HAUPTMANN TRIAL
A SUKPEISE WITNESS
SAID HE SAW BABY ON FERRY
FLEMINGTON, February 1."
The defence called a surprise witness in. the Hauptmann trial today—Peter Sommers, who swore that at about midnight on March 1, 1932, he saw a' man and woman whom he identified as Fisch and Violet Sharpe, a maid at the Morrow home at that, time who •subsequently committed suicide, taking the baby from New Jersey into New York. City on the Weekhawken ferry, acrossi the Hudson River. .Sommers described the baby as blonde, about two' years of age, and wearing a one-piece - sleeping garment, which is an almost exact description of the Lindbergh child.
The defence's own handwriting expert, John Trendley, testified most of the day, largely to the effect that the ransom notes could not be positively identified as Hauptmann's as his writing could easily be duplicated. He.expressed the opinion that" Hauptmann was not the author of them.
The prosecution apparently did not take' his testimony seriously as it limited cross-examination to a suggestion thaf Trendley was not qualified as an expert and pointing out contradictions in his direct examination.
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Evening Post, Issue 29, 4 February 1935, Page 9
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185HAUPTMANN TRIAL Evening Post, Issue 29, 4 February 1935, Page 9
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