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me with the means Of doing this when you placed
the package (set one) In my hands. That you have
been most anxious TO connect this questioned
uine hand, thus identifying It's author is made
most evident by the great amount OF speci-
mems you have produced to me as an expert
and suppose also 10 most all or oil thrsc yOu have
called as such. You will no doubt be surprised
when tell you TINT | have sheet which have
marked "A in two places out of set ore, from
which the paper upon which the ANONYMOUS uote
is written was torn The uct Is easily dscerniblo
10 ordinary vision with the naked eye, This paper
ont OF set one marked by me a. twice with blue
pencil has subjuct-mntter connected with another
sheet which have marked B twice in blue Tho
sheet IL Is torn from another sheet which have
marked &C. twice. Thus by n fact mathematicnlly
demonstrated the anonymous note is one of four
links threo Of which are papers OF set one. have
great satisfaction in describing this point which DIS
cOvery Will do much toward settling the whole
Affair." as far as the authorship ofthc anonymous note
Is concerned The truth stands forth 10 all Interested
friends and foes, If there be amy, beyond doubt or
cavil, that this most perpeNing nndhnnoylB ques-
ton has been solved. | have 10 the best OF my
ability arranged two frames OF glass so Ms 10 eN'
hiblt my discovery to any who may properly ex1
anime. Number Que Is the questioned note placed
in juxtaposltion with the part Of tho sheet from set
one marked A In two places. We first notice the
paper mills; next the ruling, and then the ragged
edges In juxtapositon where " was separated per-
hnps with paper-cutter no matter in what way,
so long az an indcntcd spot upon one edge has its
corresponding tooth opposite So Of number two,
which is ont of set one and marked as above de-
sctibod and placed, as have described hereto
The above testimony created sensation which
was greatly increased when 1t was announced that
was written was torn from sheet on which Whit
taker had started to write letter 10 his mother,
which sheet the expert had taken from set one and
marked "A' In two places. Every one OF the
experts, five in all, identified the handwriting of
Whitaker as the handwriting in the note of warn
ing three of them being positive,
Whitaker was not questioned Mt all aior the
above conclusions were announced, and the court
adjourned until p IN. Monday.
What Whitaker Says.
WEST PoINT N. Y, May lG-In an interview to-
day Cadet Whitaker stated that last evening he
was invited to General Schoneld house the latter
saying that he had sent for him TO say that there
was considerable hard feeling against him whit
taker), aud asked him If he had anything moro to
say or wished TO make any confession and IL he
did tha. would DO good time TO do it. WHITAKER
replied that he had nothing further to say that lie
had told all he knew, and II was the truth, and
that II he had not told the truth and desired to con
fess anything, General Sohoned would be the first
man he would go to, on account Of the generals
uniform Kindness toward him. Whitaker said the
general advised him TO collect al the letters he had
written lately because In that way II might be pos
sible TO ascertain who had simulated his hand
writing. He said the general told him he had his
best wishes, and Whitaker judges from that re-
mark that the general believes he Is innocent, or
he never would have said it.
Whitaker wns asked how he accounted for some
OF the discrepancies In his statements, and he said
no could not account for them. He argued that
tho presence OF discrepancies showed he was
honest, for said he, 'ff had invented the story
l would have learned it by heart and then there
would have boon no discrepancies"
He was asked how it was he never noticed that
| the writing In the note of warning was like his
own He replied that he never thought of It. and
That If he had written 1t he would not have OK.
hibited II to four or five persons. lie was asked
that both of tho sheets were of one paper.
lie said that amounted to nothing, as all
and that he wanted TO say that nc had found the
note OF warning on chair by the side of his table
| in the evening, He was in the habit Of tearing
whole sheets into halves wrto on and the person
who wrote the note might have come to his room
and taken piece of his paper. aud with many
| samples of his handwriting before him might have
| forged the note
Iho details of Mr.. southworth's discovery are
| thus told more accurately. Hc had among the
papers given him reauisition for postage stamps
| by Whitaker, two sheets of letter Of Whit
| taker to his mother and the note OF warn.
ing. He accidentally discovered that the two hal
| sheets on one of which the letter TO Whitaker
mother was written had never formed one sheet
but the rcquiSition and one Of the sheets which
was the letter to his mother had once been whole
sheet. That led him to compare the other two pieces
paper, and he found that the other sheet Of the
| letter TO Whiuakers mother and the mote
| of warning had been one paper. When
he made that discovery he took TO his bed with cx
citoment and he was unable to read his report in
| court
| in juxtaposition will be photographed and entered
| ON the minutes OF the court.
The last session for the hearing Of the testimony
| will occur tomorrow, unless in the future some
minor points may have to be inquired into. The
argument by the recorder and Lieutenant Knight
| Whittaker's counsel Will follow, when the cour
will make up its report, flushing it probably be-
| fore June /.
General Schohed says that as tho report of the
court is to be presented to him. ho does not want
say anything on the subject Any reports Of fear;
Of disorderiy action by the cadets against Whit
| taker are premature as 1t is the understanding
among them to allow the court to take care OF the
| whole case.
| Professor Greener still claims that Whitaker Il
| innocent and says he has some important point
| which he intends TO make known over his own sig
nature, but not To the court,