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The Washington times., 1935-02-09
To Jury Tuesday

;;ummations are expected to
start on Monday. BY late Tues
day the case should be in the
hands of the jury.
Perjury indictments are to be
sought against five Or six wit
neSses who have testified at the
trial, according to Anthony M.
Hauck, jr., of Hunterdon county,
member of the prosecution
staff. He said the county grand
jury will be called into session
within two days after the Haupt-
mann trial is completed with a
view of considering evidence
upon which to base the indict-
ments.
Mr.. Koehler was handed two
other boards which Mr.. de Bliss
chop claimed matched, and he
said:
"These pieces of board are
not alike in any respect"
(Wilentz)-One of the ex-
perts showed the jury a sprig of
something he called yellow North
Carolina pine. Was it? A.-No.
It was white pine,
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
ASsdiLS Defense

Mr.. Wilentz handed Mr.. Koch
Ter this piece of wood. The ex-
pert studied it and admitted the
plane marks varied, but added:
"All Of the plane marks are
Identical to marks found in the
wood of the kidnap ladder"
Mr.. Koehler, in his cold, I'M
emotional way, went to work,
hammer and tongs, on the testi-
money Of Charles de Bisschop, of
Waterbury, Conn.,, the lumberman
who testified for the defense.
Mr.. de Bisschop had said rail
IS" and the attic board were
never part of the same piece of
wood.
He had Illustrated how one piece
of board may match another by
bringing to court two different
pieces of board which matched al
most exactly. He said he had
taken one piece from a building
At years old and another from q
new building. Mr.. BiSSchop swore
they were not pieces of the same
board.
\ Mr.. Wilentz handed Mr.. Koch.
Ter these two pieces and asked
him what he thought of them.
Mr.. Koehler emphatically clipped
out:
These two pieces were sawed
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
KOehLer Recalled

Mr.. Fisher wanted to know just
how the police got the nails out
of the board. Mr.. Bornmann told
how the nails we're removed with
pliers after they had been par
TALLY knocked out of the board.
He said care was taken to keep
the nails traight. This was done,
he said, on September 26, 1884.
That's ALL" said Mr.. Fisher,
and Mr.. Bornmann was excused
When Mr.. Bornmann stepped
from the stand Attorney General
Wilentz recalled Arthur w. Koch
1er, of Madison, Wis, noted wood
expert of the United States Fores'
try Service.
Mr.. Koehler was asked by Mr..
Wilentz to. defend his amazing
scientific detective story" told
earlier in the trial, by which he
linked Hauptmann to the building
OF the kidnap ladder.
He said he did this largely
through tracing similarity of
"plane marks" on boards in
Hauptmann's attic and wood in
the ladder. They were identical,
he earlier said, and (plane marks
are unavailable like fingerprints.
A defense witness earlier this
week used Hauptmann'S own
plane on a piece of wood to
demonstrate that plane marks
do vary according to pressure put
on the plane,
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
Says Holes Match

Q.-Do these holes exactly
match the nail holes in the joists
in the attic of Hauptmann's
home? Ayes.
Mr.. Wilentz said:
"Take the witness.
Defense Attorney Pope, a me-
dium-height, plump man who
speaks with clear, precise man
ner, cross-examined Mr.. Koehler.
Q-Pope) Different workmen
handle planes differently, do
they not? A.-Not a long plane
like the one in this case.
Q.-You're not a carpenter?
A.-Not a carpenter by trade.
Gas far as mill work goes
then, your knowledge comes from
observation and study, not ex.
perience? Ayes.
Mr.. Pope and Mr.. Koehler got
into an argument about how
many times the inch is subdi-
vided on a "veuer" caliper. 1t
was all rather puzzling to the
spectators. A caliper is an instru.
ment used for making the most
infinitesimal measurements.
The attention of the Jurors
roved as Mr.. Pope and Mr.,
The Washington times., 1935-02-09

