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FERA FUND GUT
TO50M|LL|ON
International News Service

international News service
Fedora Emergency Relief
went on practically a day-to-day
basis today, with funds for allot-
ment available only up to Febru-
airy 10, pending Senate action on
the 1880 million-dollar relief bill.
The FERA has only $50,O00,.
900 left.
Administrator Harry L. Hop
kins said no auotments were made
for the full first 10 days of
February, but that the money
would be spread out as far as
it will co."
Mr.. Hopkins emphasized the
organization would not incur any
obligations to extend after F'ebru-
airy 10 unless the huge appropria-
ton bill, which carries $50 million
dollars for emergency relief, is
passed. Some States, he said,
have funds left over from pre-
vious allotments, but these are
Comparatively few"
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MERCURY At 6,
STARTS RISE

WaShingtonians shivering in
the six-degree temperature this
morning at last have the weather
mans word that the current cold
spell is about to be broken.
The forecast for today was SLOW
ly rising temperature, the mercury
possibly going over 80 before the
day is over, and for tomorrow the
forecast was cloudy and warmer.
A general thaw today and to-
morrow probably will clear the
streets of the last of the recent
heavy snow falls, eliminating the
danger of slick streets.
Yesterdays high reading was
"a, but the mercury dropped
steadily during the day until at
8 a. m. today it stood at 6.
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Bod Found in Ice
At Tidal Basin

The body of an unidentified
man, about SIS years old, was taken
from the Tidal Basin today by
police. Lying face downward near
the surface, caught in the ice, the
body was discovered by David H.
Young, special officer for the
Alexander HOWE Company, con-
tractors for the Washington Monu-
ment cleaning.
Police said they had not deter.
mined If there was indication of
foul play. The man, they said,
was well dressed, wearing a blue
shirt, brown suit and gray over
coat.
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McCarl Issues Rule
On Travel Losses

Computation of Government en-
ployes' losses due to depreciation
of foreign currency when they are
either working, on leave or travel
ing abroad on order, must be de-
cided by the basic rate prescribed
for the country in which the en-
ploye is stationed, a ruling by
Comptroller General McCarl stated
today.
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called "Jane Doe" No one
knows whence she came.
Jane heard that votes would
be counted in the Senate on
the great League Court issue.
Being politically sagacious, she
thought that a velvet paw
would take her into the mo-
mentous hearing. But she was
wrong. She was accosted by
doormen and policemen who
firmly, but politely, informed
her that there was no place
for her kind in the galleries,
although her intense interest
was appreciated.
So Jane contented herself
with a cold unfriendly spot
near the door and looked fur
lively about for a friend until
Mrs. c. H. Clark came along.
Mrs. Clark has five German
Shepherds of her own-and ap-
preciateS the m eri is Of the
breed. She recognized James
qualities and decided to take
her in.
But six dogs are a little more
than Mrs. Clark can cope with
and she wants to find a good
home for Jane-who, in the
meantime, romps and plays at
his friends home, "Braemar
Lodge" Mrs. Clarks says Jane
is a trained pet and very play
full.
If you want to give this dog
a home, get in touch with Mrs.
Clark at Isconsin 1861,
"Braemar Lodge" Chevy Chase.
Md.
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WORD TO WISE

GRAVETTE, Ark. G.N.SO.-An
advertisement in a local newspa-
per serves this notice:
Neutrality-suspicious. found near
my chicken house at night will
be found there the next morn
ing. Signed, John Rex Bangs,
jr."
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Dog, Excluded
By Senate,
Asks Home
BY LIZ HUME

