St. Paul daily globe., 1893-10-13

ence. in which George had made lis
of some $4,000 of paper forged, includ-
ing the note in question.
"Doyou know where George A. Morse
is?"
"No, sir"
"When did you see him last?"
I'm December, 1892"
HAS he been in the state sinceH'
mo, sir, he has not"
About $50 Prof. Curtiss, the writing
expert, went on the stand. He testified
i'll substance as follows: That the body
of the note aud the signature were writ
ten by the same hand. He said posi-
ii ely:
''It is not the writing of Elisha
Morse" He said that the body of the
note is not in Elisha Morse's handwrit-
ing. He said he was able to state who
that they were both written by George
A. Morse. Then he said:
I'm the signature of the note | find
the loop of the capital is very evenly
made. find in the middle IS in the
word Elisha, the tip of the IS is very
much rounded. The top of the s; in
Morse is very sharp. The IS in Elisha
in genuine signatures is almost invaria-
bly, sharp. L find that in the signatures
written by George Morse, the IS in
Elisha is blunt, while the s. in Morse
is sharp. The letter "a in Elisha in the
note, the whole of the first part of the
letter is made with downward stroke.
The "a in the note lacks the angularity
which is found in the genuine sigma
lures of Elisha. The letter "a is
disconnected i'll both signatures. In
the disputed signature the final
'e' is a smooth loop. In the gen.
uIne 'e'there IS slight irregularity just
before the top of the 'e' is reached. In
the capital 'M' in the word Morse the
first upward stroke is much longer than
in the genuine signatures of Elisha
Morse. | find that the IA in the note
signaturse is the exact counterpart of
the "a in the signatures written by
George. These points which l have in
dicated convince me that this signature
was made by George Morse. and | may
make the same statement concerning Its
Endorsement"
Both signatures are smooth, but
there is in general little more hest
fancy in EIlsha's that in Georges"
In general, as man grows older his
writing is more angular, but L have seen
men of seventy write smoother hand
than man of twenty"
Shown the check for the disputed
note, he said the note was not written
by Elisha Morse, but. unQuestionably,
by George Morse.
He agreed that a mans signature
might vary under different circum-
stances. He said that the writing in the
body of the note, the ordinary writing
of George Morse. and is such, with the
exceptions of the ''F' and ''r'' in Five
Thousand. They are limitations"
said Prof. Curtiss.
About 80 Judge Hicks adjourned
court until $3.50 this morning. The evil
dence has, practically speaking. been
all taken, although some of the wit
nesses may possibly he recalled. 1t Is
thought that the closing arguments of
counsel will take about an hour each.
and it is thought further that the case
may reach the jury about noon, If not
sooner. Judge Hicks named the some
what unusual hour of $50 in order to
have the case closed today if possible.
Of course it is all conjecture as to the
verdict, or the length of time it will take
to arrive at result. Both sides have
made stubborn fight, and the case is
one OF the most interesting that has ap-
peared i'll the district court for a long
time.