inch and a half or twO-inch
thickness by three or four inch
width by even a jackleg car
penter.
"Why was it necessary to use
a hand plane to further weaken
the strength of this already
fraiI ladder, especially since
there was no evidence of effort
to create uniformity of size or
art in craftsmanship?
"WiIl the total length of rail
in question in the floor board
taken from attic exactly fit the
vacant space from which it is
alleged they were taken.
KNIVES CHANGED AFTER
"Any practical lumber me-
chanic will testify that cylinder
knives from a planning mill
dressing common grades with
knot defects are changed every
few days. Therefore, how could
KOhler, the States wood expert,
locate a dull planning knife sew
eral months after dressing.
you may telephone me at
home If necessary"
Mr.. Loney said he had not re
ceived any communication from
the defense counsel since sending
the telegram, but said he was pre-
pared to make the Flemingtor
trip if called upon.
When Mr.. Loney's name was
elected into the trial news yester
day, by Mr.. Reilly, who is reported
to have said that he was unable
to obtain the services of Mr.. Loney
because Secretary of Interior Har
old L. IckeS would not permit the
man to testify, Mr.. Ickes retorted
eff Mr.. Reilly said that he Is
a liar"
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
Capacity CrOWd

The first Saturday session of
the trial drew capacity audi
ence today. Moderation of the
weather caused a larger throng
than usual to converge on the
court house.
All the seats were taken when
the doors were opened at 9 am.
At $50 a. M, the guards
brought Hauptmann into the
court room. He wore a dark gray
suit, green shirt and dark blue
tie
Hauptmann and two of his
lawyers, Mr.. Reilly and Egbert
Rosecrans, went into huddle.
Mr.. Reilly showed the defendant
typewriter letter and Haupt.
mann read it carefully.
Court was called to order
promptly at 10 a. m.
Hauptmann is maintaining his
ttitude of cool unconcern,
amounting almost to icy indiffer,
ence, as his trial draws to q close.
His demeanor probably will not
change one iota up to the very
point when the jury will be asked
amid a dramatic hush:
Ladies and gentlemen of the
jury: Have you reached a
verdict?"
And even then Hauptmann is
certain to hold his nerve, in the
opinion of those who have been
observing him in the court room
for weeks.
Hauptmann isn't going to
break" He isn't going to get
fidgety or nervous. Innocent or
guilty he is going through with
this trial to the end with that
same strange, detached calm that
has characterized his attitude
since his arrest. At least that is
the belief of the reporters who
have been watching his every
move throughout the trial.
Mrs. Anna Hauptmann, the de.
PENDANTS wife, is showing more
signs of the strain of the trial
than her husband. OF late she
has smiled less, her face has taken
on a drawn, worried look and
there is constant, far-away ex.
preston in har ewes
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
Boards Measured

Mr.. Pope handed Mr.. Koehler
one of the boards and also a
caliper and asked the witness to
lock the caliper on the exhibit.
While Mr.. Koehler was fumbling
with the instrument, Mr.. Pope
took it and did the job himself,
ignoring Mr.. Wilentz's shout:
"Let the witness do it himself"
Then Mr.. Koehler was handed
the other board and the caliper
was adjusted to it. Mr.. Koehler
said one board was slightly thick.
er than the other.
Mr.. Pope said suddenly:
"Ah, the measurement diff.
fers by 3-64ths Of an inch!"
Everybody remained quit
calm.
Mr.. Pope kept passing the two
boards back and forth to Mr..
Koehler and getting minute
measurements. They were the
two boards which Mr.. de Bisschop
had matched and which Mr..
Koehler earlier today said were
of the same thickness.
Mr.. Pope introduced the caliper
as evidence. There was no OBJ
lection from the State.
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
Is Ready
For Call by Reilly

