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The Washington times., 1935-02-07
Prosecutor TestY

Mr.. Wi1entz grew testy at one
point and said to the witness:
please don't argue with me,
Doctor"
He asked the expert if he
thought his silver nitrate process
was "a good method" and DR..
Hudson replied:
81 do"
The attorney general asked DR..
Hudson if he counted all the fin
gerprints, and he replied he did
not. Mr.. Wilentz wanted to know
how then could he testify there
were 500. The witness reminded
Mr.. Wilentz he had said "about
5O0." He said he saw the police
developing that number under the
silver nitrate process.
Asked if he knew how to clas-
Sify fingerprints. DR.. Hudson said:
Il have classified some"
He did this in 1919. Asked if
he brought a magnifying glass
when he came to the Lindbergh
estate on March 13, 1882, he said
he used small glass"
Q-Do you know that the fin.
gerprints of Trooper Kelly who
helped take the fingerprints from
the ladder and handled it all the
time were not brought out by your
silver nitrate process? A.-Kelly
wore gloves when he handled the
ladder,
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Dream
Becomes Too Real

BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 7 (Spe'
ciaD D.-Waking from q dream his
store was being robbed, Samuel
Winuekour, Sc, sprang from bed
to discover burglar descending
the stairs of his home.
He grappled with the man and
the sounds Of the struggle
wakened Charles Owens. 81. a
colored boarder, who shot and
seriously wounded the alleged
housebreaker. The intruder was
later identified as wrence
Green, 80, colored.
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Cloves Used

Q.-Do you know that the
prints of Trooper Kub1er were not
brought out by your process?
A.-(Calmly) He wore gloves, too.
Q.-Well, do you know that the
t1ngerprints of Colonel Lindbergh,
who didn't wear gloves when
handling the ladder, were never
brought out by your process?
A.-No, I don't know that.
DR.. Hudson admitted that if
dozens of persons super-imposed
their fingerprintS over the same
surface of the ladder this would
obliterate the prints.
The witness was handed a
small Photographic copy of a
print and asked if he could class
ny that print. He replied:
"It wound have to be en-
Iarged. You would have to put
1t under a microscopic glass;"
The reason he did not use q
microscopic glass on the prints
he found at the Lindbergh home
was because there were too
many of them" he explained.
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WiLentz Angered

+ This procedure was repeated
with several other holes. Each
time DR.. Hudson said:
'Tt was not there when / ex.
aTained the ladder, to my best
knowledge and belief. am
practically certain Of this"
Mr.. Wilentz was plainly an
gered by the cool, scholarly doc.
tor. He ragged the witness on
every answer. Though DR.. Hud-
son seemed undisturbed by the
volatile little attorney general,
Defense Attorney Pope at one
point leaped up and shouted: =.
'"The attorney general must
mot keep sC@lding the witness"
@. (Wilentz DO the New York
police use your silver nitrate
process? A:-EI don't know.
Odd you try to induce them
to use your process. Al didn't
try to induce them. I showed it
$50 regardl4 4ss of the meth
DDS Of your pr tocess the New
Jersey State police were not using
it on March i, 1882? A.-No.
"And when yOtH came down
you found out they hadn't heard
Of your prOcesS?"
"That'S So"
Q-So far as you know no po'
lice department. in the country
was using your process on March
I, 1882? $50 far as U know, no
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Nothing 'InaprOpe1'

