Evening star., 1935-01-14

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yes.
Reilly referred to Osborn as "pro-
fessoy."
II am neither a doctor nor q pro-
fessor," Osborn cut in.
There are so many titles in this
case, it won't do any harm to give
you one too," Reilly said
@. Will you count the words and
characters in that nursery letter
and tell me how many you make it?
A. I think about 81 or 65.
Reilly directed the witness attention
to his chart showing an IS" from the
ransom note and an IS" from the
Hauptmann writing.
O. Do you say usually there Is a
comparison between the two?
A. I'd say they were not very
much alike. Of course my opinion
is not based on any one comparison.
Reilly pointed out the shading in
the capital ''I' in the ransom note
section of the chart
@. Doesn't that indicate the note
was copied
A. There was no indication Of copy
ing at all in my opinion.
Reilly tried to insist the chart
showed evidence the ransom letter
characters had been copied but Os-
born halted him with the chiding re-
mark:
You are misinterpreting the physi-
cal evidence"
THAT is your opinion" Reilly shot
back.
mo, my business" corrected the
witness.
Reilly then quizzed the witness
about a number of books published
on handwriting. Several times when
the defense chief got mixed up on the
authors and the type of book, Osborn
set him right.
Language Better
In Later Notes.
Reilly reverted to the ransom notes
@. Did you find in any of the notes
a better flow of English than in the
beginning?
A. That's language you mean?
@. Yes, language.
A. Yes, in some particulars. The
latter notes are briefer and say a lit
tie more definitely what they mean.
think the language is substantially
the same throughout, although there
is some difference.
@. You believe, Mr. Osborn. that
one person wrote all the ransom
notes?
A. Yes.
@. And that none was done by any
other individual?
A. No.
@. Referring to the notes you re-
ceived from Col. Henry Breckenridge,
I ask you if there is not visible diff
ference in the handwriting on those
with and without the symbols and sig
natures?
A. In my opinion they are substan-
TALLY the same.
@. Have you taken for your charts
any characters from Col Brecken-
ridges address?
A. No.
@. Have you taken any from the
letter mailed to Col. Breckenridge?
A. Yes. The word did" in the
first line, the word was" and the
word "the" which, believe, appears
right here on this chart.
Osborn pointed to the word "the''
which he described as being spelled
lite"
Could Produce so
Charts More.
Osborn volunteered the information
that he could have brought into court
$50 more charts" If that had been
necessary and permissible.
"Why didn't you?" Reilly roared.
do you mean to say that when a
man is on trial for his life, he would
not be permitted to bring into the
court room all the charts he could
wish for?"
Reilly continued his attack.
How much are you being paid by
the State for this service?" he shot.
Osborn looked appealingly at the
court, the prosecution objected. The
court did not interfere, but Osborn
said he did not know. He said he
had not computed the time he spent
on the case.
Reilly brought out that the peculiar
spelling of "tte" for ''the" which ap-
peared in subsequent ransom notes
did not appear in the original nursery
note.
The hyphenated word ''New-York"
which appears in both Hauptmann
and ransom writings next engaged
Reilly's attention.
@. What interested you so much
about that was the hyphen, wasn't it?
A. That was interesting, but to my
mind one of the most highly signifi-
cant characteristics is the way the
first letter-"N"-is tipped up.
Reilly sought to get the witness to
concede that the tipped up" might
be natural character made by a
German of little education.
There is no nationality in that
NJ" the expert insisted.
Back to the hyphenated New York.
went the chief defense counsel and
asked Osborn If it wasn't the German
usage to hyphenate the names OF
cities.
Generally it is not the custom, "
said Osborn, explaining the hyphen