Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-22
Another Handwriting Expert Testi-
fes in Molineux Case.
he AGREES WITH Mr.. KINSLEY
Says Cornish Did Not Write Let
tiers Bearing His Name.
TRIALADJOURNS 70 TUESDAY

NEW YORK, December 22-When to.
days session in the trial OF Roland B. MOii.
neuX began it was with the understa ndine
between counsel that there would be al
early adjournment in the afternoon tc
Tuesday morning of next week.
Henry l., Tolmau, another handwriting
expert who comes from Chicago, was the
first witness called.
MIR Toiman testified that he had for
fourteen years been engaged in the busi-
ness of making analysis of forged and dis
guised handwritngs, and had had from 5N
to 700 cases in court. He had been en-
gagged in the United States service decipher-
ing and deciding on disputed writings. He
had a t one time been professor of medical
jurisprudence in the University of er-
mont.
When he was given specimens to work
on he made study of them entirely alone
and unaided by any suggestions, not even
knowing, he said, whom the prosecu ion
suspected to be the writer of the poison
package address and the Barnet and Cor
nish letters.
Discovered the Burns Letter.
At that time the witness had not seen
any Of the writings in the letters, but later
discovered the famous Burns letter, now
one of the admitted specimens of the de-
PENDANTS handwriting. The witness stated
that he had studied from time to time since
he was first called into the case all of the
exhibits, the disputed and admitted writ
ings. When asked by Mr.. Osborne to tell
the jury in his own way the characteristics
found by him in arriving at a conclusion
of disputed writings, the witness told of
the striking resemblance in pictorial effect
between the writings in the Barnet and
Cornish letters and the now admitted writ
ings. He first looked for the peculiarities
IN these admitted writings and found them
TO be strong to muscles, but weak as
to will power. They showed a superfiuity
OF muscular energy, he said, this coming
out in large capital stems and superfuous
He picked out certain words in
which this characteristic was most nro-
hounced and gave verbal demonstra tions
The writings have separate impulses of
energy shown in the writings by the ever
present triangular form of the words. They
sho"eu a lack Of power to sustain the i'm
puise. and consequently the initial letter
OF word was large and strongly enpha-
sized, the emphasis growing weaker on
each succeeding letter thus formed. and al
most entirely dying out in the last letter of
the word.
illustrates With Word Cornish.
Mr.. Tolman Illustrated this by several
words among which was the word Cor
nish."
On the paper-covered blackboard the wit
ness showed the formation of the words
Kind and "you,' from an admitted snec-
linen He said that in the word Kind,
there was a large *" moderately larea
l., a small ~" followed by large %
showing that the impulse of energy was of
snort duration and required renewal bafore
ean elT nnai ma could be formed You be-
ended with very small u" This cbarac-
serlStlc rules, he said, throughout all the he
lsls dendaht writings, and there were bnn-
III ,us Is VI instances in the normal writings
"a SIoAipiete study of the writings he said
would necessitate a study Of tSs defor,9 Sa'9'
ant writings where It is not aItoeatbar
normal: He chose the letter Of resienaIior,
rom rom the knickerbocker Athletic Club in
"hch the writer formed his words U,itb
more deliberation. The writing inGioatad
the witness said, that the defendant vs.
abie to control this Impulse to a nertain
degree. ~ d certain
,,,ii,s ne referred to this writing formal and
unusual, ard said that the Triangular efsant
ana graduating energy impulses were loss
marked than usual. He showed the action
oI me impulse in the words Resignation
and 'knickerbocker." They showed tho
impulses to be more marked because Of ~
ing of considerable length.
Question of "Breaks" Discussed
Passing TO the questions of "bresksn in
the writing, witness said that probably the
most striking characteristic was the ,n,,.-
4ae!e breaking between the "i' and the
preceding letter when of an oval character.
Ihis was demonstrated on the board by
means of crayon, the word chosen being
the characteristic "oblige' that both Ex
perts kinsley and Tyrrell had previously
brought out.
Mr.. Tolman said further that most
striking illustration of the fading muscular
Impulses was to be found in the defendants
own name. There was large capital M"
large e and then running out to al
most an unintelligible lux"
At this juncture Mr.. Tolman was asked
to step from the stand and Mr. Osborne
asked permission to allow a clerk of the
Lincoln National Bank to identify some of
!, Harry 3. Cornish's writings. 1t was al
loved and Charles Elliott Warren took the
stand. In answer to questions he said he
was chief clerk of the Lincoln National
Bank. He said Harry S. Cornish was one
OF the BANKS depositors and had been for
a number of years. Cornish was requested
TO stand up in the court room and was
identified by Mr.. Warren. He was shown
a signature card, required by all banks of
Its depositors, and identified the signature.
He became familiar with the signature
through a scrutiny of the check signatures
since Cornish had been a depositor of the
bank nearly five years In answer to ques-
t4'iAS Wy SouiIset Ior lle accused Mr.. War
rem said that he did not see Mr.. Cornish
write the signature on the card
Signature of Cornish in Evidence,
Mr.. Cornish was called up and asked to
place his signature on a piece of paper. The
paper was then marked for Identification
and Mr.. Warren testified that he saw Mr..
Cornish write it. The signature cards pre
viously marked for identification and the
signature written by Cornish In court were
offered and admitted in evidence as stand
ards of comparison. Mr.. Weeks objected
but was overruled.
Mr. Warren examined a number of Fl. s.
Cornish's signatures. The three bogus
Cornish letters were examined by the wit
ness and he testified that they were not in
the handwriting of Cornish. He also testf-
fled that the signature ''H. c. Barnet" on
the Barnet letters was not in the writing
of II. s. Cornish