert pointed 9
he on the large chart the similarltles
pit tween his own and the ransom writh
On Colonel Lindbergh, who has been
we tending MI the court sessinns, was Fl
absorbed as the experts gave III
lch testimony.