Show Hauptmann Experts Scan Lindbergh Ransom Notes State Stat to te R Ready e ady to Prove Pr Prisoner 1 W Was a s Sp Spend Spending p en nd ing KI Kidnap d nap Ca Cash s h Before H He e e Met FI Fisch s ch By WILLIAM I A. A KINNEY Copyright 1935 Associated Press FLEMING FLEMINGTON TON N N. J J. Jt Jan 12 Bruno 12 Bruno Richard Hauptmann's defense put its handwriting experts to work on the Lindbergh ransom notes today in an attempt tempt to show they were written by y wraith wraith like Isador l Fisch Tak Taking ng advantage ad of a week weeKend cna end recess rein re rev cess in Hauptmann's Hauptman trial for tor life the the defense authorities also sought flaws in evidence e presented by the state that the notes were written by Hauptmann himself Reilly Speaks Edward J. J Reilley urbane chief of ot defense for tor Hauptmann Hauptman in his trial for lor forthe the murder of or the Lindbergh infant Want said We IVe will wll prove that Fisch not only collected the lA ransom so but bui Continued on e Three DEFENSE SCANS RANSOM NOTES I State Ready to Refute Any Claim Fisch Stole Lindbergh Lind bergh Baby Continued from Pace Page One also aho wrote the ransom notes Ever since his arrest the Bronx carpenter car car- penter has insisted that the in ransom money found in his possession was given to him by his former business partner who died obscurely in Germany The uThe state produced evidence of extortion ex cx against Hauptmann Reilly said but so o far there is no evidence of ot murder The burly attorney said the defense expects to prove Hauptmann innocent innocent inno inno- cent of extortion as well as murder He merely received unwittingly some of oC the ransom money from Isador Fisch Anthony M. M Hauck Jr Hunterdon county prosecutor said The state is read ready to refute any charge that Fisch had anything ng to do with this case We are prepared to break down completely completely com com- Hauptmann's alibi involving D Fisch as the man from whom h he obtained ob tamed the ransom torn money Discount Claim States State's attorneys discounting the injection in lection of ot Fisch to the fore of the case said handwriting authorities have pronounced pronounced pro pro- flounced his script dissimilar to that of the ransom mi missives Hauck asserted witnesses could be produced to show Hauptmann was spending spending- the ransom money before he met Fisch Federal Agent Frank Wilson testified yesterday yesterday yes yes- that the first bill turned up five or six days after alter the ransom was paid April Z 1932 and Hauck said the state could prove that Hauptmann and Fisch did not become become be be- come acquainted until August of that year ear After Agent Wilson test testified that he had no knowledge of any ransom money being located since Hauptmann's Hauptmann's Haupt Haupt- manns mann's arrest another of the Lindbergh Lindbergh Lind Lind- bergh bills was located in Gettysburg Pa I It was paid by Mervin E. E Tipton proprietor of a shoe repair shop to his I landlord and a after t r both men noticed it was drawn on the Hunterdon County Coun Coun- ty National bank it was found that the serial number tallied with that of one of the ransom notes Notifies U. U S. S Tipton was unable to shed any light lighton on the source of the 10 bill and the department of justice was notified While defense experts poured over the ransom notes and samples of Hauptmann's hand in the writing exhibits exhibits ex ex- ex hibits under the watchful eye of a member of the prosecution at Trenton the old Hunterdon county court court- scene of 01 the trial was trial was virtually empty Sheriff John H. H Curtis ruled that his men had enough to do during the week handling the capacity crowds without showing sightseers about during during dur duro ing the recess Still the visitors came to see the town town and and perhaps the eight men and four women of the jury out for a constitutional or going for a bus ride Wood experts planned to examine the kidnap ladder to develop a refutation refutation refu refu- tation of state testimony tracing the wood to the attic of Hauptmann's Bronx home and to a lumber yard where he once worked The ladder however was temporarily temporarily tempo tempo- out of the trial spotlight after I. I the defense balked prosecution moves to have it admitted as evidence Handwriting Hand writing was the big topic and promised promised prom prom- to be for the first half halt of ot next next week Named Note Writer Albert S. S Osborn the veteran kingpin king pin in th the states state's arr array Y of experts opened the handwriting case against Hauptmann naming him the ransom note writer as the state prepared yesterday yes yes' yesterday yesterday to develop this line of evi dence Former Judge George K Large a special assistant attorney general on the prosecution sla staff said Osborn laid the foundation for his conclusions and demonstrated they were correct The jur jury was greatly interested He made an excellent