The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28

I sJObC tbuNO Oh hhhC as he underwent his ordeal on th' ing Of hands. Tightly gripping his the witness chair, answering que fought to break through the net o
 Q. Did you send out for q Ger man American dictionary while you were here? A. Yes.
 O. TO look up the correct spell ing of the words? A. No Y 0. Is that where you learned to spell signature correctly? A. No.
 Pope objected to the question and was overruled.
 Wilentz unrolled some charts that contained ransom note sam pies of handwriting.
 c. I want to show you on this chart the word "Singnature. That ] 0 habit of your putting 'N's' in where they don't belong? A. No.
 c. Well. you do it frequently? A. don't remember. | c. Would you be surprised to learn that you have done 1t? Look at this check and tell me If 1t !s yours? A. It Is. | c. How much Is the amount Of that check? A. STA. :. I Qs IlO" uO JOu opNh IT. 1NNN now. A. S-e-n-v-e-t-y.
 c. The same IN" that you use in "Signautre," isn't it? Hauptmann didn't answer at first and Wllentz strode toward the witness chair shouting at him. A. guess so. Wilentz handed Hauptmann a black-covered note book. c. Is this your book. A. Yes. Wilentz told him to draw lines under New York" wherever 1t oc- cured on a certain page. uauptmann did 1t and Wilentz offered the page in evidence. The book was accepted in eyi- dence. Wilentz showed the book to the jury, apparently trying to show that Hauptmann always put a hyphen between "New" and "York."
 l The two words are hyphenated in the Iindbergh ransom notes. . The little black book was passed from hand to hand in the jury box and Wilentz waited untill all jur- ors had examined it. Col Lindbergh and the prisoner exchanged quick glances. The flyer was in his accustomed chair, arms folded, listening intently to the tes- timnoy. There was more than the ] usual color in his face. Wilentz handed a ledger to Hauptmann and sad: Is this writing on Page , yours? A. It is.
 Page 5 of the ledger was accept ed in evidence. Q. You were in court when the handwriting experts testified about the pecullaritics of the ransom nctes? A. Yes. c. Do you remember their tes- timony about the transposed words the e Fl and TT. A. There were go many things I don't remember that
 Q. Now you had a habit of writing "Lihgt,' and words like that? A. l have trouble writing English.
 Q. As q matter of fact, you write a lot don't you? Long let ters? Ledger entries? A. No.
 Hilentz stood before Haupt- mann, showed him the ledger and said:
 "You bought som Curtss- Wright stock and here is an entry in your ledger.
 Tell me low you spelled "Wright in this ledger. Spell it good and loud so that jury can here you?
 A. W-r-i-h-g-t.
 c. You had q German-Ameri- can dictionary in your home? A. Yes for long years.
 A yellow dictionary was shown HauDtmann. He sad he had never before seen 1t. The defendant smiled as he replied NO"
 Q. You started keeping ac- counts in what year? A. 1925.
 Q. You said the word "boad" may have been written in this little red book eight years ago? A. Yes,
 0. You see the s4s.2s in this book carried over from the pre- ceding page? A. Yes.
 Hauptmann leaned over and looked at the little red book Tn Wilentz's hands. Their shoulders were touching while they went over the figures.
 Q. Now this entry concerned your California trip expense and go must have been written after July 5, 1881? A. Yes.
 c. Well the word "boad" Is on tho same page? A. Yes.
 c. So without any trouble we have esta bllshcd that the word was not written years ago but Tn 1931?
 No answer.
 0, By the way spell signature" for me again.
 Hauptmann smiled and spelled:
 "S- -I-E- N- A IT. IT, R. 10 =
 c. How do you say "Lind- bergh."
 Hauptmann pronounced 1t slow ly: "Lindenbergh.".
 c. You've got an extra IN" in there haven't you?
 "Lindbergh." Hauptmann pro- nounced again.
 Q. This letter hand you Is 1t yours? A. Yes.
 The letter to Hauptmann's broker was offered in evidence.
 c. You wrote to your broker when he asked for STA more to cover your margin? A. Yes.
 Q. And you told him to wait a few days? A. Yes.
 Q. That was in May 1931? A.. Yes.
 Q. You remember writing Dear Sir" and "Debit" in that let? ter. Now look at the ID" in the ransom notes.
 "They are a whole lot different.' Hauptmann said.
 ..We'H let the jury decide that7" Wllentz said. passlng the letter over to the jurors. c. You kept accounts of all