One local German Shepherd
even boasts an interest in inter-
national affairs. And she will be
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Phyllis scented her right hand
for the last five parties, just in
case some gallant diplomat
might bend low and kiss it.
None did. Last night she
gave up scent and tried cam.
phor lotion and three hand.
some attaches said good eve
ming" In the continental fash.
lon.
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Ralph Hill had just finished
remodeling his nice house in
Georgetown. The rooms were
papered, the floors polished,
choice old furniture in place.
q water pipe on the fifth floor
burst and flooded every room
In the house.
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Q.-Don't you know a j. J
Faulkner committed suicide in
New York? A.-No.
Ono name on any slips &C.
companying the deposit of that
$2,980? A.-There were names on
six slips but We could not identify
any of them by name.
The witness said one slip was
found.
Q.-What name was on the slip
Al. j. Faulkner.
Odd you check up J. J.
Faulkner? A.-Yes.
Q.-While you were investigat,
ing j. ]. Faulkner wasn't it a fact
that J. J. Faulkner threw himself
from the Chrysler Tower and
killed himself? A.-Don't know
Q.-Never heard of j. J.
Faulkner committing suicide in
New York? Ayes, a man
named Faulkner, I don't remem
ber the initials.
Mr.. Wilson said he found 81. J.
Faulkners both dead and alive"
Q.-You found no j. ]. Faulk,
ner who died since the slips were
found? A.-No, sir.
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than $14,O00-was handed the
witness. He said he watched the
police put this money in Satchel
after they found it on Haupt-
mann's premises.
c. Lloyd Fisher, Of defense
counsel, croSs-examined Wilson.
Q.-Do you mean to say that
no Lindbergh ransom bills have
turned up in the world since
Hauptmann's arrest? A.-No. I
don't know about that. I don't
know of any.
Mr.. Fisher then switched the
questioning to John Hughes Cur
tiS, the Norfolk Wa) shipbuilder
who was tried in Pennington on
the charge of obStructing justice
in perpetrating a hoax" in act
ing as "negotiator" in the Lind
bergh case.
Mr.. Curtis was convicted and
sentenced to one year in jail and
fined $1,000. He paid the fine.
His Jail sentence was suspended.
Q.-Were you called on to
testify in the trial of John
Hughes Curtis? Ayes,
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Attorneys Wives Get
Kick From Trial

the world. She is always there
sitting three seats away from
Walter Winchell, close to the de
tense table and her husband.
Typical of all, perhaps, with
the exception Of Mrs. Rosecrans
is Mrs. George K. Large, wife OF
the president of the Hunterdon
County Bar Association and
former justice assisting with the
prosecution. She declines to say
very much preferring to keep in
the background. She said:
"AS far as I'm concerned, /
think it's very interesting, and
go to the courtroom occasional.
ly, but I've always lived a very
quiet life. We've lived i'm the
country for years.
"Of course, I like to see a trial.
I like to watch the skill of legal
proceedings. But I don't think
should allow myself to be thrust
into the spotlight"
FOLLOWS 1T CLOSELY
Which is the general attitude
among these women behind the
men whose every word flashes out
to a waiting world.
They like to come and watch.
Their faces shine with pride. Their
interest matches that of any oh.
server, and not merely because
their husbands are holding the
stage.
They like to talk about it, and
to weigh each days victories and
each sides chances. But they al.
ways remain purely observers,
lowering in the background and
keeping their opinions to them.
selves.
All, that is, but Mrs. Rose.
Grams. She likes to discuss all
the pros and cons. Frankly and
seriously she said she thought
"Jafsie" a perfect witness who
"came out ahead" under Mr..
Reilly's cross-examination, and
as she said it she revealed her
estimate of the jury. She said: {:
"The reaction Of the woman
jurors to Anne Lindbergh will
probably be q big factor in the
whole thing. She didn't add
anything to the case except
human interest-but that is go
ing to count with those women"
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Check Impossible

Q.-Yet the Treasury Depart
ment employees carried out this
order so carelessly that ransom
money might have come in with
out being noticed? A.-There was
such a flood Of gold notes it was
impossible to accurately check 1T
all.
Q.-What happened to all those
gold notes taken in by the Treas.
ury? Al don't know.
O.-HaS it been DESTROYED?
Al don't know.
Mr.. Wilson was excused and a
five-minute recess taken.
Just before Mr.. Wilson left
the stand, Mr.. Fisher asked him
what happened to the $4,000
prepared for the kidnaper but
never paid. Mr.. Wilson said
the money was taken out of the
courtroom at the recess by Capt.
Ray Shook of the New Jersey
State Police.
Hauptmann chatted with his
wife, Anna, during the recess.
She smiled frequently. She wore
black dress and a small black
hat with q black veil.
None Of the spectators left
their seats during the recess. A
spot in the courtroom, humming
with talk, was too hard to get
and they were taking no chances
on not getting back in.
Soon the jury filed back into
the box and the proceedings were
resumed
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On Stand
Seemed Short
TO JQfsiie
COURTROOM, FLEMING.

