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The Washington times., 1935-01-15
Prisoner AnnOueG

Hauptmann was brought into
the court room at 9:44 a. M,
guards holding him by the wrists.
AS he took his seat, a photog.
rapher's flashlight flared and an
annoyed expression fitted across
the prisoners pale face.
He wore a dark gray suit and
blue polka dot tie.
Asked how he felt, Hauptmann
said:
ooh, all right"
Chief Defense Counsel Edward
j. Reilly came into the courtroom
at $50 a. m, wearing a black
coat and gray trousers. Mr.. Reilly,
who has been suffering from a
slight attack of laryngitis, said he
felt bit better this morning.
BY this time the courtroom was
filled and persons standing g
blocked the aisles.
The jury filed into box at 9:58
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MAN
IS WITNESS

DR.. Wilmer Souder, of Wash.
ington, former university pro,
fessor and holder of numerous
degrees, who has become a
famous consulting criminologist,
today stepped into the spotlight
as one of the States principal
witnesses in the case against
Bruno Richard Hauptmann,
charged with the kidnapping and
murder of the Lindbergh baby.
BY profession, DR.. Souder is
the principal scientist of the
Bureau of Standards here. But
he is constantly called upon by
the Department of Justice, by
courts and by police to aid in
the solution of crime.
DR.. Souder is a member of half
a dozen scientific societies and
possessor of the degree of doctor
of philosophy with the added dis.
tinction magma cum laude-the
highest honor a university can
give. He is constantly called
upon by the Department OF JUS
tice to help in cases coming be-
fore the crimihology laboratory
here.
Examined Evidence
Police and Department of JUS
tice officials hold that DR.. Souder
is one of the greatest authorities
in the world in three lines of
identification-handwriting, type
writing and ballistics.
When, the Department of JUS
tice started it's investigation of
the Lindbergh case, DR.. Souder
was called in as an expert con-
Sultant and considered much of the
evidence in the case, and it is on
his knowledge of the case, de-
duced from laboratory inveSti-
CATION, that the State is depend
ing for telling evidence against
the defendant.
DR.. Souder has twice appeared
in sensational cases in Washing
ton. The first was in 1929, during
the trial of Police Captain Guy E.
Burlingame, veteran police Off
cial charged with conduct unbe-
coming an officer, growing out of
letters allegedly written by him to
Mrs. Helen Blalock, red,haired
palmist.
Appeared in ID. C. Gases
Here DR.. Souder testified that
the letters in question were writ
ten on typewriter in the office
of the captain of the Second pre-
cinct, and the defense was unable
to break down his evidence, de-
spite a grueling cross-examination.
His other local appearance was
IN 1880, when he was a Government
witness as a ballistics expert in
the sensational Mary Baker mur-
der case.
DR.. Souder testified that the bull.
lets which killed the attractive
young woman were fired from a
pistol owned by Herbert Campbell.
Virginia real estate dealer who was
Tried and acquitted of the murder.
Lieut.. John Fowler, Metropoli.
tan Police Department criminol.
oglst, today praised DR.. Souder
as being lone of the outstanding
crlminologiSts in the world"
The Washington times., 1935-01-15
HORROR HOUSE
GUARDED BY
OLD COUPLE
BY JAMES CANNON


HOPEWELL, N. j., Jan. IS
GN.SO.-There are strangers in
the tabernacle Of sorrow on q
windy craig in the lonely Sour.
lands. -.
'There is the heavy tread of un.
familiar shoes in the halls where
baby learned to walk on chubby
fumbling legs.
There are lanterns flickering al
midnight in the house which
never was to be the Lindbergh'S
cloiSter of happiness, blinking like
baffled beacons that call an eagle
home to his looted nest.
The wind screeches in the
thin trees which shake like palsied
giants in the gale, and the
dirge means in the nursery where
a lullaby was once the only song.
Glory Ended Here
1t is here that glory ended,
and heartbreak began.
1t is here that Lindy's glittering
argosy became a pilgrimage Of
pain.
1t is here that Joseph Lyons
lives with his wife and grown son,
Junior.
They are the caretarkers of this
house of horror.
They are not troubled by the
CHASTITY tragedy which came to
pass in this mansion in the noun.
tainS.
1t is four walls to them, and q
roof over their heads.
Old Joe Lyons is a moon.faced
man with lantern, a caretaker
in the hideaway where Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh concealed
his brief happiness from the
world.
Infrequently to Town
He comes to town infrequently,
a friendly old man, heavy and
ruddy and quick to laugh. He
likes to loaf around Cox's bar.
ber shop, and talk of the ponder
GUS way Babe Ruth steps into a
fast one, or the lightning Demp-
sey used for a left hook-or the
weather and the seasons.
But he will not talk of the
nights up there in the SourlandS,
nights noisy with the winds of
winter, nights of screaming Soli'
tude where a famous man once
found peace.
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"Y's" Similar

