The San Francisco call., 1898-12-22

the 'd' in that word to the one 1T madam in this other letter. Note the similarity of the d in those cases. Ina d is produced in a peculiar manner, suct as have never seen before
 To the jurors, producing a microscope II will give a brief description of this in strument"
 Knight-You needn't; we don't want 1t The expert ran counter to Knight short ly after when he told the jurors it was not necessary to use the glass to note what he desired to show them.
 Knight-Who do you mean does not fin ] 1t necessary?
 The expert-I do not.
 Knight-You are not in this testimony
 The expert then drew attention to the letter "c made by Mrs. Botkin. He spoke of its abnormal size, being double the height of any other space letter. To Ju- TOT J. F. Myers he said it was impossible to judge of handwriting by form alone, and that the peculiarities ran through both capitals and small letters.
 In conclusion, the expert said he thought he had established to the jury his belief that all the handwriting in evidence had been written by the same person.
 In the course of a harsh cross-examina- tion Knight elicited the information that Eisenschimmel occupied a place in the gallery of the courtroom while his col league, Expert Ames, was on the witness stand. The expert said that what he meant by the pen habit" and writing habit" was the habitual manner in which writing was produced. He explained that paying tellers of banks were experts in a certain way. They look at check and get an impression by which they are able to judge as to genuineness, but cannot explain how they reach that conclusion.
 Mrs. Botkin has positive peculiarities or characteristics" said the expert.
 Dwell, what do you find? A.-She writes the angular or so-called English hand
 Q.-What kind of arm movement? A Partly finger, partly forearm-a combined movement
 Q,-Find any characteristics of Mrs. Botkin's handwriting? A.-Yes, many of them.
 Q-Give one. An the word "place" another
 Q.-That is a Botkin characteristic? ? A.-Not in every case. There is no rule.
 Q.-Is this the first time in your life you ever saw a 'p' and an "P' that looked anything like those? A.-Yes.
 The witness said that the baby note was in Mrs. Botkin's handwriting, the only attempt at disguise being in the slant of the letters. He was handed a piece of paper by MT. Knight, but de- clined to touch it or pass upon it, saying it was not an exhibit in the case Knight S efforts to force the witness to express an opinion offhand as to the writing brought Hosmer to the rescue and developed some more of the schoolgirl repartee which has enlivened the proceedings from time to time.
 Don't interrupt me when I am talk ing" said Hosmer. Some one else has a right to be heard here besides you.''
 Well, you've been talking for two days" was the rejoinder.
 When the expert retired finally Judge Cook said: "Call John P. Dunning." To the latter he said: "Mr. Cunning. it Is the desire of the court that you should have an opportunity, at least every twenty-four hours, of reconsidering your determination not to answer the question put to you by MT. Knight on Monday
 Turning to MT. Knight he said: MT. Knight, do you insist upon the question?'
 After short conference with his asso-