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fEDFORD MATL TRIBUTE. JfEDFORD, OREGON". FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1935
Telling Blows
Struck by State
In Kidnap Case
(Continued from page one)
was taken. The state considers this
direct evidence that Hauptmann was
the man who climbed up ladder,
entered a window and grabbed the
baby.
The baby, the state has charged,
was killed as the ladder broke with
It and the kidnaper on the way down.
Osborn. shown handwriting speci
mens of Hauptmann's which were
Introduced yesterday, stated:
"My opinion Is that the ransom
notes were all written by the writer
of the various papers signed, 'Richard
HatipLaiann'." !
He examined all 14 of the ransom
notes, one by one, and said or
each that It was written by Haupt
mann. This Included the note found
in the nursery near the empty crib.
He repented his opinion.
AH By Same Hand
The ransom notes were all writ
ten by the writer of these various
proved writings."
Osborna testimony followed that
of H. Norman Schwarzkopf of the
New Jersey police who said speci
mens of Hauptmann's handwriting
were obtained without coercion. Just
before that Frank Wilson, special
agent In charge of the Intelligence
department of the United States de
partment of internal revenue, who
directed the preparation of the ran
som money which Dr. John P. (Jaf
slo) Condon said he paid to "John,"
testified that to his knowledge no
ransom blll5 had appeared In circu
lation since Hauptmnnn was arrested.
"How," Attorney deneral David T.
Wllontz asked the expert Oaborn
about the notes, "do you explain
your conclusion?"
"First, I examined the notes to de
termine if alt were done by the same
writer," he said. "I first examined
the notes In May, 1033. I wanted to
see if they were connected with each
other, and X found thai they were
In seven or eight different ways."
His voice was loud and he explain
ed to tho court that he was hard of
bearing. i
Prisoner's Wife FliinhM I
Mrs. Anna Hauptmann, wife of thej
prisoner and mother of his own j
amall son, flushed deeply when she
heard Osborn say her husband wrote
the notes. Her eyes anxiously scan
ned the reporters as they hurriedly
penciled bulletins, then she threw
a, swift glance at her husband whose
features remained Immobile.
Court recessed for luncheon at
13:30 p. m. after Osborn had testi
fied: "They (the notes) were connected
with each other, in my opinion, by
the language contained in them, the
use of words, spelling, peculiar spell
ing, by the statement In the latter
letters of the amount of the ransom
mentioned in the first letter; by the
statement In the latter letters relat
ing to the subject of not reporting
to the police, and mainly, and per
haps most positively the ranaor
notes were connected with each oth
er by a peculiar and Ingenious de
vice that appeared on the lower
right hand corner.
"I hold In my hand the reproduc
tion of printing, photograph of print
ing, of various parts of these letters
which in my opinion Indicate that
the letters came from the same
source. I refer to the InnguaRe and
the statement, tho Ideas, In the let
ters. Examples Cited
"For example, the first one Is the
letter that waa left In the room when
the kidnaping occurred, what has
beun referred to and Is referred to In
the notes themselves as the ransom
note.
That letter says, 'we warn you
for making anydlug,' Intended for
anything, 'public or for notify the
police;' and then In the lower left
hand corner of that first pate are
the words 'Indication.' I think the
word Is Indication, it Is rather Il
legible. 'Indication for all letters are,'
then the word, peculiar word, 'sig
nature' a-l-g-n-a-t-u-r-e, and be
low that the words 'and three holes;'
and then to tho right and In the cor
ner appenra tills peculiar device
which la made by Imprinting two
overlapping circles with ordinary
printers Ink I mean ordinary writ
ing Ink and X think the impression i
wns made not by a rubber stamp but
some Instrument which didn't take
Ink well, so that the Impressions are
not good. It Is a crudo device In cer
tain ways.
"I experimented with the various
Instrumi-nts; I think that the bot
tom of a bottle, or a porcelain, or
Borne china cup or something that Is
simply put Into ink and then the
Impression Is nnule.
