The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-06-17

ish was finished; the J in the signature to the
will also appeared to be touched up; it came
down with a different pressure of the pen
than in the letter and stroke towards the bot
tom became hair stroke; in the letter the
down stroke was almost a loop, and in the
will was decidedly straight stroke and shar-
per; the concavSty of the H was TO the left;
the gradually got down to a hair stroke and
came up with a loop; the y looked like it had
been touched up: the commenced with
dot like the in Henry and closed with 2nd
loop, different from o's in the letter, which
were not final; the first was made with a
heavy stroke. slightly increased all the way
down; the second was heavy at the top and
/ ightera the bottom, and the pen was taken off
before the was made; in the letter there
were no instances in which down strokes be-
came lighter at the bottom or where the pen
was taken up before making another letter
after the second part of the p; the flourish
after the began with a curve in the letter,
and in the viii with an angle in the flourish
+ in the letter, two kinds of ink had certainly
been used WITNESS here described where he
could see the different colored inks in the
+ lourish) generally wherever this brownish
ink had touched the letter or the will, it
stained the paper where 1t crossed ereases,
it stained the edge; where the genuine writ
Z ing crossed the creases, the edges were not
I Stdineus t0tFe were , ulStinCt movements Vi
( the pen in the flourish, the pen having been
lifted each time, and all being in different ink
from the other part of the flourish in the
words turn over, the ink stained the paper
the same as the other ink in the flourish the
~ was different from any n in the body
of the letter, between two letters the capital
( .'Tr' had marked differences from the capital
ats in the letter; the ''r'' in cover, was
not like RS in the letter, nor exactly ike
any in the will, 1t was more like RS; at the
date 1875, there was fine hair stroke IN
the >, making it more like an 8; this looked
like il had been put there after the 5 was
made in the letter, he did not find any let
tiers spread at the breaks, unless they crossed
at the same points with letters in the will, or
had been touched up with the different ink;
where the writing Of the will crossed the
creases generally. the paper was stained and
discosored the letter was written with blank
margin to the left, as persons write docu-
ments the spacing was generally the same !;
in the viii there WAS little or no margin TO the
left. and where IL crossed the ereases, in
several places, The spacing was as if 60 avoid
the creases there was no punctuation Of
"Eliza Ann Byrrs, at the bottom OF the let
ter, nor where il occurred in the 4th line; in
the viii each word was, pnnetuated, and IN
the 18th line Of the letter il was punetnated
with the browuish ink, IN which the panetHa-
ton in che will was done the ink of the
punctuation in the 18th hne penetrated the
paper aud discolared il on the other side the
which had been touched up, did the
same the ink in the rest of tho name Eliza
Ann Byers, didn't show through; the color Of
the INK where the showed through. WAS the
same rs N the punctuation; had FIRST seen the
letter IN September or October, 1881 at the
Orphans Coartin Westminster the creasing
was not as much torn as now. otherwise It
was mach the sane; then FIRST observed the
staining uf the edge Of the creases couldn' {
say there WIS any change in the color since
then.
The witness was then asked from your
observation and examination of the two
writings, were they written by the same
Tserseas
Ii possible. certainly not probable; be did
not believe i 20 be possible the one was
generally regular aud ii there was any devia-
ton. the letters commenced larger and got
smaller, the writing was in much the SAME
angle all through, with decided appearance
II more basis towards the last the other was
iadlsfiueg. irregular, uncertain and underlined
In appearance; there was no regularity, ex-
caysg a. % individual letters. none as 90 ineii-
nation. size. or change Of size OF letters.