Mr.. TyrrellS testimony was in
terrupted by Justice Thomas W.
Trenchard, who asked: ...-
"Is it warm enough for the
jury?"
They nodded affirmatively. Mrs.
Verna Snyder, juror number 3,
tugged her fur collar a bit tighter.
Mr.. Tyrell again went back to
the "y'S" and said the similarity
of those letters in Hauptmann's S
penmanship to- those of the ran,
som notes plainly indicates he is
the writer of the ransom notes. "
Mr.. Tyrrell'S testimony was
largely that gone over by the pre-.
viouS experts, and the spectators,
for the first time during the
trial, grew slightly restive. There
was much coughing and shuffling
OF feet as the expert proceeded
with his discourse.
The jurors followed him care.
fully, however, and the two prin.
cipalS in the drama whose climax
may be largely determined by the
handwriting testimony - Haupt'
mann and Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh-listened intently to every
word.
Mr.. Tyrrell pointed out the pc
culiar dropping of the last line oi
the small "h'' where it appeared
in the ransom notes. Then hi
said:
II found the same peculiar
dropping Of the "h"' in five Of
Bruno Richard Hauptmann's
signatures"
He illustrated with chalk how
the last line of the "h'' in "Rich
ard" Swirled downward in five o.
Hauptmann's signatures he hac
studied. He said four of thesC
signatures were in Hauptmann'!
request writing, taken, after thu
Germans arrest. in a New Yorl
police station last September.
He showed how there were botI
German types OF Us" and tn
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a. M, they were led into the court
room by Sheriff John F. Curtis.

a. M, they were led into the court
room by Sheriff John F. Curtis
Justice Thomas w. Trenchard
ascended the bench at precisely
10 a. M, and court was called to
order.
Other penmanship experts wait
ing to testify for the prosecution
include DR.. Wilmer Souder, Of
Washington, D. c.: Clark Sellers,
of New York; Harry Cassidy, of
Richmond, Va, and Herbert j.
Walker, of Chicago.
Previously two State handwrit.
ing experts-Albert S. Osborn, of
Montclair, N. j., one of the worlds
greatest authorities on chirogra-
ply, and Eldridge w. Stein, of
New York-have testified and
both expressed the conviction that
Hauptmann wrote the IA Lind
bergh ransom notes. They based
their conclusion on a close study
of Hauptmann's penmanship and
the penmanship of the ransom
letters.
All of today's session and part
of tomorrow probably will be de-
voted to handwriting testimony.
After the penmanship authorities
have finished the State will move
into another phase of its case.
William Allen, Negro laborer, will
be called to the stand to describe
the finding of the baby's body in
a secluded spot few miles from
the Lindbergh home.
DR.. C.. H. Mitchell will report
on the results of the autopsy and
then Inspector Harry Walsh of
New Jersey will testify regarding
the police investigation after the
finding of the body.
From that point the course of
the trial will swing into New York
city. Testimony concerning the
search for the slayer which ended
in the arrest of Hauptmann and
extradition will be heard. In all
likelihood the States case will
not be completed before a week
or 10 days.
Mr.. Reilly is lining up his own
handwriting experts who will take
the stand and refute the testi-
mony given by the States authori-
ties on penInahSh1p. Among those
he will summon is J. w. Trend
ley, of st. Louis, who is said to be
an expert imitator of penmanship.
1t is possible Mr.. Trendley will
demonstrate how easily Haupt-
mann'S penmanship can be re-
produced as well as the penman-
ship of the ransom notes.
The defense Is Savagely attack
ing the testimony of the States
handwriting scientists. They
realize the handwriting testimony
may have a tremendous influence
on the jury.
The Hauptmann defense, how
ever, suffered a blow when two
of their eight handwriting experts
dropped out of the case. They
were 70-year-old Samuel c. Ma
lone, and Arthur P. Myers
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In Writing Contest

