Show Walter Winchell BROAD W A Y GOSSIP N. N J. J My J.-My My Dear Walter You have stated you were perfectly willing to use In your column and in your broadcasts such Information as may be advanced ad ad- by the defense If It has any merit Do you consider that documentary evidence In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City shows that Hochmuth one of the tho key witnesses in this case was receiving relief relict In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City based on a 11 physical examination ex cx- f disclosed that he was practically lly blind important Do you consider tho the fact that Whited another key leey witness was arrested within 90 days after he testified in the Lindbergh case and when It was discovered that I 1 had been in contact with him in jail the charge a against him was Wa dropped important Do you ou consider the very significant significant sig sig- statement of Koehler made only two or three days ago that he had never been asked to trace any part of the lumber In Inthe Inthe inthe the kidnap ladder by his voluntary voluntary voluntary volun volun- tary statement except rail 16 18 and that no other part of the lumber used in the ladder was ever traced to Hauptmann and knowing that the contention of ot the thc defense defenso was that rail IG 16 had been planted does it not impress you that it might be important to trace the rest of at the ladder to Hauptmann if It they actually believed believed be be- he built the ladder As to handwriting testimony I have never heard you comment on the fact that the tho handwriting bills pres presented to the state of New Jersey approximated If Ie you will raise and send It out to me I will guarantee that in 30 days days' time I will have just as many eminent handwriting experts experts ex ex- perth testify that Hauptmann's handwriting is not like the ransom ransom ransom ran ran- som note writing as the State Slate had testifying it was Why even Condon testified that the original ransom note and the remaining notes were not written in the tho same sante hand Even Osborne stated that it looked to him as though there had been an attempt to disguise the first note which was not present in the next I Do you OU recollect that the only word taken for tor comparison by any of the thc handwriting experts on the States State's side in the case from the nursery note was the word is and that aside asido from that they disregarded the original ransom ransom ransom ran ran- som note completely Did it ever occur to you OU that no authentic ransom notes were received by the from the date of the March 1 1932 until the eighth or at ninth of March when Condon received his first letter and dont don't you realize that thereafter the notes came with great regularity Dont Don't you also realize that on the fifth or sixth of March 1932 a a. copy of the ransom ransom ransom ran ran- som note was delivered to men whose connection with the underworld underworld underworld under under- world is in to too tov v well ll I known by you ou for tor me rue to comment on Do you realize entirely the significance sig nig- of the tho testimony of Dr Condon that when he ho visited the tha Lindbergh home he slept In the nursery and that th t he took there there- from by what he termed French leave a pin which was supposed to have kept in place a baby's blankets Do you realize that no evidence e such as the tho sleeping suit was forwarded to Condon until after ho he spent the tho night In the Lindbergh home In view of Condon's conduct before the trial durin during the trial and since the trial would you yourself want to go to the chair chairas as a result of his testimony or would you want any anyone one near and dear to go as a result of such testimony testimony tes tea As a matter of oC fact Walter Valter If there was someone very dear to you would you want them to go 10 to the chair as a re result result re- re sult suit of ALL the testimony off offered red redby by tho the State in this case Aside from that to disparage Ellis H. H Parker by accusing him of playing politics is certainly unfair unfair un un- fair and not in accordance with your usual methods You dont don't want Bruno Hauptmann to go to the electric chair if he isn't guilty I 1 am sure You want him hint to have I am convinced a perfectly perfectly perfectly per per- fair and square chance to show that no miscarriage of justice justice justice jus jus- jus- jus tice has been worked out That only can be done by a full fun and complete investigation by parties panties not interested in this case Why In your own state your Governor Lehman stepped in and removed a 9 district attorney from th the th prosecution prose prose- cution of a a. case objecting on the theory that the district attorney or his associates were prejudiced in favor of ot the man accused atthe of at the crime There has been no such hue and cry about that as has been raised by Governor Hoffman Hoffman Hoff Hoff- man doing in effect exactly the same thing Our contention has been from the start that the conduct of the prosecution was unfair that they withheld valuable information that they incited prejudice against Hauptmann Why is there such hue and cry to get fully all aU the facts in this case from a disinterested disinterested disinter disinter- ested source and from a source that was In no way interested in either cither the defense or prosecution of ot Hauptmann during the trial of this case I 1 have a firm and abiding conviction con eon in my ny mind that Hauptmann Hauptmann Haupt Haupt- mann is as innocent of this crime crimea a as you are and to that end I have worked ceaselessly to bring out the facts which would bear out conviction I am therefore aggrieved aggrieved ag ng- grieved when I hear such Irresponsible Irre Irre- remarks not subject to proof as you have made |