Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-19
Mr. HsEie Satisfied the Holt Will
is Genuine.
TEE Reasons FOR HIS BELIEF
There IS Similarity. but No Evil
dence Of Copying.
INCIDENTS OF THE DAY

The question whether or not Judge Holt
wrote the will which bequeaths all his
property to Miss Hynes and Miss Throck-
morton was again at issue in Judge Brad
ley's court today
1t was the last day of the fifth week OF
the famous will case. for ordinarily the
court does not sit for the trial of cases on
Saturday. Still. the lawyers went at the
question with undiminished vigor. though
all Of them show signs of the long con-
tinued strain to which they have been SUBJ
jected. ,"r.. 49,,
1t would not be 9, bad if their days
work were over when the court adjonrns.
But it is only fairly under way then. for
court 10 followed by consultations among
the lawyers. while in the evening there
are witnesses to see and interview. author
tiles must be looked up, the recoasl OF the
case must be read over and n thousand
and one ltttIe details attended to, matters
which outsiders never think Of So 1t Is
that five or six weeks Of such A trial as
this Is enough TO wea: out any man, ami
even the members Of TIN. jury are begin
ming to look if they had had about
enough Of it. Fortunately. the weather
has been cool and pleasant. though the
court room began 10 warm up at rather
lively rate today. -
Mr.. ButterWorth, for the caveatees. Of
fered in evidence book of records from
the patent office to show that archii was
country as long ago as 1865.
Mr.. Hay Continues.
When court opened this morning Mr.. T..
b. Hay. a vell-known member If the local
lar. was again called to the stand 10 con-
tinue his testimony as expert on hand
writing.
In reply to questions from Mr.. Darling
ton. the witness enumerated the many
Al
in the viii and in Judge Hollis letters,
which convinced him that the will Is
genuine dc cLment. He said that his exam
nation of Judge Hollis correspondence had
developed comparisons for every letter in
the composition of the alleged will. In
other words. there was not a single letter
in the will for which he had not found an
exact counterpart In the judges CORE
spondence. He said that his study and
comparisons of handwriting had satisfied
him beyond a doubt that II Judge Holt was
the author of the Holt letters then he also
wrote the contested will
On cross-examnation Mr.. Worthington
questioned the witness as to the formation
of the words of they appear in the
will. Mr. Hay had said that in his opinion
the way I'm which this word was written
was oneGof the strongest proofs of the
genuineness OF the paper.
AT Mr.. "orthington's request the witness
reproduced this word on the blackboard as
1t appears about dozen times in the will.
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the date ,ef. the will. was also made. Mr..
WorthnStons contention being that who
ever wrote the will wrote that particular
word with greater regularity than appears
in any OF Judge Hollis genuine letters
Mr.. Hay claimed that in number of let
tiers of about the same date he found the
word written In that way, but admitted
that I'm hone did he find many consecu-
tive WORDS Written in that peculiar manner.
In reply to a further question. Mr.. Hay
explained the method of initiating hand
writing with.fthe aid of a barrel and
light. He, said that bright light is placed
inside barrel. in the head Of which Is
pane OF glass; ThehWriting to be traced Is
placed upon the giass. and the paper thus
becomes almost transparent
III one traces in that way" asked Mr..
"orthngton. lit does away with the ne
cessity of using pencil. the marks of
which must be erased. but still leave a
trace. Is that not SO, Mr.. Hay?'
Il presume it is"
Now, how do you go about it when yo,,
make a copy direct?'
simply put the paper to be copied up in
front of me and then go ahead
How nearly can an expert penman like
yourself initiate another's handwriting?"
Il can COME pretty close to it,
Sufficiently so to deceive the ordinary
Observer? A person like myself, for in
stance?"
Yes, 1 think 1 could deceive you, Mr..
Worthington."
The spectators laughed at this as loud as
they dared. and even Mr.. Hay smiled as If
he, too, saw the joke.
Then you think you could write my
Signature about as we'll as I CAM"
4 Pretty nearly: though. after all, / might
miss the real character of Worthington.
An odd or unusual signature is much more
easily produced than simple one. Thus.
Mr.NSpinLer's signature, which was IA
nous Ior it's eccentricity, could be repro
duced very easily, for the very reason tina.
it was SO eccentric"
Direct Questions.
Changing the line of cross-examination
somewhat Nj. Worthngton asked the wit
mes to draw on the black board limitations Of
Judge Hollis signature as found in the will
and in letters of about the same time. Mr..
Hay showed that he was an expert in that
line Of penmanship. for he made very
fair copy OF the judges c.anped and rath-
er curious handwriting. Mr.. Worthington
then called the witness fattention to a
rumber of points difference between the
signature TO the willard the others. Mr..
Hay admitted that they were apparent
still Insisting. however. that they were net
of any great Importance and that they did
not in the slightest degree shake his belief
in the genuineness CT the will.
I'm your examination of Judge Hollis let
tiers and will Of 1913 have you found a sim
gle case where he wrote the middle name
out in full as in the case Of Josephine Holt
Throckmorton in the will, putting the pune
tuatio1 marks aft>r each part of the
name?'
II have not
.'Or case where in the middle of a
sentence he left such blank space as
follows the nam, Of Miss Throckmor:on in
the will?'
mo, sir, have not: but 1 have found
q number of instances where he finished
one sentence and began another the
same line, leaving space between the
two"
Mr. Worthington objected to this
swer, claiming, as he had done several
times during, the morning. that Mr.. Hay
was taking advantage of the opportunity
to answer questions that had not oeen
asked. 81. /
Judge bradley sustained the objection. or
rather he told Mr.. Hay that he would
have TO confifie his attention 20 the Ques-
tions puf' 10 him. ut is customary" he
said, '.fof people IN writing to leave
space between sentences. The question put
to you was with reference to spaces within
sentenceYe'
And you Have made very assiduous
search for such details, have you not. Mr..
Hay?" asked Mr.. Worthington.
Il havermade a very faithful search"
"And III they had been there you would
have found them. would you not?''
II think would
New, fhav. you found in any of judge
Hollis writings such an absence of pune
tuatfon marks as characterizes the will?'
II have notT
"sHave'Tyou Aaoticed anywhera ony s,,oh