Mr.. Henkel emphatically de.
clared he never saw anything inn
proper between his wife and
Hauptmann.
CroSs-examined by Mr.. Wilent1,
he said he was satisfied" that
Mrs. Henkel served coffee q couple
Of times a week to Hauptmann.
Mr.. Wilentz then scored q strong
point when he forced Mr.. Henkel
to admit he had introduced Haupt.
mann and Fisch in his home in
July, 1882, three months before
the ransom payment.
The witness then was excused.
Before Attorney General Wilentz
began croSS-examining DR.. Hud.
son at the outset Of the Ses
sion Defense Counsel Frederick
A. Pope offered in evidence a
sheaf Of notes made by DR.. Hud.
son in March, 1892, at the time
he was examining the LindberRh
kidnap ladder.
On direct examination late yes.
terday DR.. Hudson said he got
into the Lindbergh case investiga.
ton on March Is, 1932-l2 DAYS
after the kidnapping. He said he
worked with the police at the
Lindbergh estate, processing for
f1ngerprintS, for three or four
days.
DR.. Hudson said had Haupt.
mann built the "kidnap LADDER
he would have left fingerprints
which would have been detected
at least six months afterward-
unless he wore gloves at all times.
DR.. Hudson, who used the newly
discovered silver nitrate process.
said he found more than 500
fingerprints "of value" although
up to that time police had been
unable to find any prints.
Justice Trenchard reserved de
ciSion as to admissability Of the
papers pending croSS-examinat ton
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Photo "POOr"

Q.-Do you know this is a pic
bure of one of your own silver
nitrate developments? Ats a
very poor photograph.
Q.-It couldn't be because it's
a very poor process? A. (no an
Swer).
Mr.. Wilentz asked DR.. Hudson
If he were an expert on photog-
raphy and he replied:
mo, / am not"
The attorney general went over
to the kidnap ladder. Pounding
the ladder with the flat of his
hand. he shouted at the top of
his voice:
you are sure you saw this
rail 16' Of the kidnap ladder
in March, 1882, aren't you?"
Eyes"
Q.-And If it came from a
board in Hauptmann's attic then
it came from Hauptmann's attic,
didn't it? Ayes, if it came
from his attic, it came from his
attic,
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that the famous "kidnap ladder"
had been tampered with since the
time of the crime. DR.. Hudson
testified he saw but one nail hole
in the ladder rail that now con-
tains four holes.
DIR. Hudson,s testimony ehal-
lenged the findings of Arthur
Koehler, United States Govern
ment wood technologist and star
witness for the State, who swore
that four square nail holes in the
wood of the "kidnap ladder" fitted
nail holes in joists of the Haupt-
mann attic. Mr.. Koehler ex-
pressed the opinion that the lad
der upright was part of a floor
board removed from Hauptmann'S
attic.
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CrOSs-Erdn1ined

Mr.. Wilentz lost no time bear
ing down on the calm, studious-
looking witness.
(WilentO You read your
testimony last night didn't you?
A.-No. not a word of it.
Dwell you testified yesterday
as to a knot and some nail holes
in one of the ladder rails. There
is no mention Of the nail holes in
your charts, is there? A.-No, but
I have other charts.
DR.. Hudson insisted he could
not recall having seen more than
one nail hole in any Of the lad
der rails.
Q.-Now doctor, :'ou are in.
telligent. You realize the i'm.
portance of your testimony con
scsninE chs nAmbeE QG nail h0ANa
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Rain Hurts Prints

Fighting hard to minimize DR..
Gudson's damaging statement
MAT valuable fingerprints were
found on the kidnap ladder, none
3 them Hauptman's, Mr.. Wilentz
finally got the witness to admit
tl1N rainy weather the night of
Ene kidnapping would have obliter-
eted some of the prints and az
Iected others. Mr.. Wilentz said:
"YOu say wood can retain
fingerprlnts . couple Of years
under normal conditions. Now,
would you consider misty, damp
weather such aS that outside
the Lindbergh house nOrmal?"
ut would not affect the fin
GerprintS unless it rained on
the wood"
Q.-What about damp, muddy
ground? A.-That would have
bon1e effect. That condition
would not be entirely normal.
Q.-And if 1t was wet such
HngerprintS as were there on the
part contracting the ground would
be obliterated? A.-YeS.
Mr.. Wilentz walked close to the
witness chair as he shot his queS
hons at DIR. Hudson. The defense
witness regarded him coolly and
answered in an even, detached
tone.
Q.-Now, we have disposed oi
The part that touched the ground
What If it rained on the ladder?
Would prints be eliminated by Q
soaking rain? A.-They would be
Interfered with,
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to borrow them last night 50
/ let him see them.'
60 he had them all right?
A.-Yes.
Sticks to Story