Tluee Holes Significant
"But the most significant thing
about this device are the holes which
are n-ferrrd to in the first letter end
referred to In one of the later letters
as 'fpcclnlly them three holes.' Tiro
three holes connect these eleven let
ters with each other. In my opinion,
unmlstnkably, for this reason:
"They are punched through the
paper, so there I a hole through the
pnper. not merely a perforation, but
a hole, and. In my opinion, they were
not punched with the an me model or
pattern. A pattern was made, or a
model, or they were punched one
from the other.
"They were not punched at the
an mo time because the holes are not
exactly the name sire and not ex
actly the same shape, but they arc
In the anmo relation to each other
and in the name rotation to tha edge
o? the paper and to the bottom of
the paper, so that rou ran take letter
number one. rut the corner togeth
er and the aides together, hold It up
to the light and you ran see through
all three holes, and you enn see
throuRh all thro holes on all eleven
of them.
U't Two Differ
The only difference la In what Is
numbered thirteen and fourteen,
they are the last one. Tire two holes
are afxiut a tlxwwntli of an Inch
nearer the bottom of tht sheet.
"But horizontally they are the
same distance from the edge and
another circumstance In connection
with the holes Is that they are not
the same distance from each other.
The first and second holes are far
ther apart than the second and
third, and they are uniform. So In
my opinion It couldn't have been
made except from a pattern or one
made from another.
"It would be Impossible to make
them from a description alone or a
mere observation of them, because of
this mechanical similarity.
"The first line of the second let
ter; 'Dear Sir: Wo have warned you
note' Intended for not, it was spell
ed n-o-t-e, 'to make anydlng public
or other notify the police.' Tho very
first sentence la a repetition of the
sentence In the first letter, and on
that same letter, down In the lower
corner appears the word 'signature'
on all letters.
Celling Peculiar
"Some of these letters are written
on both sides of the sheet. The sec
ond page of this letter says, 'our ran
som ' a-u-er, our 'was made aus'
a-u-s, out, German 'for aflo.000.'
That Is what the first letter said,
50,000. This letter says, 'our previ
ous letter, practically says our pre
vious letter said $50,000 and It did,
but now, we have to take another
person to It and probably have to
keep the bnby for a longer time as
we expected.' The reference to the
amount 150.000 Is the same.
"The next letter, at the lower part
of the flrnt page has merely the
word 'signature' at the left, and then
the device at the right; and the sec
ond page of that same letter, they
are single sheets and the writing In
on the back, the second page 'wy
why w-y 'wy did you Ignore our
letter which we have left In the
room
"Two points of connection there:
One, the peculiar spelling of the
word 'lngnore,' and unnecessary n'
before the 'g' exactly as the word
alngnnture' Is written; and also the
reference to the first letter which
wan left In the room. In the same
letter there appears 'and ransom was
made out for 950,000 another ref
erence to the amount that appeared
In the first letter, 'but now we have
put another lady to It and probnble.
Intended for 'probably although It
Is misspelled, 'have to hold the baby
longer as wo expected
Signatures Always Same
"Tha next letter says, 'It seems
you are afraid If we are the right
party and if the boy la all right.
Well, you have our slngnature. It Is
always the same as the first one,
specially them three holes
"The next reference to this was
originally on letter two. It says 'he
knows' that previous reference was
to Colonel Llndhcrg he knows we
are tho right party.' Thla Is another
letter. 'Our slngnature Is stilt the
same as In the ransom note Now
these ransom notes are connected
with each other with many pecu
liarly spelled words. It can hardly
be described as misspelling, they are
peculiar combination of letters.
"Thla word 'slngnature' that ap
pears nil the way through them, for
Instance. And another connection ap
pears in the second letter. The first
two lines of the second letter are
written with great deliberation and
very distinctly llko the writing In
the first letter. The rest of that
letter, the second letter, la written
somewhat more freely.
Written by Hame Hand.
The first letter was written with
more deliberation than any of the
other letters, written somewhat more
slowly and with more deliberation
but In my opinion It was written
by the same writer.
