The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-01
Writing Expert |Exonerdtes Bruno
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 A. No sir. Q. Now the ear is separate from iron the de in dear is It notT A.
 c. Is the e-a-r on Mrr osborn's charts? A. No, 1t is not. | Q. Now I refer to the capital "S" in sir and ask you if 1t is on MT osborn's charts? A. don't see 1t.
 Q. Is it true the ir of sir is a continuity of pen strokes? A. 1t Is. Q. Will you point out if this ir IS on the charts? A. No. | The exclamation point after the word Sir in the notes likewise did not appear on the charts, Trend-
 Q. Now the first word have" In the nursery note, is there not a definite angle to the word? A. Yes. l Q. Is 1t not what might be term ed a definite backhand stroke? A. Yes. l Reilly knocked several of the charts down from the wall.
 Trendley's testimony was based on the contention that Albert $. Osborn and other state handwrit- Ing experts had ignored several important discrepancies between the handwriting in the ransom notes and Hauptmann's script. Q. Did you examine the hand- writing of other people? A. Yes.
 a. Did you examine the writings of isidof Fisch? A. Yes.
 Q. The "25,OO0$" is next in the nursery note. Do you find it on the charts? A. No.
 Q. The next word "in' does that appear in the Osborn charts? A.
 Reilly was comparing osborn's exhibits with the words of the first ransom note, the one left on the window sill of the Lindbergh nurs- cry.
 c. ask you to look at the ''s" at the end of the word "biIis' and ask if the ''s" on the Osborn exhib- its Is the same? A. It Is not.
 Q: Mir Trendley, what is known as the pattern of hand? A. The method of the forms of the letters
 O. It is possible the pattern may De changed in photography? A. Yes that is possible.
 Q. Can the pattern be changed through shading or by slanting the negative? A. Yes. The courtroom spectators were restless, as they usually are, when the testimony turns to technical matters.
 Q. Do you find any of the letters in this word on the Osborn charts2
 Q. The next word is inform. Do you find the combination of those letters on the Osborn chart? A. No,
 Trendley's testimony proceeded laboriously,. because the export had to pause between questions to search the dozen large charts for the particular letter or word about which Reilly had questioned him.
 Attorney General Wilentz paid no attention to the testimony, but wandered in and out of the court room. He has turned this phase of the case over to his assistant, Jos eph Ianigan.
 Q. How was the "y" in the nurs- cry note made? A. It was made with an initial stroke of 15 to 20 degrees above the horizontal. then with a downstroke and an up- stroke.
 O. Whoever wrote the 'U'' in the nursery note wrote 1t down and then up again? A. Yes. The jury read the first ransom note. It was passed along the line as Reilly called attention to speci-, fic words.
 Q. The next word is the word ''to". Is that a distinctive symbol? A. Yes.
 e. Does it appear on the osborn charts? A. Mo-
 Ta tA khak fsA thn letter, from the first to the end of line five, you cannot find a word or symbol that is on MT Osborn's chart? A. That's right.
 o. It is a fact, Is 1t not, Mr Trendley, that these are photo- graphic reproductions of ransom notes? A. Yes.
 c. You heard Mir osborn say the photographs had been taken from the ransom notes? A. Yes.
 Reilly and one of his assistants walked in front of the jury box, holding up a large chart containing handwriting specimens.
 The jurors studied it for hve minutes.
 Reilly handed Trendley a post card and asked him whether the writing on the card corresponded with that in the ransom notes,
 The state objected, and the court deferred decision.
 A five minute recess was or- dered. .
 After the jury was boiled Reilly resumed his examination Of Trend- ley.
 Now the word i've" in the nursery note. I ask you If 1t Is in- dicated on the nursery chart?
 A. No 1t is not.
 could be taken for either i've" or "one," couldn't itY A. It could,
 c. Now we come to the word "you," and asked you if the "" has not the same characteristics as the v on the line above? A, It Is similar to the other.
 c. The next wosd or series of pen strokes would have to be read with the word before 1t in order to find it's meaning, would 1t not? A. Yes.
 Reilly was going through every word in the brief so-calied nur- sery note.
 Another ransom note was hand ed to. the jurors. They examined 1t closely.
 O. You heard Osborn testify didn't you that in his opinion the nursery note was written by Haupt- mann? A. Yes.
 q. From an examination of the nursery note would you say 1t was in free or disguised handwriting? A. Disguised. It was written with the left hand.
 (Hauptmann t was previously testinsd. writes with his right
 q. Part of 1t written and part of 1t printed? A. That's correct.
 Q. The word ''anyding" would attract your attention? A. Yes. Q. Does 1t not appear to you that more time wag spent writing the word publish" than in writing the proceeding parasrapha A. Yes. It was written with more care.
 Q. Dld that strike you as some thing worthy of consideration in preparing your opinion? 4. gave