Mr.. Wilentz suddenly asked DIR.
Hudson if he still would trust his
recollection against that of Gov
ernment experts and the witness
calmly replied:
''I'll stick to my own opinion"
On other words. you wouldn' t
trust anybody but yourself ?
A.-That'S right.
Mr.. Pope interjected:
You have no interest In this
case, have you. dOctOr?"
IT have not"
The witness was excused.
AS DR.. Hudson left the stand,
Mr.. Wilentz called out:
isn't IL true, DR.. Hudson.
that you wrote q letter of con-
gratulatiOnS to Attorney Fisher,
of defense counsel in this case?"
DR.. Hudson replied:
"NOt about the case"
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Had NeU Bag

Mr.. Uhlig said one Of Fisch'S
bags was a new one.
Odd you see the lining OF 1t?
A.-Yes.
Q-Describe 1t.
The witness was about to do this
when court was adjourned for the
luncheon recess until 1:4S p. m.
DR.. ErastuS Mead Hudson, star
defense fingerprint expert, in
listed under q searching cF0Ss-eX-
animation earlier today that when
he examined the "kidnap ladder"
in March, 1882, he saw only one
nail hole exclusive Of the rungS.
This was one Of the best points
the defense has scored. 1t tended
to refute the States carefully pre-
pared case on the ladder. The
State had produced witnesses who
testified four nail holes in one rail
Of the ladder-"rail 16"-flt nails
sticking up from joiSts IN HaIpt-
mann's attic, indicating the board
used IN the ladder was taken from
there.
Attorney General wilentE cross
examined DR.. Hudson, who ID q
specialist in the silver nitrate pro
cess Of obtaining fingerprints.
DR.. Hudson, on direct examinAr
ton. had stated he found more
than 500 prints "of value'' when
he went to the Lindbergh estate
on March 13. 1882, although up TO
tAht time the police had been I'M
able to find any prints.
MP. Wilentz seemed 4 bit an
poyed at the calm demeanor of
Or. Hudson under croSS-examina-
ton. When DR.. Hudson insisted
be saw only one nail hole in q
section Of the ladder. and not
four, Mr., Wilentz asked!
eff a United States Govern
mOnt report was shown you
stating that rail 16' contained
four nail holes. would that
change your OpiniOn?"
DR.. Hudson repliedI
at would not"
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Prints Conflict

Q.-Now, If one fingerprint were
uperimposed over another-for
example, if some person had his
Ringerprints on this ladder and
the ladder was taken to a gov
ernors' crime conference, where
somebody else put his fingerprintS
pver the first person's-wouldn't
the original prints be obliterated? !?
A.-They might be; they might
not be. 1t only takes . small frag-
u1ent-
Q.-Never mind. There would
be interference, anyway, wouldn't
there? Ayes. There would be
interference.
Q.-Do YOU know how many
pf the 500 fingeEprint8 taken from
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Christmas Present

Mrs. Henckel denied Haupt,
mann bought her Christmas
present. She said that mice
slip" she received came from
Mrs. Anna Hauptmann, the de-
fendant'S wife.
Attorney General David t.
Wilentz sought to get her to
admit that the dead 1sador
Fisch and Hauptmann never
knew each other until she in.
troduced them in her home in
the summer of 1882. She i'm
sisted that. although she intro
duced FiSch and Hauptmann as
strangers at her home. she later
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Made 3 Loans

Q.-(by Mr.. Wilentz on cross
examination) Do you know he
invested the money in pie bakery
business? Ayes. The first part
I loaned him $500. Then I
loaned him $3.50, and then
$1,000.
(Reilly) And you loaned
him some money in the fur bust
ness? A.-Yes.
Mrs. Hale testified that, all told,
FiSch borrowed $4,35O from her
and then sailed for Germany with
out repaying her. She said Fisch
borrowed the money in "three
parts" She explained:
"He wanted money to pmt i'm
o bakery business At first. Then
he wanted to put money in the
fur business"
Mr.. Reilly asked:
did he ever pay you back"
AENOO
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BERLIN DENIES
TRIAL LINK