COURTROOM, FLEMING.
TON, N. j., Jan. II G.N.S).
'Tt seemed like 10 minutes to
me-"
That's what DR.. John F.. Con.
don said today, discussing his
long tenure on the witness
stand yesterday.
Asked how he thought he did
on the stand, he said all right,
and his friend, AL Reich, spoke
up:
"It was no runs, no hits. no
errors"
A reporter asked DR.. Condor
if he felt he had done his duty.
He said yes. In making an ex-
planation he groped for a word
and an International News Ser.
vice reporter gave him the word
Motive"
"Jafsie's" face lit UP. He
shook hands with the reporter,
congraNlating him.
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Asks of $40 Bill

Q.-Do you have any knowledge
Of a $40 ransom bill being picked
up in London? A.-No.
Q.-Do you know Of any bills
picked up since September 19,
1884? A.-No.
Q.-Do you know Of any ransom
money picked up in Philadelphia?
A.-No.
Q.-Do you know Of any ran
som money ever kept in the safe
Of an Earl Taylor Hat Company
in New York city? A.-No.
Cor with one Meier in New
York city? A.-No.
On redirect examination Mr..
Wilentz questioned Mr.. Wilson
about the ~. j. Faulkner" bank
deposit slip. Mr.. Wilson reiterat-
ed that the deposit slip was not
in Hauptmann's handwriting.
Q.-And you say there is still
roughly $4,000 in ransom bills
unaccounted for? A.-Well, some
of the bills might not have
been checked off when they were
received at the Treasury Depart
ment.
Q.-Most of the money was
found around Greater New York
city? Ayes.
A.-Now of this $31, 900 which
you say is unaccounted for
could part Of this have come to
the Treasury Department and not
been detected? A.-Yes.
Mr.. Wilson then explained that.
owing to President Roosevelt's
order in 1888, calling for the sur
render Of all gold certificates, a
flood Of several billion dollars in
yellow-backed bills, similar to the
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Questions Barred

Mr.. Fisher wanted to know If
Mr.. Wilson had not at that trial
told the jury that it was i'm
possible to test Mr.. Curtis claims
he was in contact with the kid.
nap gang by asking Mr.. Curtis
to reproduce the symbol.
Attorney General David T. Will
entZ's objection to this QueStin
was sustained:
Mr.. Fisher was attrney for Mr..
Curtis, and as he questioned Mr..
Wilson he referred constantly to
his records of the Curtis case.
When Mr.. Wilentz repeatedly
objected to questions concerning
Mr.. Wilson'S testimony at the
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Evidence Ample

Q.-How uch? A.-The
amount of writing i studied is
ample upon which to base con-
cluSion.
Q.-What is that conclusion,
based upon your examination and
comparison? Any opinion is
that the ransom notes were writ
ten by the author Of papers
signed Richard Hauptmann."
Mr.. Osborn in reply to further
questions said it was his opinion
that Hauptmann was the writer
of all the Lindbergh ransom notes.
Q.-What other conclusion did
you reach? A.-That all the ran
som notes were written by the
same person - Bruno Richard
Hauptmann.
Mr.. Lanigan handed Mr..
Osborn all the ransom notes and
the request writing" samples
taken from Hauptmann since mis-
arrest.
The whitehaired witness said
he had examined and studied
them.
Q.-(By Lanigan)-And what
is your opinion from that study?
Any opinion is that the ran
SOM notes were written by the
writer of the request writings"
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Writing Compared

Mr.. Wilson testified the hand.
writing on the deposit slips at the
New York Federal Reserve Bank
was not Hauptmann's.
Q.-And what was the result OF
the handwriting experts investi
cation? A.-That it was not the
same handwriting as the defend
ants.
CT was not made out in the
handwriting Of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann? At was not.
Justice Thomas w. Trenchard
asked about the Faulkner deposit
slip and Mr.. Fisher demanded
that it be produced by Mr.. Will
entz. Mr.. Wilentz did not have it
in court but said he would get it.
Q.-What happened to the
$2,980 taken at that Federal Re-
serve bank? Alt was turned
over to the Treasury Department.
Q.-Who would have knowledge
of the ransom money surrendered
to the Treasurer of the United
States? A.-The cashier at the
Treasury Department.
Q.-About how much ransom
money has been found altogether?
A.-About $4,000.
Q.-Then there is roughly about
$31, 900 of the original ransom
money which has never been
turned in to the Treasury or is
included in this courtroom? A.
That is correct.
Mr.. Wilson knew of no ransom
bills having been picked up since
Hauptmann's arrest, he stated.
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eCurtis trial, Mr.. Fisher hotly
shouted:
"The State would like to for
get that Curtis trial.
Q.-Now Mr.. Wilson, at the
Curtis trial, didn't you continu-
ally refer to the Lindbergh kid
naper as a member of the gang?
Mr.. Wilentz objected. The OBJ
lection was sustained and Mr..
Fisher asked an exception to the
ruling.
Q.-Where was the first ran
som bill picked up? Am New
York at a bank on Broadway near
Seventy seventh Street about
April 6 or 7, 1882.
Mr.. Wilson said the next bill
was picked up at a New York
restaurant on or about May /,
1882. He said the first bill to
turn up was a twenty, the second
five.
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BY MARGARET GARRAHAN
International News Service