Mr.. Pope and Mr.. Tyrrel went
to the board to make the letter
ID"
Then they went into a writing
contest.
Mr.. Pope took up the handwrit.
ing experts black chalk and
started to draw, saying:
II think 1 can make a bet
ter d."
They wrangled about who had
the best eyeSight until the court
admonished them and ordered
their remarks stricken from the
record.
Pointing to one of the disputed
curves" of an H." Mr.. Pope
said:
Maybe we can compromise
on this line by calling it a rig
a-ma-dig.'"
Gales of laughter swept the
courtroom, but Mr.. Tyrrell did
not join in it.
Court was adjourned at 1888
p. m. until LAS p. m.
Among the early arrivals in the
court room was Albert S. Osborn
the handwriting expert who testi.
fled yesterday and who says
Hauptmann, in his opinion, wrote
the ransom notes. Mr.. Osborn
was in a clipper mood. He said
to newspaper men:
"WelI, boys, hOw'S the press?
Aren't you exhausted yet?"
Then turning to messenger
boys, he inquired about their
brief strike of yesterday, asking
if they got a raise. They replied
they did.
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Names Defendant

Mr.. Lanigan asked Mr.. Tyrrell
if it were a fact he examined all
the ransom notes and all the
Hauptmann request" writings,
and the witness said he had.
Q.-And after your examina-
tion of all of these handwriting
specimens, the ransom notes, 16
sheets of request writing, and the
other Bruno Richard Hauptmann
specimens, can you say, positively,
who was the writer of the ran
som notes? A.-Yes.
Q.-Who? A.-The writer of
all these papers is Identical,
Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
Mr.. Lanigan turned to the de-
tense and said:
That's ALL" You may cross
examine"
A brief recess was taken before
croSS-eXamination started.
During the recess Mrs. Anna
Hauptmann moved her chair over
close to her husband and they
talked freely for about five min,
uteS. She seemed to be doing
most of the talking.
She smiled a great deal and
once in a while a faint smile
fitted across his Somber face. Nc
one would suspect, looking at
them. that Mrs. Hauptmann
thought her husband guilty OF
this crime. She seemed actually
to gush at times as they chatted
At 11:40 a, m. the jury file
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Cites Sin1iIarities

He pointed out the construction
Of the "Y" in "mony'' in the
first note. He said:
"The ~ was made by add.
ing a tail to w. You will find
the same obvious construction
Of the 'Y' in the word baby
Of the second note"
He also pointed out the SINH
3arity of the unusual DDS" OF the
first and later ransom notes.
Mr.. Tyrrell stressed his testl'
mony on these points because
Hauptmann's lawyers have indi-
Gated they do not think the first
ransom note was written by the
same person or persons who
wrote the following letters.
Mr.. Tyrell pointed out the I'm
usual aspects of both large and
small Ids" in all the ransom
notes and said they were written
by the same hand.
He also showed the jurors the
unusual CO. which appeared
throughout the letters and in
Hauptmann's conceded writing as
well. He said:
"YOu will note the principal
=. characteristics of the letters are
foreign"
Photostatic copies of the letters
and words discussed by Mr..
Tyrrell also were given the jurors
to study.
Another popularity was the in
terchanging of large and small
IDS" by the writer of the ran
som notes.
Like the preceding experts, Mr..
Tyrrell said he believed there
was a deliberate effort on tn
part Of the ransom note writer
to disguise his writing. He said: {:
"The writer plainly knew how
to write an English ID, so these
characters in the notes show
what I would term evasion"
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n. J. LINES Up
MORE EXPERTS
ON WRITING
CONTINUED from Page -

Continued from Page -
"reouest" and conceded" writ
ingS of Hauptmann which the
State has introduced as exhibits
Mr.. Lanigan asked:
"Have you examined any
other writings of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann in this case?"
"Yes-DOcuments having to
do with automobile licenses
and an agreement of 1928
signed by Hauptmann."
"And what was the purpose
Of these examinations"
ITO determine the writer Of
the ransom notes."
"And what we're your con-
clusiOns based on your examina-
tions?"
PRISONERS WRITING
Mr.. Tyrrell replied:
INV conclusions are that all
the writing is the same. 1t is
the writing of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann."
Mr.. Tyrrell thus became the
third acknowledgement chirog'
rapher to pin authorship OF the
strange Lindbergh ransom let
ters-some of the most important
evidence in the crime-on Haupt-
mann.
Mr.. Tyrren produced a Sheaf Of
photographs and documents and
began an explanation of his con-
tention that Hauptman was the
ransom author. He explained:
81 found certain characters
tics of the first note, or cradle
note. were extravagant. That
was because there was a lapse
between the writing Of that
first note and the second. The
writer obviously didn't have n
copy of the first note to use IS
= guide. May 1 illustrate"
He walked to an easel which
had been set up and, using black
crayon, demonstrated what he
was saying to the jury.
Mr.. Tyrrell said the author ol
the first note also wrote the later
notes.
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Advisers to Study
Transients' Care