BERLIN, Feb. Z U.N.S0.
"The Reich is not interested in
the Hauptmann trial."
This announcement was made
by an official government spokes-
man today in answer to reports
the Reich had sent an official rep
resentative to Pennington, N. j., to
observe the trial of the German
carpenter charged with the muir
der of the Lindbergh baby.
The reports had mentioned
Capt. Frederick Kirsch, occasional
correspondent for the Berlin news
paper, IL Uhr Blatt, and now in
Flemington, as the representative.
The spokesman said:
Captain Kirsch is not repre-
Senting and has no connections
with the Reich government"
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Contradiction Cited
cit amt no good"

On croSs-examination, Mr..
Wilentz brought out that the wit
ness had testified in the Bronx,
N. Y, that Mr.. Whited's "repu-
tation for veracity was all right" !"
Mr.. Fisher asked:
"DO you knew what Veracity
meanS?"
mo"
That's ALL"
Mrs. Augusta Hile. mother Of
Hauptmann's pretty friend, Mrs.
Greta Henkel then took the
stand .,..,
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HGuptn1dnn Smiles

She readily admitted Haupt-
mann called twice a week at her
home in the mornings and that
they had coffee together. Prose.
cutor Wilentz said:
"Mr. Hauptmann likes his cof.
fee?"
"She replied:
"IlI say he does"
Mr.. Wilentz sarcastically in,
quired:
"YOu don't run D coffee shop,
do yOu?"
She answered:
ooh, no. Maybe 1t will be 4
good business some day."
Hauptmann had a flicker Of
a smile in his small, beady blue
eyes as she flounced from the
witness stand and out of the
court room. Mrs. Hauptmann's
face was expreSsionless.
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Husband Heard

Carl HenkeI, husband Of Mrs.
Greta Henkel, who yesterday
afternoon defended Hauptgnann
on the stand, came next. He is
q good-looking, well dressed young
man.
He testified he met Hauptmann
at German outings at Hunters
Island He said he knew both
Fisch and Hauptmann. He said he
knew Fisch since 1925, when he,
Henry Uhlig, and Fisch lived
together. He knew Hauptmann
since 1892, when he met him on
Hunters Island. At one point, Mr..
Reilly ordered him to speak up,
asking:
"Have you anything I'm your
mouth? Amy chewing gum?'
"NO." go
Mr.. HenkeI admitted he met
Hauptmann after his wife had.
Mr.. Reilly asked:
did you know Hauptmann
was coming over to have coffee
IN the mornings with your
wife?"
Eyes"
Hauptmann looked slightly en-
barrasSed and slid down in his
chair. Mr.. Reilly asked:
"YOu never had any objection
to Hauptmann'S going to your
home while you were mot
there, did your"
mo. / FROSTED my Wife"
did you ever entertain any
suspicious about the conduct
Of Hauptmann in your homer"
"NO."
The witness replied before Mr..
Wilentz could object.
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ONE NAIL HOLE
IN BOARD, SAYS
DR.. HUDSON

learned they had known each
other previously.
Mrs. Henckel talked with a Ger
man accent and punctuated her
testimony with exclamations such
as my God," "No!" and "Oh,
Gee!"
She said she had known Fisch
in Germany before he came to
this country. Over here he lived
in the same house with the
HenckelS. She declared Fisch bor-
rowed money from both her
father and mother which he never
repaid,
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He admitted his process does not
work very well on painted sur
faces.
$50 Hauptmann could have
kept his hands on the window
sill all night and still his prints
wouldn't have shOwn?"
There was no answer.
The witness denied he ever had
made accusations against six men
who were later proved innocent" !"
when he was in the Navy in 1920.
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Toys Marked

Mr.. WilentZ wanted to know if
DR.. Hudson found fingerprints on
any Of the toys in the Lindbergh
nursery.
DE HudsoA said ha had
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20 Below Zero,
Prefers Jail to
Hitting Road