"Now there are some other words,
other statements, Ideas, contained
In these letters which In my opinion
tend to connect them to each other
and especially, I mean tend to con
nect the later letters with ench other
and with the first letter. Tire first
letter says, 'the child Is In gut caro.'
Thnt Is the letter left in the room.
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One of the outstanding acta In the
Shrine Indoor Circus which will be
held next week In the Medford Arm
ory, la Professor Burns and his edu
cated horse, "Sparkle." The remark
able equine actually answers ques
tions directed to him by the profes
that particular sentence la written
with a coarser pen than the rest of
the letters, indicating It was written
not continuously with the other part
of the letter.
"The next letter aays 'don't be af
fralt about the baby There are ref
erences to the care of the child
which appear In the different letters.
'Don't be affralt about the care of
the baby. Two lady keeping care of
It day and night. The also' Intended
for 'they written 'the' that la an
error which appears here numerous
times In which the verb Is not cor
rectly spelled or the noun Is not
correctly spelled 'also will feed him
according to the diet'."
.Similarity Cited.
Osborn gave some other examples
of similarity, but did not get to any
explanation of similarity between the
handwriting In the notes and the
specimens made by Hnuptmnnn be
fore the luncheon recess.
The smallest player In the major
leagues Is Nick Tremor k, Brooklyn
Dodgers' outfielder. He is A feet 44
Inches,
Bo correctly corseted in
an Artist Model by
Ethelwyn B. Hoffmann.
Bosses Saar Police
Gen. Arthur C. Temperley of
Great Britain is to have charoe of
the Saar police during the January
plebiscite in the "powder keg" of
northern Europe. (Associated Press
Photo)
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and clowns, all go to make up the
eighteen -act entertainment which
open Monday night under the aus
pices of tha Hlllah Shrine patrol.
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STORE TO EXPAND
E. R. Morris of Eugone, district
supervisor for the Oregon State Liq
uor Control commission, waa in Med
ford yesterday making preparations
with the management of the local
state liquor store for alterations sim
ilar to the changes planned at the
Salem and Ashland stores.
The commission plans an expansion
of the three dispensaries to facilitate
a larger stock than Is handled at
present. The Medford store has al
ready occupied the adjoining vacant
building, which Is being used at
present as a store room. The present
stock of approximately $15,000 worth
of liquor Is expected to be Increased
and stored In new types of metal
cabinets being prepared by the com
mission. Manager Earl Foy has seen a steady
Increase In sales every business day
since the store was opened, and has
sought more space as the volume of
liquor received by the store waa In
creased. New shipments are received
at the dispensary each Thursday,
crowding the present storage space
considerably during the latter part
of each week, according to the man
agement. L
Bay Henderson, Junior high couch,
today received the probable starting
lineup or the Roseburg Junior high
basketball team, which cornea to Med
ford tomorrow night for a regular
scheduled game with the Medford
Juniors.
The lineup follows:
Medford Roseburg
J. H. 8. J. H. 8.
E. Show r O. Slater
D. McKee P L. Campbell
B. Verblck C. C. Wassom
B. Ettlngcr Q. H. Prltta
B. Wilson O. D. Plea
The Junior high conteat will atart
at 8 o'clock aa a preliminary to the
senior high game with Roseburg. A
curtain raiser has been arranged be
tween the Medford and Rogue River
eighth grade teama to atart at 7 p. m.
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murder In Fleming ton Wednesday
that be mw Hauptmann riding In a
"dirty green car near the Lindbergh
estate.
Snofsky said he had forgotten the
Incident until he happed to run
across the old work sheets last Mon
day. VONKERS, N. Y- Jan. II. (AP)
Yonkera police today forwarded to
New Jersey state police a statement
of a Yonkers restaurant woman that
she saw Violet Sharp , a maid who
committed suicide in the Morrow
Englewood, N. J., home, get Into an
automobile with two men in Yonkers
the night the Lindbergh baby was
kidnaped. March 1. 1933.
The woman, Mrs. Anne. Bonesteel.
71. owns & lunch room near the
Yonkers ferry. Her statement was
made to Chief of Police Edward J.
