The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-19

/ you had examined the Barnet and the Cornish
let,srsS A. That's right could not and il
Mr Weeks appeared 70 be very well satisfied
WILD Win thn i answsr and MIR. Osborne to he very
sguelched the Assistant District Attorney Mr.
ond ghsn A. 40 Understand you to say that es-
Writing. you arc. able to demonstrate with
IEEhi5lt A. byanplying tho rules that you have
e eia b%G%S0' that the defendant wrote that
ATTACK ON THE EXPERTS RULES.
II think that | can. said Mr. Kinsley, and
that had b" rHe Si iS he he r saiG
take Exhibit \ and the admitted handwriting
wrtnN m bS SHT wnn wS tfp app tnG
We'll" said Exert ,Kinsley, the letters In
Exhibits. The writing il higher than Exhibit
And that is your answer" said Mr., Weeks.
Mr., Klnsey said that 1t was, and then he
took up other exhibits OF tho admltted hand
the Mr. %"s and BY sST e
from the Witness that in the admitted hand
Writing there were letters that were larger
than letters In tho address on the poison
package there were letters that were smaller
than those on the poison package and some
that approached those on the poison package
:, I'm other words, said Mr.. Weeks. you ind
that IN the admitted handwriting OF the defend.
ant that 1t IL sometimes large, sometimes small
and sometimes medium? And by. applying
your rule OF style you find that the handwrit.
the po'So1, package are tbs, sameY',..
n The VARYING a, styles show pen capacity and
Us the Size q the Ie,,ers in Exhibit in any
sG sapps 's ssa S Mi E ksscy are ,tl.
's&ST 'f Rns sEs r'G %smanG e, Nj
one, years OF age. who knows how to write. who
s sSuis not have written capitals as large as
Yes. there are exceptions" said Mr. Kinsley.
He meant the answer literally. for he explained
In response 70 further questions that ne had
met one or two or Few persons In hla eNpe RI
another he could not, induce to make bls cap ,.
the rule. The great mass OF people, q course.
Yes. and could make smaller letters than
couldn't thsyF", deman ded Mr. Weeks '"'Aas''
II will admit, said Mr.. .Kinsley. that prac-
make larger letters"
you AnS yRn W.s RRroash T9 R1o
deWolished the value OF that rule.
az that sefrs 70 ada ii. said M 3;
size Is general and not specific"
VARYING SIZE AND SLANT OF LETTERS,
Mr.. Weeks then demanded the next rule-the
size OF parts Of letters. aud asked HIM to make
%x poon pssa sna he Rnssy Ms
looking a tit uncomfortable. He went at It
stroke Of the letter letter IN the sGdress on hs
poison package. aud to parts OF other letters
s had ssa ro s.ssr 10 the
letter h. Y particularly the second stroke. was
about nSrmalnthat i: i was aeou, the usual
therefore, said MIR Weeks because the
second par, Of the latter n is about norma al In
Sspss .hss *. dsisudsn, ; %ro,e both an evil
great reliance in this rule. W."
x h say sa s & sG. PsGs S On s.
n reaching your conelusions'" dcmar ded Mr.
We'll. It has some weight" said Mr.. Kinsley
o hut DON, attach as much to it as to some
w %SSw !s take up up, The nss, rule" said Mr.
rxst ssr Nj k slyso s, sta ,s, wh in
Of the, requested Of, admitted handwritinRs. OF
the dsiendent: but, Il you take, out particular
hibit A. and compare the slant ~ the second
part With the slant of the nrst part. you, ind
srst part Is siopsd back. And You ind that 10 10
the admitted handwriting OF the defendant"
liz SSpPsinT this ls q slant Mr. knfey
Athletic" and he was asked to strsishten out
bsctfcafd and sSowSS The dessn %s n III. the
slant that he said existed. He drew pictures
CURED IN the Words 70 the the 'S aymsn
the slant appeared to be exactly the same.
Mr. KpsSy d, rev .SG lines at an angle which
;s sia ,hsrs WA A. aHo.Ss way 70 h.s the slant
MAKE 40 = Of Il and G'" draw "f line do Sea
through the centre When he did this. how:
ss' fae snt Ss ss slant Fl hs
the same. 1t was something Of a Joke on tho
6sndwTitInE thai M9 ai Ss, dId for Hi% at his
divergence q slant. When the LAWYER bait"d
him on the almost imperceptibe difference in
slant hs sad vel o 10 begin WITH the letter
Still on the matter Of the slant the letter r"
f ken and h R9sey :, drew the
IL 4 NOT fact that In the admitted hand
,Srt ~ an r that You look ior'" asked Mr s
ii .his ~. Nj. &s.E. picked ap 'hs near:
and he drew them on the board. No two were
Just alike. The particular point in the r" tina.
Mr. kinsley called attention to was the vertical
nov. MI. Kinsl.y;i asked Mr.. Weeks. lie.
ss avSys vertical s sSsa
the usual slope Of the handiT
No" said Mr. Kinsley. 1T Is not the rule.
but IL Is done by many people"
Il. isPyboo $ons Ss sss' Say SSG Sv
NO" said Mr.. Kinsley, Mr.. Kinsley ad.
mitted little later on that he didn't deem II OF
great importance-this matter OF slant.
AS" LIKE OTHER PEOPLES
The third rule was taken up. next. It was
the shape OF letters, The, examination under
this rule was extremely like the examination
under the three previous rules Mr.. Kinsley
found shapes OF letters In the poison package.
and the same shapes ofthe same letters In the
admitted handwriting Of Molineux. but he also
found in the admitted handwriting Of Moineux
many altogether different shapes, and once. or
twice in the course OF his explanations no fell
hack on tho statement that tho differences
showed that the writer had two habits" as for
instance in the letters "a" some OF which were
open at the top and others closed,
MIR. Kinsley," demanded Mr.. Weeks. In re-
gard to this letter. isn't II true that 10 is the
usual habit OF writer's to make some as open
and some closed? Isn't 1t the fact with nearly
every onew
., Did you go through the admitted hand
writing or the defendant and find closed and
open ''as2" A. did. found they were mainly
q. And because he made 'as" both Oman and