The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-04
RITING ON A NOTE.
lIeting Testimony q to ].
3 lner Kenyon's Writing.
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- Of Watson w. Moore against
100 Of the late J. Gardner Ksnyoa
psonissory note Tor $4,000. alleged
~ been given By Kenyon - Moore
= = on trial before Judge HumeA
- died last fall leaving An estate
ztcver soc. 00Q He also lsft viii
ing the bulk Of his property 10
whose Whereabouts wsfs for some
35nH1ncwn. and cutting Oh Moors, Who
S71 y b IN adopted brother, with 81
hGitutsd proceedings In the pro.
~ a6uss 70 ct asids the viii and have
1nefpo estate given - him, dsss. b.
- - the adopted brother Of the
- end therefore next Of kin. and.
-. bseanss Kenyon had sontrsctsd 70
un1h him ell his property IN payment
snd other services TO b. rendered
G6ous, which contract Moore claims
- 16Iisd on his part For . lone whiis
6eus0gs, a l. Palmer and Frank Pom
cuold not locate the unknown heir
"a = the will. and the statement Of
= Tat no such psrson existed was
1oooning the popular bslfsf, when Ill
80 & vss discovered thet the missing
uas living In Canada
11euo also presented . claim against
sooots in the shape Of pyomissory
rs ~ 81. 900 given 70 him In 1850 By The
- for legal services rendered. This
tn Was ys1sctsd By the sxscutoss b.
u what they considered suspicious
nstaness. and the present suit vas
DC b enforce fts payment IL their
NJ = the complaint ths executors a.
~ NJ the note 10 not genuine. and that
III & was without consideratton. At
etseinning Of the trial Judge Humss
H1led motion Of the plaintiffs coun-
ESI - the defense b. obliged 70 elect q
] i Which Of their dsfenses they would
E0up
! ~ note itself Was introduced and the
o1uss was identified By 7. II. Shepard,
i. LAtimsr and John r. Kinneaf. sho
- familiar With Ksnyon's signature. A
nhw Of bank checks and other docu-
ns known to the witnesses to bear the
nfne signature Of the deceased were
- Introduced in evidences. e. n. Tuttle
Nd that one time when he was dining
- Moore Kenyon came 70 the house
Fl paid Moore $50 interest, and the
mt was Endorsed on the note. w. b.
I'll tssti6sd that In conversation with
Ex0yon the latter had told him Of having
- the note TO Moore. w. r Bridges,
esa-in-aw Of Moore living In Kitsap
1gnty, testified that he saw the note on
ekkistmas day. 1859, and later in talking
- Kenyon on the street, the latter had
~ Inst he had settled with Moore By
vl1s Tim his note tor $4,000.
n ut witness for the defense was G.
naEing. . lithogrspher, who testified -
oMpnt that the signature Of Kenyon to
III ots was . forgery, after comparing 1t
MlA The signatures on the checks. He
- his opinion upon the uneven and
~Dd appearance Of al the down strokes
~ signature on the nots. whereas
Enen of those In checks they wsrs firm.
seh and strong. This ragged edge"
-. ''shows . slow movement Of the
- = II the lines were being traced or
- instead OF bsing written freely.
- = particularly noticeable In the letter
MI also in the letter y. The paper 10
mktsansparsnt, and the lines could have
- traced over genuine signature I'M
naeath the sheet But that would not
= ~ way to il There ara various ways
Winding, but the usual way 10 20 trace
signature upon tracing paper and
1onee upon the note resting upon glass"
upon cross-examination the witness
(osid not say from the appearance Of the
Wiling whether Kenyon was . right or
handed man. The minor differences
|nto the shape Of the letters we're not Of
kneeA importance. - Il IL almost impossi.
blor any man to write his name twice
llstiy alike. The handwriting Of . per-
- also varies somewhat according 10 his
Enoolth.
= L Terry, paying teller In the Puget
md National bank, pronounced the sig
lars on the note q forgery. basing his
eonion on the fact that tho writing was
E9Ms angular than upon the checks. NJ.
bsckus. w. R. Forrest and George II.
1ollins also considered the signature Q
|1gsry. some saying that the writing
1eeed labored on the note and easy on the
|eeseks, others upon the general appear.
|mes Of the writing and difference in the
naps Of the letters.
The testimony for the defense viii b ~
(nmed this morning.