Evening star., 1935-01-23

but the seventh was by voice only.
Only once during these identifi-
cations did Hauptmann make any
comment. Some of the finger
pointing" caused him to redden,
if there was not another f1ngerprint
system which would bring out old
prints
Kelly said there was. He added
that he believed DR.. Hudson had used
a silver nitrate solution in his test.
@. Did you see Dr. Hudson take be-
tween 800 and 1000 from the side rail
and the rest of the ladder?
A. did not.
@. How many prints did he find?
A. saw some markings on the one
upright.
Reilly made a print on a board he
held and asked Kelly to use the silver
nitrate method to bring it out.
1T has been found" Kelly ex-
planned. that the silver nitrate
method works better after lapse of
two or three days"
Reilly requested that the board be
kept for several days and test be
made.
The heavy-Set defense counsel en-
gagged Kelly in conversational dis
cuSsion of DR.. Hudson's test. Kelly
said he had not learned the results.
DR.. Hudson, he explained. made sill
yer nitrate tests on an upright and
the rest of the ladder was examined
by the same method by police de-
tective.
Lindbergh Whispers
To Assistant Attorney General.
Lindbergh leaned forward and whis-
pered earnestly to Assistant Attor-
ney General Robert Peacock as Reilly
finished his cross questioning of the
witness.
Wilentz took the expert and after
a few questions elected the teSti-
mony that the silver nitrate method
was discovered beween March l, 1882,
the kidnap day, and March IA, the
date of DR.. Hudsons visit to the
home.
@. When you first made tests the
silver nitrate method was unknown?
A. That's right
@. When DR.. Hudson made his test,
were there many or few VINO had
handled the ladder?
A A very great number.
@. If a man walked into that nur-
sery and took that baby with gloves
on, would he leave prints?
Reilly objected to the question as
hypothetical.
I will allow it." Trenchard ruled.
The witness said that a man with
gloves would leave no fingerprints.
Wilentz elected from the young,
dark haired expert that motion OF
hands across surfaces or ruffling of
a paper would have damaging effects
on possible fingerprintS.
Q. Did you do the best you could
that night?
A. did.
@. Did you make any effort to con-
ceal anything?
A. I did not.
@. You gave us the best that was in
you?
A. Yes, did.
Thank you. That is all"
Expert is Made
To Raise and Lower Window.
Reilly on brief recroSS demanded
if fingerprintS would show on the
nursery window if the child was taken
from its nursery and taken away down
the back stairs.
There might be prints from pre-
vious handling"
Reilly asked Kelly to raise and lower
a window back of the judges bench.
@. How many places did you touch
that?
A. Three.
Reilly released the witness and WI
lentz asked.
@. But you were not on a ladder
and you didn't have gloves on2
A No, sir.
Kelly was excused.
Inspector John j. Lyons, New York
detective, was called to tell OF finding
sheet of paper in Hauptmann's nome
on the day of his arrest.
Wilentz handed the inspector a
piece of paper, and asked him Where
it came from.
"At a small desk in the defendants
home in the defendants presence"
The paper is of the same make used
by the ransom-note writer.
Reilly Questions
Detective About Paper.
Wilentz offered the paper as eW-
dence but Reilly objected pending time
to cross examine the gray-halred oe-
tective on the subject.
Reilly began the questioning.
@. 1 assume, inspector, this Is orol-
nary cheap writing paper?
A. Yes.
@. Did you ever purchase any OF
this paper in the 5-and-1O-cent store
or any other store in New York?
A. No.
The sleek, gray-haired officer ex-
planned that six police detectives were
present when he found the sheet.
Now I press the objection Reilly
said as he finished his questioning,
arguing that it had not been con-
nected with the defendant.
Justice Trenchard admitted the
sheet of paper, allowing Reilly an ex-
ception, and Lyons was excused.
Detective Lewis Bornmann of the
New Jersey State police was then
called to the stand.
Justice Trenchard interrupted the
proceedings to insist that the aisle
at the front of the room used by the
court stenographers, scurrying in and
out to relieve one another at short
intervals, be kept clear.
Peacock, who has handled most OF
the ladder testimony, opened the di-
rect examination.
O. Did you make search of the de-
fendant's home for evidence?
A. did.
@. Did you search the attic?
A. I did.
Coughs Relieved
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