Seven committees from the ad-
visers selected by the District
commissioners on Transient
Bureau affairs will inspect
various branches of the bureau
week from today, starting from
the Board of Public Welfare Of
fices in the District Building at
$40 %. m.
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MORE EXPERTS
WILL ACCUSE
PRISONER

back and the proceedings were
resumed.
CrosS-examination of Mr.. Tyr.
rell was taken over by Defense
Attorney Frederick A. Pope.
Q.-How long have you been
engaged in handwriting work?
A.-The difference between 1893
and 1884.
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Of TRIAL
MYSTERY
BY ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS
Copyright 1885, by International
News SerVice)

FLEMINGTON, N. j., Jan. IS.
There is a strange emotional con,
fusion hanging over the courtroom
in Pennington, N. j.
We have been conscious of 1t
for days, so conscious that it has
become an active presence.
1t is a feeling of intense per
turbation, of vital curiosity, as
though someone had stolen a
great mystery story from you
when you were ten pages from
the end.
1t is a strange, deep psyche
logical conviction that the Lind
bergh kidnapping is not yet solved.
That even if Hauptmann is
convicted, the mystery will re-
main. That even when the trial
is over, one way or the other,
there are still a thousand and
one questions unanswered.
Story Unfinished
So violent has it become that
every moment outside the court
room is one long argument be-
tween spectators, reporters, de-
tectives, lawyers. cameramen,
newsreel operators, everyone IN
Flemington and Trenton.
This Hauptmann case is not
the end of the Lindbergh kidnap'
ing.
It is the sixth installment. No
one in the country apparently
will be satisfied unless there is a
seventh. Unless Hauptmann con
fesses, unless he tells us the
whole story, unless something
more is revealed.
The majority OF the clever.
trained reporters who. have
worked on this story off and on
since March l, 1882. believe that
Hauptmann is guilty. They be-
lieve that he kidnapped and muir
dered the Lindbergh baby. They
do not believe he did it alone
They feel that something vital Is
missing. ...
What about that druggist in
Pennington, only a few miles
from Hopewell, who says that a
man and woman drove UP before
his store on the night of March
l, 1882, at 7 o'clock, that the
woman came in and bought a can
of chloroform. ........ - :.
Well, he couldn't identify the
woman and he didn't see the man
But the men who know about
this case can't forget that Incl
dent.
The Ladder Mystery
There are so many things like
that still unexplained.
Men, as a whole, seem to believe
Hauptmann guilty, to accept the
evidence. Many Of them believe
him guilty only of extortion, but
they are quite definite that that's
enough as far as they are con
cerned to put him in the electric
chair.
They bring up, as a rule, one
point which troubles them very
much. The ladder-that omni'
present ladder-was found some
sixty or seventy. feet away from
the window. The ground was
muddy. Then why were there no
footprints if it was left there that
night? Might it not have been
left there several days before and
remain unnoticed? Anyway, why
were there no footprints around
the ladder in the mud
The women who have attended
court will not believe Hauptmann
guilty and they will not listen to
proof. They are not concerned
with proof. They do not care for
proof. Hauptmann is too nice
looking to be guilty and that's all
there is to it.
You sit down and go over Ger
tain things brought out.
Hauptmann wrote the kidnap
ransom notes.
Well, maybe he did, but he
wasn't there just the same.
Hauptmann had the money in his
garage-and $14,600 is a sum very
few folks leave kicking around.
Well, that proves he didn't know
1t was there.
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; During the temporary 'bench-
ing" of Mr.. Reilly, cross-eXamina-
tion of State witnesses will be
taken oven by c. Lloyd Fisher. the
fiery young Pennington lawyer,
who loves to fight and is the
county tennis champion.
Juryman Ill
Leaping into the breach late
yesterday, when Mr.. Reilly's voice
gave out after cross-examination
Of the pretty mystery witness" "
Hildegarde Alexander, Mr.. Fisher
gave Elbridge Stein, one of the
States handwriting experts an un-
comfortable hour of crossexami-
nation.
Illness is one of the biggest
bugaboos of the trial. A mild
epidemic of influenza swept
through the town during the first
week of the trial, a few members
of the army of newspaper people
and telegraph operators here to
cover the case being stricken.
The utmost care is being given
the jury. Serious illness of one
of the four women and eight men
who will decide Hauptmann'S fate,
might cause a mistrial, with a con-
sequent loss of close to 100000
to the State and to defense coun-
sci.
There was a real scare over the
weekend when Philip Hockebury,
oldest of the jurors, was confined
to his room, suffering from cold.
But he managed to stay on the
Job and today he was reported
imnorYed.
The Washington times., 1935-01-15
Woman In Hart
Case Views
HauptmQnn

