The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-22
More Testimony By KinsIey and
Tyrrell.
Tyrrell's Testimony En-
tirely Technical.
Dealt in Pen Habit and Mental
Conceptions.

New York, DeoemDer Si.-Aho WV
handwriting experts, William j. Binsiey
and John II. Tyrrell, the latter OF whom
pra:tieally began his testimony yesterday,
were witnesses today before. the. court OF
general sess ons, where Roland b. Noltn-
eux Ia on trial for the murder OF Mrs.
Katherine j. Adams. Tyrrell was the
pincital witness as Kins 81 was oilled 70
the stand for few minutes only. The
testimony Of Tyrrell was entirely techni-
cal and dealt In opinions concerning the
"psn habit and mental conception"
noticed in the admitted handwriting OF
the defendant In the address on the
poison package.
When the trial was resumed, Hand
writing Expert William J. kinsley WAS
recalled for short time to answer sew
eral questions asked by Foreman Martin
lust az he WAS leaving the stand, last
Tuesday. The foreman had asked the
expert what he meant by "dlssimulated
handwriting MIR. Kinsley said to-day
that by a dissimulated hand he meant
one that mas produced when man at
tempted to form q complies new hand
to write less like his own hand than Ike
anotherTs. Mr.. Kinsley then told the
Jurors OF the handwriting specimens Sc
CURED and examined by him in this case.
He told them that he had secured speci-
mems from several persons which he ex-
amined sufficiently to satisfy him that
they had nothing to do with the poison
package address
MIR. Tyrrell's examination WAS then be-
gun. Mr.. Osborne asked him to illustrate
by crayon the word "hned'' In exhibit
Q, the admitted writing OF the defendant.
and "B," the letter being request for
a marriage guide signed "H. C.Barnst."
He was asked II he thought they wer,
of tho same mental, conception, dinsring
sonly In mechanical form, and replied In
the affirmative. He was asked II he
thought 1t were possible for any two
persons to write the word ''tined" the
same as Ii was written on the two ex :
hibits, that is-writing the first three let
tsrs and then break; then forming the
final letter. he replied that he thou ght
1t quite possible. lie was asked 70 take
GQe bhlu6 WOIu AZ SCNoEaA oehcA
and reproduce It.
When he did so, Mr.. Osborne asked:
"Now, MIR. Tyrrell, what d. you find
about these word.f"
~ find that indications of the m entail
conception are practically inexhaustive. !"
The witness was next asked to Illus
trats certain words, from the poison pack
HarnGtar-
Cornish letter &C" and "F," two letters
signed Barnet and "21" and $40" of
the admitted specimens. He thought
they were all Of the same mental concsp-
tion and believed q similarity Of me-
chanioal formation.
The witness next placed on the black
board the several capital "F's" In the
poison package address and exhibits 81"
"2s" and "27' of admitted speoim sns.
and said he found in them similar ele-
ments In the matter Of mental conception
and mechanical form. He said he thought
they had ali been written by the same
hand, and that, the hand Of the defen-
dant.
The witness was asked II he considered
the oval letters an important point. He
said he did and 1t was, In his Judgment.
one of the most important points In es-
tabIishing the identity of the writer Of
the poison package address and the dis
puted Barnet Cornish letters. The wit
ness said he also considered 1t important
that when the defendant wrote by re-
quest he failsd to make the usual and
characteristic break. The recorder at
this Ioint asked thu witness to illustrate
by crayon the two initial "Cs" In the
words Cornish" and "Club" in the
poison pack age address.