| Show EXPERTS ANALYZE AN KIDNAPERS KIDNAPER'S S 'S NOTES Handwriting Is Compared With Hauptmann By Dy W W. W C. C WEBBER LEMiNGTON N. N Such J-Such J. J Such F seemingly Innocent trivialities as failure to dot an I 1 cross cros a t t t the slant of ot a letter a n hyphen hyphen hy hy- phen may pro e a deciding factor in sending a man to the electric chair cO convicted of the crime of 01 murdering little Charles Lindbergh son of or the famous aviator Those tiny Individualistic characteristics which handwriting experts assert are being fought over o point by point curve by curve une as the state Introduces what some observers calm Is strong evidence that Bruno III Diehard chard Bronx ex ex car car carpenter penter car was author of ot the notes which resulted in payment of ot the ransom money by Dr J J. J F F. F Condon Huge Juge c enlargements of certain words and letters from the ransom writings have been hung bung bungIn In the courtroom for tor the tion of or the jury The sheets each 6 0 feet In height and 4 feet reet In width have been tacked to the wall behind the witness chair where the kid kidnapers kidnaper's kidnapers kidnaper's naper's ladder had rested earlier In Inthe inthe the trial The admitted writings writing and the disputed writings s are shown In parallel columns marked Hauptmann Unapt Haupt mann writing and ransom notes Albert S. S Osborn seventy six years old and silvery haired test fled Bed in a clear resonant voice that thaI It was his opinion the ransom notes were wore all written by the writer of or tin the various papers signed by Rich Richand ard and Hauptmann and that all fourteen fourteen four lour teen of ot the time ransom notes were written writ ten by the same writer Osborn was positive In his bin statement statement state state- ment meat that penned th tho notes The expert proved a good witness despite his bis deafness which forced attorneys to speak very loudly loud loud- Iy ly when addressing him He lie Iden tided himself as an expert In lit states and In Canada and England and is the author of ot two books on the subject of ot handwriting In several sev sev- several eral verbal exchanges with defense attorneys be he proved himself more morp than a match In explaining his comparison Os 0 Osborn Osborn born gave an exposition on the gen general general general eral basis for tor comparison of ot hand handwritings writings Characteristics In handwriting handwriting hand hand- writing he said are the same SlIme u uthe as the characteristics of anything else There are many things by which band handwriting writing might be Identified exactly exactly exactly ex ex- as a man or an automobile ora or ora ora a horse is Identified by general description de dl description and then by Individual marks and scars and by characteristics characteristics character character- which in combination make makl it apparent that they are not the result of accident he continued When pupils learn the same system system Y I Item tem of at writing If It they learn to to write perfectly one writing cannot be distinguished tr from another but bin that does not occur Osborn pointed out Writing he said begins a as 1111 asan an acquired qualification It U is an au acquired habit first Imitating the till forms torms and then the forms lorms become more easily made until finally writing writ writ- ing lag becomes become a succession of ot habitual habitual habit habit- ual motions Certain Identical ul habitual hula hub motions were to be seen sten In both the wrUng on the ransom notes and the accepted writing dune done by Osborn declared The letter x was pointed out althe at al atthe atthe the start starL Mr AIr Osborn showed that thaI It was a clear open x more like ee See and that It wasn't an x at all The t t he testified showed decided German character characterIstics Lilies as did the letters h Ii an and l anda anla a had bad a n peculiar habit of ot finishing words In nn un aw awk awkward k ward way with strokes are lire t too long Osborn said and also used a s hyphen h between the two words In iii New York In the ransom ranso notes not he said he found only three of fir tI tin tin- ts is were crossed mad and the sum was true trul of a very erl large nl of the sa samples III Ills I'll's wrote for the police Only O-ily sex seven senn en of tin the I small Is IV In the ransom notes were dotted and the same proportion held hell true In Hauptmann's admitted writIng writ writ- Ing Osborn continued and several sheets did not have a dotted t I 1 at I all Another similarity which Osborn pointed out to the jury was wasa a hyphen used between the two words In New York A specimen taken from the writing that was on the sleeping suit wrapper was pointed point point- ed out as having ha this characteristic A copy of ot writing on one of the automobile registrations was then shown by Osborn to have hove this same SKUll name hyphenated Other words pointed out by the expert as showing examples of broken broken broken bro bro- ken English and Herman German spellings In both sets of or writings were auer for tor our aus BUS for us Vy WY for wy note for tor not gut guto gutu for tor good for tor Ignore Ignore ignore Ig nore for signature end and hie Me for the The expert testified that he had examined about a hundred samples of ot hand writing which had hod been brought to him by New Jersey po police police police lice and federal agents Among these he said were samples of or writIng writ Ing log by Isadore FIsch German fur who the state te contends was actually the abd abductor of ot the baby FIsch Isch died later In Germany FIsch continues to to loom In the background as the defenses defense's chiet reliance In suggesting that FIsch wrote the ransom notes noles a spokes spokesman man for tor the prosecution declares declare that this line of defense will not avail since It does not take the eye of ot an expert to see the utter between the neat flourishing penmanship of Mach FIsch and the scrawl of ot the ransom notes note It Is under understood understood understood stood from those who have ha-e sampler sample of ot handwriting in their Po pos possession possession session that his hll hand was that of u II uman man who took pride In his penman penmanship penmanship penmanship ship forming his letters neatly and ancl correctly and dotting all Is I's and crossing all Ts Ta The defense has maintained that risen Fisch Is the actual receiver of ot the ransom money that It was he win vii the child and unapt mann mane was his hilt wholly unconscious dupe dure has declared that he be was associated with Fiah In the fur tur trade trude and that he loaned 1 FIsch Isch MOO and that FIsch left lefi with him a package which only n o few rew weeks before his arrest Haupt lIa Hauptmann mann discovered to be the ransom money the bulk of ot which was found In his garage The state holds It II Itcan itcan can prove that ransom notes were wen circulated by him many months month earlier than last tast summer or even last spring Another handwriting expert whoa testimony has hils been unshaken un an under under der questioning of Reilly Is W. W Stein who said he had testified In the recent relent Vanderbilt case III In New York as well as the Wendel and cases Stein said he had first studied the ransom notes noles an and 1 request writings of ot In 1 July 1 and declared It was nl him opinion thit the same mart man mann wrote both lie there were differences but insists Insist I that there were similarities between the spelling In the two sets of writ Ing lag Charts and photographs o a 0 words token taken from Irom the ransom notes note and the other writings done h bj by were produced by Step Stein Stepin In 10 support of or his hll statements As the hearing progresses appears to have lost losi much of the tilt calmness which marked markell his first ar nce In court Tin The stolidity of the ex ex which was so remarkable when he Will wac Identified by both Colonel timid bergh and ami Dr J J. J F F. F Con Condon ln Is not nol so apparent 1 Emotions show In hi hl his fare face although even close watchers admit there has been no tin sl sign n of ot fear or alit rot among them Occasional Occasionally ly Iy he talks to his wife In a toe low voice 0 ehe e The he accused continues to follow lIch cacti word of or the trial with deep deal Interest He Ile appeared specially Interested In the handwriting test I many craning hi his hili nek to In see lIe HS n. the ex expert p. p rt pointed out on ui t the Ii t. t in lar e rite hart chart the bet between wen his hi hi 11 awn n n and the rut mm nu writing Coin mid nel 1111 h. h willi has ha been attend dig inu nil 1411 H the court was also absorbed ns as the experts gave lIve their testimony |
