The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-07

last witness for the detenSe. Pick up DeBiesschop testimony
 Charles J. De Bisschop, of Wa terbury. Conn, was called.
 He carried satchel and several spriRs of evergreen pine.
 A road builder, he said he had been in the lumber business for many years.
 Dc Bisschop related Q long list of positions he had held.
 c. (By POpe)-Did you ever have occasion to match the grains in wood? A. Yas, for cabinet mak- CTS. |
 c. HHow often has thIs oc- cured? A. Every night and Sum- days. l have 150 different kinds of wood. fin my home. People are all ways coming to my home for wood matching.
 c. Have you examined this ladder rail, known as rail 1G? A. Yes.
 The witness said he had trees of many varieties growing at his home. He showed the sprigs of pine and hemlock.
 His qualifications were chal- 1enged by WilentZ.
 c. t(By Wilentz)-You are an , architect? A. People say l am a nurseryman.
 Dc Bisschop satA As had devoted much of his spare time to the study of tree grains and circles.
 c. Can voc tell If two pieces of wood were once one piece? A. Yes.
 c. You have read M. Koehler's articles on wood? A. Yes.
 c. Have you read articles by KoehIer in the magazine Farm & Forestry? A. l believe so.
 c. Don't you know that Koehl- CT has never written an article for Farm & Forestry? A. I didn't Say he did, I said 1 thought so.
 Q. You say you have matched up woods almost every day? A. Yes. I've made a study of 1t.
 The witness insisted he had done q Hot of reading about identifca- ton of woods," but couldn't re- member who wrote the articles. MORE MORE MORE CA =. ..
 Q. Have you ever testified in court AS to the identity of grains in woods? A. have not.
 c. Have you ever studied the difference in the grains of woods ? A. Yes
 The witness showed the justice two pieces of birds eye maple that he had matched for customer.
 He said one piece came from Connecticut and the other from Massachusetts. They were how ever, the same age.
 The witness said with some pride that when some wood was sawed in his nursery 1t had bad edge. He found the careless work man who had done the work by having each man at the nursery plane a board.
 c. Do you have G farm? A. have three farms.
 Q. Do you raise cows and chickens too? A. have man who does that.
 MT Attorney General. do we have to go into all of this" Jus- ticc Trenchard said.
 WilentZ said he did not consider the witness an expert.
 Justice Trcnchard ruled the wit ness could testify.
 WilentZ inquired of Reilly if De Bisschop would be the last defense witness.
 No" said Reilly. We expect another"
 "I wanted to know because of my rebuttal," Wilentz said.
 A i've minute recess was declar- ed.
 Other Witnesses
 Remington, x. J., Feb 7---UP) Waiter Manley, pale and nervous from an illness. bolstered the alibi of Bruno Richard Hauptmann to- Ans I,, Vt carpenter was in Fredericksens bakery in the Bronx on the night the Lindbergh baby was Kidnapped
 His story correspondcd with that told by Mrs Hauptmann, who was q waitress there in 1932, and with several other persons who gath cred in the little restaurant to est Danish pastry and drink coffee.
 Manley went shakily 10 the wit ness stand. and counsel for both sides made their questioning brief due to his recent illness.
 The courtroom got itg first giinpse today of the closest friend Of fsidor BIsch. whom Hauptmann says gave him the sI4.600 ransom money.
 B1hch's friend was Henry Uhlig. q red -haircd German youth. AL though UhIig was called as de- 4ense witness, Edward J. Reilly. chief of HauptmaBn's counsel, ac- euaed him of being "antagonistic. !"
 Uhllg testified that Fisch ire. euently borrowed money and tha. .As lost some of 1t in pie factory project. Ublig told Of sailing foI GertDany with Fiseh in December of 1888, but denied any knowl-