, 1935-01-16

The court rocked with laughter.
Cassidy was excused without re-
direct.
Wilmer Souder, q member OF the
Federal Bureau Of Standards. De-
partment of Commerce, at Washing
ton. was then called.
He said that for nine years he had
served hts bureau in the capacity Of
document examiner.
Lanigan was questioning him.
He identified all the ransom notes.
@. You've examined all OF them?
A. Yes STR.
@. When did you examine them?
A. First IN April. 1882. and then
again In December. 1882.
q. 7 show YOU the genuine writ
ing Of Hauptmann, the autcmo-
bile license. Have you examined
them7
"A. Yes. 7 have.
@. AS a result OF your examina-
ton on these three sets OF docu-
ments; the request writings. the L.
ccnses. and the ransom notes, what
Is your conclusion?
A. The same person wrote all
three sets.
Names Hauptmann
III Mr.. Hauptmann wrote the re-
quest writings and the admitted
writings" the mild hammered fed
eral expert said. he also wrote the
ransom documents"
Charts were passed among the
jurors.
Crisply, Souders finished up with
the first chart. giving a short dis
cuSsion on each Of the peculiarities
and characteristics which led him
TO link Hauptmann TO the ransom
note writer.
Hauptmann looked duly at the
witness. Another chart was produc-
cd.
Copies we're passed among the jur-
ors.
This Is prepared like the pre-
cedinr chart" he explained.
He took the words 'm-o-n-y,"
"h-t-e," and those that had been re-
viewed previously BY other experts.
@. That completes the charts,
doctor.
A. Yes.
take the witness" said LeniRan.
Frederick A. Pope started the cross
examination.
q. In making the examination
OF the so-called ransom notes. the
standard writing and the request
writing, you found various discrep~
ancies7
A. I found no discrepancies that
were not overcome by positive iden-
LITIGATION.
Pope again asked II he found any
discrepancy in the letters Of the
ransom writing.
Or. Souder defined discrepancy as
absolute and positive differences
which cannot be reconciled."
Il found none" he declared with
conviction.
Intellectually Pope went over the
government experts charts, point
ing out letters and repeatedly urg-
ing the witness 10 admit there was
a marked difference" between some
OF the characters.
Souder, who refused to be hurried
In hts answers, said some difftNsnces
apparent. but added the diff
ferences were not marked because
II they were. the letters would be ir-
reconcilable. which was not the case
in his opinion.
Pope brought out that the charac-
ters on the experts chart were pick
ed for their similarity. and that fire.
quently other forms Of the same
letter appearing In both writings
were passed over In the search for a
matching form.
He made much Of this in his uues-
tons.
Dr. Souder. however. took occns-
ion again to state. there was no
discrepancy which indicated q diff
ierent writer In all these docu-
ments."
Q. Has anything been brought 70
your attention by opposing counsel
which IN any way changes your
opinion on writer OF these dccu-
mcntsq
A. No.
Souder was then excused.
Another Called
Albert ID. Osborn, OF New York
and Montclair. vas the next hand
writing expert to take the stand.
lie h the son OF Albert q. Osborn.
first OF the battery or experts used
BY the state 10 connect Hauptmann
with the ransom nOtns.