Evening star., 1935-01-14
BRUNO IDENTIFIED
BY TWO EXPERTS
Girl Surprise Witness Says
Accused ShadoWed
"JafSie."
(Continued From First Page.)

II say the man was Bruno Richard
Hauptmann!"
Effort to Link FiSch.
The effort of the defense to connect
Fisch was the second of the trial. 1t
emphasized, while crOSS-examlnlng
Condor. ransom negotiator for the
Lindberehs, the hollow cough OF the
mysterious John" who DR.. Condor
said was Hauptmann.
Reilly otherwise tried to snake
Osborn's credibility as an expert dur
ing the day.
"You have been mistaken many
times, have you not" he asked him.
It wouldn't say many times" the
expert replied. Il don't pretend to be
infallible. but intend to be carefui,"
But you have been found to be
mistaken, have you not, many times?'
Evidence Extended"
st won't say that he said, and
added: In this case the evidence is
very, very extended
At least 6, and possibly 10, more
eyperts-all the State could mar
shal-have been subpoenaed to follow
Osborn to the stand.
Attorney General David Wilentz
expressed confidence, asserting:
I'VE have proved the murder. we
could rest our case right now and
go to the jury with good prlma
facie case"
It was learned from responsible
prosecution authority. however, that
the State twice offered Hauptmann
clemency if he would give a COM
plete account of the crime, naming
eny others involved.
Hauptmann rebuffed the offer both
times, but it was understood that
It has not yet been withdrawn. State
officials denied making the offer as
a matter of course. but the under
standing was that three of the fore
most figures in the case were present
when it was made the second time.
During the weekend recess defense
attorneys conferred with their own
handwriting experts, drawing up their
contention that Isador Fisch. dead
friend of Hauptmann, wrote the ran
som demands.
Findings Unrevealed.
Neither Reilly nor the experts dis
closed their exact findings, however.
after a thorough examination OF the
documents.
Wilentz said the prosecution would
bring witnesses to refute any such
evidence. With his list OF witnesses
reduced. he hoped to complete his
case this week. The defense esti-
mated another two weeks would be
required for presentation Of its case.
The first witness will be Hauptmann
himself. He will deny the crime and
say he got the ransom money found
in his garage from Fisch.
Hauptmann's wife, his chief alibi
witness, Reilly said. will be the second
defense witness, testifying he was with
her the night the Lindbergh baby
was stolen.
The liner lie de France is due in
New York tomorrow. bringing New
York City Detective Arthur johnson
and several Germans to testify at the
trial. Their Identities we're not dis
closed, but it was believed one or more
may be relatives of Flsch.
Bruno Shows Strain.
As the trial went into its third week,
Hauptmann showed more than ever
the strain of daily court appearances
and the repeated accusations OF State
witnesses.
His guards said that new hesi-
fancy, almost stutter, has crept into
his speech and that he is eating spar
ingly. His prison pallor was more
noticeable than at any time during
his 116 days of confinement.
Meanwhile it became an open secret
that the defense is just as anxious to
block the bulk of the States hand
writing evidence as it has been to de-
feat efforts to have the kidnap ladder
accepted as evidence.
In fighting the introduction of the
ladder, Hauptmann's lawyers thus far
have been successful. They have ex-
pressed the belief if they can fare
equally we'll in their opposition to
handwriting evidence Hauptmann's
chances for acquittal will be improved.
1t was learned the State plans to
meet any possible defense contention
that the ransom notes we're not the
work of one person. as the defense in
Inmates, by establishing the con-
tinuity of the correspondence by the
paper used.
Paper Marking.
The marking of the paper by water
in its manufacture will be brought out
in an effort to link one note directly
to another. The State also plans to
prove that most of the notes were
written upon the same writing pad of
cheap letter paper. Paper of the
same grade and trade name was re-
putedly found in Hauptmann's home.
Osborn's testimony, the prosecution
said, would be the most comprehen-
sive offered on the handwriting, but
while other experts who follow him
will devote themselves to specific fea-
lures of the Hauptmann ransom note
writings. there will be no choking of
evidence to achieve brevity.
'The jury is eating it up" said one
State official. referring to the hand
writing testimony. and 1t is appar-
emily on this account that the prose-
cution will go into the matter as COM
pletely as possible.
Attorneys for both sides discounted
the announcement of Abe Samuelson,
Bronx carpenter, that he built a lad
der for Hauptmann and two other
men and woman a fortnight before
the kidnapping.
Chief Assistant Attorney General
Joseph Lanigan Of New Jersey said
the story had been checked and that
it appeared to be 1.-The bunk
Reilly characterized it as another
Sunday night blast"