The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-27

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eether at hotel, and registered our Names but
DO not recoect distinctly whether saw him regis
ter bis or not
MIR. BaADLEY l understand you to say that YOU
have received letters from him?
Ans. Yes, cir; be has responded to me in one or
1 two instances.
Qxss. Handing witness letters to General wad.
| dy Thompson and Brantx Mayer, inviting them to
dinner in the city OF Mexico, dated in 1927 In
whose handwriting are these letters1
Ans. / take them to be in Dr.. GARDENERS hand
| writing.
| CUES. showed them to you this morning. and
did you not recognise them as being in Dr. Card
ners ha ndwriting at first sight?
Ans. recognised them as his before saw the
| signature.
| Ques. (Handng witness the Morelia papers. !, Do
| you recognise Dr.. GARDENERS handwriting there.
cir! =
Ans II letters in that handwriting had come tn
me IN an anonymous manner, would have thought
| perhaps Of dozen correspondents before wo lid
have pitched upon DR.. Gardiner the writer still
| as anybody can see, there is resemblance The
word Gardiner" is considerably like his usual
signature; but Inever saw him write his christian
name in the manner in which it is written here.
| never cav him write in the Spanish way
| Cues Did you ever see him terminate the letter
| r as the one there is terminated?
Ans. am not minute in my Impressions
do not recollect about the manner in which he
| made his RS The most distinct impression uoon
my mind ia the POPULARITY Of his making the mi
tails G. A G--without taking the pen from the
| paper.
CUES. Do you know the handwriting of his bro
ther Charles?
| Ans. am moro familiar with his handwriting.
| CUES. DO not those signatures resemble his
more than they do Georges?
Ans am not prepared to say about that |
have never had occasion to examine their SIGMA
| lures critically. l am in the habit of destroying
| my letters as soon as have read them.
| Cues. Slate whether you would take these let
ers to be in the handwriting of George A. Gardi-
ner, or not!
Ans. They are not very much like Dr. Cardi
ner's usual writing; that ia, of the specimens
written with quill pen. / believe the doctor
writes with steel pen
Ques Would you, from your knowledge, take
| to your
| Ans. If my attention was not called particnlar
| y to 1T, and DR.. Gardeners usual signature were
appended to these letters, would perhaps take it
Tor ms without cause to doubt it's having been
written by him; bot If there were any cause /
should doubt it, 1t is not 80 like his ha nd writing
as can make it myself. have looked at these
papers in the District Attorneys office twice be.
fore.
Cross examination
MIR MAY. How long have you known DIR. Gar
diner?
Ans. Four years this month
Qses. Did ysu live with him?
An' We hat suit of rooms together for about
two months, four years ago. have seen him
every year since that time.
Cues. On terms of intimacy?
Ans. Yes, sir, ever since that time
Ques. DO you recognise the signatures on the
last of these papers?
Ana do not see any material difference be.
tween any of them.
Cues. Do you recognise the signature of John
Charles Gardiner on that paper?
Ans Ii is not the manner in which he ALWAYS
signed his name when writing to me- He has
written it j. Carlos Gardiner, with the ]. below
the line.
IIax,
than ]. Carlos Gardiner
Ans do not recollect. remember that few
weeks after our acquaintance, and before had
ever seen him write his name, he desired me to
address letters to him 81. Carlos Gardiner" He
intended to sign his in that way, because
there was another J. c. Gardiner in Waeh-
ington.
Ques. That was after he came to Washin gton?
Ans That was four years ago
Ques What is the date of that letter.
4ins 1885,
Cues. Do you recognise the name of J. C. Gar
diner with the flourish or rubric under it,
ans. am not prepared to answer that question
have seen many Of his signatures but have ne.
yer examined any of them critically. / think be
makes the flourish, but do not recoIlect whether
II is like this not.
Ques You have then no recollection Of bio
flourish?
Ans believe that be invariably makes the
flourish, but have no recollection of the precise
form of it ! have not seen his SIGNATURE since
this case has been pending, and have not, there
fore, refreshed my memory of it.
Quss. When you first saw these papers with
Gardiner" signed on them, it not your
opinion that 1t was the handwriting of Gardiner ?
Ans was willing to take your authority for it.
without evidence to the contrary.
S"es 4 want your opinion upon the subject?
An, told you, if recollect right, precisely
what testified this morning. found some pen
eral resemblance, but depended upon whether Dr.
Gardiner or yourself said he had written it.
Que'. Did you not think Gardiner was in his
Ans l said that it looked like his handwriting
but observed that was skepfcal upon the subject
OF chirograPhy, and could initiate it myself.
CUES You are not, then, good judge of writ
Ans ! do not mean that, but do not think
great deal could be proven by handwriting.
have been deceived in my avn signature.
Cues understand you to say that if these pa
pers mao come 10 you without any suspicion, you
would have received them as being papers from
DR.. George A. Gardiner?
Ans II had received letters written ia this hand
without reason to doubt their authorship, would
have considered them as from DR.. George A. Gard.
liner; l might have received papers much less like
his, II they purported to have come from him.
Ques. You have not seen him write bis name
10 RTE?
Ans have never seen him write it in tb., v.u
hand writing? A''
Ans 1t does.
handwrting? '-"''y
Ana. have never seen il
cues Have you been in the city of Mexicoi
Ans have never been there
Mr. BRADLEY. understood Won tn ssv that 10
anony NOUS letters had been addressed to Won in
mat handwriting, you would have thought of
dVsen different persons before Dr. Gardiner. "a
their writer! e'' IS
1n' did, sir; but said in reply to the oue.ton
" ImI. Way, Una, II they came purportng to be
written by Dr. Gardiner, and had no reason to
douo' the fact, j would receive them az such.
without receiving them as from DR.. Gardiner. I
wouio not take them TO be his If they related to
matters winch did not clearly indicate that he was
'heir autnor' would not take them to be his.
Que' You say that there is a general resem-
oiance 10 his handwriting, but that you have never
seen his signature written in that manner, and
that you could initiate it as we'll
An' ! think could initiate it as we'll.
Mr.: MAY. You do not mean to say that ia imi-
lated?
@n'. do not mean to imply any such thing.
do not know any thing about the merits Of the
case.
The DsrRIcr ATTORNEY. What peculiarities
90 you zee about the writing different from your
nrst impression of his signature?
ans have this morning contrasted this sigma
lure with those of Dr. Gardner's to the letters first
SHOWN me- which letters believe to be in his hand
writing.
Inc DISTRICT ATTORNEY. That is the reason
men, you say, why you do not believe it to be DR.
Gardiner'a hop