The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-07
Friend or Fisch
 Takes The Stand
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ness enterprises, the defense
 showed.
 Mrs Augusta lille. Inother-in-iaW
 of the attractive Mrs Gerta Henkei'
 who testified in Hauptmann's be-
 half yestreday, told the court Fiscn
 borrowed s4,35O from her ana never paid it back --- not a cent ol it."
 The evidence was used to sup.
 port Hauptmann's assertion una he. too, lent Fisch consloeraple money, and that Fisch owed mn,
 s7,5OO when he left the Ohlle" states on the visit to Leipzig.
 Bruno Richard Hauptmann's de- fense fought bitterly to-day to es- tablish a theory that their client was "framed'' and that board from which the Lindbergh kidnap ladder was constructed did not come from his attic, as the state contends.
 Through Dr Erasmus Hudson, nhysician and finger print expert the defense set forth that theIe was onIy one nail hole in the lad- der section, and not four as the prosecution has declared.
 The matter of the nail holes was imr,ortant. because Arthur Koch Ter. the states wood expert, said ba had matched four of them orainst holes ill an attic beam, and that nails fitted in them perfect 1 ly. , ,,,, nnyi6 " Wl- lentz biting cross-e s-eXamlnatlon, and he left the stand at 11:3o a.. m.. still insisting he saw only one mai, hole in the section when he examined it in March of 1932.
 A heated debate over finger prints brought out the fact that pr Hudson found "5O0 prints" on the ladder through his silver nitrate process. although the state experts had been unable to find any at all at the beginning of it's tests.
 The government insists that FIauptmann wore gloves when Ee committed the Kidnapping.
 A five minute recess was or dered and Dr Hudson was ex- cused.
 Under a stiff cross-examination bv Attorney General David T. Wi ientz, Dr Hudson also admitted, with some hesitation, that he made no note" of the nail holes In "rail IS" of the ladder at the time | he examined the instrument With which the state contends the kid- naping was accomplished.
 He did, however, insist that. to the best of his recollection, there was only one nail hole in the sec | tton which the prosecution has | sought to prove was made from a board taken from Hauptmann attic.
 The state had demonstrated, through its wood expert, Arthur lKoehler, that there were four nail holes, corresponding exactly to holes in the attic beam from which the board was allegediy wrenched. | Wilentz was unable to break down the witness story that he saw only one nail hole, but he forced from him the admission that he made no official report and took no note of that circumstance. l Wilentz and Hauptmann's wit ness duelled over the "500 finger prints" pr Hudson said were shown | upon the ladder by his silver ni- | trate process. :. | The expert was forced to admit |that if many persons handled the ladder, any fingerprints previously made by Hauptmann might have l been obliterated.
 1 The attorney general had the witness draw a circle around the | one nail hole he says he saw in the ladder section when he first exam ined it.
 Before pr Hudson was turned over for redirect examination. he was forced to admit that the "dusting process" used in the Lind- bergh nursery and on the ladder Immediately after the Kidnapping was more reliable than the silver nitrate process.
 State experts had testified that no fingerprints were found any where in the Lindbergh baby's room, and that the ladder itself was devoid of prints. The claim was set up that the kidnaper wore gloves.
 With it's ace fingerprint expert off the stand. the defense began it's attack on the credibility of wit nesses who said they saw Bruno Hauptmann near the Lindbergh es- tate at the time of the Kidnapping.
 The Character and general re- putation for truthfulness" of Mill lard Whited, who testified he saw Hauptmann on two occasions in February 1892, were assailed by William Whitehead, a neighbor. who testified that Whited's reputa- ton was mot of the best" Wilentz asked only one question on cross ss-examination. It was:
 "Were you ever in jail"
 The answer was "Yes."
 George E. J. Lenz. another Hope we'll neighbor. said he had known Whited for 20 years and that his reputation for truthfulness was not good. Thereupon the attorney gen. cral showed that he and Whited bad had a feud over some lumber which resulted in a long stand ing grudge.
 Pennington, N. J.. Feb 7-(UPl Gross examination of Dr F. M. Hudson, defense fingerprint expert, was started by Attorney General David T. Wilentz when the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the murder of Che Lindbergh baby was resumed today.
 Before the attorney general be- gan his cross- examination. Defense Attorney Frederick Pope intro-