Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-08

pressed himself as satisfied that the stroke
that appears in the alleged will was no
the ordinary stroke of the person WHIT
wrote the paper.
In the matter of the symbol e." Mr.
CaryaIho said that in not a single instanc.
in the Will did it come down far a:
the base Ene, while in his genuine cor
reSpOndenCe il WAS his invariable custom Il
bring the bottom of the symbol at leas
as far down as the line and frequently
below it,
In this way Mr.. Carvalho pointed out
various features wherein the ChirOgrGp lIy
III the alleged viii differed essentially from
that in the letters that admittedly
genuine His testimony was technical
and minute to the last degree. 1t was
Interesting as showing the amount of labor
and study that can be expended upon such
a subject, and the jury followed it with the
closest atte1t.on.
Mr.. Carvalho fastened on to the black
board Z pho jU--ra ohio enlargement Of the
date and signature nf the alleged Will
They were enlarged chirty-two times. sc
that the letters We're about eight or zen
riches in height Using This as dia-
gram the witness pointed out wherein the
style differed from that IN the signatures
IL the letters 20 his relatives. Judge Holt.
he said. wrote what Is called fist writ
irE.' To an extent il showed his age
hut the fiTmue$s remained more in the up
strokes ti:an it did on the down-strokes.
He varied considerably III the matter of
SLOPE. tut these variations remained con
?
In The viii. ne said, there are all sorts
OF slopes. which do not Iarmcuize at all.
This let him to believe that the hardvrit-
ing in the alleged will was studied. slow
ana 4 COPY
Termed Forgery.
''In other words" said Mr. CarvaIho,
LrCnouEc'ng each word very carefully, If
the letters which were submitted to ME as
the genuine handwriting of the late Judge
Holt be what they pUrport to he. then, in
my judgment. Judge Holt did not write the
viii or the signature attached to it. Th"y
Re written by another person who has
attempted to initiate his handwriting II
is a forgery. pure and simple"
If it is a pure forgery it can hardly he
simple Mr.. CITNd.hO. remarked Mir. I5ut-
terwOrth
y call it very simple" said the expert
so simple that it is nothing bU. a hotch.'
MIR. CarValho. continuing, said that his
examination of the signatures Of the wit
T. sses had been confined to name of Mrs
Ellen +. r. sherman. He said that he was
satisfied that the hand which wrote the
VIII and Judge Hollis signature wrote the
Eame of Mrs. Sherman as Vol.
Asked as to the probable age of the
alleged will. Nj. Carvalho said that i
might he of the age that 1t purports 70 be
Ii is quite possible he said 10 initiate the
by holding ii over the spout of Il coffee pot
ana afterw1rd going over it with hot
non TO give 1t the gloss uf cdIendareL
paper.
He was asked whether he hal discovered
evidences of such treatment on the al.
ieged Will he said That he had not al
though ne WAS aartain that the paper had
Teen gone over with ( hot iron.
Mr.. SSryalhO said that while all Judge
Hollis letters showed evidences of having
been dried with sand inst Fad of with blot.
ting paper, there was no evidence of the
sort in the alleged will.
Question of Ink
In answer to a question from Mr.. Worth
ington the witness went on to give a schoL
arly lecture en- the chemical and physica
qualities of ink, pointing out the differ.
ence between tanEo-saIIlJe of iron ink OF
the sort that WAS in general Use twenty
years ago, and anil.re ink, whi.h has onI,
been in use for The past fifteen or twenty
years, heing obtained from the rcsilriiIn oil
CCal tar TIE genuine letters he said
were written with ArnOli'S chemical writ.
ing hu"i. or Some similar .uk The ink il
Inc ALLEGED will. on the othe. hand. does
rot exhibit the same phys:,.-lI and chcTnira'
qualities as al The standard inks al In
tame OF the late OF the alIeIaI will.
II IS q iOIdeI iEh.' continued SIR Car.
Lalhc' though with VIVA; | 10 not know
non use in fST:''
Now. Mr. CdrvaIho." asked NJ. Worth.
letoh' wat IS your opinion of the iub
IN the alleged WiiI2''
The ink IN the letter Of June A. 1S73 ie
ABOUT the same rs that in all his letters
legged WILL ''i
Inc witness was asked whether he hof
made any comparison between tina ,,rirt1,,
letters on the envelope in which H. ~
itEed VIII was sent to the registers III.
AMI The sign which one of tie e.fv5u+s M
placed on Judge Hollis stable. He said ;ha
he hdi- Both are in Roman letters AMI .
comparison 1t best woulI he yaIIaIess
SJ.i it showed no similarity Neither va,
there any resemblance. between the forn,a
ton OF the punrtuation marks in the adj
dress on the envelope and in the Iattar.
which Judge Hollis servants wrote for rim
ME- CarEalhO said that he had apuI!nd :
chemical test to one of Judge Hollis letter.
WhI'n showed that it was written with az
IRON ink y portion of the letter was hI,rn
"!. and this fire test bad convinced hin
that the ink was quite different from tbsr
used in the partly burnt viii. Around IN.
Scorched places the effect was not at al
the same.
In answer to q question from Mr.. Worth
ingipn, Mr.. tarvaiho said that if chem
zeal test We're APPLIED to the tIIe,ef Will j
would not destroy the writing, but wuuIt
instantly determine whether II was al
aniline ink.
At this point :he customary recess va.
taken. and The lawyers for The cayeator.
he,d consultation with the expert to &c
eide whether they should ask for rarnis
sion to perform the test upon The will
Made n Test.
After recess Mr.. Ccrvalho continued HI:
testimony as to the discrepancies that ex
fst IN the handwriting of the VIII.
Then in response to a question the wit
ness sid that there was a sort of ink
known as India ink. 1t is rot commonI,
used Tor writing purposes and was ever
less used in 1913. He said that a chen,ica
test would show If it was India ink, with
out destrOyiI : the writing.
Nov. your honor" said Mr.. Worthinp
Tor, 1 request that permission he given Il
court Vi ''i'
Mr. Darlington objected that this would
prove nothing as to the points at issue n
this trial.
hnd 'N-tNS.