The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-11

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oted, he said, "seven or eight"
He called attention to the
repeated use of the word
"singnature" for signature
and "ingnore" for ignore.
Before the handwriting expert,
key witness in the prosecutions
case, was called to testify, the court
had received for identification the
bundle of s14,60O in ransom bills
that was dug from hiding places in
Hauptmann's garage in the Bronx.
Frank j. Wilson, internal Revenue
Intelligence Officer identified the
money and told of the Governments
tracing other ransom bills from
shops and other sources in New
York
The most striking testimony he
offered was that since Hauptmann's
arrest, no further ransom money has
been recovered. But he qualified the
statement, under cross-examination
by saying that he could not check
every place in the world to de-
termine the truth of his belief.
Schwarzkopf on Stand
The defense explored deeply the
facts surrounding deposit of
nearly $4,000 in ransom bills in the
ell in
signed j. j. Faulkner" which was
not in Hauptmann' handwriting,
but the state countered with the
suggestion that it was possible for
any person to sign fictitious name
to such a deposit slip.
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf,
head of the New Jersey State Police,
testified briefly to specimens of
Hauptmann's handwriting, immedi-
ately before Mr.. Osborn was called
to the stand
Mr. Osborn dwelt in detail upon
the similarity of the symbols at the
bottom of each ransom note, de-
claring that they could not have
been made from description,
since they we're mechanically iden-
tical, and the three pin holes" in
each were not "perforations" but
"pnched by some crude mechanical
device
Hold them up to the light to-
gether. and you can see through the
punches-they are identical" he
says.
Devoted Life to Study
Court recessed for lunch while
Mr.. Osborn was telling his engross-
ing story
Mr.. Osborn, elderly, scholarly, and
a man who had devoted his entire
career to a study of handwriting.
was regarded as one Of the states
most important witnesses.
Direct examination was conducted
by Joseph Lanigan, special assistant
attorney general Mr.. Osborn is
slightly deaf and the questions we're
shouted at him.
Q-What is your profession? Al
am an examiner of disputed hand
writing.
He said he had operated in 80
states, Canada, had been in busi-
ness for more than 30 years.
He said he had written the books.
Questioned Documents" and the
Problem of Proof"
HOnOred by Reilly
Q-Have you testified il homicide
cases in New Jersey? Ayes.
Attorney Edward j. Reilly de-
clined to oss-eXamine the witness
for his qualification, saying:
The defense is willing to admit
the witness studied all Of these writ
ings if he said he did"
Mr.. Osborn asked the court if ne
could use mechanical device to
improve his hearing. Judge Thomas
w. Trenchard gave permission.
Q-When did you first see the
ransom notes? AIN May, 1882.
Odd you photograph them?
Al did.
Q-Have you made further exam
nations? Ayes, and Of their pho
tographs during the past two and
half years.
Q-Tell us of the work Al ex-
amined the handwriting of more
than 100 persons suspected of being
the writer's.
Q-And did you reach a conclu-
sion -? Ayes, that the writer had
not been found.
Odd you examine the disputed
notes and Bruno Hauptmanns writ
ing? Ayes.
Q-What opinion have you
reached? Any conclusion is that
all the ransom notes we're written
by the writer of certain papers
signed Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
Hauptmann sat staring at the
witness. His face had Just a touch
Of color in it.
Mr.. Osborn vent on TO say how
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