New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-09
METHODS or AN EXPhRT

TESTIMONY IN THE WHITAKER TRIAL.
CROSS XAMINIEG Mr.. HoGAN-LEA iNED OPINIONS
ABOUT THE ARR OF wRIuNG--rHE WITNESS
REASONS FOR BELIEVING THAT WHITAKER
WROTE THE NOTE or WARNING
81 know this is tedious, but l don't see
how avoded. Dir. Cna b. rlan yea erdaV
at the ttsr al in tbs OF hiS cross
examnHtiol OF Mr. II gan. the expert from Try. Mr
Hog II little man. who rb4cureS his ideas with many
and Mr.. Gu imberlam, tn" time. Was eudraVlr'
cOmUrrhend of his answers. fhe N m6ers Of
tue Cur as0 work the SANE dill problem,
while IN stenogra nad given up. AMI N ounce
thaf dIdn't know what che witness talking about,
Mr. Hogan tn ly made himself OartlV understood IN
the animation continued II the course OF
this Mr.. CnamDerlh qurs Toned INN us follows:
Dos II writing III hIs signature as much
IN wOdsp
q I thiuk not"
"Is not remqrEabe them that. # the accused cadet
wrute he Of warning. in the word Wn'iaErr IN
II TOUR Of The ue letters lin fly from those Ia the
'Ou1d IN tue other exnibit-T
'Tue wI-d WI ticker IN the te Of warning ia nor
a signature. It. body OF the letter tnuk nat
f,ct vi account the scrrpancy to certain extent
Then Whitaker had two styIts OF wrtnl and the dier
enre Is a Darty due TO that"
In the words 10 your exhibit, which you complied
from sp~onUens Of wntiker's writing. -uppos" you
took such correspOnued most closely to those
IN tn" letter OF warnDGP
YES"
Mr.. Chamberlain then sPlected certain letters In
the note Of warning, and takug ex IMPLIES of the
same letters IN the exhibits, Questioned the wit
ness as TO their eorre4pOndence Eight examples
Of the figure 4 found. aud se
eral NJ the e'tr d. hut none Of Them had any resem
Dance 60 those in the OF warning Out OF hy ex
mpes OF the letter K. only two were found which re-
semn ed those IN tire uOte. 10 The Of his mna
a In. ,al 10 unnF hA mir Al lnl Tier
Y winch was II h exhibit showing the similarity
orI ween Wbtta Ker's and tue Writing 10 GIe
npie OF warnIu by combining twp letter, he found IN
T. specimens OF ttakrr's handwriting gwen {" him.
Mr. Cnam0erlan-rIese some OF the facts, |
suppose. upon which yo1 based your oe'ie' that
v" ! vas @%sr "FO'o T." '0'''' u "'iH'"4
" d cs not alI writing consist of loops, curves and
't 70 ro i1@r :
Could Won ,ot take specimens OF my handwriting and,
by comhn n alrts C In wnlch you formed TINS l.
p'"Xr an '"Dg oS III
"Wusn Won were examining the note OF warn n.y. did
yn Lraeo H. diJ trace Il wnle It VAS IN Your
MJur Garlu ri must gay that can't see tile object
Mr.. Cuamb rain-My Obi cti 10 thro" uouDs uPon
the ~iju ss-l lid not 1t traced, but presume 1t
vas a. at the Zine OF the Court Of inquiry lac
| slinlle II III newspaper. -. ~
| Mr. CuaInberlan-Did motice ANYTHING IN tne nor
Ut warning ,uat suggested that The writer was
o.ani
No" a.,
VIII You describe the appearance OF fhe envelope
| .OOAed ike -ueirtY rY"Ope. such ~ -HcuuOl-
CIR o. "A Young man. wanted TO sehd fancy letter.
| 49," ,
nave SAID the nerve trenor OF tue wr er 81
the : II AOruing was the same aS " hltaKrr' Chh
| va snow ihsf
| T 10 CJurt--DO's the witness mean by nerve
lreunr' what sometimes spoken OF tn physiological
| Wul ks rs d" rrV' Dab.tI
| L q VII e..-Y'S.
In rr-ult III educ ltiOn T.
No; T. tnr result Of ahyslcal organ sanon."
How tong will TINS TX Ilaudtion take Yo g
| iIt an cur"
| A I "a announcements tine Court adjourned unan-
| muusy Until tbls morning