The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01
BRUNO DIDN'T
WRITE NOTES,
EXPERT SAYS
Defense Script Scientist
Disputes Eight State
Witnesses.
ALIBI STORIES ATTACKED
State Battles to Prove
Hauptmann'S Claims
Are Untrue.

PENNINGTON, y. j, Fe0. l.
Letter by letter, a defense hand
writing expert today compared the
Lindbergh ransom notes with the
known handwriting Of Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann, and declared that
the accused murderer did not write
them.
Disputing the testimony Of eight
government experts. headed by the
noted Albert S. Osborn, J. NJ. Trend
Icy of East St. Louis. Ill. gave 1t as
mis- considered opinion from the
witness stand that Hauptmann was
gultless of writing the extortlon
messages.
His theory. he told the jury. was
that the ransom notes were writ
ten in a disguised hand, undoubtedly
by a person using his left hand.
Hauptmann, it was pointed out, Is
right handed.
Mr.. Trendlev established his the
orr through negative argument
through the letters the states eX-
perts failed TO include in their
charts.
Entire Lines Omitted
He showed how entire lines Of
the ransom notes were omitted from
the maenifed writings displayed by
the government. and declared that
those lines contained characters
which would prove, to him. that the
man accused of the murder of
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. never put
them IA paper.
Among the characters which Mr..
Trendley said Mr. Osborn had omit
ted from his charts were the words
I'VE and warn" from the first
ransom note. some OF the VS.
found in all the letters, the letters
cor. and a number Of "thes
The morning session was enlivened
only once That was when Atty.
Gen David T Wilentz introduced
the records of Bellevue Hospital, TO
show that Louis Kiss. an abb wit
ness. was mistaken when he said
he saw Bruno Richard HaupJmann
IN the Bronx on the evening of
March 1, 1892. when the kidnapping
was committed.
Alibi Witnesses Attacked
The witness. who was carrying
two bottles of homemade rum to
a friend" had fixed the day of his
meeting with Hauptmann by the
fact that he had sent his son to the
hospital exactly one week before
I saw Hauptmann.'
The hospital records showed Kiss
son was admitted on Feb. p. 1882
which would have placed the meet
ing on Feb. %, 1892 being leap
year.
Mr.. Wilentz announced outside
the courtroom that Ebert CarlStrom,
defense abb witness, was in Dun
ellen. n. J.. the night of the kid
mapping. not IN the Bronx bakery,
where he testified he saw Haupt-
mann.
Mr.. Wilentz also said he could
prove that CarlStrom knew Haupt-
mann we'll. although he testified he
had seen Hauptmann but twice. once
the night of March /, 1892 in the
bakery. again in the Pennington
courtroom.
Three Under Attack
The courtroom phase of the battle
between alibi witnesses was tempo
rarilv at a Standstill. while the state
checked ND for rebuttal, on the life
character and activities of the four
witnesses who, in addition to Mrs
Anna Schosffler Hauptmann, have
bolStered the accused mans story
that he was not in New Jersey at
the time Of the kidnapping.
The prosecution announced that
Arthur Larsen friend of the amaz-
Ing witness CarlStrom. ard Oscar
Christensen. who employed Carl
Strom as caretaker of his Dunellen
home, would testify CarlStrom was
IN Dunellen. Christensen has his
ledgerS to show this.
The attack on CarlStrom vas the
most vigorous of any announced by
the prosecution. 1t sought to dis
credit the testimony of Louis Kiss.
August Won Henke and Lou Hard
Ing. by showing their characters.
Regarding kiss. it showed he was
engaged in bootlegging. Regarding
Won Henke, it showed he had
changed his name twice. and that
he operated A speakeaSy, often raid
ed. during prohibition. Regarding
Harding, II showed he had been
twice convicted in New Jersey. and
had Servd one prison term and one
jail term.