Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-26
THE EDWARDS CASE,
A NUMBER or WITNESSES EXAM.
INED YESTERDAY.
VERY DAMAGING TESTIMONY
was That Introduced by Several
winoonsin Peopic-Tho Evil
deuce orHnndwritlng
Experts.


Special to the Gazette.
sherman, Tex. Nov. 25.-rcatimony
In tho Edwards, alias loroy, case was
as followsi
W. q. Merinnis was placed on the
stand az an expert In comparing hand
wriiipg. The letter which the defendant
admitted writing from Wisconsin, IN
which he admitted having Killed Che
woman. was compared with the auony-
nous letter written from Mexico. The
witness said IL was his opinion that Che
letters were written by the same per
son. Tho anonymous letter also sud the
writor did The killing The letter ad'
dressed 10 n. ]. Spears wis also com
uarpd with the other letters ana ihe Wal.
moss eaid they were, In hia oplnloui nll
written by the snmn pcranh. Inc le!itts
addressed to Spenre were signed "ltiliy
LEROY" Mir Nirgnnls said there was VI
gcnerl similarity in nll the letters Nii-
netsa said. The samo man who wrote
the letter on the Gem theater letter
head wr0n the Z, J. Spears letter IN
my business / compare more signatures
than any other iind Of writing. 10 some
respects there IL a disslnilarity In the
Gem thcater letter and the other let
IL S. Lcrate testified. ~ am in the
Uankiug business III Dcnls0n; | have OK
anincd aud compared different hand
writiLgs | have examined the ANONYMOUS
letter and The one addressed TO " ~
Spears. The several letters IN the clse
wero shown Mr.. Lcgaie and he said;
ia my opinion they were all written by
Tho same prredn. ! first examined tho
letters al Inc First National bank Mr..
Meginnis w1a present 81 The time |
base my opinion on the similarity of The
writing J also noticed points Of dia-
similarity between M anonymous letter
ii h. Talnion testified. II live IN
Chicgn; am A. years Old ! am au OK
pert IN the examination Of papera AMI
writings; have been Ia the business about
fOurtocn years; ] have Lad more ihnn
several hundred cases IN court where
hpndwhiing was M issue; J spent year
IN Europe making this subject study !
WINS a witness IN the Davis viii ease Ia
Dakota. w which several million dollars
wore Involved; also tiio Jordan VIII chec
f. New Jersey involving abort three iuil'
lion dollars. also a. tie Crnnin murder
ease af Chicago. | studied tbs specially
| IN France, London and Germany; ] EN- a
member Of thc ROYAL microscopic society
~ fnpdont mans Handwriting W gov.
orned 10 n great extent by hls piiyslcal
orgnniyriion; there nre always peculiar
things nNuut n hlNl , lAiNhNN'ilN ihhl
/ only ere pnculinr 10 lim q man does moi
| know his own peculiarly ~ writing; foi
! Ills rcneon II Win always come ont IN I
| tasf In disguised letter Tho beginning
| az i,a letter ia more unlile HE real hand
/ writing than The end, ! have examined
| the anony nous letter IN Ills case. aiis
| tbe lertor addressed 10 T. j Speafsv
The witness here said h. had seen nj
tie letters Ia this Ease y first exam
\ inel The letters ~ Chicago; The Gem the
ntnr letter and The Anonymous letter Y
the same handwriting; these let
tors aud the ones addressed 4
tho same man ~ my. opinion;
have examined the lettfrE with micro
acopo."
Hero several reproductions N some &
| tho letters IN The ones introduced by Ga
| state Ia tho case were produced by Mi
! ffaimon. Tie reproductions were ten nni
| anarfer times larger Kan tue origina
letters A comparison WIS made by thi
| means between ;hr Com iheater lelte
end flia anonymous,
II came all The way from Wisconsin Il
testify IN fhis cafe no one hired mo q
come here. my expenses are paid: ~,
mailing uieana 10 blow y man. ! bnr
faited With Earnshnw about the le
uuiiinr bnsinnss: ] told Detective Earn
rhaw what ! knew about flif caaa:
know Ward; b. was taking iletcts 4
~ variefr Ah1iv: + talked with Hnrl
Nv aud Hughes a. West Suprrior;
gret fnlked 10 thrm IN saloon: chic
eirnons deca fat liYeiin WcEi Suneri0l
| h. n nos 90 Dakain, Earnshnw wanic
M n come nnd iesdf, n ihis casry
o Ward lrtiiel' y live IN We-
| saDeror; knon Ne defendant; met biz