Arch w. Loney, PWA official
and wood expert, may testify as
a rebuttal witness for the Haupt-
man defense, he indicated to
newspaper men at his office to-
day. Yesterday he said he would
not testify because he had not
been given an opportunity to ex-
anime the kidnap ladder.
Asked today if he might make
a trip to Pennington over the
weekend to examine the ladder,
he said che didn't know" He
added:
eff Mr.. Reilly wants me
next week 1 will CO."
Mr.. Loney today made public
his telegram to the defense at
torney late yesterday in which
he pointed out many "loopholes"
in the testimony of the States
wood experts. The telegram fol
lows:
"The States wood expert has
been allowed about two years
to study and report his findings
as to the ladder. The time now
allowed me is not equally fair
to make an intelligent inveSti-
CATION.
LADDER DISMANTLED
"The fact of the ladder being
dismantled and a certain rail
taken to Hauptmann's attic
by q State Investigator and
matched as to grain and wood
texture instead Of Photographic
comparisons, thereby leaving
ladder intact, opens room for
investigation for a combined
lumberman and human analyst.
"The side rails of q wood
ladder without metal braclng
would be made from either
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
Counsel ANNOYED

Attorneys for the State were
annoyed over Mr.. Pope's lengthy
examination of their wood expert,
as it had completely upset their
plans. The prosecution had ex-
pected to finish with their rebuff
tai witnesses shortly after noon.
But. during the recess, they frank
ly admitted much more time
would be required to finish.
1t was noted that while Mr..
Pope was questioning Mr. Koehler,
Chief Defense Counsel Reilly kept
pushing out notes containing more
questions. Meanwhile, Mrs. Dwight
Morrow was waiting to be called
to the stand.
Leo Singer. of the Bronx, a
thin. gray-haired man, came next
to the stand. He was asked if he
knew Louis Kiss. He said he did.
Mr.. Kiss has testified he was
peddling some rum to Mr.. Singer
on the night of March l, 1882,
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
Prisoner Cold

The emotion Hauptmann has
shown on two occasions during
the trial was neither time due to
fear. The first time it was in
dignation when he cried out:
stop your lying!" when the
boyish-looking Tommy Sisk, Fed
eral agent, was testifying for the
State. And the second time it was
emotion produced by old memoir
les. His wife, anna, was on the
stand telling of a talk she had
with his elderly mother during a
visit to Germany.
On this occasion tears came
into Hauptmann'S eyes.
Except for these two instances,
Hauptmann has been one of the
coolest, most inscrutable and emo
tionless prisoners ever to come to
The Washington times., 1935-02-09

Mr.. Koehler said he was con.
WINGED the two boards were once
one board because the groove is
identically in the same place."
He went before the jury and
showed the corresponding beads
in the two boards. He told the
jurors:
"Other reasons are that the
backs of two boards are rough.
You can see one has been
SmOOthed lately. One piece
they say was washed, was really
planed. Both these boards have
black spots on them. 1t looks
like the same type of tar. The
grain on the ends of the two
boards match.
TN order to get the grain to
match illustrating for the ben
eft Of the jurOrs) you have to
hold the boards little distance
apart. Then you will readily
see that the grain matches"
RULE FOR ADDS TO NEW Lead
BRUNO
The Washington times., 1935-02-09

} the corner, he had no thought OF
anything being wrong.
He purchased a paper and was
scanning the headlines, when he
noticed a boy standing on the
corner crying. Walking up to him.
he inquired:
"What is the matter?"
The boy replied:
II want to go home"
Mr.. NAPLES asked him his name
and where he lived. The boy said
he was Walter Ross and that he
lived on Shelton Street. When
asked why he was miles from his
home, the boy said he and his
brother, Charley, had gone for a
ride with two men. They had
given the boys candy, and had re-
fused to let them out of the
wagon.
Mr.. NAPLES took the boy to a
policeman, and there the boy re-
lated his story.
It was the first linking of one
of the greatest kidnapping cases
in history.
Aided Search
Mr.. NAPLES, having seen the
two men, was called upon by po-
lice and detectives to help trail
the criminals.
The futile trail led them to the
Shachmaxon ferry, and from there
to Cooper's Point, Camden. Then
traces of the two men and the boy
were lost in a small suburb.
Never giving up hope, the boys
father continued his search for
his son.
Some time later, two men were
wounded during robbery on
Long Island and from the de-
scription of the two men by Mr..
NAPLES, police thought at least
they haG found a solution for
the crime.
But when questioned by police,
one of the men gasped:
Charley Ross is"
ana Cnen ne QleQ WITHOUT III
ishing the sentence.
Saw Photographs
Mr.. NAPLES identified photo.
graphs of the two men as being
the two he had seen with the
wagon containing the two boys
on that eventful July day.
Since that time many claims
have been laid to the name of
Charley Ross, but all have proven
nothing more than some one in
terested in getting his name in
the paper, or some one wishing
to lay claim to the supposed for,
tune that awaited the missing
son, but which had been spent in
a futile attempt to locate the
boy.
The Washington times., 1935-02-09

