New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-16

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Would IoSsS have come con sesss Sses saa sed ma
Ss .oA sSS the r.ls s's intact ssss sss
the assault were Gus OUT. appassnily.
scattered scattered srcund f'A tho h room ss rs
IN rSo ssa ss 20 sns y e
AUTHORSHIP OF THE NOTE. 8 K
All eyes were then fixed upon the witneee ~
Recorder Sears during the next fow questions w
Recorder Sears DO you st stick 20 your e9!1euh
SsS 10 sssos &c 90 w
wnlttsser lnot moving %nscle or betrsyins any ~
Recorder ssarsa How then. can you scsouns foe ~
s nrss e
| OF the author OF the note and shat NM
waus have n tessdsd e the fsci that shsy tsint
Sss:s = & ssss forged .aa ne
Recorder ssars: How DO you account sc- TIE -
@ ssiCn Ii' saa tn.t Others bssids:
ssss s
wSis,aksT-i csnSot account for IT. and DO sss ~
| that they do. sir" ~
There was subdued hum OF excitement sfteR ~
corder Gears had put these questions. Lk,ntea811
Knight then began his croseexsmination. Bythlf-
1t was shown that the witness ha6 4
several handksrchiefs which were NJ
In court, that the four of ~
half dozen like the one In evidence which was f0an6
IN Whittaker's room, were marked 10 Nj
| edge. whereas tho name had bean ~
out Of the one found within the wide border ~
at the time Of the assault he was % much fsjGtt
ened as to affect his powers OF obocos<
vationJ and that he did not remember ef hay(3
ing or wearing Q black necktis sines 1871
When asked what he had done ~
help the Recorder In the invsstiession. b
said that he had given ,htn ssese1
to all of hts effects. his <prtvsts ~
ters end papers-everyshins. IN fact. in ~
.ad AZ /. e. 1.u as sSs SsS ss
his trunk and valise.
Prpsdent Mordscai--' Mt. whitaker, what ob}ss1 &
could anyone have had TO forge your writing n noee
Cadet Wattsfsr-sons, unless hs wanted TIE disrsss
Pre:id.ns Scraecsl-Bu. woula say one who va
enough Of friend OF yours TO warn you want TO get
Cadet ~ be x:: srs: g If
Do You % tSnE sss So' TIE "a experts have ssy s
cions that anyone max have copied ycur handSnt'nsm
&C Cadet whttsfsr think have seem In sh. ne.ses
pers semsthns 70 the eject that writing was fo.sa e
writing in the note. a.'-r {. !. -:'s
Captain was sgss
kSxsyss. was ssrsfally prepared ~ sss airsS
there % was 10 such s.ssemsns %sds in respect 20
This remark Of Captain Raymond referred
to Mr. Amess report, In which he said that e
| "No. 49," who was Whitaker, did not wnts
the note mo. -" initiated "No. 23s" haod-
writing. The "No. -" was Q specimen, 10 seems
that was prepared by the Court. -sss4@.
wHITTAKER's WRITING.
Recorder Sears then began the work ns'
explaining how the several experts had
selected Whittskers handwriting from the
specimens submitted to them. On tho tabls
before them lay mary letters, pages tom
| from copy.books, notebooks. and lse'
| lures, portions OF stories, aud siguatnrs1
cut from the fly leaves Of books. One by one b
took these up and asked Whitaker to identify than
or the two sets which have recently been submitted
to the experts set l. 1t turns out, composed en-
tirey OF Whittakers wrtings-stories to his mothsa
and other specimens. The expert could See plainif
by their character that they were whttaker't
writings. The two slips. too. were als(
written by Whitaker under the eye Of an
officer. he surmised he said, when he wrote them
what they were to be used for. Tho writing wAs
larger than he usually wrote. he said. because h4
dashed them of hastily There was no attempt a
disguise.
"of all of these experts" said RecOrda
SS5 %ss na. M adyaaess Asi i. L as theory only
came about because Mr.. Gayler Identified No. 81
and this was thought to be Whittaker;".
was as follows;
II ,s,n9 rs be .a taig'
10 take up, and e absolutely .Perss,uius
ss%s S ss'"I ssv'' :s' s
T1sn S SS'i sssss
have been most anxious 70 connect th's
ard TiI genuine hand thus identifying sutaor made
sySas ~ ss &c
s@o.t all OF al tho:s yoa nave called 2: s suss &
xsn T 20 SSSS p
' a vsn "iass as
dscernble to ordinary viscn with the he naked sys Jeh
WITH With blue pencil subject mattel connected WA
another sheet, which have marked b tw1ce .
pas have Market twice Thus By fact msihsmsi
callv demOnstra the anOny ymou. mote one Of isus
have sa,siactlSn ai:sSve,ns shi' ,.,,s PSn!
Of the anonymous note 10 concerned. The lrntn ST.
be- beam any Beyond doubt or cay .s @oss persish
% e. o
ga.s as to s1O my s sry s one easso@cz w &
Sots placed IN jaztaposition with ,ae Part
the sss; SS 's notice ass cut o pap.r s
a. ns IN % s
Il was separated perhaps with papsrcat,er no msk
ter In what way, 80 long az an inserted spos uee
So Of No O. which is part Of set one," aud married -
above described aud placed as have described hereto
fore In No. /. }<ts1tSS =
After this the warning note was discovered, and
the half sheets Of note paper were uclosed betwc0
glasses by Mr. Southwortb, In order that the edge
might be examined together. and they were sub z
mltted TO Mr. Gayler and to Mr.. Pain. whose rep9re
| were made to the Court In secret session. Ma
| Gayier said: {" have examined them undcr Q mt
| croscope and believe that they were erixtnaily
joinedn Mr.. PAIN. said /" The JoiDture Wa
indicated by certain indentrres made aprarsne
by holding the glass to the light
| Il was a fne question, hoyeycfs Z. -
both edges were torn very evenly. Unoerse ieoo
the texture of the paper seemed TO be the satBe.
Mr.. southworth was once IN paper mill s9d' - -
planned the question to the Court in Al its