The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-28

with his questioning on his expiana,lon
mat In dog-aght men differed in 'hel.
story OK 1t. because one was looking AZ
the upper dog and the other at the lower
cog, and he simply wanted TO show lha1
experts differed just like other witnesses.
Mr. Hay admitted that the experts IN
the Oliyer-Cameron case differed, fut ne
was on the side fthe majority and that
side won.
Judge Bradley checked the levity called
out by this illustration.
Mr. Hay said similarity in Handwriting
could not be maintained in long iorseu
letter.
Now. Mr.. Hay" said Judge Wilson,
look at the word July dn the alleged
forged letter.. and say whether the indi-
vidual who wrote that did not give him
SELF away when be wrote July by
little quicker use Of the pen?'
NO, sir, there is no difference in the
making Of the characters in July
Il mean looking at the word"
Il am looking exactly at the word.
Imitators must show nervousness in fors-
ing letter. said MIR. Hay. "and there
is no nervousness IN this letter
How n- Got IA Lerters.
He admitted that an expert could make
a very fair imitation of a letter. Mr.
Hay said he had received the letters
altogether for several hours, a sufficient
time for him to study and decide on them.
lie did not know because nothing was
said by Mr.. Desha Breckenridge about
IT, that the defence wanted to prove
that the alleged forged letter was written
by Miss Pollard, but he suspected as
much. That letter was not forged, he
said, by which he meant that IL was not
written in an assimilated handwriting
nor copied from some other letter. He
believed IL was impossible for a person
TO initiate the handwriting Of another
person i'm "A letter as long as this without
showing nervousness.
In your opinion" suggested Mr.. VIII
son.
"In my opinion" acquiesced Mr.. Hay
At this point the court adjourned till
tomorrow.
The Eepudiated Letter.
Following is the letter which Miss Pol
lard asserts is a forgery and which the
defence will fight to get before the jury:
Wesleyan College, July .. lSsi.
Dear Colonel Brecdnridge. Your let
ter came to me Saturday. 1 am glad you
told me it would be incOnvenient 10 come
out here to the college. for If you had
gone to even such a little trouble 10 listen
10 what sometimes overburdens school
girls mind You might be inclined TO be
provoked with yourself. \ preachers
opinion Of the little affair Of mine would
cause premature gray hairs where your
opinion might clear away all doubts and
fears and let me be quite free hearted
again. / think have prepared you Tor
a divorce case. But listen, IL is worse
than that
"If certain person should advance
funds for my tuition here az school for
three years under the promise that ]
marry him az the expiration of that
time. could he do anything if | would
not marry him. but teach and refund
all he had advanced2 1 know you think,
why the deception but on no other
terms will he agree. When "a girl wants
nothing but good education. and
means TO obtain such are denied her,
what is she TO do but take the only
chance she is ever likely 20 have? i
liked your face and ] am sure / would
like YOU and if at any future time you
are I'm the city and would care 10 come
around, remember that home faces are
always welcome.
/ am very respectfully yours,
MADELINE b. POLLARD"
BreckInridre to Testify To-Day.
Tomorrow bids fair 10 be the great
day of the trial, for unless the cross
examination of two intervening witnesses
IS too long drawn, the silver-tongued
defendant himself will mount "A rostrum
Of a kind in which he has not figured
before, and will begin his version of the
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