New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-21
SURE 1T WAS MOL1NEUA.
pposporyT1oNs NEW EXPERT DECLARES
HE WROTE POISON ADDRESS,
A., rvppr1J. GIVES TT AZ A CONVICTION
NOT AN oPINIoN-ALLEGED cHAKAC-
TERIsT1Cs IN ADMITTED AND
DISPUTED WRITINGS.

=. o.. ,ov hours that John F. Tyrrell. the hand
-,,,uo .xnar, has so far been on the staho' ne
hes nroyed himself far more effective "i''e9' 49,
the prosecution in the Molineux tlaI 'iiu -.
William J. Kinsley in the whole lo't'"e -
~ uas IN the chair. There Is nothing ih'iN'' "
tb,s COMPARISON Both experts went o.io 49,,
dry nrenared to expound conclusions "men 'i,e'
jury ppr-s .t,or nainstaking and exhaustive IN
vestigation. The oiheieIVo
their methods ,,,., ,,-,,
NJ Kinsley took the disputed ana aoihi'.eu W."
,gs annlied 10 them scientific rules oil ms 80"
yearly a dozen in number, and as the resU'' -
annI,cation OF those rules gave II as ms of
onIv-confessing that he was not ii'ia'. ' 49,,
,toi,neux not only wrote the disputed letters o.s
ro''''erN .aoraee address also. Mr.. Kinsleys
..,nor,, was necessarily in consequence aln'oS'
,,ral,, technical a dissertation on the Nai'i'e
sizes slants shading, emphasis etc.' VI ssd
angles curves and strokes. 10 WHO" i -
ACQUISITIONS upon the temperaments anu -,. -,
r,s ~ the writer or writers OF the eNhioi's
-. while all these learned deductions ma!
80 been satisfactory 70 students ana mas'e''
80 .h,rocranbv it hardly tended to impress 90
adequately the Law individuals. Mr.. MINISTRY
,nanifestly built upon framework OF me- Uns :,
~ the supports Of that framework MI - AZ
cross examination succeeded IN e"e0'""
molishng. $500. ~ .be stand
.,1,,ato,, the whole OF yesterday, showed NM
soif 90 he an entirely different type OF eNpe 49,
sl he has devoted no more tAah 'niee ~, uoras
ose hut IN that time he has. 10 use Ms Wv" -
heen able TO reach, not an opinion "u' ttA,..
,,on that Nollneux's hand penned al the
Including the address upon the wrapPe'' -.
=, - o,d Of quiet speech. Mr. Tyrrei' aPdi'
fro,o any intrinsic value which the jury may 49,,
% HE evidence was admirable "l'h9ss "
prosecution He depended more on pictorial u,H'S
p.,o .ho, uttered testimony 20 express MS a.
fe
the crayon and this fact alone succeeueu J." Sc
,s for his evidence closer attention ana h'ereS'
than the more scientific reasonings OF MI N'iS'''
THE POISON PACKAGE ADDRESS.
T. tracing NIolineux's alleged connection WIN '"e
sanding Of the poison parcel the Mh"auNee
mart followed a totally different uach 10 -
,,rsued bv Mr. Kinsley The principal pass Ioi nc
csnvtction as he called It, that MolileuN w.
,ha address on that package was the CONSISTENCY
u,o .a,.,c ,yrist movement winch he deposed
,snoa found in the admitted writings ana III INV
a,snut.d writings The peculiar wrist movement
Mr. Tvrrell commended which the writer OF 'ne "a
btb,ts had employed made 1t necessary ior nm
after travelling a certain distance WIN ms -"
a. ,sa bis wrist and start afresh. That IS ne
" -. n,,, q certain distance without taking
- nor from the paper. BY means OF ILLUSTRATIONS
49, ,ritress demonstrated the range or pehuu-
Inn" of the wrist as held in certain posl'io"S'
, ord proceeded 20 show how the same 0i"i
ist,c wrist movement was oDserVaOe JUN ''
n,,,rarx,s admitted handwriting and the EXHIBITS
which the defence asserts were not written OS mini
, He testified that the range capacity OF the winter
os limited and that the sections into which the
WINNING sequences Of words were grouped was 'he
.sme length in all the exhibits As further PROOF
IN his opinion that all the EXHIBITS were peniieu
nv the same person. Mr.. Tyrre pointed TO the TACT
that whenever the wrist had been raised the ne"
beginning had been made ON different base iihe'
o,J continues slantinglysl Mr. Tyrrell depicted his
meaning by drawing a succession Of short siopihg
parallels and then. going on TO speak OF the poison
nackage he said that although the address mao
been written in a disguised hand, yet ne was aDie
to identify the writer OF this inscription as INC
writer also OF the admitted and disputed letters
becapse the range or pendulum" Of the hand
and the characteristic to starting on new base
line each time were exactly alike in all OF the
handwritngs which had been submitted TO him ior
comparison. shzu'lo7
The hand that wrote the address. he said, had
precisely the same wrist movement. the same align
ment the same capacity and range as had the hand
which indited the Molineux we'll as the Barnet
and Cornish" letters.
ALLEGED sIMILARITIES DETAILED.
Than IN detail the witness went on 10 point out
how similar in lineal measurement were the group
ingss of words on which he based his conclusions
In order that they might more intellgentiy Iolo"
him the jury all received compasses The distances
between the first loop in the Harry TO the last
1ooI&in' the Cornish" on the wrapper. and the
snace taken I'D by IN Y City" "Knickerbocker'
and athletic Club" practically all the same
F.. IT doubt II they are the same" said Mr.. Weeks
.they may be practically the same, but the six
teenth Of an inch means great difference
They are the same" said the witness. while Mr..
Osborne broke in with the remark: Mr.. Martin the
foreman says they the same. too.
Each Of the sections to which he had called at
tention, Mr. Tyrrell said. had the same variable
and characteristic alignments and base lines He
went to explain:
The writer, by using wrist mOyement could Snd
only write Sa he sRRs ad to lift Rs Wrist
the paper and start off afresh Every time ne
his % he qS 10 Re
line Each one OF these combinations has a new
"Knickerbocker Athletic Club the second line Of
the address for instance KnicksrPoc Ike WHICH M
line with incline of about Is degrees, while the
athletic Club" has an incline of hardly one de-
gree.
The witness was then asked TO compare in the
same way the poison address with the disputed
letters a suggestion which brought out the ola
argument from Mr.. Weeks that one disputed writ
ing should not be taken as a standard OF compari-
son for another disputed exhibit AS before. how
ever. he was overruled and after Mr.. Tyrrell had
been allowed TO say that the peculiarites which
he had found In the address were also observable
in the Barnet" and Cornish" letters he took up
Molineux's admitted letters. and testified that the
same hand movements characterized those exhibits
also.
Finishing this branch OF his testimony ne was
asked TO state what other reasons he had Tor pre-
summing that Moineux was responsible for the
Barnet and Cornish" letters and the address
on the package Thereupon he drew attention 10
simiarities in the formation OF many OF the letters
and words in the exhibits.
FOREMAN TAKES A HAND.
Mr. Martin. the foreman. requested the expert TO
look at the "y" in truly" the word appeared
In Exhibits c and D. and asked him how ne recon-
cied the fact that had loop and the other
A GOOD STOMACH MAY
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