St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-12

Business college, was then called. He
also discovered that two different COL
ored inks had been used in making the
figure l. The scratches showed plainly
that two strokes of the pen had been
made, but he admitted, OH cross
nation. that one Of the marks might
have been made Ivy dry pen. the two
cnlorS might be due to the presence Of
some other colOring matter Instead or
ink He could not tell whether this
figure correspondent with Hawks hand-
writing-a sample of which was sub
mitted for coHparison-or not. The
figure l was not sufficient for anybody
TO determine that question. The figure
had evidently been made by all easy or
careless movement OF the hand. 1t did
not indicate that it had been made with
great care.
The state then called Prof. Walter K.
Milliken, OF Milliken's Business college.
in rebuttal. The defense objected to
this on the ground that the state should
have made ont its ease before the de-
Tense was allowed to begin; that the
object OF the testimony about to be
introduced WAS not for the purpose OF
rebuttal, but for the purpose of proving
that the tguro l was made by Hawks.
Your honor. the defense has into
dnccd matter here that | want 10 rebut
by The testimony of this witness" re-
piled Mr.. Butler. They have intro
duced Creanish- blue and brOWni5h
went OH with a sarcastic grin. land J.
want to prove there is no such thing
The court 0verruled tn" objection.
MIR. Miliken then testified that he
had made all examination OF the entry
under
a More Powerful Glass
than the one used by Prof. Wilson.
Previous to this he had the impression
that an eraSure had been made, but this
examination convinced him to the con-
trary. He detected scratches that made
it plain that the pen had been drawn
down twice in making the figure. DE
also detected that two different colors
existed. His theory was that the pen
WAS one that had been used i'll red ink.
The first time it was drawn over the
paper it failed to make mark,
or at most made very slight
one, Il trace Of ink to the left Of the l
indicated the latter. Then the pen was
dipped into the black ink again and an
ether stroke made This time too much
ink flowed and left drop. The blotter
was picked up hastily to remove the
surplus ink. but i'll being laid Oh too
suddenly simply forced it down ward.
making the Blot that appers Oh the book
beneath the /. Then another pen was
used TO finish the entry. Tie colors
We're the same as those resulting from
mixing red and black inks.
In reply to the question as to why he
thought the figure was the first made,
When the dats ''l5" appears 10 the left
in the same line, witness said il seems
to be the common practice among bank
tellerS 10 enter the amount before they
do the date.
Miss Shepard was recalled. and testi-
fed that there were bottles OF red and
black ink OH the desk at which the de-
post entries were made. Alsu that sew
eral pens that had been used in the red
ink were lying on the desk.
Prof. Wilson was recalled by the de-
Tense to testify regarding the result Of
mixing red and black inkS. But At
torney Butler wanted to know what L
biologist could be expected 10 know
about mixing inks, and objected to the
testimony being given. The court sus-
tanned the objection, and Prof. Wilson
was excused.
Prof. CurtisS was recalled, and con-
tradIcted some points in the testimony
of Prof. Milliken. This concluded the
case as far as the taking OF testimony
was concerned.