Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-11

Justice Trenchard ordered adjourn
ment at 1925 pm. until las pm.
As the jury filed out, Wilentz turned
and smiled at Col Iindbergh, whe
shook his head obviously.
Reilly, after asking for the luncheon
recess, sat down at the defense coun.
sci table and conferred with Pope on
the course Of his summation. He
nodded his head as Pope talked.
At the noon recess, Wilentz. com.
menting on Keilly's summation said
Mr.. Reilly is delightful gentle
man, but he hasn't begun to tall
about the Lindbergh case yet"
Ransom Note Charts
To Be Used by Defense.
When the jury returned from lunch
con, it found one wall near the box
covered with large Photographic charts
showing the ransom note writing side
by side with Hauptmann writing fol
comparison. These were the charts OF
State experts, but Reilly apparently
intended to use this evidence in his
summation in an effort to COMPUTE the
testimony against Hauptmann.
Court reconvened at :48 pm.
After the jurors were polled, Reilly
came back over to the jury box.
1T would be utterly impossible" HI
began, for any lawyer to repeat al
the testimony taken, in the periot
allotted to me for summation"
He explained he would touch only
the high lights" but requested the
jurors not to think that he was omit.
ting a discussion Of various evidentia
points because I'm afraid Of them"
Any such omissions, he declared
would not be because he wanted to
but because they were not highly i'm.
portant point.
He believed, he said. the attorney
general would make similar omissions
when he addressed the jury tomorrow
Reilly then began an analysis OF the
testimony of the States handwriting
experts.
Now experts testimony, I believe
his honor will charge you," he said,
is nothing but opinion.
you can disregard that and use
common sense"
The State, Reilly declared, had a
long time and spared no expense in
preparation Of its case. The defense,
in contrast, had little time and little
money, he added.
Honest Enough
to Admit Few Mistakes.
j. M. Trendley, the only defense
handwriting expert, to testify, Reilly
said, was honest enough to admit that
he had made few mistakes in his 40
years experience.
Il can't imagine what the bill will
be for this procession of experts" he
said.
Turning to the ransom note found
In the nursery. Reilly spoke Of the
handwriting experts testimony as
pretty slim evidence, guesswork evil
dence, to put man In a nursery
"Of course. it is important to the
State to pin the handwriting Of the
nursery note on Hauptmann," he
went on.
That's part Of their scenario. And
that's the only thing they have to put
Hauptmann in the nursery, based on
the opinion of experts"
Changing his line of attack again,
Reilly spoke with incredulity Of the
possibility Of a kidnaper taking the
baby down the ladder.
We ask you to consider whether
Hauptmann, at night, put the baby
on the window sill, stepped out on the
ladder. put the note on the ledge,
picked up the child on a breezy night,
closed the window and the shutter
and descended"
He fourished the nursery note be.
fore the jury.
Every expert who took that witness
stand said this handwriting was dis
guised.
IF there Is q disguised handwriting,
where is there any standard by which
1t can be examined with . certainty
such as you would want to send q
man to his DEATH
Kidnapping Work of
a Gang, Reilly Says.
Reilly abruptly halted his comment
to return sharply to his thesis that no
one man could possibly have commit
ted the kidnapping alone.
This kidnapping was the work Of q
gang" he proclaimed loudly.
The defense counsel then picked
up the main thread of his discourse,
and he spoke of the defense expert
and his testimony that the notes
we're written by q left-handed man.
He asked the jury to study the notes
when they retired, with magnifying
glasses and "use your God-given COM
mon sense"
If the police had watched every
mail box in New York after the Sec
ond note was mailed, the kidnaper,
Reilly declared, would have been ar
rested before the third was sent.
Just another battle Of Jutland,
Just bungling, mumbling, jumbling. !"
he cried.
1.-THE battle of Jutland" referred to
by him was the siege by State police
Of q farm house near the town Of Jut-
land, about eight years ago, IN which
Miss Beatrice Meaney, middle-aged
spinster, was killed by police bullets.
Several of the troopers and their
officers were tried and q few Of them
were convicted.
When the troopers attacked the
farmhouse, Miss Meaney's two
brothers resisted with shotgun and
rifle fire. The battle and the trials
aroused the country folks against the
State police.
Then" he went on, I'VE come to
the picture Of what Attorney General
Wilentz describes as a patriotic gen.
tleman of the old school"
He was bringing DR.. John F. Con-
don, the ransom intermediary into the
case.
well, Gen. Wilentz may think what