Mr.. Singer was asked if Mr.. Kiss
had been at his home on March /,
1882, and the witness emphatically
declared:
Positively no."
The witness said Mr.. Kiss had
been in his home only once and
that was late in March, 1882.
Defense Attorney Reilly, cross
examining Mr.. Singer, said he sup
posed the witness could remember
every person who had called to
see him in March, 1882. The wit
ness quickly asserted he could not.
Q.-Didn't you come down here
at the inStigation of certain New
York columnist? A.-No.
Didn't that columnist prom
Use your daughter theatrical en-.
gagement? A-no, he did not.
Mr.. Singer was excused.
Mr.. Singer was followed by Mrs.
Ottilia Hoerber, a gentle-looking,
elderly woman in black.
Mr.. Wilentz handed her a piece
of paper and asked if she had
signed it. Yes, she said, she had
signed it "a receipt and given it
to 1Sador FiSch, the dead furrier
who Hauptmann claims gave him
the Lindbergh ransom bills in a
shoe box.
"When did you give the
receipt to Mr.. FiSch?"
"On the night of April 2,
1882, (the night the ransom
was paid in mine house."
Q.-HoW long did Mr.. Fisch
stay at your house? A.-Until
$50, maybe 10.
That's ALL" said Wilentz,
after Offering the paper in evil
dence.
Cross-examining Mrs. Hoerber,
Mr.. Reilly forced her to admit
she had been staying at Tren-
ton. That is where the States
headquarters are located.
She admitted talking about
what she testified today with
some people in a Trenton hotel
last night.
Mr.. Reilly tried to attack the
credibility of the 61-year-old WON.
an, who obviously was puzzled by
questions. She smiled constantly
and seemed pleased when she was
excused.
Ernest Miller, of Closter, N. j.,
a pottery maker, then was called
to the stand and testified concern.
ing his acquaintance with Violet
Sharpe, maid in the Morrow
home.
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
Witness Vague

Mr.. Koehler contradicted HIM
self once and showed some vague
ness as to the comparative units
of measurement on different
calipers.
Mr.. Pope finally forced the
admission that Mr.. Koehler had
not actually made relative measu-
ments of the plane markings
on the ladder and markings of
other planes.
Odd you ever try to take
an accurate measurement of O
tool marking like this before?
Ayes.
The calm but impacabe Mr..
Pope was obviously making it un.
comfortable for Mr.. Koehler, who
was prespiring slightly so that
his bald head glistened.
Mr.. Pope asked Mr.. Koehler if
it were not a fact he had intro
duced the tool markings as solid
bodies" and Mr.. Koehler disputed
The Washington times., 1935-02-09

contained the identical pattern
Mr.. Pope said:
"But it is only your opinion
about the blOck-yOu never
saw it?"
Eyes, I never saw it,"
Mr.. Wilentz cut in on the
cross-examination, saying Mr.
Pope was repeating his questions
and declaring:
That's why we are taking so
much time"
Justice Trenchard agreed that
Mr.. Koehler had answered some
Of the questions before.
On redirect examination, Mr..
Wilentz asked only one question:
HAS anything happened dur
ing this rosS-examinatiOn to-
day to cause you to change
your opinion that the board
found in the Hauptmann attic
and the board in the ladder
are the same?"
mo"
Mr.. Koehler then was excused.
A brief recess then was taken,
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
Jury Gets Boards