CLEAN, N. Y, Feb. 7 U.N.S).
Joseph Steinburger, A, charged
with disorderly conduct, was
given his choice by Judge NevinS
today of getting out of town or
serving 80 days in Jail. Stein.
burger asked:
whats the weather outsider"
"Snow and 20 below"
''I'll go to jail.'
He went.
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LADDER STORY.
HARD HIT BY
EXPERT

She was an attractive little
old woman with bright blue eyes,
clad entirely in black.
She was questioned by Chief
Defense Attorney Reilly.
Q.-You knew ISador Fisch?
Ayes, since November. 1925.
Odd he borrow from you
some money? Ayes.
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the ladder we're Of value for iden-
tification? Al did not see the
photographs.
$50 you don't know? A,-No.
Odd you ever testify as a
fingerprint expert before? A
Yes. Once for the Department Of
Justice in 1929.
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OU|ZzED ABOU 7
. HOLES FOUND
IN LADDER

(cOntinusd froDs PGGs y
Fisch took to Germany was q
large one with an extension"
Q.-Was it filled with wearing
apparel? Al don't know what
he had in there.
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in the rails OF that ladder. How
many did you see? Al saw
only one square nail hole.
Q.-Any nail holes at all?
A.-Only one square nail hole.
Evening star., 1935-10-07

To regulate sugar production in ac-
cordance with world demands an in
ternational conference will probably
be held in England next year.
Evening star., 1935-10-07
CHANGE PROPOSED
IN CONSTITUTION
Jersey Governor Suggests
Amendment to Prevent
Experiments.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TRENTON. N. j., October Gov.
Harold G. Hoffman. critical OF the
policies of the national administra-
ton, suggested today the Constltu-
ticn be amended to prevent invalid
Legislative or executive experimental
ton"
The Governor laid before Henry
p. Fletcher, chairman of the Repub-
lican National Committee. pro-
posed amendment requiring that all
laws be submitted to the Supreme
Court for a decision as to their con-
stitutionality before they become ef-
fective.
Would Remove Uncertainty.
"The adoption of this amendment" :"
Gov. Hoffman said. would make for
ever impossible any attempt by a
President to change the form OF the
Government of the United States by
a series Of revolutions ad interim
each conducted by the enforcement of
an unconstitutional law for the usual
two years intervening between its en-
actment by Congress and its reJec-
ton by the Supreme Court.
ut would make illegal expenditure
and illegal taxation alike impossible
1t would remove from American life
the uncertainty as to the political
future which now paralyzeS ambl-
ton and enterprise. 1t would con-
fine government to its proper consti-
tutional functions and prevent illegal
invasions Of private rights. 1t would
re-establish the American principle
that the Government exists for the
people and not the people for the
Government.
Assured of Cooperation.
The Governor said he was assured
the Supreme Court in its present
form could carry out the terms OF
the proposed amendment.
Criticizing the national administra-
ton, Hoffman said the present
President had constituted himself
the Government and has added the
powers of the legislative branch to
the powers Of the executive
Evening star., 1935-10-07
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.
Meeting, American Pen Women.
Burlington Hotel, pm.
Meeting, District Optometric So
ciety, La Fayette Hotel, 8 pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon, Washington Sales Rep
resentatives' Association, La Fayette
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, women's National Press
Club, Willard Hotel, pm.
Meeting, District Chiropractic So
ciety, Thomas Circle Club, pm.
Dinner. Alpha Chi Rho Club. Uni
versity Club, $50 pm.
Meeting, Daughters of '9s, Ma
tional Auxiliary of Spanish War
Veterans, Carlton Hotel, pm.
Dinner, Civitan Club, La Fayette
Hotel, pm.
Dinner, Civic Service Clubs, La
Fayette Hotel, $50 pm.
Meeting, District Bar Association,
Mayfiower Hotel, 8 pm.
Luncheon, Washington Association
of Credit Men, Raleigh Hotel, 1880
pm.
Luncheon, Acme Corp, Raleigh
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon. Better Business Bureau,
Raleigh Hotel, 1890 pm.
Supper, District Pharmaceutical So
ciety, Raleigh Hotel, 8 pm.
Dinner, American Institute of Elec-
trical Engineers. Raleigh Hotel, $50
pm.
Luncheon, Coal Merchants, Hamil-
ton Hotel, 1890 pm.
Meeting, City Firefighters, Hamil-
ton Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Columbia Heights Busi-
ness Mems Association, Tompkins
Building, $3.50 Fourteenth street,
$50 pm.
Meeting, Kismet Council, Royal
Arcanum, $50 H street, 8 pm.
Luncheon. Pi Kappa Alpha Fra
ternity, Lotus Restaurant, 1890 pm.
Meeting, Treasury Post, No. IS,
American Legion, Musicians Hall,
1105 Sixteenth street. 8 pm.
To regulate sugar production in ac-
cordance with world demands an in
ternational conference will probably
be held in England next year.
Evening star., 1935-10-07