PENNINGTON, N. j., Jan. II
N.N.S.).-Some stay at home, some
come to court once in a while.
And some keep an unrelaxing
vigil.
They are the women behind the
men upon whose tactics rest the
fate of Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann-the legal batteries in this
battle of wits in which humans
are pawns.
Pretty and petite, Mrs. Edward
J. Reilly is frequently in the court
room. Everyone knows who she
Is, but she modestly keeps from
the spotlight.
Mrs. Wilentz There
SO does Mrs. Frederick A. Pope.
She came to the courtroom only
once from her nearby home in
Somerville-and candidly admits
she'd rather stay at home.
Mrs. David T. Wilentz is spark
ling and small, a perfect compile
ment to her sleek, magnetic huS-
band, intensely interested in all
that gees on.
Mrs. Eghert Rosecrans, dark
haired and vivacious, wouldn't
miss a. session for anything in
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SchLUQrzkOpf Heard

Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf,
head of the New Jersey State po-
lice, was the next witness.
Mr.. Wilentz handed Colonel
Schwarzkopf some specimens of
penmanship which he identified
as the handwriting of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann taken at a
New York police station in Sep
tember, 1884.
Q.-(By George K. Large. spe.
cial assistant to Attorney General
David T. Wilentz) They were
written from dictation? Ayes.
Q-And the spelling was his
own? Ayes.
Before the specimens were ad-
mitted as evidence Justice
Trenchard asked:
Colonel SchwarzkOpf, were
any promises made to Haunt
mann before he consented to
do this writing?"
mo"
Q.-(By Large) Were the speci.
mems OF penmanship given vol
unfairly? A.-Yes.
The witness was then excused.
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eransom notes, rolled into the
Treasury from all over the coun-
try.
Mr.. Wilentz wanted to know if
it was necessary for persons de-
string to turn in their gold notes
in exchange for other currency al
that time to identify themselves.
When Mr.. Fishers objection was
overruled, Mr.. Wilson replied:
mo, Identification was not
necessary"
Mr.. Wilson testified his investi-
CATION showed Hauptmann had
worked at the Majestic Apartment
Hotel in New York city as car
penter.
On recross-examination, Mr..
Fisher brought out that the wit
ness knowledge that Hauptmann
worked at the Majestic was OBJ
tanned through reading Haupt-
mann's testimony at the extradi.
ton hearing in the Bronx.
Mr.. Fisher again croSs-examined
Mr.. Wilson. He wanted to know
if there are still gold notes in cir
culation. Mr.. Wilson said there
are.
Mr.. Wilson admitted there were
exceptions at some banks to the
general practice of accepting gold
notes without Identification in
1893.
Q.-Is it not true that Treasury
Department employees were asked
to carefully check all gold notes
which came in for the Lindbergh
ransom money? Ayes.
Q.-Wasn't this check made on
the orders of former President
Hoover? Ayes,
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Cites PecuLiarities

Mr.. Osborn cited the peculi
arities in the handwriting which
caused him to reach his con
clusions. Mr.. Lanigan asked:
please explain your reasons
for concluding the ransom
notes were written by the same
hand as the request writings"
Mr.. Osborn replied:
"Well, first examined the
ransom notes to see If they
were connected with each other
in May, 1882. I found they
were connected with each other
in many ways. The writing, the
peculiar use Of words, the spell
ing, and the same kind of ref.
erenceS to the ransom money.
Mainly and most positively,
the ransom notes were con-
nected with an ingenious
symbol on the lower corner Of
the notes. The first note says
We warn you for not notify.
ing the police
"This first note contains the
peculiar word signature and
three holes. Then over ut the
right is this peculiar symbol of
three overlapping circles. 1
don't think this was made with
q stamp. I think it was made
with the bottom of . bottle or
china cup or o similar device.
"But most important are the
three holes, which unmiStakabIy
connect the letter-theSe holes
which are referred to in one
note as them three holes The
holes were not all punched at
the same time but they are all
on the same pattern. The holes
are not all the same distance.
apart but their relation to each
other Is the same. They arc
from the same pattern"
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None Abroad