Quirk and Captain George Ford after
another person yesterday told the Yon
kers Herald Statesman It should In
vestigate her story, and the news
paper Informed police.
Chief Quirk said Mrs. Bonesteel said
she had met Violet Sharpe some time
before March 1, 1932, and was In
troduced to her by a German girl,
whose name she could not recall.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. II. (AP) A
radio account of the Hauptmann trial
led John Con tax, 26-year old art In
structor, to notify authorities that
be was the borrower of e book of
symbols from the New York public
library, about which defense attor
neys questioned Dr. John P. (Jafsie)
Condon.
Mention of the book was made In
the trial during cross-examination of
Dr. Condon on Wednesday. Edward J.
Rellly, defense counsel, sought to
bring out that It was "Jafale" who
signed for the book Koch's Work on
German Symbols. The library slip
showed the name "John Condon,"
Rellly said.
"When I heard the account of Dr.
Condon's cross-examination the sim
ilarity of names struck me forcibly,"
Condax said today. "I remembered
having been In the library and using
such books.
"I signed for several books. I used
my own signature and my Phila
delphia address.
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SALEM. Jan. 11. (AP) The state
tax commission today was mailing out
between 00,000 and 100,000 blanks for
returns on income, Intangibles and
excise taxes, based on 1934 figures.
Returns are due by April 1.
Last year collections on these taxes
amounted to 1.600.000, the commis
sion stated. Because of the general
upturn In business, returns were ex
pected to total at least 9100,000 more
this year.
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used in ascertaining latitude, angle
of the sun's rays at zenith position,
and locnting the sun's perpendicular
rays. Is being manufactured by Dr.
Ben P. Lemert of Duke university.
The Instrument Is useful in the navi
gation of ships and aircraft.
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MUSSOLINI AND
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For the first time since the war, a French foreign minister, Pierre
Laval (left), visited Italy and there lolned Premier Mussolini (right)
In conversations expected to be of great significance in sealing amic
able relations between those two European powers. (Associated Prest
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you, not necessarily Improvements!
Take any sport and think of the
changes that have been proposed
from time to time.
The annual meeting of the Inter
collegiate football rules makers Is
the occasion for a rule changing
spree. It may be anything from the
size of the ball to the color of the
umpire's tie but there must bo
something new. ,
Major league baseball moguls have
great fun Injecting more life Into
their baseballs or If the occasion de
mands It reducing its liveliness.
Certain boxing commissioners have
not given up hope of discovering a
satisfactory system of arriving at de
cisions at boxing bouts and to that
end are willing to try new stunts
as often as they ci.n hold meetings
to pass amendments.
It would seem the ancient game of
golf would be Immune, but Indeed
It Is not. Gene Sarazen's attempt to
sell the Idea of using an eight-Inch
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cup. And someone Is forever trying
to figure out a better way of scoring
Just this year the method of play
In the national amateur was switch
ed from medal to match play.
Basketball too, has had Its share
of tlnkerers. Witness the latest ex
periments of Dr. Forrest (Phog) Al
len, whose University of Kansas Jay
hawkers have been Blx Six champions
for the past four years. Dr. Allen
would raise the hoops two feet, plac
ing the baskets twelve feet above the
floor. He would likewise raise tha
value of the field goal, scoring It as
three points. And Just for good meas
ure, he suggests that time be taken
out after each score, while the ball
Is being put back Into play.
To prove the practicability of his
proposed changes, Dr. Allen staged
an exhibition game under his own
rules between his Jayhawkers and the
Kansas State team. He Invited a
group of basketball leaders, among
them Dr. James Nalsmlth, the gen
tleman who, some 35 years ago, in
vented the game of basketball when
he hung a pair of peach baskets on
the walls of the gymnasium at Spring
field Y. M. C. A. college.
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. been 28 to 26, had the game been
scored under the current rules. Time
out after each score prolonged the
game four and one half minutes.
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present year, In every line and de
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or. Adjutant Doctor Is an officer of
twenty years experience, having serv
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An Inspection of the work of tha
local corps, commanded by Captain
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