Evening star., 1935-01-16
had never seen New York" hyphe-
mated.
Fisher produced number OF letters
and postcards bearing the citys name

|
Fisher produced q number OF letters
and postcards bearing the cityS name
with a connecting hyphen.
One OF the exhibits Fisher presented
to the expert was one which pore
hyphen between the words Bronx and
New York. The card was shown to
one of the experts yesterday.
| The defense attorney asked him to
read the return address.
Il. Fisch. Leipzig. Germany was
the reply.
The defense obviously was returning
TO its effort to establish that Isador
| Fisch may have penned the ransom
notes.
After Fisher had finished his parade
| of exhibits, he asked Osborn II
previous expert testimony that a
| hyphenated New York" was an un-
usual characteristic might not be in
error
That is only one Of hundred
| connections between Hauptmann and
| the ransom writing" was the i'm
! patient answer.
Laughter swept the court room with
out restraint at two points in the
examination.
Finally They Got
Right Man, Osborn Says.
In answer to one of Fishers ques-
tiOnS the expert declared: Hundreds
Of innocent people were examined and
tested. but finally referring to Haupt-
mann they got the right man."
Fisher sought TO bring out the ex-
perts fallibility.
Il don't win every case I've been
in" young Osborn admitted. Neither
do you
Again there was laughter and
the court cleared.
Osborn. commenting on the method
Of obtaining Handwriting specimens
from suspect. said;
1T Is usual practice to leave out
any words that would indicate the
nature of the crime, such as Lind
bergh. Condor and Hopewell"
@. Don't you think Hauptmann
knew he was suspected in the Lind
bergh case?
A. There were hundreds of people
suspected when l made up my ex-
hibits.
@. Don't you think Hauptmann
knew after Is hours Of questioning?
A. can't say what he thought.
Fisher next brought out that GER
tain figures In the ransom notes did
not bear resemblance to others in
requested writings from Hauptmann.
Proceedings Interrupted BY
Man Seeking Better Seat.
Osborn qualified his answer with:
In that particular case. yes" He
asserted later that generally" there
was a resemblance.
| Suddenly the court proceedings were
interrupted by a voice from the audi
ence asking If the speaker could not
have a place where he could see the
exhibit then before the jury
We can't permit this sort Of in
terruption." said Justice Trenchard.
is counsel for either side inter-
eSted in finding this man a seat?"
Neither side was interested and the
questioning went on.
Osborn referred to his chart show
/ ing the sleeping suit package and the
| two addresses it bore.
d.. Fisher asked If his references to
the script signature we're based on the
| fact he assumed that DR.. John F.. Con-
don, the addressee, had testified both
addresses were on the packages when
received.
I'm not assuming anything" Os-
born replied
Fisher then turned to the question
OF the best possible topic for q re-
quest writing an dasked If Osborn
considered the paragraphs he pre-
pared for dictation a good subject
matter for a request writing.
The expert said he did.
Doubts Police
Dictated MisspellingS
Fisher next questioned the value of
obtaining individual disconnected SEN
tences in specimens Of handwriting
from . subject.
Osborn said If the sentences were
coherent In themselves the specimen
was good.
@. Is the best time TO take . speci-
men before or after q suspect knows
he is suspected?
A. think both before and after.
The speaker who interrupted the
trial was found to be Lieut.. Comdr.
William Comerford, allegedly a de-
fense handwriting expert.
Fisher relentlessly pressed the de-
fense point that the police who took
the Hauptmann request writings de-
liberately dictated to Hauptmann ram
som note misspellings and word
transpositions so as to incriminate the
Bronx carpenter.
Il can't believe the people getting