Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-29
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OLD age or between Health and sickness.
These essentials are not likely to be imi-
teted. for they ara Such to escape OBJ
servation. and can ouly be distinguished
by the closest study with the aid of linear
measurements and, the protractor. an in
strunent for having Oft or measuring an
giles. Before yentErfng an opinion on the
senuineness of the handwriting in the al
ltsed will. DR.. Frazer evidently devoted an
immense amount of careful study to Judge
l'Holts writing. -Twenty-four of the
JUDGES letters were, examined in every con-
ceivable way through a period of several
weeks. Each signature was enlarged by
means of photography. and a composite
| photograph of them all was then made.
Then the angles and ratios in each were
compared with those in each Of the others,
and the amount of divergence shown in
each as compared with the normal or mean
of them all was measured. Every essen
tia' in each signature was measured down
to the five-tenths of miiiimeter. and then
a mammoth chart or table was made of all
these results for the sake of comparison
1t was By such a system OF study as this
that DR.. Frazer reached the conclusion
that the document which purports to be
the last will and testament OF Judge Holt
was not penned by the same hand that
wrote the letters submitted to him for ex-
animation.
Not by the Same Person.
DIR. Frazer was remarkably careful
witness. For example. he did not once say
that of Judge Holt, for, as he said. he had
no way OF knowing that the twenty-four
| letters " ere either. All he would say was
that they were not written by the same
person. If the jury were satisfied that
Judge Holt wrote Judge Hollis letters they
could draw their own conclusions as to
the alleged will.
In tn" opinion of those who have attend
ed the trial, the cross-examination. the
rock on which expert testimony usually
splits, did not seriously lmpeach DR.. Fra
Zers evidence. He has been witness so
often that he was able to keep himself
we'll in hand while on the stand and in
reply to Mr.. Butterworth's questions he
managed to make his position even
stronger. He proved that mentally he was
quite as alert his questioner and Mr..
ButterWorth did not once succeed in his
efforts to trap him. Once or twice even he
managed TO get in quiet little dig on the
lawyer. On one occasion yesterday Mr..
Butterworth made a statement. on some
technical and otherwise uninteres ting
point. and asked him If that was not the
case.
"You have reached that conclusion by
means of the undistributed middle" re-
piled DR.. Frazer, who is also college
professor.
Mr.. Butterworth is well grounded on the
principles OF logic, but it is some time
since he last dailied with the mysteries OF
the syllogism, and he did not follow that
line Of questioning any farther.
What the Cook Knew.
Yesterday afternoon, after The Stars
report of the trial closed, the direct exam
ination Of Judge Hollis former cook, Emma
Foster. was continued. She told of the
elder Mrs. Throckmorton's visits to the
house, and stated that upon one occasion
she had got into trouble for letting her in.
"Will you tell US whether Mrs. Throck-
morton ever saw Judge Holt when she
called?" asked Mr.. Worthington.
mo. He told me several times not to
bring her name to him any more. but l
always carried it,
The witness did not know Major Throck-
morton and failed to recognize him when
he stood up in court. She remembered
Miss Throckmortonis visits and repeated
the story Of her Visit there when Judge
Holt refused to see her After Martha
Scott had brought ,tha message back Miss
lhrockmorton asked the witness to go to
Judge Holt and tell Him she only wanted
to see him five miHutss. and he had then
consented to see her. Miss Throckmorto on
looked distracted, and swhen she came down
she looked as If she had been crying. The
witness had heard ahtt it was some trou-
BILE about her father: n,
Interest in Relatives.
She also knew Wa shtngton Holt and his
family, Miss Hynes; Mrs. 1glehart and the
Steretts. who werel alb we'll treated when
they visited Judge Hollis house. but she did
not know Luke BsyHn. She stated that
Judge Holt was vsfy tnuch worried at the
time Washington Hoitfreceived his second
stroke Of paralysis. but he had remarked
that the family was well provided for.
Col. Sterett. she said, used to come into
the house without ringing the bell walking
through the kitchen. She used to see him
and Judge Holt sitting in the yard talking
ana laughing. and evidently on the best of
terms.
The EnEineers' Union.
Engineers' Union, ee7s, American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor, held It's regular weekly
Getting last AYanin1 at Electrical Work.