The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09
Abis of Bruno Hauptmann Were Crashed Rapidly Today
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sment'1 wood expert Dy associate defense counsel Frederick A. Pope.
 As a result, the lupcheon recess was delayed until shortly before l D. m.. and court was to reconvene at 1:45 D. m.
 Attorney General David T. Wf- lentz had told Justice Thomas ". Trenchard he thought he could complete his case in half an hour, but the justice decided to call the recess.
 Arthur Koehler, government ex- pert on wood Identification, today charges Charles DeBisschop, a Hauptmann witness, with having presented two pieces of board in court as from different trees, when actually they were from the same origin.
 Through the cold, scineitfic tes- timony of Koehler, the state of New Jersey today hammered down Bruno Richard Hauptmann's con- tention that part of the Lindbergh kidnap ladder did not come from his attic.
 Kiehler hatly contradicted the testimony of Hauptmann,s star witness, Dr Erasmus Hudson, who had sworn he saw only one nail hole in hte now famous "rail 16" of the ladder. Koehler said that he saw four nail holes in the sec- ton as early as March 8, 1892.
 The testimony was vital to the states case, because the four nail holes. 1t has been testified. exactly matched four holes in a beam Tn the Hauptmann attic.
 The defense had insinuated that the police themselves had driven the holes to frame" the prisoner.
 Photographs of the ladder, taken early in March of 1892, showed the four holes plainly.
 Testify Next Week
 Washington, Feb. 5 - (UP) - Arch w. Loney, materials cost ex- pert for the public works admin istration and former lumberman, said today he had notified Ed ward J. Reilly, counsel for Bruno Richard Hauptmann, he would tes- tify for the defense next week in the Lindbergh kidnap trial.
 Loney said he was prepared to deny state testimony linking Hauptmann with a ladder found under the window of the Lind bergh nursery. The testimony was given by another government ex- pert. ..
 Loney made public a telegram he had sent to Reilly, saying:
 The states wood expert has been allowed about two years to study and report findings as to lad der. The time now allowed me is not equally fair to make intelli- gent investigation. ,-
 "The fact of the ladder being dismantled and @ certain rail taken to Hauptmann's attic by a state investigator and matched as to grain and wood texture instead of photographing comparisons, there. by leaving ladder intact, opens room for investigation for Q com. bined lumberman and human analyst.
 '"The side rails of wood ladder without metal bracing would De msde from either inch and a half to two inch thicknesses by three or four inch width by even a jack- leg carpenter.
 "Why was it necessary to use a hand plane to further weaken the strength of this already frail lad. der especially since there was no evidence of effort to creat uniform ity of size or art in craftsmanship?
 evil the total length of rail in question and floor board taken from attic exactly fit the vacant space from which 1t IS alleged they were taken? ,
 Any practical mechanic w 1 | testify that cylinder knives from blaming mills dressing common grades with knot defects are changed every few days. There fore, how could Kohler, the state wood expert, locate a dull blaming knife several months after dress- ing?"
 Mrs Lindbcrgh Present
 Vlemington, N, J.. Feb 9-(UP! Mrs Charles A. Lindbergh ac- companied by her mother, Mrs Dwight w. Morrow, arrived in the courthouse at 10:05 n. m. today. and were ushered to seats with the state witnesses.
 Mrs Morrow was expected to be a state rebuttal witness and to tes- tify to the whereabouts of Violet Sharpe on the night of the Lind- bergh Kidnapping.
 It was the first time Mrs Lind- bergh had been in court since she testified early in the trial. Mrs Morrow and Mrs Lindbergh sat in folding chairs at the right of the judges bench. Mrs Lindbergh wore a small black hat that tilted down over her nose.
 Mrs Morrow wore bell-shaped black hat and black dress. A strand of pearls were around her neck.
 Mrs Lindbergh kept her eyes lowered but seemed interested in the testimony. Mrs Morrow craned her neck and shifted frequently in testimony of Arthur Koehler, de- partment of agriculture wood ex. pert.
 Remington, N. J., Feb 9-(U.P.) Trooper Lewis Bornmann of fhe New Jersey state police was the first of the states rebuttal witness es to testify to-day in Bruno Rich ard Hauptmann's trial for the mur- der of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.
 Bornmann, who has been on the stand several times, was questioned by Attorney General David T. Will entz. j.
 Wilentz showed Bornmann the board taken from Hauptmann's at- tic.
 q. There has been some ques- tion as to whether this board was ever nailed down. Did you take the nails?
 A. Yes. ,ta
 2. They were placed in the
 A. Yes, and pulled out again with pliers.
 Q; How many nails came out of the board?
 A. Eight.
 Wilentz offered the nails for identificat ton.
 Lloyd Fisher cross examined.
 o. You are sure these nails CONTROVERSY IN '
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