convincing and satisfying witness His comparisons compari sons son were excellent and he conclusively conclusively proved that Hauptmann had written all of the ransom notes and andall andall andall all of 01 the other specimens of writing Frederick A. A Pope a member of the defense counsel said of Osborns Osborn's testimony It was a wonderful long lecture on something we knew nothing about e consisting of a lot of ot chalk marks and ink marks from some of the letters In Osborns Osborn's description of the handwriting hand writing some of the strokes down on the ts t's turn to the left some to the right We can pick up kip his words own to show that the old man was mis mis- taken 14 by Same Person Osborn white of ot hair and mus mustache tache was methodical in his dure First he told the jury that all 14 ransom notes were doubtless written written writ writ- ten by the same person and that that person perron vas Hauptmann HiS Hi His examination of the ransom notes he said convinced him they were connected with each other in my opinion by the language contained in them the use of words spelling- spelling peculiar pecullar spelling spelling spelling-by by the statement in inthe inthe inthe the later letters of the amount of ot money menti mentioned ned in the first letter by the statement in the later letters relating to the subject of not reporting reporting reporting report report- ing to the police and mainly and perhaps perhaps per per- haps most positively the ransom notes were connected with each other by bya a peculiar and ingenious device that appeared on the lower right hand corner cor cor- ner ncr The device he lie referred to was the symbolic signature He described the symbols at great length closing his remarks with the positive statement It would be impossible im possible to make them from rom a description tion alone or a mere observation of them because of ot this mechanical sim sim- After disposing of the ransom notes the expert turned his attention to the various specimens of Hauptmann's handwriting which have been offered in evidence The exhibits included samples which the defendant wrote for lor police his automobile license and registration applications and a promissory promissory promis promise sory ory note executed in Hauptmann's penmanship before the He compared the two sets set of handwriting handwriting hand hand- writing minutely and concluded In my opinion the ransom notes ti ii 5 S I- I 1 I Iare are connected with this other writing with this standard writing genuine writing writing o of Richard Hauptmann Haupt Hauptmann mann in three ways General characteristics characteristics characteristics char char- ordinary usual characteristics characteristics characteristics character character- and unusual or rare character character- Osborn said that in the first handwriting handwriting hand hand- writing note the writer tried to disguise disguise dis dis- dis guise his penmanship completely and andIn andIn andin In the succeeding notes to a partial or lesser degree and then pointed out that Hauptmann also had tried to dis disguise disguise dis- dis guise his writing when he penned specimens at police direction after his arrest Osborn will return to the witness stand Monday to continue his direct testimony Others called to corroborate corroborate rate his testimony are his son Albert o of New York H. H J. J Walters of Chicago Chi cago Dr Joseph of Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Bir Bir- mingham Ala C. C C. C Farrar of the United States treasury department Washington Clark Sellers of San Francisco and Eldridge W. W Stein of ot New York City The state did not disclose the names of several other authorities authorities au au- au who will give evidence on this subject Maid 1 Cited Again aln The injection of Violet Sharpes Sharpe's name into the case again brought from prosecution authorities the announcement announce announce- ment meat that they were in possession of ofa ofa a complete account of her activities on the night of the crime Miss was a maid at the Morrow Englewood estate who committed suicide before being during the early stages of ot the kidnap investigation There is nothing to this report that Violet Sharpe was seen in Yonkers the night of the with two blankets under her arm The state can account for tor everything she did that night as it can for every evely known person connected with the case said Prosecutor Hauck We have checked Miss Sharpes Sharpe's activities closely and can produce produce- witnesses to remove any suggestion of her connection with the Indications were that the trial will take about four more weeks Members of the prosecution said I that despite the rapid progress inthe in inthe inthe the first eight days they would require require require re re- re- re quire two weeks more to complete their ca case cafe e. e Reilly said the presentation presenta tion of Hauptmann's defense would take lake about two weeks weekes S i l- l i |