Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-03-28

the Circuit Court, the case OF Oliver agt. Cam
eron-the action brought by Mrs. NJ S. Oliver
agt. Hon. Simon Cameron for breach OF promise
OF marriage, alleged to have been made Ga the
eth of December, 1915, for which $4,000 dam
ages are claimed, was continued after our re-
Darneille and Mr.. Toney (of Kentucky for
plaintiff; Gen. L. F. Butler and Messrs. w. A.
Cook and A. G. Riddle for defendant.
ANOTHER EXPERT IN HANDwRITING.
Prof Chas. y. Cresson, OF Philadelphia. testi,
fed that he is ali expert IN hanoWrlllnS, u ii
often been in courts to give testimony reiallve
to handwriting, and had met MI. Ralsch IN
courts with the same object. Witness had ex-
amined the handwriting of all the letters az nus
workshop by the use OF apparatus devised ioi
tie purpose of testing handwriting. ne had
ulagnffied the letters SO as to occupy space OF
ffreen square feet-magnffying Soc times me
genuine Bristow letter Is Written Ia rpn
Iousness;' the small a" is always characters
tic. as is the letter s'y' and other letters whtc1
he described. The disputed letters are written
in an .'unpraeticed, unframed, irregular hand
and the whole character OF the writing IS
that OF tremulousness." The capital Is OF
the Bristow letter are made at WITH ti1 !, Two Two
trokes. those Of the disputed letters with one
troke: the ..y's' Of the Bristow letter are all
made without loop, but there are loops TO sew
eral of the ''ys' in the disputed letters Many
other differences were pointed out. The words
"My Dear Mrs. oliver" are singularly cor
responding In the letters and witness Deiieves
such exact correspondence cOdld De prouuceu
alleged alteration OF the date '.septemper 5" to
september 25," the figure "2H Is OF ink OF
different shade sTldenty aoaea oo me rep paper ot
mark of the BriStOw letter differing from that
OF the disputed letters, and the Two disputed
letters differing in water mark. Witness is sat-
isfied that the disputed letters were not written
by the hand which wrote the Bristow letter.
Cross examined.-All the letters agree in be-
ing written by unframed, wrist hands, with
irregular curves. Witness does not think that
Mi. Cameron could have so disguised his writ
ing that witness could not have discovered the
impression OF his hand. The envelope. "free
shown witness, but he declined to make any
comparison in the absence Of his Instruments
MRS. DIVERS EVENINGS.
Thomas r. Dwyer testified that in 1915 he
Kept stationer's store on street. near Della
wale avenue. The shanty corner of street
ard Delaware avenue had bad reputation.
Mrs. Mcdonald, an Irish woman, kept the
house. has seen Mrs. Oliver there several
R. ]. Marshall testified that he keeps the
Marshall House here, and In 1875 kept Marshall
Hall On TIE Potomac. Mrs. Oliver came there
In July, 1875, entered her name as from New
Orleans, and said she was widow.
TO-DAY.
A jam outside the bar, and a moderate at
tendance within. was the condition of the court
room this morning, on the opening of the case;
but, as ON the previous days. the crowd came
In rapidly as soon as the trial begun. Besides
Mrs. Oliver and Mrs. Henriques, there was but
one other lady present.
PROF. Hay AS AN EXPERT
Prof E. B. Hay testified that he was an at
tOrney- and for thirteen years had given
much attention to handwriting. He had exam
ined the letters, and said the Bristow letter
showed decision Of character and firmness In
the writer: also, uniformity OF spacing, and
the other letters the reverse. He then explain
ed tie Characteristics of the writing at length
by means OF a blackboard OF the twenty seven
as In the Cameron letter, there is but one de-
Walton from the general characteristic, and In
the other Claimed to be spuriousl there are ten
ticed also roughness In the crossing of the
Us In the September 5th letter, While in the
ether letter there was asmoOthneSS. The words
exact In length, and In one letter appear to be
traced In tremulous hand. Had no doubt that
TWO OF the letters were forgertes.
science Of accounts; had devoted in all fifteen
or twenty hours to the study OF these letters.
BUSINESS.
mr.. Peter:-It is not customary to paint
letter In business letter, is it?
WitDess.-No, sir.
Mr.. Peter.-Is that business letter? [refer-
ring to the letter speaking of taking her to
WitneSS.-YeS, SIR.
Mr.. Peter.-Read it.
v witness ,,' !, read the letter, and emphasizing
ness" Excessive laughter which was sup
pressed with some difficulty.
MI. Peter.-A man would be little nervous
Witness.-That depends upon whom he is
writing to.
MORE TESTIMONY AS TO THE PROMISE LETTERS.
George Smuler testified that he had known
Nat.onaI Bank Of Middletowp Pa. OF " Which, ie
Gen. c. was cashier from '32 to 81; knows Mr.
ca handW ritlng. Identified the Bristow letter
wrote that OF September $; Is quite Confident.
did not think that such writing would have
been received at the bank as Gen. Camerons
The other promise letter appeared to be writtel
Dy the person VINO wrote that OF September
either.
Crossexamined.- address on the enve-
Dlapce to Gen, C.s handwriting.
Hob. A. ID. Hazed Third Assistant Postmaster
GeneraD TESTIFIED that he knows Gen. C.'s
written In his hand and the others he did not
believe were written by him.
Cross-examined.-Could not say that the
words Free passes to Cincinnati from Wash
ingtonn were written by Gen. c. ' '''''
Hannibal D. Norton testified that he was
Chief OF the finaI ce division OF the Post ONCE
S Gepaartm n and and, has .. made hand writing
not. 0'~
The court here intimated that there need be
no 1urtner testimony as to the hand writing.
unless the other side have testimony to meet
the experts. ~ --e0'
dtu Dulier CANNED mat the testimony of the
experts could not be met, and at this point
closed the case. f0''-'
TIE SAMPLE DIVORCE CASE
Ar. Peter offered in evidence the record In
the divorce case OF Sample agt. Sample to i'm
peach the testimony Of Mrs. Henriques.
Gen. Butler objected, and the point was ar
gued at some length, the defendant Claiming
that they could not introduce collateral issues
and the plaintiff that they could show that the
woman was unchaste.
Tie court overruled the Offer saving that 1t
Is very doubtful If the proof lying behind the
parties to this fact. The rule Is that the answer
or the witness precludes further inquiry. In
some places prostitution Is regarded az entailinp
moral infamy and affecting the credIbility for
truth and Veracity. This was not an offer TO
prove SUCH Observation-Disclosures historic pros
titut1on-Dut Isolated inst inces
MRS. OLIVER WAS CALLED
10 TIE stand In rebuttal, and testified that tho
MIS-. Oliver (the elder a short time after her
daughter was born, when she was living in
Preston st. Bowen, the detective. smoke -
heI ABOUT getting position In the Department
and ne had been trying for some time. He ask,
ca witness to show him the letter, and She did.
ara ne LOOK copy OF it; at the same time She
missed the letter from Mayor Witt. Witness
recognized the paper marked 'sFree narsea
TO Cincinnati from Wa shington," as haVinS
been given her by Mr.. Cameron with the in.
Closed