Meeting, Treasury Post, No. 35,
American Legion. Musicians Hall,
1105 Sixteenth street, pm.
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CHARGESURVEY
MADE BY ABA

NEW YORK, Nov. THE gen.
eral principle of applying service
charges against Improbable bank
accounts has gained great head
way during 1894 and 1885, it is
evidenced in the results of a sur
vey made public here yesterday by
the Bank Management Commis-
sion of the American Bankers As
Sociation.
The commissions survey dealt
with reports from 5s7 clearing
house associations which indicate
that in IS per cent Of the cases
service charges are in effect under
clearing house rules, and that in
another 20 per cent the individual
members of the clearing house as
sociations have their own set of
service charges.
These reporting associations rep
resent some 3,842 banks, or about
Is per cent of the banks in the
United States. The commission
points out that it would not be
safe to assume that the same pro
portion of the remaining IS per
cent of the banks have adopted
service charges because "the mem
berShip Of these clearing houses
include the banks which realize
most clearly the value Of coopera-
tive action which is so important
in establishing a schedule Of Serv-
ice charges"
The. commission also observes
with approval that the tendency
has been away from the FLAT"
service charge to the measured"
variety. Flat charge systems were
formerly used almost entirely be-
cause of the relative ease and econ
omy Of administration. However,
as pointed out by the survey, this
system failed to take into con-
sideration the question of the ac-
tivity of the smaller accounts.
Now, it appears, the tendency is
toward the establishment of sys-
TENS under which charges are
made on the basis of the number
of checks drawn each month.
The Washington times., 1935-11-07
Boy, 13, Takes
Watch From
Girl. 3

Mildred Smith, eyed 3, believes
in breaking bad news gently.
Two days ago she spied watch
on the dresser in her mothers
bedroom. To her it was just a
pretty toy. To her mother, Mrs.
Nora Smith, Of 31o0 Nichols Ave.
s. E., it was q family heirloom OF
sentimental as well as intrinsic
value.
Mildred-unknown to her moth.
er-trotted downstairs with the
watch. A boy later described as
big" and by police as about 49,
snatched the watch and told Mil.
dred to "Scram."
When her mother warned her
not to take her tricycle. out be.
cause she might lose it, Mildred
piped up:
"All right, Mother. I've already
lost your watch!" .
The watch is still missing.
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DR.. O: f. HOWE
IS DEAD AT
AGE OF 3

Funeral arrangements for DR..
O. E. Howe, who died yesterday
at the washington Sanitorium
after an illness of several months.
have not yet been completed. He
was 80.
DR.. Howe was known through
out the United States as one Of
the foremost pension examiners.
He maintained offices at his
home, 434 Park Rd. N. W.. al
though for the last 80 years he
had retired from active medical
practice.
He came to washington 80
years ago from winfield, Kan,
where he first established his pen
sion practice. He is believed to
have secured the first pension
ever granted a veteran Of the
SpaniSh-American War, an allow
ance for q Jesse l.. Gates.
For the past few years he was
In the real estate business.
He was born in North Vernon
Ind, and received his M. D. from
Butler University.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs
Minta G.. Howe; two sons, c. s
Howe, of Berlin. Md, and Percy
Howe, Of Winfield. Kan, and
daughter, Mrs. Dora s. Hays, o1
Portland, Ore.