, 1935-02-07

prints.
O. Don't you know Colonel Lind
bergh handled that ladder without
gloves and your process never
brought out his prints?
A. I didn't know that.
Wilentz went back to the nail
holes.
@ Pick out the nail hole YOU
found IN the ladder?
A. I'm sure that's IL the witness
MADE a mark by q nail hole on the
LADDER.
@. II that's the hole then that's
the board?
A. Yes.
q. And II that board matches the
board IN Hauptmann's attic, then
YOU would say that II came from
there?
A. Yes.
@. You're SURE that board was there
Oh that ladder. in March. 1882?
A. Yes.
Or. Hudson testified that prints
did not sink into painted surfaces
and his process would be ineffective.
so that Hauptmann might have
had his hands on the window ledge,
morning. noon and night and your
process wouldn't show IL?
A. No.
The silver nitrate process would
not work on the beer stein either,
the witness said.
'On a non-abSorblng surface he
explained. the process is not used"
Pope. on redirect examination,
asked why Dr.. Hudson remembered
only n nail hole.
The doctor explained that his eX-
animation led him to believe the
square nail had been driven through
the wood into a cleat. he believed,
he said. the wood came from a crate.
Q. II n fingerprint was super
imposed on another, could both be
identified?
"A. II sufficient ridges Of both APP
pcared.
Or. Hudson explained he entered
the CaS merely with the hope" he
could find %fingerprintS but not TO
identify any.
c. You testified that this board
talleged Hauptmann attic boardJ
was there when YOU examined the
ladder?
A. Yes.
@ II YOU saw one nail hole then
and there are more now. would you
still say so?
WilentZ objected. asserting that
DR.. Hudson had already testified it
was the board and had identified
the square nail hole in il.
DR.. Hudson was excused and court
recessed for five minutes at 1885 a.
m.
Hauck during the recess. said the
photographs shown Or. Hudson
showeS four square nail holes and
were taken March 8. 1882. DR.. Hud-
son first saw the ladder March l3,
1892
William Whitehead. a dark mid
ole-aged man was called by the
defense.
The defense planned 70 use the
witness 70 attack the credibility
Of Willard Whited. the state wit
ness who placed Hauptmann twice
near the Lindbergh home prior 10
the crime.
The roughly dressed witness said
he Was d years old and had known
Millard Whited all his life. The
questions were put by c. Lloyd
Fisher. co-counSel for defense.
q. What's the reputation Of Mil
lard Whited for veracity?
A. No good.
Fisher released the witness and
WilentZ asked ii Millaid Whited had
ever been In Jail.
Whitehead said no
Have YOU eve- been in jail?n
Xiientz asked.
"I were" Whitehead replied.
That's all said Wilentz.
Try Another
George u. LEM. another witness
on Whited's credibility followed.
He said he lived in Hopewell. at
Featherbed lane. and had known
Whited for 20 years.
@. What Is the reputation of Mil
lard Whited for telling the truth?
Fisher asked.
"A. Not good.
william Dill. another Hopewell
resident. was then sworn.
He told Fisher he knew Whited.
@. What is his reputation for
truthfulneSs?
"A. faint any good.
Mrs. Augusta lille. the mother
in-law OF Gerta Henkel. was the
next witness.
She told Reilly she knew Isador
FlSch ever since he came to this
country.
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