Evening star., 1935-01-11

It links in the chain of evidence
md Hauptmann to the electric
: The first ransom note was on the
windowsill of the Lindbergh nursery
and was left when the baby was taken.
The State considers this direct evi-
dence that Hauptmann was the man
who climbed up a ladder, entered a
window and grabbed the baby,
The baby, the State has charged,
was killed as the ladder broke with it
and kidnaper on the way down.
Osborn. shown handwriting speci-
mems of Hauptmann's which were in
troduced yesterday, stated:
MY opinion is that the ransom
notes were all written by the writer
of the various papers signed Richard
Hauptmann.'
Examines Each Note.
He examined all IA of the ransom
notes, one by one, and said of each
that it was written by Hauptmann.
This included the note which was
found in the nursery near the empty
crib.
He repeated his opinion.
THE ransom notes we're all written
by the writer of these various proved
writings"
Osborn's testimony followed that of
H. Norman Schwarzkopf of the New
Jersey police, who said specimens of
Hauptmann's handwriting were OBJ
tanned without coercion. Just before
that Frank Wilson, special agent Of
the intelligence unit of the United
States Bureau of Internal Revenue.
who directed the preparation of the
ransom money which DR.. John F.
(Jafsie) Condor said he paid to
John" testified that to his knowledge
no ransom bills had appeared in cir
culation since Hauptmann was ar
rested.
Explains Conclusion.
"How," Attorney General David T.
Wilentz asked the expert. Osborn.
about the notes, do you explain your
conclusion?"
First, I examined the notes to de-
termine if all we're done by the same
writer" he said. "I first examined
the notes in May, 1882. I wanted to
see if they were connected with each
other and I found that they were in
seven or eight different ways"
His voice was loud and he explained
to the court that he was hard OF
hearing.
Mrs. Anna Hauptmann. wife of the
prisoner and mother of his own small!
son. flushed deeply when she hearc
Osborn say her husband wrote the
| notes. Her eyes anxiously scanned the
reporters as they hurriedly pencilec
bulletins. then she threw swift
glance at her husband, whose features
remained immobile.
The mysterious exchange Of thi
ransom gold notes and a subsequen;
suicide of 81. j. Faulkner" were in
jected into the trial today by the de-
fense, which has been trying to show
| that a gang of four was responsible
for the kidnapping and murder.
Wilson was closely crosse examined
on this phase.
Wilson was one of the principal
agents who built up the Governments
successful income tax-evading case
against the gang leader, AL Capone.
His connection with the Lindbergh
investigation dated from the time Of
the crime until the arrest.
He testified that $3.50 of the Lind
bergh money was exchanged at the
New York Federal Reserve Bank on
the day the gold embargo went into
effect All of the ransom money was
in gold notes. He insisted there was
no way to trace the ~. j. Faulkner"
whose name was on the slip that ac-
companied the exchange.
LAS you we're investigating j. j.
Faulkner" asked Defense Counsel C.
Lloyd Fisher, sis it true that j. j.
Faulkner threw himself from the top
Of the Crysler tower and committed
suicide?"
II don't know" he replied.
Heard of Suicide.
Pressed later he said he had heard
| of a man named Faulkner committing
suicide but that he did not know If
the man had the initials u. j"
You carefully investigated j. j.
did you not?"
Eyes, sir"
did you find a J. J. Faulkner
alive?"
Eyes, sir, several of them." he an
swered.
Wilson earlier had testified he had
no notice of any ransom currency ap-
pearing after the arrest of Haupt-
mann.
$50 far as you know" Wilentz asked
him, "since the indictment Of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann for murder has
there been one ransom bill turned up?'
mo, sir" he replied.
Wilson testified that he directed the
preparation of the ransom money
which Condor charged he paid to
Hauptmann in a Bronx cemetery.
Describes Cash Box.
He described graphically the elab-
crate plans laid for subsequent cap
ture of the kidnaper by carefully not
| ing the serial numbers of each piece
of currency-numbers which were
later printed on 250,000 circulars and
sent to banks throughout the United
States and in many foreign countries.
The money, $4,000, was counted
out and noted at the ]. p. Morgan Co.
Only $50.0o0 was paid by Coadon To
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