Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-09-19

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OF late years furccrir5 and attempt. ON
the part If individuals tu disguise then
handwriting have become Vel, frequent.
Few uf oar readers, outside of CONNER
cIal circle. are aware of Ia" astonishing
aniulul oi iurevgi,.. which ar.. constantly
being rcrpctratcd la thrag,Tcratr they
amount annually to hundreds eli thou.
sands and even millions Of dollars. Will
instances like the noted bond forgrIiD g.
and frauds amountin" t. S5O0,00O lately
attempted AMI partly accomplished upon
the bank of England, and the more re
cent furGeTies OF probably nearly M equal
amount 81 railroad and Telegraph bond.
III our own country, may hr ul cuupafn-
lively Tar" occurrence. successful AMI I'M
successful cii,rts To- procure money from
banks and individuals by means OF forged
checks, drafts. letters OF credit, etc, ar,
of almost daily occurrence IN his city
alon, The subject Is, Therefore. one uoI
only of the greatest Importance. Int OF
the deepest interest, and IN order Ia ave
orr readers an account of the most re-
cent progress in tins dirocti,n, We hav,
=
cHcel and s!.ilful expert /, in this city, and
probably in the cotmtry. From these
gentlemen We have received great many
Interesting
fiETI AND FACTS,
which cannot tail to be of interest to ON
readers. In the eye of an expert an indi-
vidual l. lis mach p1rs"niiicl in his hand
-tl..l st..l l.H-
rs he is hy his physioenumv. \ person
may Disguise or distort the general APP
pcarance Of his writing. - h. may the cx-
preston Of his face or the sound Of ms
voice, yet the peculiar characteristics 10y
which he Is recognized will i'll each case
b. plainly visible, in spit" 81 all efforts
ut disguise Habit impnrs peculiaritles
III form Of letters, To- their proportions.
SLOPE, space, connections, tauG5, shades,
etc, which a person can no more success
fully conceal than he could his personal
identity 10y drawing up his nose. sqnint
ing his eyes cr walking with Il limp VI
Is to the careful examination of these pc
cuinr and habitual characteristics that
the expert directs his attention rather
than to the general appearance Of writing.
LII Il forgery general acmhlancc of writ
inn j. ,osiIy- oLf.;ucJ anil os easily
chanoad in disonisaJ L,uJ Will, If !.
we'll niob imi.1ssihl, T., i,,p,t these h.-
bitual pointsnf Jis,iu,tion /, . forgery. 81
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"it'HiN" TIE ORIGINAL,
rs schoolbav would his copy. The
writing Of persons who write slowly. with
a drawn movement. is therefore thu. most
easy to counterfeit. Is tn. movement con
forms more To- the necessarily slow draw
ing movements of the imitator On, Of
the most frruuent modes of Disgusting
writing is To change the customary slope
which. with some variation IN type of
letters. etc. at once Inpaits an entire
change to its general npnearancr. sn that
IL page. line OF signature placed in inyta-
pnsition with the ordinary hand ynuld by