Mr.. Wilson denied he knew OF
any ransom bills turning up in
Connecticut.
Q.-Do you know Of any ran
som bills turning up in foreign
countries? A.-Not that I know
Of.
Mr.. Fisher asked about a de-
posit Of $2,910 in ransom bills in
a Federal Reserve Bank in New
York City in the spring of 1893.
He admitted that efforts to
find out who turned in those gold
notes-it was at the time gold
notes were being called in-were
unsuccessful.
Mr.. Wilson admitted that it was
believed the deposit slip which
was handed in with the gold notes
bore the name 81. j. Faulkner" "
Q.-Who was j. ]. Faulkner? d?
Al don't know.
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Words MisspeLLed

Mr.. Osborn paused in his
lengthy answer. After a moment
he continued:
"The second letter says: Dear
Sir: We have warned you note
(intended for 'nOtD or notify
police There also Is the same
peculiar device with an arrow
pointing to it. It also mentions
over (meaning Ourl and aus
(fOr uS-German). The next
letter has the word "Singature'
again (fOr signature) and the
Device"
Mr.. Osborn pointed out the use
of "ingore" for ignore" in this
letter. showing the same peculiar.
ity Of spelling as that noted in
signature"
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The next letter contained "ouer'
and "singature" and another ref
erence to them three holes" ir
the symbol.
Another letter referred to "ouel
singature."
Mr.. Osborne said:
There are many Of these pc
culiarly spelled words.
"They are peculiarly spelled
rather than miSSpelled.
"The first note was the most
carefully written of them all.
But they all were written by the
same person"
Not a single Lindbergh ransom
bill has turned up since the arrest
Of ~Hauptmann, Frank ]. Wilson,
star investigator for the United
States Bureau of Internal Reve.
nue., declared earlier today on the
witness stand.
Mr.. Wilson told Of going to the
Lindbergh home on March 13,
1882, and of studying the ransom
notes and symbols. He revealed
for the first time that the ransom
money was made up twice. The
first time the serial numbers were
not taken down. The second time
they were.
The Government special agent
said the money was made up in
two packages-one containing
$4,000, the other $4,000. The
kidnaper's original demand was
for $4,000.
It was on Colonel Lindbergh's
suggestion that thousands of cir
culars containing the serial mum
bers Of the bills were sent out to
banks and post offices, in this
country and abroad, Mr.. Wilson
testified.
After Mr.. Wilson identified the
circulars they were introduced as
evidence.
The ransom. money found in
Hauptmann's premises - more
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'JAFS|E' BRAGS
Of VICTORY
BY SID BOEHM
International News Service

TRENTON, N. j., Jan. II.
How did you like the way 1
EOyed with Mr.. Reilly"
Explaining that he had de-
Hberately spent his first day un-
der under cross-examination teas
ing" defense counsel for Haupt-
mann, DR.. John F. Condor, in an
exclusive interview today declared
he had waited until the second
day before putting the finish
ing touches to Mr.. Reilly"
Not His Match
Apparently needing no rest
whatever after his two days un-
der fire in Pennington, "Jafsie"
Hounged about in his hotel suite
here with his immediate family
and this reporter, telling all that
he had simply been the leading
character in play-duel which
might have been figuratively en-
titled: The Toreador and the
Brooklyn Bull" DR.. Condor
said:
"AII during the first day Of
crOSs-examinatiOn I was content
to let Mr.. Reilly work himself
into q lather. But yesterday,
when / started out for the court
house, reminded myself that
this was not a perSinal feud-
understand that it really could
not be because he is no match
for me-but that o man was
on trial for the most heinOuS
murder ever committed.
THEN YOU WONDER!
at was then 1 decided like
the cat who has been toying
with q mouse, that 1 had had
my cake and it was now time
to eat it. why, he didn't even
give me q workout"
One leaves in odd confusion
after a talk, no matter how long
or short, with the Bronx educator
He leaves you wondering whether
you quite catch on; whether you
have been interviewed. whether he
hasn't missed his calling to the
dramatic stage.
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Expert Declares Hauptnann Wrote Ransom Notes
(Continued from Page y

CONTINUED from Page -
writing and compared them to
the ransom notes.
Q.-What we're your conclu-
Sions? A.-That they were not
the writer's of the ransom notes.
Q.-Have you studied the hand
writing of Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann? Ayes.
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NATURALLY ENOUGH the kidnap-
ing of his son and the poignant series of
developments that followed have had a
powerful effect upon the visage of the
great flyer. Not only the Illustrations
of the search for the baby have had
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their influence, but the arrest and trial
of Hauptmann, too, have visibly altered
the colonel's face. The photograph on
the left was made shortly before the
crime; the one on the right was made
in Pennington courthouse this week.