, 1935-01-11

lng--peculiar spelling-by the state
ment Of the amount OF the ransom
mentioned In the first letter and re-
in later letters. and by the
statement In later letters Of not re-
to police" the expert said.
But mainly / was impressed by
the perculiar and ingenious device
which appeared in the lover right
hand corner" he said. referring to
the kidnap symbol.
He displayed : large photograph
TO the jury, showing various sections
Of the notes and their signature.
The white haired witness turned
to the first note left On the nur-
sery.
Points Out Wording
He called the jury's attention to
the sentence we warn you for any
ding public or for notify police"
words which were repeated verbatim
in q subsequent note,
He pointed out the notation at the
bottom indication for all letters are
signature and the symboi.
The word signature" for sigma
ture was stressed.
Speaking Of the symbol. he said
the two concentric rings were made
BY some implement which did not
take ink well-a crude device, such
as q bottom OF the bottle or por-
celain or China cup.
"But the most significant things
are the holes"
"The three holes" he said were
connected with each other unmis-
takably.
"A pattern was made, and they
we're all of that pattern"
He dwelt at length on each SEN
tence.
Nov he has here the sentence
wy did you ignore'-now notice that
n before the c. just the same as
in signature
"'Wy did you ignore auer--
notice that A-U-E-R again. 'Auer
letter which was left In the ROOM"
he concluded.
THAT Is more than miss-spelling,"
the expert opined. They can hard
ly be described as mis- -spelling they
are a peculiar combination OF let
ters.-
Other Peculiarities
He noted a difference in the first
ransom note, the one found on the
Lindbergh nursery window sill.
The first letter is written with
more elaboration" he said, than
any other letter"
"But," he added hastily, 1t was
the same writer
The expert poirAed to another
popularity of the ransom notes. the
use Of "the for they Is an error
which appears many times"
When Osborn had concluded this
opening dissertation on the caligra-
ply and characteristics Of the ram
som notes. Lanigan offered in EVIL
dence the lengthy Photographic
chart which the expert had used to
illustrate his remarks.
In further explanation of the
identity OF these SO called devices
or signatures. / have transparent
films of signatures" Osborn said.
These IL r fastened together
SO that any one can be compared
with any other"
Bruno's Ears Turn Red
He exhibited TO the jury some
transparent films. joined in II
corner. so thu examination could
show whether any two OF the
symbol holes are identical. EXAM
ination shows they are identical.
he said.
Its much easier to compare
these films than the original" OS-
born said.
The jurors. impressed at first
with Osborn's description, had be-
gun TO lose interest when several
huge Photographic charts were un-
and tackled to the wall.
The charts showed comparison
Of the handwriting OF Hauptmann
and that on the ransom notes.
The exhibits yer accepted as
evidence for the purpose Of CON-
parsons.
AS Hauptmann saw his writings,
enlarged possibly Is times. placed
side by side with the ransom script
and print. he looked up with in
His ears turned red. but ne
no emotion.
Mrs. Hauptmann looked on. her
lips slightly parted; and Lindbergh
forward intently.
The jury watched the expert
with reawakened interest.
Pointer in hand the firm voiced
pointed to the first chart
showing samples from the ransom
notes side by side with Haupt-
mann's penmanship.
He directed the jury's attention
to the great similarity between ne
*" in ransom notes and the *"
in Hauptmann's writing.
1T isn't an X at ALL" he said.
1T isn't German. II isn't round
hand, ii isn't Latin script.
TT Is an incorrect attempt 10
make an old roundhand * ana
he wrote on a tablet an *" OF that
style to show where the ransom
writer made the mistake.