New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-08
SIGNIFICANT TESTIMONY GIVEN AT THE
TRIAL OF CAPTAIN CARTER
D. ". cARvALHo. AFTER DECLARING THE SIG
NATURE OF A.. NJ. BANGS TO Re SPURIOUS.
ILLUSTRATES TO THE COURT HIS
METHODS AS AN EXPERT-A
POINT FOR THE DE-
FENCE.

The trial OF Captain Oberlin NJ. Carter. Z. 8. A..
by court-martia was resumed yesterday morning
on the top floor Of the Army Building. after re-
cess Of two days The Iudge-advocate Of the court
Colonel Barr. had been busy during the interval
that had elapsed since tho session of Friday, and
as result. interesting and significant testi-
mony was introduced. The principal witness of the
day was D. y. Carvalho. the expert In handwriting
who had given testimony at previous sessions OF the
Board He testified that the signature or A. M
Bangs who named payee In check for
than $4,000 forged. The defence scored
a point the prosecution. however by securing
a decision by the Board which struck out OF con-
sideraton evidence certain private letters belong
ing TO Captain Carter which were found among
the officers Department papers.
When the session opened the Judge advocate an
nounced that he had received from Joseph 7.
Brown second vice president OF tho Knicker booker
Trust Company, letter saying that on Wednes-
day his company hoped TO be able TO say whether
they could produce before the Board their ac-
counts with b. d. Green ex-captain Of the Engi-
Of the United States Army. on Friday last
Mr. Brown was adjudged to be in contempt Of the
court, but the court had power to punish him
or 10 force him produce ceI tain accounts or to
answer questions concerning them
The first witness ID. ". Carvalho the expert
in handwriting Colonel Barr questioned him about
the vouchers upon which the draft on the sub
Treasury that has been talked OF so much at the
trial was made out. The signature Of Arson NJ.
Bangs 10 this draft had been declared by the ex-
pert to have been forged by b. d. Green. The wit
ness said that In his opinion the signature or A NJ
Bangs upon the bill and upon the receipt that con-
stituted the vouchers had been forged by Michael
A. Connolly.
Captain Carriers chief counsel Frank P. Blair.
cross -examined the witness upon testimony given
by him last week., At the Friday session MI Car
yalho testified that the signature OF A. NJ. Bangs
to check made out April D. 1885. and paid On
Aprr had been forged BY 3. d. Green Mr.. Blair
wanted to know whether. il it were proven that MI
Green out Of the country between the TWO
dates given. that fact would not change the wiz
ness's opinion. MI Caryalho admitted that IN that
case II would have been impossible for Mr.. Green
70 have committed the forgery, but he said he was
,ullv convinced that B. D. Green had forged the
autograph n'a no onnnv bad
forged the other signature of Anson aid I Bangs
already referred TO- A e6n Ranes P and John
Gaynor was shown the witness ana ne salo tn na
both Of those signatures were IN MS OPINION the
WORK pon Oi redirect examination by Colonel Barr. the
WI "dsesmonstraon OF the methods followed by ex-
merits in handwriting 10 determine the genuineness
the ages Of twenty 1--WE and thirty every man ma &C
CURED style of chrography that continued az. d WITH
natures the expert had three general principles
to guide him vs was wr EhewH would una awys show
slant OF a certain number Of degrees; secondly, that
it wHnd a aGAy hy that letters would al
ways APPROXIMATE base or horizontal line drawn
as nearly as possible the bottom OF al the letters
in a signature To illustrate his testimony. Mr.
Carvaiho showed to the Board ; Signature OF Ed
gerry. and compared it with other signatures known
70 Be om "Ss
in the three points he he MAO named u ss a e
man had pecuiiarities Of handwriting that could be
other pecunartes Of which he must rid himself to
zin md n
ture very cosely but the weight Of pen pressure
like fashion, compared what he had called forged
signature OF Arson NJ. Bangs with others known to
be a eDry n ADAMS w6o IS IN charge
OF The harbor-dAfence work about New-York. had
s' ss5 be TO baJ S s
among Captain Carriers papers in file in Sa-
Taptsn Carriers counsel objected to the admission,
OF the letters and the court took recess decide
the point The recess lasted nearly hour. and
the letters had been excluded The argument nv BY
Se to coone 9f nsrs
said that every document that could possibly throw
gH. Sn argued the papers we pr Tar
property. and hence could not be cons,itutionaiy
uS Aao Fl objection offered when an attempt
With the Union Trust COMPANY but the Board nd
mitied them. and they were read. They showed
sG sni IS ad I. ky ss
carter win be called on 70 explain them.
Carers counsel. caused a small sensation by de-
nouncing the attempt made by Colonel Barr n in
troduce Captain Carriers private letters as evil
dence He declared In emphatic terms that his
client had been robbed Of everything held dear
by a man. Nothing was left sacred. he said Let
ers o. condclelce upon the death OF his wife nd
others relating 10 family misfortune had been
taken from him and copies made OF them lest they
should be recovered.
District Attorney Asa Bird Gardiner was one NJ
the visitors who entered the trial room late in the
session. He shook hands with Captain Carter and
chatted with him for some time The trial viii be
resumed this morning.