CURT ROOM, FLEMING.
TON, N. j.. Jan. is G.N.SO.
Mrs. A. B. Cohen, of San Jose,
Cal, credited with giving great
assistance in the capture Of the
kidnapers Of Brooke Hart, was
present today as a spectator
at the Haurtmann trial.
Hart'G kidnaperS - Thurman
and Holmes-Were lynched.
The Washington times., 1935-01-15
Grading Slated
Near Rock Creek

Bids for grading lower Rock
Creek Valley between P and K
Streets along the new roadway
will be advertised soon, Capt. H.
C. Whitehurst, director of high
WayS. said Yesterday.
The Washington times., 1935-01-15
ADVERTISEMENT
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Others who are in
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Midol is always
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Doesn't that make
these tablets worth
The Washington times., 1935-01-15
BY KENNETH T. DOWNS

FLEMINGTON, N. j., Jan. IS
G.N.SO.-Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann, on trial for the murder of
Baby Lindbergh, today faced a
new obstacle in his fight to escape
the electric chair in the illness of
Edward j. Reilly, big, colorful
lawyer from Brooklyn who heads
the defense counsel.
Mr.. Reilly was under a physi-
clans care, suffering from an
acute attack of laryngitis. His
booming voice, which at times
fairly ratified the windows of the
historic Hunterdon County Court
house when he blasts away at
States witnesses in cross-eXami-
nation, has dwindled to a ludi-
crouS croak.
Won't Give Up
His physician, DR.. A. F.
Thomas, has ordered him not to
use his voice for the present and
to stop smoking, but has per-
mitted him to come into court
DR.. Thomas said:
"Mr. Reilly's illness is not
serious at this time, but it may
well become so if he does not
take it easy for while. He
must not use his voice."
Mr.. Reilly vigorously denied ru'
mors to the effect his illness
might cause him to withdraw from
the case, or even to absent him
self temporarily from the trial.
He declared:
"I'll not quit this case un-
less / die before it has ended"
normal looped Us in the "re-
quest" as we'll as the ransom note
writings.
He called attention to the pc
culiar "Y" when used as capital
letter in both the ransom notes
and Hauptmann's automobile
license application.
Mr.. Tyrrell took his black chalk
and illustrated the queer capital
'"T'' as it appeared in all the pen
manship specimens. The ct"
looked almost like an uncompleted
canita1 opp
The Washington times., 1935-01-15

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-19
Deaths Among Indiana Residents

Mrs. William G. Kicker: brothers, Arthur.
William and Edward Kelker ,
Scott Wagner, 60. Survivors: Widow
Ella; son, Donald Wagner.
NORTH MANCHEsTER-Rev. J. l.,
Speicher. Survivors; Widow, daughter and
four sons.
La GRANGE-Mrs. Leoma Baker North;
g. Survivors: WidoWer. three sons ana
three daughters.
wARsAW-,Eugene FIory. n. survivors:
Widow. two daughters and three sons.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES E. Routt. 49,.
farmer. Survivors Five sons.
ELKHART-Mrs Emma Ann Van Patten.
g. su5 g6 Kiss R Ise MFs Eaten
son Simon: brothers Leanous. Alonzo.
Charles and Samuel Holtz.
BLUFFToN-CarlA Stout. 81 survivors,
Widow Jessie; brothers Grover. Earl ana
NJ A. Stout.
HELToNvILLE-Mr Sarah Elizabeth
d daa9FGe Miss GG Lena Fau6ion Sister Mrs
5000 Danehters MRS Vada cracraY
and Mrs, Elmer johnson: sisters MIS- MIS-
Miss Margaret A Mitchell. II. Sisters
Misses CYNTHIA E. and Mary l.. MltcneH.
sTLLIvAN-William E. Routt, 93. Sur
Dillon, Robert, George; Theodore, an nd
John; daughters, Mrs. Della BarricH ana
Mrs. EHZabetn ANDERSON
EDINBURG Mrs. Josephine Smith. So.
Survivors: Whoever, Henry; sons James
Curtis and Clayton.
OAKLAND CITY-Mrs Isabel Lowery,
II. Survivors: Son. E. P. Lowery daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Elwood Burkhart, Mrs Walter
Willis and Mrs. L. Sipels; sisters. Mrs.
William Grabel and Mrs. William Looken-
Madison Franklin Riddle, 70. Survivors:
Widow Mollie; son, Howard Franklin
Riddle.
vivors. Widow Arvilla; sons. Marvin, Will
bur and Robert; daughter, Burnetta;
brother. Hampton and Austin Jones.