Evening star., 1935-01-14
Osborn Repeats Belief Notes
We're Written by Hauptmann
Handwriting Expert Upholds Claim of
Similarity Under Cross-E1omina'
tiot, BY Defense Counsel.
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blankets, vacuum jugs Of coffee and
box lunches.
Although it lacked 10 minutes OF
court time, Osborn, chuckling over
remarks made by news photographers.
went directly to the witness stand as
soon as he arrived and directed the
hanging Of the handwriting charts
showing the similarity between Haupt-
nnann's and the ransom writings.
Photographers divided their atten-
ton between Osborn and Hauptmann,
who talked briefly with his chief
counsel, Reilly.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh entered
court and took his seat behind the
States table just before Justice
Thomas w. Trenchard mounted the
bench.
Osborn Begins
Expert Testimony.
"Mr. Osborn. have you had an op-
portunity to make count of the "i''
dots, the 1T" crossings?" asked AS
sistant Attorney General Joseph A.
Lanigan. opening the examination.
II have"
@. Will you report your result?
A. Yes I have found in the writ
ing LOG small lis" of them were
dotted: of "a "you's" only had the
beginning part of the ~"
@. And about the st" crossings?
A. There were 1876 "t's'' that would
REQUIRE crossing-I didn't count the
German kind that don't require
crossing.
Q. And of these 1876 "t's" how
many were crossed?
A. Four.
@. Are your findings based on
graphology?
A. My opinion in this case is not
based on the principles of graphology.
Associate Defense Counsel C. Lloyd
Fisher objected, but Justice Trench
ard overruled it.
I'll let it stand"
@. Explain briefly what graphology
A. Graphology is to determine
character from handwriting, as dis
tinguished from the work Of hand
writing authorities who study writing
to determine whether it is genuine or
identical, or not
In one case it is question of
genuineness or identity, in the other
it is question of deciding character.
Hauptmann Again
Caller Writer.
@. Have you ever been opposed in
your cases by graphologist?
A. Not by any one who testified as
q graphologist.
Lanigan then asked if the expert
had reached conclusion from study
ing the ransom notes and comparing
them with samples of Hauptmann' S
handwriting Osborn said he had.
@. Can you say who wrote them
(the ransom notes.?
A. In my opinion Bruno Richard
Hauptmann.
Osborn said the evidence pointing
to the Bronx alien as the ransom
writer was Irresistible, manswerable
and overwhelming
Take the Witness" said Lanigan.
Reilly began cross examination
apologizing for cold.
@. These handwritings are entirely
different are they not? -
CHe showed the expert two ransom
notes)
A. You used the word entirely: I
would say somewhat.
@. Somewhat different are they not?
A. Yes.
Q. Is the 'i' that I'm pointing to in
chart II from the nursery note?
A. That's not from the nursery note.
Reilly was grave. He assumed an
unusual seriousness as he hoarsely
questioned the expert.
@. The books for the jury, the lit
tie books you brought to me all have
the same figures you have on these
charts?
A. Yes.
@. Nothing on the chart that Is not
on the nursery note?
A. Well, there might be.
@. Does the IS" of the nursery notes
appear on your charts?
A. No.
Reilly Brings Out
Chart Omission.
Q. You don't have the h, the capi-
tai h, of the nursery notes on this
chart, do you?
A. No.
@. Do you have the figures 50,0O0
as they appeared on the nursery notes?
A. No.
@. Do you have the capital a that
appeared in the nursery notes?
A. No.
After calling his attention to
numerous letters in the ransom note
left in the nursery, asking if he had
included them on his charts, and in
most instances getting negative an
swers, Reilly changed the angle of
his attack.
@. How many other peoples hand
writing did you examine besides that
OF Bruno Richard Hauptmann?
A. Over a hundred. Most of them
were brought to me by the State Police
of New Jersey, a few by the United
States Investigating Bureau.
@. Did you examine the handwrit-
ing Of 1sador Fisch?
A. Yes.
@. hand you a card and ask you
II that is the handwriting of Isador
Fisch?
A. I can't say. It seems to re-
semble 1t.
Osborn studied the card for a few
minutes and added, my recollection
Is that 1t does"
Demands Access
To Fisch Writings.
Reilly then directed him to com.
pare the "Y" and certain other let
tiers in the nursery ransom note with
letters in the alleged Fisch-writter
card.
There is a general resemblance
but the writing is very different. They
are not sufficiently alike that woulc
say they were by the same writer,
Osborn said.
Reilly then demanded that the de-
fense have access to the samples O
Fisch's writing on which the witness
made the comparison with the ran
som notes.
Reilly had no sooner asked th'
disnosition of some of the State eX