The sun., 1899-12-08

examination. but he, warned Ms, Weeks that
when the Sd take Psss he
sPSa sSoSt NOT @biaa G&efSsOnh h. had on Ss
direct examination. and that u he wanted
have 10 call him. as his own wtness. Mr
Weeks said that he wanted to question Mr..
and 1T, II wSS ony hs os tS ssop
which he had testified. but also about matters
that devcoped in the course of the trial. max.
only. Mr. McIntyre said he would be at liberty
on Wed9ssday at her pcst ten and IT the .t,o, hs
should take place then.
K1SsLEY LAYS HARPsTER LETTER TO MoLrNEux.
( Mr.. .Kinsley went back on the stand when
i to stearns 4 Go, signed III, Corni.h, !" and The
handed to him. Amid rainfall OF objections
o ss. rs sa s s%ay II s IN n"q%5 tss @5
ey.rything. and was overruled. The text Of the
called "a eS'f'di to tho As" IN Harp.ters name; the
/ in the letters Mr.. KinsNey described the letter
askeI about, each time and declared tbs, the
was precisely tho same. When It came TO the
| ''Fs" MIR. Kinsley went INTO long explann-
to d M Its ss Mn snd rt
pies over to the Jury and said with an air OF
dnG ;sns | Of the Sa oy XII
the expert Is talking about" Even Mr.. Kins-
LETTERS PHOTOGRAPHED FOR THE JURY.
Mr., OSBORNE, again asked the privilege OF
Mr. Kssy M aR1 ps,tns Iso,SSS So
the case Tor the District httorney. MI. Osborne
was going to have him prove each individual
GsEs &1 Battle GEpi snG an.nI 20 ias oaf% pro
market 'fr'' ior 'identIfcs!icna and the, agreed
that they we're copies Of , the original,
handsomely mounted mo and bound There was
JUDGE 'GT and spS@ Z, S' S%S 20
handsome was the work That It was remarked
@ ass gIs coE i0asn tho a @
'nS and fSH ate" atsn.l6n On The ,Ss BsF0ss sss
xara "aa sippre%Is,ea HI which appeared in sSRcc Rc
| eonnec,ted In the, sample Of handwriting made
by N.lineux; He also ro!pts cut that the
the sample and the letter. but that amounted
to nothing in that ease because MolinouI had
sS sS%fS '"t the "H S?S' sSidS
tial" ~ the Cornish otter the ~ and the, "a"
.ss sS SO ss la ana 1P hsl: 9:
was tn. same disconnecton in the. sample.
hat he rns last tss p o the word
Sn the s"s S Wa' th: ff ron mi M Ga @
tho letter to DR.. Peter T. Austin. which was
printed in THE Sun Yesterday. and which {.
He o asked i this letter was IL the handwrltins
tween The, The lawyers that ii was in MollneuIs
| JURY orIs THE WHOLE MASS OF Lprrxns
| The photograph Of this lotter was In about
the m dale Of the album OF photographs pro-
contains ali the exhibits tha, have bsen photo:
GTapnSsd q and only few q them hs's sesn sd
jury. for in that way all the exhibits would he.
come the properly Of the Jury. whether or not
| this fsc,. It was decided tina, members OF the
jury should have tie albums. the Recorder d.
that they should not look at any otSers pieces
TSse SS dpen ,sa SooE on s.ss
that after three % Or 70 i9ur ar Of the etters photo.
| hibits. He warnei the Recor' ,er that mistake
in The, the mater might be fatal u & tie case ca ever
however. stuck 10 his ruling. and the. jurymen
we're ip ZIP P1ssession 81 not Gniy Of the ,s legal svi
| tion desired them to have.
| PEN-LIrr CHAR AcrERpTrcs
Tho Harpster letter was taken up again
along with the Austin letter, The word "ap-
! precIated" appears in the Austin letter Mr.,
| Osborne asked Mr. kinsley 4 in that letter and
| IN that word Appreciated" the e" and the
e. were not sepnrated Mr.. Kinsley said yes.
defendant, Roland Molineux. made the same
| break In the two lettersi"
Mr.. Weeks was filed with rage and protested
against such a remark. Tho Recorder pro-
! tested too and sustained him. ant the re-
mark was elmipnr.d from the record; = Com.
which he assertcI the writer had made
| beginning ut the top and striking down form
Ing loop. or b.EinninR at the top and strik ing
down to a point and then up. angular style. He
! also pointed out that in the word ...s.eryiees."
/ &c" we're risconnec'ed. and in the word CONN
, dental" tn" 81" an tie ID" an 1 the II" mud
"a, were disconnected in both letters: a 30 the
| n" and the Z" In the same letters. Mr. Kins-
ley testified that such breaks in handwriting
we're known as pen fittings" and they were
one of the thi ings that experts used on which
to base their determination ot DISPUTED hand
writings. They were characteristics OF tho
writer. he said.
| REPORTERS INVESTIGATE PEN LIYTs.
When he was 30 testiiying there was some
| thing OF "A commOtion at the reporters table
, The reporters were taking notes. aud when
| the witness used the word service" the re-
port.rs wrote It. When the witness used tho
word Confidential" the reporters wrote IT,
the reporters wro'e It.. The copmotion began
AT one end ~ the reporters table One OF the
reporters straightened up and looked at his
notes He called the attention OF tho next man
to II and the next man looked at his. The