New-York tribune., 1899-12-23
NEW EXPERT TESTlFlES.
ToLMAN SAYS MOLINEUX ADDRESSED
POISON PACKAGE.
H. s. CORNISH APPEARS ON THE sIAND
prr ONLY TO WRITE HIS NAME.

,,rr oNry TO WRITE HIS NAME.
o,,, an. sos.,on OF the Molineux trial was heio
..,er6av court adiournlng at O'Clock p IN ui''''
,o.oo y, on Tuesday in order TO give the eApei'
borea t,,rymen a chance 10 prepare Tor thei' N"
mas which Recorder Gofr told them ne hopeu "Ouu
be a merry one. Both the prisoner anu "'s r,o..
seemed 70 be full of repressed Juphauon' 80
caused by the significant remark hiau' ~. ,ho
day by Foreman Martin. when ne saiu ' 80
<rrors wore vet unable to detect any resemoahoe
between Mollneux's admitted writing ana 'nN' u
the "Barnet" and Cornish letters Ano'"oi
n.,, in handwriting attempted yesterday 10 sho"
them this alleged resemblance. nc 10 i'
rolman and ne comes from chicago vi,
This witness corroborated the other experts ~"
,.-ora Tvrreu in their declarations that the same
chora ,teristics were TO be found IN all the manu-
writing exhibits in the case whcn 'ne pIose.u',D.
declares were the work OF the deienoah' De"'e
sworn Mr. Tonan said he lived In suouro Q,
Chicago and had for fourteen years neeh ehs"sos
IN the business OF making analyses OF iorseu ana
disgrised bapdwrtings. He had had from SIX nun"
dred 10 seven hundred cases In court ana Hau ~
one time been professor or meulcaI JuiiSp' NN0
in the University OF Vermont
uo was asked by Mr. Osborne 81 IT was not MS
experience as a student Of handwriting 'hat ""o''
a man assumes another name which ne sisns "
certain writings the ordinary disguise is 10 cha''se
his pen and write backward. Mr.. weeks oOJe0'eu
10 the question and was sustained.
Mr. Tolman was then asked 10 tell the circum-
stances under which he came 10 New-fork ne
said he received a telegram from the DISTRICT AZ
torney's office saying that his presence was desired
,r an roportant case Nothing was said as TO what
case but ne came on and Is staying at the AS'oI
House He was there for day before ne learned
anything relative 10 this case When specimens
were handed TO him TO work on he mace Il s'uuS
of them, entirely alone and unaided Dy any sus
gestions. not even knowing, he said. whom the
ted q
package address and the Barnet" and Cornish
letters. - -,,. ~, ,>O,,c TT
When asked by Mr. Osborne TO tell the jury N
his own way the characteristics found by MN IN
the disputed writing the witness said:
find I'm the admitted handwrltngs Of the pris,
oner that his handwriting is very Strong d 20 Weak
nuscle-that Is. no trcmOr or weakneSs[aho "eaH ".
as to mng doc ShG Of Tf be Writing FIRST OF ali try
discover the characteristics OF the ulspute.u
ing and then find out where those Snow
are found in the greatest preponderahce, snUn
ing that they are made unconscousy or lnVO.un st
tarily bv the writer. The general pictorial eiiectt
OF any writing thus shows the mind or VIII OF
the writer. nor can TINS be nldoSR This is
the connection established between the J, eAiiD'
There are evidences Of a general tendency 10 tr-
angulation I'm ;he defendants writing "hi "hcn 1n cIa
non ss an element OF his hand was the evidence
OF the mind and not OF the Will. rms REDUCES .Io
establishment Of the connection to SOUND. scieh-
Now. take the more formal letter, No. H. aGd toT
instance the letter Of resignation, ana we nno
mai when he writes formally he IS able, TO
certain extent TO control himself and to control
his normal impulses. In order TO find out aooui
a mans handwriting we want letters written by
him under different circumstances This EXHIBIT
shows his mental condition under unusual con-
ditIons We find that in such deliberate wrllns
the writer is able 10 control himself 10 an extent;
The triangular effect is present but not so marked
as in the hurried informal letters. Now. II there
Is difference in the writing when the writer is
In an ordinary condition must find out what
kind OF a hand he would write under some very
unusual conditions. A man guilty OF murder
would evidence that fact In his handwriting. In
the form OF It and in the characteristics Examine
The copies written for the prosecution. You Will
find that the slant is not different, but the size
OF the letters is changed and the triangular enect
Is smaller than ever. DO not mean TO say that
these rules have the precision Of mathematical
rules.