The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-13

Kinsley II he knew Of any name that had beef
mentioned in connection with the poison cas-,
the handwriting OF the owner OF which he hat
not carefully examined. Mr. Kinsley said tina
''Did You hear the name Of ]. Morton Riggs
and did you examine his handwritingf, asked
Mr.. Osborne. looking around Mt Mr.. Weeks
Mr. Kinsley replied that he had examined j
Morton Riggs handwriting.
ing OF every human being that by any posi-
bility or any stretch Of the imagination could
Pecsep HthStc CUB or T' with ths SIC crime You
arrived at a conclusion. did your" asked Mr.
Il did. "saii Mr. Kinslcy.
And what was that contiusldnr' asked Mr.
A. Mr. Knsey had stated II In several differ
ent ways. the Recorder would not permit him
Mr. Osborne started out to explain away tho
statement that his only business Was that oil
in Elizabeth. s., j.. and that there was a big
chickens in that He said. however. that he
raised chickens for fun, flesh aud feather, and
had stated distinctly that there were profits In
the chicken raising business. he confessed that
in his cnse he put in 81 for every dollar he got
out OF IT,
PHoToGRArHs or LETTERS PASSED TO THE JURY.
Exhibit &C." which Is n letter reading as
DIAN SRI Please find enclosed 81 for which send
me one OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and oblige'
The objections that there have been to the
admission into evidence of'any OF these letters
established order and until their rclcvance
could be shown definitely were al urged a,
that there was absolutely no proof that tho
document, was genuine document. that there
was no evidence iha, i had ever been sent to
any one or received bv any one. that there was
no evidence TO show where u came from. and
that at tho present stage II was nothing more
ScSrlrr Gotr IsS % t e. the Argument, and
relevant; aud :? l'l let Z IN a. ,,-,.
Mr. Osborne handed the letter to Mr.. Kinsley
t noWn az EaRGt WRich /. thu letter 'r'; "n
blue thr"c.crr,src9t rarer that il is admitted
that h. wanted 10 show Ivy comparison OF
these letters that Noneux and the writer OF
ill., rssrd pST Nns ne Of Sa the
letters over 10 the Jury. and remarked. III the
imry viii be kind though TO read the exhibits.
they Will SO" that the language is identical"
EXPERT corrEs THESE LETTERS LARGE.
Mr. Osborne then dire cted Mr.. Kinsley to
take EXHIBIT "lI'-the letter signed III. G..
Barnet and a. king for a copy of u Guide to
W MTrT Nhb "m ana 10 write M4h hT ihs three
letters uron the large sheet OF paper beside
which h. stood. IN order to llus,ratS the rointss
that tho defence objected to any comparison
between two Disputed handwritings. &c and
ing 10 repro luce in enlarged hand the. hand
writing IN dispute for tho purpose OF illus
trating, because II would lie imnoSsiblc for him
Recordrr ov"rruied the Objection and MIR
kinsley began t. write. Exhibit '2" was put
down first l. rCal:
DrAR s'ui Please ind enclosed ?5c.. for which
send rcm'd} "nd onlice. Yours truly,
knL.Nn MoLtNErN.
No. 81 Jersey street, Newark. New Jersey.
Exhihit %C" Ta- written HndGprncath that:
Exhibit - was written in the ordinary style.
To the lay eye the differences IN tho writing ot
the q mnwbSEGi ,,Hnin.t AMI the Writing OF the
no points ~ similarity. though when Mr.
kinsey was asked to- point out and explain the
were characteristic enough to make him posi-
tive that all three letters were written by one
hand.
THE rs. rs. RS ASD BREAKS.
Mr.. Osborne said.
!, Il Sal your attention to Exhibit n also to
lr.t e in each Of thrs" cxhhits?"
;. The first p in the word please. said Mr.;
aah lS ffeF tsas anS ha nrScr or
he w6rd H. nlsopoiatej out that ii" e., was
~ IN both -" and III" lie found two kinds
II a., in each exhibit He described one kind
stroSc, The nrst,"i has been desc ibed before
..company'' in the three "xhiblts. Mr. Kins il
found differences f. the rs" but these differ
,ncss he salh Amounted e nothing The thing
the rs" began At the top. There was no
nt M up,str2Sfc IN all n" handwriting un.
Initial "i,' began in the same way. In all three
hnIi there was 4 break between III" m and
me "a" although in Exhibit "H"the break was
l., The word enclosed" was taken up next and
Mr @, 0se s directed NJ KInslcys attention
enormoi. in each Of III" "xnibits Mr. Osborne
int"rrurtcd him, to call his attention to a
after Mr.. kinsl"y had Described it. Mr. Osborne
EITdnrsn ne lrl,Sr Emown ns The "Schefier,
cHc1scd' which 'i appearad ed" there he "' W Ths
SSSrh"fl"r lctt%r : an admitted handwriting ot
Mo!incux. Mr. Il n,l"y said the same charac-
Il ask YOU, said Mr. Osborne. TO compare
thu, sch"lIler letter carefully with Exhibit ii
the worI 'encl"-"d' j. "onc"riei. axcept thai
in Exhibit II ~" letter. are tilted backward
ward " Mr., kIn-l"y replied that II was and
NJ Osborne, turning Ia IN" Jury. said:
to @%% tb ask y% EIpItmSn OF the Jury
:. IN" inrym"n had photographs OF the eShlb-
1t? snd G now S"m a1iI III ,n%m NJ e,n
DO y2n no, ilnd running al through tn" al.
fnn 99a G.%t~d nsn9T%rHs whenever
tween tho n aud tn" ~"
PuNcruATioS MtEKs IN, THE BuBSs,LETTER
Nr MusPy replied tbnt no did mid IT,
And SO the examination Of Mr.: Kinsley bro
eecded. II took u long time. bur The aunlSzhiC
Of the tire" exhibits that hash written 81
ths board was gone Though with patiently,
letter 10y letter When Mr.. Osborne presented
Exhibi,. 30, = on Monday he said that
one Of the things, he wanted To prove
was Identification by the similarity ~
expression and the lack OF punctua.
ton. He. told the Jury that there was not a
punctuation mark in IN" letter. Mr. Weeks at
the time told him thai h" did not tell tho truth
While W. kIns'"y's examination was going
on. Mr.; Martin. tn" foreman Of the Jury, asked
a lot OF Guesti3n- with the admitted purpose of
showing TINT Mr., Osborne was right and Mr.
Weeks was wrong The only mark no found
was decimal point before the twenty five cents.
there was comma after the word