CFoss-examined The witness repcated in
detail his various smpl0yments. beginning
with he Secrriaryship 20 the President Of the
Canton Company when The war broke oat he
leff theIa and weEi 60 the =. 4 q. r. x. Co.
shss he..leit the Qaarternaster' Department,
be Reus into the e. :. army for ! monihs,
rs Capsusn Of 20. g., Of the l0th Maryland
Regiment Al 2. q, T. X. Cos. got 500.
q rear, IN the uaarfsrrTsssters Departments
wa se Eet $500 was in the Treasury Depart
meet lor . yuarx biz duties were 20 examine
payHaster aersanfs IN the Navy. especially
los, accounts. wi,h the officers pay rolls and
the yeachers; a. Acklm iaak his salary was
IL s0o. with : NJ Shoemaker. 5000 per
anaam as Treasury accountant Of The Adams
ExpE~ss Co. be prepared abstracts for the
transportation ofIi shs Government money
seag Dtss lslhe diHereut hsaks in the equatry s
his health lruke down there; with the bag
laetafy, wlseFe ha now MAS, his salary was
81 osa a yvag, Rad had opportunities Of
acquiring knawIctlEs ~ an expert ia hts eX.
gs.sFsenea SINCE the second year he was al Nc
kim liaRk hsd alsn acquired considerable
proficiency Is reason of having been frequent
Is employed 20 examine writings he was
frst sInf4ayed - an expert IN the Claire
masdsr tfial in Baltimore, BY Mr.. Cuttings, "a
examine certain writings aud testified as to
the writing also by TIE States Attorney 10
examine al the letters ard paHess Ia connee-
ton With the Wharton mUrsssr trial, lthe
Wipes then aaHrd a number Of other cases
"a zhich he had been eagased. including the
rsceaf Abraham $ ease in Baltimore, }; ia the
ApIpsld will ease be had examined a. 20 the
handwriting l,cing forgery, aud who did II
and after his aliaina contest was abandon.
ed although the viii had been prohaied had
been umploysd in tins ease about year ago
b. Mr. Marshall; went 10 Westminster and ex
alniaed the paper; had examined other writ
80 sehfsfsta Fts lAr
Herring possession nad the ledger; was
snpiased ~ examine the paper and give
his opinion on Il. be presumed; was not
eaployed 10 make the paper appear forgery,
indignantly no man could employ hlm for
that narpose. nor was he employed 20 make
i a1geas geuaine; uas 70 see what bis Opin-
ION II if was he had been 20 Westminster
twice. weai to Mr. Roberts ofiiee aud 20 see
DR.. Herring. knew they were eontes,,Rg the
paper. bat did not know thai Col, Maalshy
and judse Smith Reru supporting u, until At
sef he declared i forgery: hrst time he saw
the letters. examined each side few mo-
meats, Us s0oa a. he turned the paper over
his MUD was made up: examined IT rs he
had been IN the habit ut examining counter
f..it or forged hank notes. was compelled to
take thens 1T sight as he WIS counting them
had been IN the habit Of examining them +;
knew them al the first glance the first sight,
the favor Of il as Is comes before your EYES y
how you detect 4 forgery; would confirm bis
opinion hy lunking at il afterwards, not make
Il; sometimes mistakes acre made as 70 the
notes but not in the case Vt national or green
back u0tes; generally i was NET necessary for
hsm to take second look; sometimes gen
uine note was 81 bad il looked ltse forgery,
bat a counterfeit was the converse ~ that ;
had seen experts. bank officers make mis-
takes enc of the last resorts was To compare
signatures the safest resort was TO take the
first glance: If YOU halted, you might be mis-
taken: never used Bank Note DetecsOr
had seen hundreds Of forged bank notes when
ia Mekim's Bank; never passed counterfeit
aoie into his money from his hand had made
further examination, mostly To confirm
opinions of others, not his own had never
changed his opui0a "a to this forgery one
atom had examined the checks rs a precau-
ton to confirm his opinion as to particular
differences sought information in every way
to affect his opinion. in the writing OF Mr..
Hoppe. where ne could get il at that time
only looked at the Checks and Ledger once
10 get a general idea of Hopes writing; he
could never do such u thing Us examine a
writing with view of arriving at certain
result an expert ought to seek to enquire
fer other writing. ii in doubt at all he did
seek all he could reasonably get at, with a
view Of confirming his opinion; spent some
hours at the bank that day; all he asked for
So. I,;s ...,,s,,,anssfion from DIR Hprin0: he