The caliper and the two boards
were passed to the jury. All Of
the men jurors, and especially
Liscom C. Case, the carpenter.
made the measurements them
selves. The woman jurors smiled
as they gave the caliper a quick
look and passed it on.
Handing Mr.. Koehler one of the
boards, Mr.. Pope asked the witness
if a certain nail hole was driven
into the board last night. Mr..
Koehler said he could not say.
Mr.. Pope was in good humor.
When Mr.. Wilentz wanted to know
who had placed a certain marking
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
Identifies Nails
Eight. -

Slight"
Mr.. Bornmann identified the
nails.
Q.-1s one of the nails Of a
Square-cut design? Ayes.
"That'S ALL" said Mr.. Wilentz.
One of the nail holes in rail
IS" of the kidnap ladder was of
the square-cut design.
Mr.. Bornmann was cross-exam-
ined by Defense Attorney Lloyd
Fisher.
You say these are the nails
(handing the witness some nails)
that were in the Hauptmann
attic? A.-The nails that were
in that package came out of that
board in Hauptmann's attic.
Mr.. Wilentz objected when Mr..
Fisher tried to make Mr.. Born
mann say whether this nail or
that nail was in the package.
The Washington times., 1935-02-09

mains an unsolved mystery. It
caused the death of the child's
mother, from a broken heart.
and the death, in poverty, of
the father, after spending his
fortune in attempts to recover
his son, and bring to justice the
heartleSS criminals responsible
for the crime.
Mr.. NAPLES then was employed
as an apprentice at a Philadel-
phia ship yard. He quit work at
$50 p. m. and walked to the
corner of Palmer and Richmond
Streets, near where he lived, to
purchase a paper.
Boys in Wagon
He noticed two men, wearing
linen busters, driving a wagon
used to deliver merchandise. In
the wagon were two small boys,
who were crying.
Mr.. NAPLES said, although he
watched the wagon until it turned
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
Roof Drips Water
Near i. Court

Tin pals were pressed into serv.
ice yesterday to catch water drip.
ping through a hole in the roof Of
the Capitol just outside the pri.
vate entrance of the court room
where that august body, the
United States Supreme Court, was
in session.
Reporters awaiting the gold
case decision discovered the leak
and notified the janitors who
adopted temporary means of
stemming the flood pending per.
manent repair.
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
Same Board

Q.-Do you still say rail 16 and
this attic board were once one
and the same board? Al do.
Q.-What have you to say to
us on the size of the nails?
Al fitted eight-penny nails in
the attic board.
Q.-What is your opinion as to
the nails that were in rail 16 when
it was in the attic floor? A.-The
same sized nails-eight-penny cut
nails.
Q.-Mr. Mieleke (another de-
tense expert) testified these two
boards here are of unequal thick
ness. What have you to say on
that? A.-They are of the same
thickness.
Mr.. Koehler Illustrated his testi-
mony with charts, standing in
front of the jury. Edward j.
Reilly and Frederick A. Pope, of
defense counsel, watched closely.
Mr.. Wilentz gave the witness an.
other pair of Mr.. de Bisschop's
had marked an end of each with
a red crayon to show where ne
said they match. Mr.. Koehler
contradicted:
"They do not match because
one has five age rings and
the other six"
Mr.. Koehler declared emphatic
ally that when he first examined
the ladder, in the first week of
March, 1882, he saw four cut
nail holes in rail Is" of the
ladder. He said these holes were
Is inches apart.
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
Ross Kidnap Witness
Tells His Story

SILVER SPRING, Md, Feb. 9.
AS Henry R. NAPLES, 79-year-old
retired shipbuilder, sat by his
radio here today listening to the
Lindbergh kidnapping trial, he
reminesced of the kidnapping of
Charley Ross, one of the most
sensational cases in criminal his
tory, and how he was flung
into it.
Charley, son of Christian K.
Ross, a wealthy retired Phila-
delphia merchant, was snatched
from his home in Germantown,
July /, 1874, and the case re.
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
Speed Urged Upon
All NOtaries Public

ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. 9.
State Senator Stedman Prescott,
of Montgomery county, has
issued an appeal to all notaries
public and all applicants for com.
missions as such to get their APP
plications for renewals or COM
missions into his office here az
soon as possible. The deadline
for filing is almost at hand.