Evening star., 1935-01-15
Bruno Handwriting Identical
With Notes, Expert Testifies
Man Who Aided in Loeb.LeOp0ld Case
Identifies Penmanstip as Third
in States Procession.

an attempt had been made at dis
guiSe.
IN my judgment there was eva
sion," he said
"These VS. Of the ransom notes
are written much the same as those
in the conceded writings.
"One cannot always duplicate his
own figures. Even If one inten-
tionally tries this. there Is never the
same character" Tyrrell continued.
Audience Finds
Testimony Dull.
Point by point the witness covered
the claims brought out by the two
previous State experts. tracing the
similarities and peculiarities which he
found in both the Hauptmann and
ransom writings.
The audience found dull and un-
satisfying this technical drone about
Il" dots, ST. crossings, down strokes,
slant, the transposition Of letters, the
sighting of his.
The spectators kept quiet, however
The jury, meanwhile. managed to
preserve a semblance of mild interest
Another batch of Photographic ex-
hibits was given to the jury to demon
strate the similarities of the Haupt-
mann and ransom writings. Tyrrell
traced more letters on his easel and
juror No. 8, Verna Snyder, yawned
without restraint.
Hauptmann had crossed his legs
and stared blankly ahead
Mrs. Hauptmann had difficulty in
keeping her eyes open. Once or twice
her head nodded
Col. Lindbergh was, as he is always,
intensely interested in the proceed
ings
The attorneys at the prosecution
table we're interested i
c. Lloyd Fisher of defense counsel
rested his chin on his hand and stared
dreamily.
Reilly gave the impression of study
ing the witness character, his man
ner, his habits-getting ready for the
cross-examination.
Further Resemblance
Is Pointed Out.
Tyrrell turned at one time to the
resemblance between the ransom and
request writings.
The two writings, when placed side
by side do not seem to have any pic
torial similarity" he said, adding that
a close examination, however, dis
closed marked resemblance among the
various letters.
The expert caused something of q
stir when he declared:
There is pictorially a greater diff
ference between various sections OF
the dictated writing, than there is be-
tween the ransom notes and sections
of the dictated writing"
The expert said his conclusions were
reached after considering three type.
Of Hauptmann's writing-the ransom
notes. the normal writings and the
dictated writings.
Il used all these to form my con.
clusions." he said.
There is" he said, "the spelling OF
the word not as 'n-o-t-e-.' This oc-
ours in all samples.
We have the word the spelled
'h-l-e,' the y being formed by the
uncrossed middle t." he pointed out
Yesterday the expert Osborn called
the letters "h-t-e"
He reviewed a great number of the
characters pointed out by the two ex-
perts who preceded him.
. He pointed out the word fright,
spelled "r-i-g-t-h." and the word
night" spelled "n-i-h-g-t."
This further shows. in my opinion
that the same person wrote all these
specimens" he said.
Lanigan directed the witness atten-
tion to another common popularity.
Open "Os" Appear.
In All Writing.
@. Do the open "os" appear
throughout the Sc pieces of writing
examined by you?
A. Yes, it Is the general practice
throughout.
Tyrrell then discoursed on the un-
usual "w's" of the two writings.
This photographs illustrates the
spelling of the words, New York."
explained the expert.
Inc jury found the designated
characters.
In the printed N of New York
in exhibit S-21 there is the printed
form. The angular N
There is the same movement.
Nov with the ~ what fmpresses
me in this writing is that it so closely
resembles the conceded writings"
He droned on.
The crowd was restless and drowsy.
The very peculiar form of TX"
which the witness said he found in
both the writings came in for the
next attention. The *" occurred
seven times in the ransom notes, and
three times on Hauptmann's auto
license applications, he stated.
There is one other matter I would
like to call attention to-" the expert
said.
Points to Writing
In Condor Note.
That is the address on the little
package that was directed to DR..
John E. Condon'"
He looked at photograph and cor.
rected himself