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office is at No. 265 Broadway. He said he
had frequently been called to testify as to
handwriting in the civil and criminal
courts of the United States, and various
states of the country, and is Office expert
for the district attorney of New York City.
He said he had testified over $50 times in
open court, as an expert in handwriting
Three letters, the two from Mrs. Clark to
Mrs. Moore and the anonymous letter,
were handed TO the witness.
will yon say, sir, asked Mr.. Bggs,
whether or not those three letters and the
address. on the envelope were written by
one and the same personW
They were"
"Will you tell the court and the Jury
your reasons for this opinion ?''
Mr. Carvelho said he had prepared
Photographic copies OF the letters and de-
sired to hand a copy to the court, and q
copy to each member of the jury for con-
vcnience in following his explanation.
The defence objected to the Photographic
copies of the letters going 10 the jury as
the jury would thereby learn the contents
of the last letter.
As two of the letters had been offered in
evidence and been admitted, Mr.. Biggs
then proposed to offer the third letter and
the envelope in evidence.
The court ruled that the Photographic
copies could be placed in the hands of the
court and counsel, but would not be per-
mitted to be placed in the hands of'the
jury.
The witness then proceeded to give his
reasons for his belief that the anonymous
letters were i'll the same handwriting as
the letters from Mrs. Clark to Mrs. Moore
He described in technical terms, the points
OF resemblance, and all the characteristics
OF hand writing that convinced him of the
truth of his investigations.
WHAT THE LETTER CONTAINED.
The following is copy of the anony.
NOUS letter, verbatim ct literatum:
Nom 1890
Dear Sir. I Am Sorry that my letter Is two
late did intend TO send you Letter the FIRST
nre but thout then as did Now that you
Would take little Interest in 1t and throw II in
INC scrap Basket. But this letter Is Worth
Note every Word. in the hrst Place their was
Plenty hard working men that worked for you
,iny I1r years ears now @ were thrown out of employment
how do YOU like suser BY this time the dutch
Bull dog. When he could run to tho once and
Make Complaint on the Working Men and
be oeliyed.y Next how do you like Colison.
that had SOW mutch CONTROL as TO turn out
Tenant that served go years in your employ
and phase In a peach plucker that Was Not fit
to do Boy Work sinse he has been on the
plnse do you know What his influence Ia for
Cometnv wlte ID q swenp steak And dish
girl
how do you like Old Charley Carpenters son
you has taken the Bread and Butter from the
poor Working hands and their Children By
attaching their wages by paying il over 10 the
store keepers on the Brandywlne he Intended
TO his own business by keeping flour and
reed store and by Robng the Working Man
that was under dupont Denemours and Com.
these rongs are all going to be rightcd as you
can seeNhoy were rong as Carpenter has left
many n poor man without dollars ter month
% feed his family.
kow make up your mind TO md put those
men out OF your employ or your trouble Is /
You Win have fires up on top Of fires. tho /
Next Is William hcatherton thnt you took .
oyer oyer me Workingmen as farm boss. how
Wo. Not Mt TO Boss a nurdous Acgrow.
While you had A Codflnt mon there was Now
hres and you VIII have plenty AS long AS you ?
have heatherton
look out as Wee have strong Sosiety and
Value you Not
THE LETTERS ESIAl,dED.
The expert also produced photographs
representation of five lines of Mrs rlnrk's
admitted letter and five lines of the ;.nnliv-
nous writing, placed in juxtaposilion ona
square board. and enlarged 81 times He
then, IN detail, described the similar cl.ar-
acteristics of both letters Theonly mnrkel
difference, he said, was that the nndil6.-
nous letter was more stiff ami formal.
Aside from the technical explanation of
the expert, which was thorough and COM
pletc, the general resemblance l,ctwcpn
the two specimens of chrograrhy was
very eipsc anu stioHgiy conllrinhtlfe oil the
impression that both letters were in the
h handwriting of the same person.
Inc anonymous letter was offered in
evidence. Mr.. Biggs desired to offer the
copy also, but the court
ruled it out.
CERTAIN IN THIS INSTANCE.
"You have testified in court great many
times" said Mr.. Harrington.
"Yes. this is the 46Sth time.''
And in these 46S times, did you ever
make mistaken
''lhave no doubt have sometimes been
Are you sure that these three letters are
all in the handwriting of the same per-
son?'
Il am satisfied they were all three writ
ten by one and the same person, beyond
The witness said the letters were given
him in New York by Levi c. Bird, counsel
ior the dlt Pont company, and he had
them i'll his possession three or four days.
MORE EXPERT TESTIMONY.
Prof. Daniel L. Ames of New York
rity, another expert in disputed handwrit-
ing, with an experience of 20 years. was
next called. He said he has examined
thousand cases of handwriting
and given testimony III the court in 500
cases. Among other important cases iii
which he said he had been engaged he
the investigation of the famous
Morey letter, which figured so conspicn.
Dusly III the Presidential campaign of 1880.
Taking the three letters in land, FRO
lessor Amcs said that in his opinion the
cttcrs were all in the handwriting OF tho
'aine person, beyond a doubt. He found
'oincident and characteristic habits of
writing throughout all the letters. In fact
hey are so thoroughly harmonious and
consistent, that We're 1t not for a
'hange in the tone of the ink one sheet
would be almost an exact reproduction Of
he other.
Professor Ames also had an enlarged
reproduction of five lines
AIKEN from Mrs. Clark's admitted letter.
md an equal number OF lines taken from
he anonymous letter. These he mountec
ipon an easel. and with the easel PLACED
m top of u table, explained the ohaiarter-
sites of the writing in detail. He also
ook the three letters and line by line and
ettcr by letter, pointed out the points of
particular as well as general
hat convinced him of the fact that all
hree letters were in the handwriting of
he same person. In fact, the letters
themselves, aside from the complete and
ainly by their general appearance that
hey were the work of the same hand.
here did not even appear to be an at
,mpt to disguise the handwriting iu the
nonymous letter.
Professor Ames said he had made note
T something like hundred special coin
dent characteristics running through the
tiers. In fact they prevailed from first
} last.
In his crosscxamination Professor Ames
lid he first saw the letters in the office of
he Wilkinson detective agency, in New
ork. He said he understood he was en-
Ioyed in this case by Levi c. Bird Mr..
arvalho asked him to examine the let