Evening star., 1935-01-16
Hauptn,a1u1 Wrote Ransom
Notes, Three Experts Testify
Harry ". Cassidy of Richmond, Wilmer
SOuder of Bureau of Standards and
4. d. Osborn Back Four Others.
BY the Associated Press.

nannS tT1dl IOT JIlc IHuIucT Vi tIlc
Lindbergh baby, but the prosecution
was hopeful the remaining handwrit-
ing experts would testify quickly and
permit the case to proceed to the sad
chapter on the finding of the child's
mutilated body
United States Senator w. Warren
Barbour of New Jersey arrived half
hour before court convened to find
most of the seats. taken. However. a
court attendant found places for he
and Mrs. Barbour in the second row.
Barbours Given
Chairs Near Defense Table.
Barbour said they planned to stay
only few hours. Deputies and
State troopers on duty did not recog-
nize Barbour and were going to re-
fuse him and Mrs. Barbour place.
When he identified himself however
apologies were forthcoming and the
Barbours we're given chairs near the
defense table.
Photographers soon discovered his
presence and the first flash bulbs of
the day bloomed in bright spots of
was taken.
Senator Barbour succeeded the late
Dwight w. Morrow. the father of
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, in the
United States Senate only, few
months before the kidnapping oc-
Cured New Jersey subsequently
elected Barbour to full term after
the Morrow vacancy term expired in
1888
Justice Thomas W. Trenchard.
followed by his colored chauffeur, en-
tered court bare minute before
Hauptman was led in. A barrage Of
fashlight camera shots greeted the
defendant and he blinked nervously
at the bright glare.
The jury came into the court room
five minutes before court convened.
Court opened at 9:59 am.
Col Lindbereh Arrived
After Court Was in Session.
Col Lindbergh did not arrive until
after the court had been called to
order and the jury had been polled.
Col Henry Breckenridge. his friend
and legal adviser. was with him.
Harry E. Cassidy. handwriting eX-
pert of Richmond. Va, was called to
the stand.
Frederick A Pope of the defense
counsel opened with a motion
Il desire to move to strike out the
testimony of yesterdays last witness
the man who made baby thumb
guards.
He said that the thumbguard he
examined was of mono-metal and
that he was the manufacturer of it.
Il submit that the witness is not
qualified. He is not an expert of
any kind.
"All he knew about the quality of
the metal is that which he learned by
wearing ring made from it,
rs this motion opposed?" asked
Justice Trenchard
'Of course we oppose it, said At
torney General David T. Wilentz
The motion is denied" the justice
then ruled and Assistant Attorney
Joseph Lanigan began the direct eX-
animation of Cassidy
@. Where do you reside?
A. In Highland Park. just outside
of Richmond. Va.
@. Your profession?
A. Document examiner for the
Chesapeake g. Ohio Railroad.
Believes Ransom Notes
Were Written by Same Person.
The witness talking with a broad
Southern drawl, said he had testified
in Virginia, North Carolina. South
Carolina, West Virginia and Kentucky.
After his qualifications were con-
ceded by the court, the witness quickly
related how he had examined both the
ransom and the Hauptmann writings
with view to comparing them
His examination, he said. convinced
him that all the IA ransom notes were
written by the one person.
The same person who wrote the re-
quest writings and the standard writ
ings wrote those ransom notes." Cas-
sidy declared
O. Who wrote those ransom notes?
A. If Mr. Hauptmann wrote the
standard writings, he also wrote the
ransom notes.
The Virginian threw both elbows
over the top corners of his chair and
appeared thoroughly at his ease.
He began explanation of his find
ings and enumerated errors in SPELL
ing.
Sound should be spelled
's-o-u-n-d' but was 's-o-n-d, he
spelled.
Anything was spelled ANY
ding I'm inclined to attribute
this to the German influence
All the notes. Cassidy said were
written by the same person.
He said that in both specimens,
"our," was spelled both correctly and
incorrectly.
The Virginian got several real
chuckles out of the crowd. His ac-
cent was strange to this corrt.
As he read from small chart he
made notations opposite the speci-
mems.
He had listed on this chart all the
words he and the other State experts
thought might link Hauptmann to the
ransom writings.
Cassidy pointed to other misspell-
ings on the first Photographic chart.
He said the use of "the" for they"
occurred twice in the ransom notes
and seven times IN the 1auptnndln
writings. The misspelled word bee"
for be" was also cited.
Ransom Notes and
Hauptmann Writings Same.
II want to be conscientious, drawled
the Virginian, but don't want to be
mealymouth. This case is too impor-
tant. but I wouldn't hesitate to say
that the ransom notes and the Haupt-
mann writings were done by the same
person"
The authority spoke briefly on the
defense contention that some one may
have initiated Hauptmann's writing in
penning the ransom notes.
THE possibility is so improbable as
to be absolutely negligible. That's my
honest opinion" he said.
C. Lloyd Fisher, associate defense
counsel. took the witness for cross
examination.
@. Did you see any of the request