St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-15
EFFORTS OF EXPERTS
Show the Same State Of Dis
agreement in Stems
guards Case.
A Piece Of Impeaehing Testi-
mony That the Court
PulnH 0ut
st. Paul's Typothe t@ Enjoys
a FeStal Reunion at the
Ryan.

Some very instructive lectures on the
characteristics of handwriting were
| given at the Stensgaard trial yesterday.
The lecturers were Prof. Mulliken, of
the st. Paul Business college, Prof.
| CuFtisS, of the CurtisS Business college;
and Prof. Bond. of the Public schools.
The three gentlemen appeared for the
| defense as expert witnesses. They all
SwOre that the writing in the body Of
the forged deed was very different from
the signature. They did not belieTe
that one and the same man wrote the
body and the signature. Each of the
experts Illustrated on a blaekboardthe
| characteristic differences in the hand
writing in the body of the deed and that
! in the signature.
Gerhard Willrich, the lawyer, WAS
placed on the stand and testified sub
Stantially as follows:
Il was born and educated in Germany and
am very familiar with the characteristics of
German penmanship. have q large Ger
man chenille and cores pondence. Here
The witness was shown lie forged deed
This signature in my opinion, was written
by German, because il bears the character
iStics of German handwriting. The dashes
over the us, the manner in which the is
crossed. and the comma between the two
WORDS, characterize il as the signature of q
German.
Mr.. Willis, of counsel for the defense,
went on the stand and stated that he
wrote tine name August Uihleinii on
the back of the deed. 1t is this indOrse-
ment that some of the states experts
pronounced as in the same handwriting
as the signature.
For the purpose of impeaching Edgar
Carver'S testimony the defense called
Lawyer Fishleigh to the stand.
do you know Edgar Carver?" was the first
question asked the witness.
Yes, he worked in my Office for several
MONTHS
Did he ever say anything to you about this
caSe?"
"'Bjeet, shouted Mr.. Mum. "As under
stand it the defense proposes to impeaeh the
testimony of Edgar Carver by this witness.
We object on the ground that there is no
foundation for impeachment The defend
ants counsel did not designate any time and
place when he asked Carver whether or not
he Carver had any conversation with Mr..
FishIeigb about this case
The objection was sustained by the
court and Mr.. FiShleigh was excused
from the stand.
Bert johnson testified that he was
present at Diapers Office when the deed
was executed. He paid no particular
attention to the transaction and couldn't
say who signed the paper. There were
four men besides himself in the Office at
the time. They were Stensgaard, the
two Diapers and a stranger. He heard
+. l.. Draper and the stranger eonvers-
ing about the amount Draper should re-
ceive as commission on the deal.
Draper wanted $40 and the stranger
only wanted to pay him S75.
A. R. Speel testified in confederation
of Stensgaard's evidence about the loan
of 81, 800. Mr.. Speel said that he loaned
Stensgaard $500 in cash.
j. 6. EImquist, W. d. Wright. John
Swenson, Thomas Herman. J. l.. Lind
and A. Olsen all testified that they had
known Stensgaard for number of
years and believed him to be man of
the strietest integrity.