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

ten by the same person as this the let
ter claimed TO be forged)?"
Yes. sir: they were written In the
same handv riting."
The Gu i.tmas Card Again.
Now. Doctor / hand you a Christmas
card which was taken from a work or
Washington Irving. Can you state
whether the writing on IT. Compliments
Of w. S. D. has been written more than
five years?"
This Is the card which the defence
claims Miss Pollard slipped into a volume
OF lrvings at ST. Joscphs Founding
Asylum while she was there getting up
evidence last December TO prove her
claim that she was al the asylum In 1885
and gave birth to a baby there
Judge Wilson objected 10 Major But
tcrworths question. and II was modified,
Or. Schacffer being asked how long ago
the writing had been done. The witness
answered that 1t looked to have been
written not more than three or four years
ago. That was the utmost limit and II
might have been written within three
or four months. Or. Schaeffer entered
into technical explanation as TO how
ink IS affected by exposure to the air to
prove his assertions and he was then
turned over for examination 10
Judge Wilson.
DIR. schasner Examined Again.
what are your charges per day IN
giving testimony as an expert? Judge
Wilson first asked.
Dr Schaffer was wary. and answered
the question by asking another, as 10
,ari 81 Irf aH IN
how much he was to get in this case.
Judge Wilson asked many more questions
TO ascertain what was the regular charge
of the witness for expert testimony. and
IL was clear that he was trying TO show
what weight a big fee would have on the
witness.
Colonel Phil. Thompson objected to these
questions, but Judge Bradley said they
were all right. as tending 10 show the
weight of the witnesses testimony. After
"a great many questions. Or. Schaeffer.
whose hesitation TO answer was banished
by a. remark from Judge Bradley, said
ne had no fixed schedule for law cases,
bat had charged from s. up to SIS for
his services as an expert. The letters
produced he said. had been given him
by Colonel Brccknridge on Sunday 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 yesterday 10 the let
ters and two hours to the card. The ex-
animation of the ink on the Christmas
card had been ocular only And you
mean TO say that you determined the
age Of that ink by sight alone?" asked
Judge Wilson
Close Questioning.
eyes. sir" was the answer and the
T.
manufactured for the purpose Of deceiving
him, he could not modify what ne had
said
And you say that If this ink was
not made for the purpose Of deceiving
you you are absolutely sure that this
letter was written within three or four
ycars?' was Judge Wilson'S next ques-
uon. which was half-assertion.
"Nes sir-that is 10 say not absolutely.
bat absolutely within the circumstance
] have indicated"
DR. Schaefier also said he could get
nearly mathematical eXactness in deter
mining handwriting Then he said in
answer 20 another question by Judge
81 feel much more certain that Made
line Pollard wrote that letter dhe alleged
forgery than j DO a5 10 the date of the
AS stated by me-"
Judge Wilson wanted 10 know whether
If Dr. Schaeffer were employed TO detect
similarites in two letters apparently
written by the same hand, lhc fact that
he had been called on for that kind Of
service would prejudice him or affect his
judgment I'm the matter. Or. Schaeffer
at first said he would decline the work.
Detecting Di-similarlties.
Then Judge Wilson made Or. Schaeffer
tell how he noted dissimilarties in hand
writing, and had him note the difference
between the letter &C" i'm one note and
the letter "C' i'm another note Then
the letter "W' was taken up, and Or.
Schaeffer said he knew positively that
"A" in the alleged forged letter was ex-
actly like the "Ws" in about twenty
other letters written by Miss Pollard
NOW. show me a W. like this In any
one of the letters" said Judge Wilson,
and at the end of a long examination the
witness declared that he found two "W's"
in a letter and both were a little different
from the one Indicated. Two more "W's"
i'm separate notes We're shown DR. Schaef-
fer and he said they were entirely diff
ferent. Then two separate IS were
shown him and Judge Wilson asked if
he could tell whether two letters so en-
tirely different were written by the same
person.
Il might" said DIR. schaeffer. evasive-
~.
But you can tell?"
81 might" again.
"You don't know" said Judge Wilson
positively
Judge Wilson took the witness down
through the alphabet till 12:S0. when a
recess was ordered for three-quarters of
an hour. .ili
r,,-- ,..o ,,,otbo3 of groce- -oxar tgor,
of Or. Schaffer was resumed after re-
cess. extended TO words as well as let
ters What Judge Wilson was aiming at
was not obvious at this time, but subse-
quent questions showed he wanted 10
prove that a forger might initiate another
persons handwriting very well, but his
own characters were bound to crop out.
run ia the Room.
Mr.. E. Is. Hay. a member Of the Wash |
ington bar. was sworn rs an expert in
He had seen many thou
sands of handwritings and compared
them. ne said. lie had made their com
parson his special study.
III YOU please Major" began Major
and there vas a laugh as
Mr.. Hay. in pantomime, intimated that
he felt highly honored by the title, but
preferred 70 be called plain Mister"
Il beg your pardon said Major Butter
worth.
Hes not from Kentucky" interjected
Judge Bradley.
..Then he's not armed" said Major
"Oh. don't make him swear to that"
said Colonel Phil Thompson. who had
been Obliged 10 discaim that he had car |
ried a revolver into the courtroom.
Mr. Hay was shown the alleged forged |
etter and the letter written by Miss |
onllard 10 her school friend. MessIe |