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pany? A. No.
 c. Was any ransom money picked up, in Washington, D. C.? A. No.
 Fisher concluded cross -examina- ton mad Wilentz started redirect examination.
 c. Was there any evidence you found that Faulkner deposited any day? A. There was no direct evil dence.
 c. Isn't 1t a fact that 1t was found that Faulkner was @ fictitious name, so far as the address given was concerned? A. Yes.
 Q. With reference to the $31,- 900 of ransom money unaccount. ed for, is 1t possible some of 1t may have reached the treasury and not be detected? A. Yes sir.
 Q. Why is that possible? A. Because when President Roosevelt called in gold certificates, so many bills came into the treasury that 1t was impossible to keep the serial numbers. L
 Q. Can you estimate the num- Der of bills turned into the treas- ury? A. Several billions of dol- lars.
 Q. Did the government specify that people who turned in gold cer- tifcates should identify themselves?
 Q. Do you know whether Hauptmann worked at the Majes- tic apartments? A. Yes, he did.
 On re-cross examination Fisher struck at the government mans testimony concerning Hauptmann at the Majestic apartments.
 c. You never saw Hauptmann working in the Majestic apartments did you? A. No!
 Q. You never heard his voice there? A. No.
 More angry words flew between opposing counsel and Fisher said:
 "I'll conduct this examination in accordance with honor's ruling"
 You'll have to do 1t in an order- ly manner" Justice Trenchard re- piled.
 c. Did the treasury receive or- ders to watch carefully for the ransome money? A. Yes.
 c. So you want us to believe that despite the presidents orders, there was careleBsness in the han ding of these notes? A. It was not careIessnegs. There was such n volume of money coming in that q careful check of each bill was not practical.
 c. You don't know whether the gold bills that have come in since the arrest of Hauptman were checked? A. No, don't. A five minute recess was order cd at 11:31 a. m, after Wilson had been excused from the stand. Wilson said all $70,000 of the ransom money was marked Tor numbers. The $20,OO0 that was un- paid was returned by Col Lind bergh to his bank. It was, Wilson said, in $50 bills.
 Col IT. Norman Schwarzkopf was the first witness to take the stand after the brief recess. Col SchwarZkopf was sworn in and questioned by Special Prosecu- tor George K. Large. o. ] show you two writings and ask you if you were present when | they were written? A. Yes. c. Who wrote them? A. Bruno Richard Hauptmnnn.
 c. Under what circumstances? A. Inspector John J. Lyons asked Bruno Richard HauptmaDn if he was willing to furnish samples of his handwriting and Hauptmann said he was md wrote as Lyon read from q circular. | c. The spelling, then, is his own? A. Yes.
 | c. Referring to whom {? A Haupt- mann.
 | Albert g. Osborn famous hand writing expert who had testified to tho ransom notes at Hauptmann't extradition hearing in the Bronx, sat in the ancient witness chair.
 Direct examination was conduct cd by Joseph Lnnigan, special as sistant attorney general. Osborn "A slightly deaf and the questions were shouted at him.
 c. What is your profession? A. ] am an examiner of disputed hand. writing. <.
 He said he had operated in 2s states and Canada and had been in business for more than 30 years.
 He said he had written the books. "QueMioDed Documentg and the Problem of Proof"
 c. Have you testified in homicids cases in New Jersey? A. Yes.
 Reilly declined to cross-examins tho witness for his qualification. He was accepted as q qualified hand
 osborn asked the court if hs