The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-07

| iduced charts prepared by Dr Hud- son when he was studying the kidnap ladder.
 Wilentz drew from Hudson the admission he had made a mistake in his testimony of yesterday when he said some charts of the ladder showed that one board in 1t con- tained a knot hole and two natl holes.
 I've were talking pretty fast" Hudson said, land l guess that ac- counts for it." o. You read your testimony during the night, didn't you? A. l No sir.
 O. You talked it over with somebody? A. No sir, did not.
 o. Now Is there any reference in these charts to nail holes in rail 16q A. No sir. Q. Medicine is your profession and fingerprinting is only a hobby, isn't it? A. Yes. Hudson said, after refectins OH the matter. that there was only ore l nail hole in Trail 16" of the lad der. That is the board which the state contends was taken from Hauptmann's attic. Q. Do you recall how many nail holes there were in all the rails? ? A. There was only one. c. Were theer others? A. There were round nail holes where the rungs were attached. Wilentz stood before the jury. hold up the kidnap ladder. Hauptmann turned to see the ladder the state charges he used in the crime.
 Q. Will you say there were no other nail holes in that ladder when you examined it? A. To the best of my knowledge there were no others.
 Q. Did you make note of that at the time?
 The witness hesitated. Wilentz repeated the question four times. Please answer the question: ' the court said. A. I did not. Pope protested that Wilentz was "scolding."
 Judge Trenohard said he consid- cred the questions proper, and cross examination proceeded. Wilentz picked up each section of the ladder up and pointed to the nall holes in each. Q. Will you say this hole was not there when you examined it? A. It was not there. O. Are you sure? A. Yes. Wilentz was trying to prove that Hudson had only a vague reco)- lection of how many nail holes were in the ladder. The defense was attempting to show that the ladder had been talk CT to pieces and put back together so many times that another board could have been built into it probably the board from Haupt- mann's attic.
 o. How many nail holes were there when you examined it? A. There was one I remember.
 Q. So far as these six rails are concerned there was only one me the opportunity I'll tell you why.
 c. You'll have plenty of oppor- tunity. By the way do the New 1 York police use your process? A. I don't know.
 Q. Actually when you came down to Hopewell you found off cials did not know your process (the silver nitrate method of talk ing fingerprints) didn't you? A. They were glad to know about 1t
 Q. Please answer the question did they know about your process A. No.
 Q. So far as you know. no police department in the country l fIcfnO ifp A. Not to my knowledge. | Wilentz showed the witness 8 photograph of a piece of wood.
 O. Is there any evidence that this wood has been treated with your process? A. There is nc evidence from the photograph.
 c. By the way, doctor, are you writing a book? A. No.
 The photograph of the wood was Q picture of part of rail 16, Wilentz explained. That was the rail in which the doctor found the nail hole.
 Q. If United States government reports showed that four nail holes were found in rail 16 in March and April, 1892, would you say that you were mistaken in your testi- mony yesterday? A. Yes.
 Q. You found saw cuts in the rail--cuts in addition to the ones made in the construction of the ladder? A. What I would call saw cuts. yes. o. Now. doctor is the word ''saw cut" in your notes? The New York physician hesi tated. The bench pressed for an answer.
 A. Yes, 1t is there. Wilentz showed Hudson photo graph of the kidnap ladder and asked him whether 1t showed evil dence of discoloration as if it had been treated with silver nitrate. Hudson said 1t did. c. Suppose the ladder was kept in an attic near a leaky pipe, would those be normal conditions ? A. There probably would not be enough moisture to change the con- ditions.
 c. Suppose the ladder was on the wet ground in the Sourland mountains from about 9:15 until o'clock, would those be normal conditions so far as the preserva- ton of fingerprints is concerned ? A. The part in contact with the ground would have no fingerprints left on 1t.
 o. If the ladder was on soft, wet ] ground in the mist and rain from