Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-28

r., naroon had attempted to forge the
,a,,a,,.rI,tng he would be surprised 10
80 st,niIs rites. He said that In the
80 ~ a clever forgery he would expect
=, ca ,,anv sImilarities. He would look
for dissimilarities to prove forgery
a,r Wilson continued to apply series
~ questions In this llne-that is. TO prove
that I'm these two letters the points oi
resemblance would not necessarily nieih
that the letters were the "otk ol ."e
80. hand while the points OF difference
.'.I',I, neccssarily presuppose that they
49, ,ho work OF two different hands'
n e,,as,ions met with varying success
- ~ ovauinatiOn went with the great
o. o.. arootness into the smallest details ot
,ho 80 letters that are playing such
-,,.,,,,or, mart In this famous triai. Inc
p'.'Iiaoa ranted TO know what was IN
,ho ,o,,er that was I'm dispute, but sun
eiie - Tho closest interest In the line the
examination was TAXING
ONE FACT BROUGHT OUT.
~ xvuson got from the witness the
,,ot that he when was studying the let
- no was looking for points OF re-
eernbIance rather than dinerenee' lheh
Mr. Wilson announced that ne WIS
through with the witness 49,,
fer stated IL was upoh eoinpai iso'
all the letters subm'lusn 10 MN lI"e i', ~
an ''e - tho opiniors he had expressed,
... l'''' -, ,bo examinatlon and comparison
i,, ~, - the Wessie Brown letter and
r. -, 4, dispute. lie was asked wheth-
en' ~ bad compared the word July In
49,, ta,tor with the same word In any
.ta,,ior ora Of the other letters. but
I',ti ,o, cav that I've had, though he
,,J done so In general way win thefl
~ nr,or some further q1cstions the
witness was excused.
MR. HAY AS AN EXPERT.
NJ. y y Hav. Colonel Hay. as he Is
.,or,ctirnas called. Major Hay, as ne was
calIad bv Mr.. Butterworth th's inorhlhs,
IA HAY. as he is popularly caiieu, "a9
tho, called 70 the stand as "chlrosrdpny
erarr" and this time ne ild fpr al ,
though. curiously enough, the almost la
cyitable flower was absent from u" pu'-
tonholc. -, soo, many thou.
sands Of handwriungs ana eunnp' , al.
them. lie had made thelr coiip"' '9o'' '''
special study. o., ,,oe,ar Major Rut.
,,.,..ortr and there was a laugh as MT
tt,,, in nantomime intimated that he leil
ticSlv honored by the title, but preferred
TO be called plain Mister ,..,.
81 bo, YOUR pardon" said Major Butter
worth. ,.,, ,...o.,,o,od
Hes not from hei'u1"S'
Judge Bradley.
"Then hes not armed. said Major But
terworth. .. .ho,,
said colonel Phil Thompson, who had
~ Obliged 10 disclaim that he had car
rieJ a revolver into the courtroom.
Mr. Hav was shown the alleged forgef
letter. and the letter written by MISS POI
iard IN her school-friend. Wessie Brown
and he said they were, in his opinion
written by the same person.
Mr.. Hay was obliged to undergo an eN
animation similar to that of DR.. Shaenel
IN order TO justify his claim to the char
acter Of expert
Major ButterwOrth wanted the letter
shown TO the jury, but objection wa
r,,de nv Judge Wilson on the ground tha
The letters were not yet In evidence. Th'
l.raI sparring that followed was ende'
bv a decision Of Judge Bradley in fayol
Of Judge Wilson's contention.
CRoss-EXAMlNATIoN.
When Judge Wilson took the witness
he raised his rank over the brevet utl'
given bv Major Butterworth, ana Gale.
him Colonel" lie inquired minutely' ~
no di1 of Or. Schaeffer, into Mr.. Hays
ground for passing as an expert ah'
Major Butterworth objected 10 question
AS 10 whether the experts In the case o
Oliver W. Cameron, in which Mr. Hal
was an expert witness, did not diHc
consileroAly MAJOR .,stierworth said
'When two men see 4 daylight they dine
considera bly, IA jhc-r testimony
Judge Bradley sustained him, but after
wards allowed Judge Wilson TO go ahea'
with his questioning, on his explanation
that in a dog-heht men dihtred IN 'heI
story Of IL because one was looking q
the upper dog. and the other at the lowe
dog, and he simply wanted To show tha
| experts differed Just Ike other witnesses
Mr.. Hay admitted that the experts II
the Ollver-Cameron case differed. but h.
was on the side Of the majority, am
| that side won.
Judge Bradley checked the levity calle'
| out by this illustration.
Mr. Hay said similarity Of handwriting
| could not be maintained in a lOngfOrge'
! letter.
"Now. Mr.. Hay" said Judge Wilson
! look at the word July" dn the allege,
| forged letter. "and say whether the indi
vidual who wrote that did not give him
| self away when he wrote July by a littI
| quicker use Of the pcn?'
NO, sir, there is no difference in tn
making Of the characters in July
81 mean. looking al the word"
81 am looking exactly at the word.
"ImtatOrs must show nervousness fl
forging "a letter said Mr. Hay IAN
/ there is no nervousness i'm this letter.
/ He admitted that an expert could max
| a very fair imitation Of a letter. Mr.
| Hay said n had received the letters from
Desha Breckinrdge. and had them alto
| gelhcr for several hours, sufficient tim
/ for him to study and decide on them
| He did not know. because nothing wa
| said by Mr.. Desha Breckinridge about II
that the defence wanted 70 prove that III
! alleged forged letter was written by Mis-
! Pollard. but he suspected as much. Tha
| letter was not forged. he said, by whicl
| he meant that II was not written in al
/ assmilated handwriting nor copied from
/ some other letter. He believed II was i'm
| possible for a person 10 initiate the hand
/ writing Of another person I'm letter a
/ long rs this without showing nervousness
'In your opinion suggested Mr.. vii
| son.
| III llF OllllpNs dAIultSttl Aif. nav
At this point the court adjourned Ill
! tomorrow.
THE REPUDIATED LETTER.
Following is the letter which Miss Po
! lard asserts is a forgery. and which IN
/ defence will fight to get before the jury
"WESLEYAN COLLEGE. July %, 1884.
Dear Colonel Breckenridge:
! your letter came TO ne Saturday.
am glad you told me h Tuult nc incor
venient to come out here to the colleg,
for If you had gone to even such a littl
trouble TO listen TO what sometimes over
burdens "A schoolgirls mind, you rligf
, be inclined TO be provoked with yoursel
| 4 preachers opinion of a little affair {
nine would cause premature gray hair
where your opinion might clear away a
doubts and fears. and let me be quite free
hearted again. I think l have prepare
you for divorce case. But, listen, It
worse than that
"If n certain person should advanC
funds for my tuition here at school fC
three years under the promise that
marry him at the expiration Of that TIM
could he do anything II | would not MARI
him. but teach and refund all he had at
vauced? I know you think, why the Dc
decention? but on no other terms will }
agree When a girl wants nothing but
good education and the means TO obtai
such are denied her, what is she 10 d