St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-03
Why the Expert Thinks EX-
hibit A Has a Genuine
Signature.
Slight Variations in Sigma
lures Additional Evidence
of Commences.
Mr.. Carvalho Delivers a Long
Lecture on the BlaiSdell
Signatures.
After Which the Court Ad-
journs to Monday at 10
O'Clock.

At the opening of court yesterday
morning in the COLON case, Mr.. Car
valho, the leading expert for the de-
Tense. took the stand, and the work of
introducing Photographic copies of the
admitted genuine, and alleged forged
signatures was renewed.
1--WE would like to see each of those
exhibits in the order of their preSenta-
ton" said County Attorney JamlSon.
Certainly replied Mr.. Wilson, ana
he proceeded to hand them over 10 the
prosecution one by one as they were OF
fered with MIR. BlaiSdelfS answer noted
on the back of each. One by one they
were passed in, and the whole forenoon
was consumed in the work, without
coming to conclusion at the hour OF
adjournment. At , p. m. the court re-
assembled and Mr.. Carvalho resumed
the witness stand. He was sur
rounded by Photographic copies OF
Mr.. BlaisdelPs signatures from the
natural size up to 525 diameterS. These
photographs included the name OF y.
Il. BlaisdeH." John T. BlaiSdell.
parts of the signatures. letters and parts
OF letters, etc. Mr.. CarvalhO plunged
at once into a scientific description OF
the process by which they were made
i'm New York. According to his testl-
monv they are what are known among
photographers as albertypeS, as dis
tinguished from PLAIN photographs and
bromide plates. Mr.. Carvalh0 claimed
that the chief distinguishing 1eat-
ure consisted in the fact that they
were permanent photographs, not
subject to change, while the exhibits OF
the state were different and ephemeral
. nT.xr
on. Photograph after photograph was
offered i'm evidence and an interest
Ing discussion ensued as to the manner
of the preparation. The prosecution
objected to some of them because they
were made by the ''gelatine process"
which. it was claimed. was not certain
and exact method of reproduction, but
Judge Hooker decided that the jury was
the sole Judge of that fact, and so they
were admitted in evidence except one or
two. which were admitted by the defense
to be photographs of photographs, and
they were withdrawn. When this had
all been settled, Mr.. CarvalhO was
asked whether, in his opinion, the sig
nature of j. r. Blaisdell, as written on
the back of exhibit A, the signature IN
dispute, was written by the same per-
son who wrote the other signatures,
which are admitted to be genuine. To
this question Mr.. CarValhO returned an
unheSitating ives"
Now. Mr.. CarvalhO," said Mr.. VIII
son IN his blandest tones, Twill you tell
the Jury the reasons which LED you TO
this conclusiOn?''
This question struck Mr.. Carvalho in
the mouth, so to speak, and he rose up,
faced the Jury and proceeded to deliver
a lecture upon the signatures and parts
of signatures. Commencing with the
nose on the left hand side of the j, he
pursued the subject through all of its
ramificationS, pointing out the charac-
teristies in which the alleged forged
signature differed from those admitted
to be genuine, and winding up each pc
Rod with this declaration: 80, gen
tlemen, / claim that this departure
from the characteristic Of the genuine
signature indicates that it is not a
forgery, but an additional proof that 1t
Is genuine"
then to the B, followed by the |, the a,
the /, the s, the d, the e, the next TO tile
last |, and the last / itself. whenever
there was departure from the charac-
teristics of the genuine signature, Mr..
CaryalhO claimed that it was an indica-
ton of genuineness and not of forgery.
Turning to the other branch of the sub
feet, Mr.. CarvalhO claimed to have dis
covered in the admitted genuine sigma
lures every singularity which had been
found in the alleged forged sigma
ture. He turned the photographs
upside down, cornerWayS, and every
other way. 1t was grand success. and
Mr.. CarvalhO demonstrated that he was
an expert of experts. By the time he
finished it was 5 O'Clock, and Judge
Hooker announced that the court would
meet hereafter at 10 o'clock a. m, and
continue in session until p. M, adj
journ for one hour, meet at 2 p. m, and
continue in session until p. m. On
Monday morning the crOss-examinatlon
of Mir. CarValho will commence.