The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-23

lence was broken by Mr.. Osborne calling for
o'Connor and again, there was no respopse.
open open and his assistant enter. Then he said to
the CLERK; The Barnet exhibits. Mr. Clerk.
are tbe time ibs sPa we're obtained Mr. ocon
handed the letters to Mr. Warren. who st,! sat
will you look at the signatures on those letters
and say u IN your opinion tney were written by
me hGna sot so card Hg yon Cor
The witness said that In his opinion the same
hand did not write the two sianatursS;
which Mr.. Osborne passed up to the witness
and said: II show you n paper here and ask
Whether. ~ your opinion 1t Is in the hand
There was another objection. The Recorder
sSnGs ;ss his sSso Ssfn
Il should Judge" said the witness. that y
write that signature should say he was very
nervous. think, II is the same. but 1t doesn't
said MIR. Osborne. Mr. O'Connor. you take the
II must object to the District Atom inter.
ruptins the examination OF witnesses in this
stand and now no wants TO put on another"
o'coSNoR ON THE STAND.
=, Il will allow him to &c, on the stand" said
tire ana wssk e
take this down at all. stenoerapher.,".
Mr., 0Gonnor took the stand as Mr.. Weeks
DO you know Cornishp" asked Mr.. Osborne.
Il do" said Mr.. O'Connor.
@. That Cornish in court over there2 A.
q. You saw him write this paper' A. Yea.
u. Was 1t written in your presence9 A.
O. With what sort OF pom, A. with q stub
:Tba,'a nil I" soid NJ O.horno
asked Mr Weeks. The Recorder nodded;
new. are S You not " asked Mr. wsess 'e' N''o''
e." am and am as ISOLATED with Mr.. Claiborne
5h 81 IKE tss pSsse nd
ten minutes ago.
Q. BY your instructions7 A. At my request.
stfncisns ' gwen to S ms bS &r osSorSe
asked Cornish TO write Il and he wrote T.
trst Attorney Wills the instructions e we're
g Where dig the writing take placer A, In
horne. Mr. Osborne told me to have him do
this and took him to Mr. Osborne's room,
ers .n Of the npy2 80 yS here
In the presence Of the Jury and IN your pres-
ence and In the presence OF the court-the
Mr., O'Connor said this waving both OF his
hends
dencr as a standard Of comparison." anl amid
storm o. protests from Mr.. Weeks. the Re-
corder admitted II.
The letter was a copy OF the Harpstor letter.
OCpnnor was withdrawn from the stand and
back?"
Mr.. Warren resumed the witness chair. and
again identified the paper. After that Il was
passed around TO the jury. The writing was
lakeland and to use the language Of the
handwriting experts. the pictorial encct was
strikingly like the original letter The evil
tence 81 Corn sh- nervousness was nl.o strik-
ing There was tremor In every letter.
his strategy. He got the letter in evidence
AMI had got "a standard Of Cornish's hand
writing without ru'ting Cornish on tho stand.
After Mr Warren had left the stand the orig:
ina witness. pr. Tolman; went back and
energy. waning energy. deficient energy and
exhausted impulses and kept It IN unit! =
O'Clock. when III" Recorder said that Monday
b.inR christmas. he had decided to let the Jury
on early and he wound mn his usual admo-
nit on not 70 talk about The case, with 'Iwi.h
you n merry Christmas. gentlemen. The
court stands adjourned until Tuesday at 10 &c