Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-29


which the experts decided to be forgery
were In reality the genuine document, and
so admitted by the party interested. Mr.
Wilson tried 20 call the case TO hts re-
collection by reminding him that in that
case two Of the most famous experts IN
the country had pronounced a genuine
paper TO be a forgery. He could not,
however remember the case with any
clearness. He did remember that I'm the
Finley case there We're experts called
from all parts Of the country, and ex-
pcrts from abroad furnished their opin-
ions. and there was "A very wide diver
gcnce OF opinion.
by the way" said Mr. Hay, Il wish
you would ask me whether | was ever
paid for that case They had twenty-five
days hard work out OF me. for which
Congress SIN owes me"
Il might remark" said Mr.. Butter
worth. feelingly. that the United States
Government never pays for anything
when 1t can avoid IT,"
Perhaps It only likes 10 pay for value
received" was MIR. Wilson'S comment.
on examination by Mr.. ButterwOrth
MIR. Hay explained more fully what he
meant by tracing ahd combining, and ex-
planned how the work was done. either by
means Of an Illuminated barrel with a
glass over the top or OF a camera lucida. ."
which casts upon the paper "A reflection Of
the writing to be copied He gave IL as
his opinion that the alleged forged letter
In this case could not have been traced
II was not an "assimilated" letter, and he
gave at some detail using the black
board for purposes OF illustration,
the reasons upon which he based this
opinion.
Continuing his testimony. Mr.. Hay said
-. fF1..
copy particular characters in a writing.
and II one failed the first time he could
try again and again When il came to
Joining the letters and making a lengthy
assimilation the case was an altogether
different one
IN answer 10 a question from Mr.. VIII
son, suggested by the gentleman at his
right who had the doubtful letter in his
hand Mr. Hay wrote the letter Il" on the
blackboard. making it with twirl. as IL
the case in the Wcssic Brown letter. and
said that If a person had the habit Of
making II that way the chances were he
would not make a tall, angular 81, ," such
as appeared in the letter whose genuine
ness IS in question Mr.. Hay then made
"a careful study Of the shading Of the
loops In tho different letters and gave
the jury the benefit Of his work saying
were shaded and some were not. while
in the doubtful letter he also found that
some were shaded and some were not
After some further questions on minor
details Of handwriting. Mr.. Hay was
excused.
WILLIAM WORTHINGTON.
William Worthlngton was then called
20 the stand and examined by Mr.. Shell
10y. Mr. WorthnGton. who is p years Of
age. said Lexington was his home, but
be had been here since last December
employed as clerk 10 Mr.. BrcckinridEe
Before that, since December, lNn. he had
be- n employed in Lexington In the office
of Breckinrilee x shelby as stcnOgra-
phcr Witness was shown the letter in
dispute and asked when and how ne first
saw IT, lie said Mr.. Breckinrdge wrote
10 Mr.. shelby in September last. when
Mr. shelby was absent at Louisville, and
witnessed opened the tier In pursuance
of what was i'm that letter witness search
"a through the office for letters from Miss
Pollard To- Mr.. Breckinridse. There are
four rooms in the oilic-. and witness
finally found the letter IN the room Oc-
cupici 10y himself.
lt was on top Of a desk which had been
us.d by Mr. Breckinrdge, i'm a sort Of file
made Of cardboard. containing letters
from persons who's" names began with
"P" Mir Brocknridgc had not occupied
the desk there. but in the old offices from
which they had removed There was a
good deal Of correspondence therc-part
of IL the FIRMS. and part of it Mr. Breck-
iuridgcs The file was tied up. and had
IN. appearance Of having been there a
good while. 1t was dirty and dusty. That
was the only letter witness found that
ness thought il was the first or second
week i'm september. Mr.. Breckinridee
was then I'm Washington. having come
here early in August 10 attend the spe-
cial session Of Congress. Mr. Brcckin-
ridge returned 20 Lexington about Octo-
Der 10Th Witness gave the letter 70 Mr.
Shelly
On cross-cXamination by Mr.. Wilson.
Mr. Worthneton said The firm had moved
their offices about n week after he went
into its employ. They had moved about
half a square. The package in which he
found the letter contained also other lot
ters. The file was designated. he thought,
as "a filc Of 1854 There was string tied
around the flr. There was quite bunch
Of letters I'm the package Witness made
search for other letters from Miss Pollard,
but did not find any others. This was
the only one. The witnesses impression
Was that this was a package containing
only Nr Breckinrilge's correspondence.
His recollection was that n was 10 par
ticular kind Of correspondence. but busi-
ness letters and others from persons
whose names began with "H.' His i'm
preston was that the year 1851 was writ
ten on the back of the file. on redirect
examination the witness said that Mr..
Hreckinrilge was not at home when the
fNe ..t.f. f.f.rs a.
RANKIN r. ROZELLE.
Rankin r. Rozelle was then called Ia
the stand He testified that he was "A
years old. and was at present com
mon-schooI teacher in Nicholas county
Nv. He was elected superintendent Of
schools at the last county election. lie
was Mason. and master of Orient Lodge
40 800 In Nicholas county. he had, IN
connection with his school duties. been for
the last six wears deputy county clerk.
In the fan Of 1S3 witness was in Cincin-
natl with "a wholesale and retail dry
goods company as clerk. lie went there
I'm March. 1851. and left In March 1885,
From there he went 10 Chicago. where he
remained until July or August Of the same
year. and then went back 20 Cincinnati
lie remained there until January. 1885,
and then returned home, whore he had
remained ever since.
Witness knew Madeline Pollard In Oc-
,obcr or November. 1883 a lady cane 70
tbe store I'm Cincinnati and inquired for
the witness Witness was then on the
0rth floor and a messenger came and told
him a lady wished 60 see him. Witness
won't ont and saw the lady. who intro
duced herself as Madeline Pollard. OF
Frankfort. Ky, and that She had heard
~ him so often she ought 10 know him
She said she was alone in the city. and
desircd TO 20 10 the Wesleyan College
Sbe asked witness to 70 with her. and
u.itpcss did. Miss Pollard told him she
had heard his cousin. Miss Nellie Alden
sneak Of him. and that was the way she
knew Of him.
When they went 10 the Wesleyan Col
Iore they were received in the office OF
library Witness did not know DR.
Erown. but he introduced Miss Pollard
Ia him Miss Pollard stated that she
desired 10 enter the school and that she
had q guardian, Mr. Rhodes, who would
come next day TO complete the arrange
,uent. She told DR. Brown that witness
was a personal friend of hers, and asked
that ne (witnesO should have the privi-
lcge OF calling on her. and DIR. Brown
consented Witness had no recollection
that ANYTHING was said by MISS Pollard
10 Dr. Brown about her mother.
Witness thought he next saw MISS Pol
lard two or three days later when he
called at the college TO see her From