New-York tribune., 1899-12-23
sUPERFLu1TY OF MUSCLE.

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these rules have the precision of mathematical
rules.
sUPERFLu1TY OF MUSCLE.
superfuity Of muscular energy. the witness said,
was evidenced by large capital stems and super
nnous fourishing. He picked out certain words In
which this characteristic was most pronounced
and gave verbal demonstrations and by drawings
with crayons. In Exhibit No. 35. he said, In the
word kind" there large "k." moderately
large a." small m followed by a large "a
showing that this impulse Of energy was OF short
duration, and required renewal before the final
"a could be formed You began with large
"y" dropped into a medium 90 and ended with
a very small 'u." This characteristic he said,
appeared throughout all the defendants writings.
He said Molneux wrote with both wrist and
finger movement. Juror Billings asked the witness
some questions, and did Recorder Con- and
then Toman said;
Take Exhibit %. for. instance The IF" in
fuous energy The letter is too large by far for
the rest of the word. Take the word shown"
The IS" is too large. and the impulse and energy
are exhausted I'm four letters. for the W. is small
4nd pS Sm0s5 n 6ns bTee ' dre
and separate impulses The hrst is Bus" the
has two separate impulses. The great energy or
impulse is exhausted in "Corni" renewed in the
kindly the first impulse is exhausted by the time
the kin" is written; The * is large, too large
for the word; the ''i' is smaller and the n" is
smaller still; the energy is exhausted. Then the
writer takes fresh grip on m himself and and the he'd. "a
the a. Is smaller and the 'y' is smaller still
the "a" too large. This all shows that the
energy is rampant at the start. but after a short
the size. do not contend. though. that the
capital letters should be the same size. except
relatively.
THE PICTORIAL EFFECT.
Mr. Osborne then called the attention Of the ex-
pert TO Exhibit No. 81. the letter written by Mol
ineux dated December %. 1898, the day after the
death of Mrs Adams. Tolman said:
The pictorial effect OF this is unusual There IS
doubt IN the writer's mind. something that made
spelled then" and had TO do it over again The
triangular effect is intensified. In many OF the
words the impulse lasted for but three letters To
IS maintained The pictorial effect OF this letter IS
different from all others.
In all the letters the number Of characteristics
varies for no man is able 10 write his name twice
the habit of breaking his letters. The break after
Il and before the C is very common, although
than curve OF letter. there is often break
the e." This word illustrates both the principles OF
eeGt Wb shq Sn 10Y Sf energy tF
end and the 90 at the small end The "ge" makes
enough aE he see letter. heTf i is o%6
name IS a striking example 1t Is most striking
enough to form the letter "u' in the "eux"
Juror Billings. referring to the experts remark
that he detected three separate impulses in BUS
tanoby." asked:
'Do you mean that the breaks IN the word mark
fhe ends of the three impulses"
mo" replied the witness. Il mean that tbera ara
three different trianges in this word The large
end OF the triangle marks the beginning Of the i'm
pulse and the smaller end marks the end Of the
impulse. The smaller end marks the exhaustion OF
the energy"
HANDWRITING OF CORNISH.
At this juncture Mr. Tolman was told 70 stem
from the witness stand and Mr.. Osborne asked per
mission for an officer OF the Lincoln National Bank
10 identify some OF Cornshs writings II was
allowed, and Charles Elliott Warren took the stand
He said he was chief clerk OF the Lincoln National
Bank. and had been there since the bank began
10 do business He said Harry S. Cornish was one
Of the banks depositors and had been for n num-
Der OF years. Cornish requested TO stand IN
in the courtroom and was Identified by Mr. Warren
To the witness was shown signature card re-
Quired by banks from its depostors and he identi-
fed the signature OF Cornish upon IT, In answer
TO Nr. Weeks ne said he did not SEQ Cornish write
the signature the card.
Cornish was then called up and asked TO place his
signature on piece Of paper. and Mr.. Warren was
requested BY Mr.. Osborne TO look at him while he
wa writing It. The paper was then marked for
Identification, and Mr. Warren then testiaed that
he saw Cornish write It, Two signature cards pre-
Ytousiy mar ed for Identification and the signature
written by Cornish In court were then offered and
Samitrsd In evidence as standards of Comparison
ruled. W" was o'er-
Cornish was again called up and was asked to