The Portland daily press., 1894-03-28
THE COLONIES NICE FACE.
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ascertain what was the regular charge of
the witness for expert testimony, and it
was clear that he was trying to show
| what weight big fee would have on the
witness. Col. Phil Thompson objected
to these questions, but Judge Bradley
said they were all right as tending to
show the weight OF the witnesses testi-
mony. After a great many questions. DR..
Scnaeffer said he had no fixed schedule
for law cases, but mad chagerd from IS
up to SIS for his services as an expert.
The letters produced, he said, had been
given him by Mr.. Breckenridge on Sum
day night, and he had examined them
then and last night. The Christmas card
was examined yesterday morning in the
court. He had given three hours yester-
day to the letters and two hours to the
card TIA examination of the ink on
the Christmas card had been ocular
only. =
And you mean to say that you deter
mined the age Of that at., INK by sight
"Yes, sir. and If the ink was not man
ufactured for the purpose of deceiving
me, / should not modify what l have
said.n
"And you say that if this ink was not
| made for the purpose of deceiving, you
are absolutely sure that letter was writ
G6Q WlUQlu IQrGe OF lOuf ySdtS'
"Yes, sir, that is to say, not absolute
", but absolutely within the circum-
ST. noes have indicated"
I DR.. Schaeffer also said he could get
nearly mathematical exactness in deter
| mining hand writing. Then he said. in
answer to another question by Judge
Wilson: II feel much more certain that
Madeline Pollard wrote that letter (the
alleged forgery than do as to the date
of the hand writing as stated by me-"
DR.. Schaeffer told how he noted dis
similarities in hand writing, and Judge
Wilson had him note the difference in
the Letter c" in one note and the letter
Sc in another, note. Then the W"
was taken up and DR.. Sch aeffer said he
knew positively that the q w in the
alleged forged letter was exactly like
the "w" in about twenty other letters
written by Miss Pollard.
"Now show me W. like this in any
one of the letters" said Judge Wilson,
and at the end of long examination the
witness declared that he found two WIS"
in letter and both were a little differ
ent from the one indicated. Two more
"w's1 in separate notes were shown
Schaeffer and he said they were entirely
different. Then two separate 'Ps"' were
shown him and Judge Wilson asked if
he could tell whether two letters SO eu-
tirely different were written by the same
aIsmight,n said DR.. Schaeffer evasively.
aBut can you tell?"
- might 80
sYou don't know" said Judge Wilson
positively. Judge Wilson took the wit
ness down through the alphabet until
recess was ordered.
Dr.Schaeffer admitted that sometimes
hand writing was SO well initiated that
experts were deceived. In fact, this
occurred frequently. Judge Wilson
point ted out the word "Julyn as being
very different in the penmanship en-
ployed from the other words in Miss
Pollard's letters, which Dr. Schaeffer adj
m tilted. Mr.. Wilson wanted to know
how the witness overlooked so glaring
-dissimilarity. DIR. Schaeffer answered
that he had probably examined the word
but its difference from the other words
had not struck him, and he made no
note, of it.
Ed B. Hay, mem Der of the Washing
ton bar, was sworn as an expert in hand
writing. He had seen many thousand
handwritings, and compared them. He
said he had made the comparison
special study. Mr.. Hay was shown the
alleged forged letter and the letter writ
ten by Miss Pollard to her school friend
Cassie. Brown. He said they were, in
his opinion, written by the same person.
A black board was produced and Mr..
alleged forged letter and some of the
words in the other letters to show the
similarity. Judge Wilson enquired
infinitely, as he did of DR.. Schaeffer, the
grounds for the witnesses claim to be an
expert. MIR. Hay admitted that the ex-
@perts in the Oliver Cameron case
differed, but said he was on the side of
the majority and that side won. Mr..
Hay said similarity in hand writing
could not be maintained in long forged.
letter.
"Now, Mr.. Hay" said Judge Wilson,
"1ook at the word July Tin the alleged
forged letter) and say whether the in
himself away when he wrote July by a
little quicker use of the penn"
mo, sir; there is no difference in the
making of the character in July.
Imitators must show nervousness in
forging letters, and there is no nervous
ness in this letter." He admitted that
an expert could make very fair imita-
ceived the letters from Col. Breckenridge
and had them altogether for several
hours a sufficient time for him to study
and decide on them. He did not know,
because nothing was said by Col. Brock
inridge about 1t, that the defense wanted
was written by Miss Pollard. but sus-
pected as much. That letter was not
forged, he said, by which he ment it was
not written in a simulated hand Writing
nor copied from any other letter. He
believed it was impossible Tor person
to initiate the handwriting of another
person in letter as long as that without
showing nervousness.
The court adjourned until tomorrow.
The letter Miss Pollard claims was
forged is known to contain an invitation
to Col. Breckenridge to call on the
alleged writer at Wesleyan college and
compliments him on his "nice face"