New-York tribune., 1892-11-27
IvD{TIDTlLITY or TlPE-U EIIH'"'

,.,,.,., ,,r1rtrs rY WHICH THE Wo!sK OF D4I'
r,.prvr pI.r,oNs CAS- BE EECc"NI|i.p d.
.r ,,.,,,,,,t,., page has no indiviaualn> ir n ''
-. i,t q .trdy Of the subject sEoWN many '"''
',,cri.iic, by which tn" work q. different W'' '',"
and different operators c'n lc C'il't"S""'
fold prcscul, fewer opportunities ihah Coo ''' ~
handwriting expert. but t., nev'rih"H-'' " N'"'
ter,.t and importance. In legal contest "' VIZ
,. ir,, Ling. on the authenticity of Pa ""i T. Np'
writing For instance it bccaHe n''''N'N y '''''
ot long ago TO find ont whether one Page "i 'N" '-
,y,,o written document In evidence lad roi been IT,
nloccd with another iu which som" Il p' ""''' '"'
ho,p changed IN this case. o. couia'' the 'U'F'''
nag. was written on the -aue Aind o r"'An' a 'A'
others The dincrcnc' l,vtcn in-'raHr. = ''' '''
on, N .nu acturrrs WAS. Therefore, 81 j." -'''''''
An cxpcgi s,cno-r, phcr and .oI'Alr "i ifp""l''
wa, called ~ a witness In reply To f"' u"iS I'' 't
counsel he said that as general ru'c 1t Was n"' 'i'
cult for nm expert to distinguish HctNocE thr vIiie
done unon different machines of the sane manu- 'lu'
TWO instruments might write 80 Nearly "hhr "' 10
make II impossible 10 determine upon Which Il II j"
certain sheet YVES turned out. SAL t!cIc woe many
u,,!o mar6s OF variGnce In the wri;ing - oi.''""
machines. and oven Of the same one, ~ dii'nt'
tines o.. when used by different persons. r." "i'h''
dl not believe that The page In question was "i'''
At the amo time that the Others woic nor by the '.c
person. All might have loon written on ihr -"!"'
machine 1ut not cuasrutlvcy.
Tho reasns ciycn for tbs orc1son wc'c. g. 'hc fr'
llaco that thc typn uscl on = seventeen ''re c'th
IN the Others ~ ~ the small l"ii"r were D' f''
uo The g. End e." vc-o .srccinly lai. r. rlAltL
i>,d for page seventeen was rot 20 much woW ar
hat for the re-, 4 tho documclt ana the Wrln- ~
more uniform I'm color: The latter fci was ln lar o."
io tho ,uIso! or sl q, jhc writer = d." ,n-lr iar"
rho letter. were n better alignment on th't paro t1n
on tho Others. In which thc =" and 80" were bad;
cut 4 ihcr proper position IT, raec s'V'ntcon. tA"
- accurately cciilred, Ia g." ro't 1t was to
tie cft Of where IL shouH b". I'll" p VA rp1,Li
on the suspected s!l"cl, ana leaned t.ine ou The
others Lcns turned In tie bar The one .hcct. alo.
had wider mardn by two specs tL2n those which
followed and preceded l..
Wacn aaicd why h. believed tlal diT'ront pc,. rs
wrote tho sheets he said that N olr rtor who turG
ont pare soycntcon was noic expert than the other.
The formers touch more unllC r;l. n0Ic o. rs
icters seemed 20 o""rifr each otaor. %. .or..-
times the tho other pages. IIis punctuation
marks dld not pcrforato tho paper. The lndcutaon,
OF hs paragraphs wcr" six spaces. arGin-t five the
res; OF the doclmen;. i!c used three .paccs fctw,cn
Lis sentences: The others only two. 1h" first mad.
spic, afi'r n NINA the eoDni cid no;. The writer
Of The bulk ~ the lapcr cec acquainted with a."
rele, of punctuation than Wis the other man. rrc
"t To- wit - the other used only a comma For i,o
figure l. In the pag'ns Of sheet seventeen. 4 Dvcr
case II WAS us-d; the other ehccis capital t."
I'll" jury coaid hardly help agreeing with the oXrcts
The quality Of uniformity !, one In which good
typcwIiefs my diHor greatly. some STRIKE harder
"iih the rSlt band than vita The !f and thus stamp
their work indc iilv. tthors occasionally slafOW'
letters, that is. llur ulcir ou'lin... hy hold the
key down TOO ionc or hy striking sideways. Per
hans the idoSvnorne"S 4 are tho most
Trustworthy car marks Of al The force Of habii i'm
pclS operator, n"v'r 70 vary from tllr pGnctiD"
in gwen cases. Tasc the sentence: When dl1 yOu -
th'r"- MONDAY ~ one m1n vOnll mt question
mark after "thcrc:" another comma still another
dish. or semi colon. comma AMI u d9sh 70 nj
colon and dash mi -ht alsO hc used. \ ,Eill,f man
al fol1ot ia rtvpt In