The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-23
EXPERT TOLMAN'S CURVES.
.,yITIlL IMPULSES" AND "sUsTAINED
rNERGYo At M0LINEUx TRIAL.

Tbe matinee features OF the trial OF Roland
n Molineux. accused OF the murder OF Mrs.
katharine ]. Adams. were continued yester-
d,y with new witness or lecturer on the
.,.nd in the person of Handwriting Expert
Harry l.. Tolman OF Chicago. Whereas the
o,her experts had taken for their subjects
"p,n habit" mental conception" and "physi-
cal possibilities" Mr.. Tolman took for his
"nhy. cal impulses" aud delivered his dlsser-
,,tion under four heads: surplus energy"
".ustained energy waning energy and ex-
baus,pd impulse" With absolute fairness to
Nj. Toman. the remark Of n listener may he
ouo,ed 1t was Just after he had started. He
had not fairly got his swing. and the listener
said raptnrously: 1T begins like lecture on
musical rhythm. with vocal illustrations by tho
lecturer"
Prof. Toman who. by the way. objects stren-
uously to the title. although he IL a professor
ofmcdcal jurisprudence in the College Of Ply
,lcians ami Surgeons attached to the Univer-
.Ity " Illinois, Ia older than William j. kinsley.
the Elizabeth expert. or than Mr. Tyrrell. the
Milwaukee, expert. without any dlsrespect to
him and using the language OF the handwriting
/ s1perta II may be said that there are more
/ convex curves in Mr. Tolmans person than in
the per son Of either OF the lecturers who pre-
coded him. Whereas they affected vertica
style Of standing. MIR. Tolman had rather for
4 xa.d slant. MIR. Tolman's shading is a trihe
Il lighter than that Of his predecessors. which
| may or may not he due to his white hair. which
| arises from his forehead and flows back to
/ the hack OF his head IN compound curve Mr..
Toman's face is a perfect oval. There Is n
| very slight concavc curv. in his chin, somo
| pco,le might call II a dimple The general
| PROPORTIONS OF Mr.. Tolman and PARTS OF Mr..
T5lman are little above the normal-that IL
TO say. he is somewhat taller than the average.
His eyes are properly spaced and dotted with
hrows The dots themselves are moro or less
Characteristic. because like the hair. they have
the shape OF convex curves. The general slant
Of the forehead is OF the vertical type.
In spito OF the interest in the word picture oi
impulses drawn by Mr.. Tolman. the day In
court was marked BY one proceeding that for
want o, order outdid anything that has hap
rensd In even this remarkable trial. At one
time Mr Osborne hal three witnesses on tho
stand Hs withdrew one man to put on an
other for just q minute" he withdrew the
second to nut on another for Just a minute"
AMI then he fooled along wastinS time. admit
ting AZ the same time that all he was doing was
sparrlne Tor time. for full three quarters OF
an hour.
MoIlSEuS IN PLEASANT MOOD
Young Mr.. Molineux looked better when he
came INTO court In the morning than h. has at
any time since the trial began. He was
particularly cordial in his greeting to his
father and to his counsel. and when he sat
down his face was beaming. Assistant Dis
tr.ct Attorney Osborne called Mr.. To man i'm
melate.y AMI tod hun to 20 on III hls own
way aEl tell who H. was. where he came from
aud what were his qualifications az an expert.
ChauG nc his sitting ,tyle from the forward
slant TO the vertical. Mr.. Tolman sat up In his
chair and began thus:
Il live In suburb OF Chicago called Evans
ton. Ihave lived there since 1870. lam en-
| gagged In microscopic work and have been 40 en-
gagged for many. many years. The majority OF
| my Investigations have had to DO with ink.
parer and writing. and In that line a one have
been engaged for more than fourteen years.
ana most Of the time for SIX years before that.
as well have had between seven hundred
md eight hundred cases In court. and have also
/ done large amount of Office work for tho
4 Critel States Government which has not APP
reared In court have also given the subject
much study. l have collec ell many thousands
OF writings which have been made for me for the
| sole purpose Of having me discover who the
| writer, were"
Prof To!man hesitated.
Now. Professor" aid Mr. Osborne.
NO" said the professor with shake OF the
heai.
Il beg your rarion. Mr. To'man." said Mr..
Osborne. Il will not do II again. Now. Mr..
Tolman, II a man was to take another mans
name and that same man should change his
name and take al other name. and then again
should address poison package. would you
or wolld YOU not expect that man TO conceal
as Tar as he could. his own handwriting:"
Il o6Ject" said Hr. Weeks.
Sustained" said the Recorder.
"Now. Professor-ah. an. | beg your pardon
Mr.. Tolman, III your airs and years and years
ofeSperience have YOU or have you not found
that when q name was assumed the person
writing under the assumed name. as a rule dis
guses the hand so that Il viii appear as little
obiect!' Numbered Mr. Weeks.
Sustained" said the Recorder.
cs arEsn yo Err'iHInly said Mr. o.
now, Prof.ssor-ah, an. VI Toman. beg your
pardon-haye you no, found tina, when a man
thing In that name that wouli not he credit
abte 70 the person; the ordinary disguise no
TaFdF" Is 10 '"'nss MS pen ana write back
. !oHisStiSS reared olf% -, Mr WscKs again.
1T merely ' thon nh ' saii Mr.. o.horps
that i asked the question in enough differ.
s Mnn THg w., ! misht lind one that your Honor
ui 1.-THE Court has rulo1i;" said the Recorder
Mr. 6sborne subsid"d then and nd az" cot '' Pr1f
Tonan to desrrhc how he cam. to be called
INTO ths case; how he had made study Of the
twenty OF the admitted handwritings OF Mo-
lineux.
Now, then. Professor" said Mr.. Osborne, III
you viii make II plain to the Jury. in as brief a
manner "a POSSIBLE. what your opinion il In
thlS case and how you have arrived at that
op'hiOn, shall be Obliged To you"
WITNESS SETTLES DOWN TO WORK
At this, Mr. Toman resumed his forward
slant and began: In the first place. gentle
men OF the Jury. the question being one Of de-
eldng disguised hand. the first thing
necessary 10 do - TO ascertain what kind OF
style the alleged writer used normally In
\ order to do this, you must tahe documents
Il which are conceded to bo genuine in order n
II Ihl out what W" experts call tho characteris-
II Yes oi his genuine hand First we examine
81 these specimens AZ Il whole for pictorial effect
Ar IN examining tho adm tied handwriting oil
Ms defendant as whole for pictorial effect
We md that II Is the work ~ Il hand that Is
i strong as to physical characteristics and weak
II hstg VIII power-strpng because uthe curves OF
NE letters show that the lines are firm there
II are no side waves or tremors. This is a gem
Il era Characteristic Of all the admitted letters.
II ihdt II Is weak as to mind or will power wa
Il Nhi that the hand starts out with a large letter
lax, Tor instance. Exhibit %: thr'f' In find is
m. arg" .9r the writing. Surplus energy
nj holman increased his forward slant. then
Il uhin"Nlhcly went to the vertical making In
lh' ar what on paper his prpLecessOrs on the