New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-22

other wav in the admitted writing. the expert
declared the general characteristics 10 Dc '"o
same. Also he pointed out the everlasting Dreah
,,o.-..o, ,h, .q,, and the &c" Mr.. Tyrrell went
on 10 demonstrate with the crayon many o'he.
.,r,,,arities which he asserted he had discovered
IN the disputed and admitted exhibits ana SUI
.ou.n,1v Mr. Osborne after learning from tho
..,.,oes thu, he knew Cornish's handwriting'
nrodrced q letter and asked II he recognized II
os having been written by Cornish MT os
horne wanted the letter put in evidence for COM
nor,so, but Mr.. Weeks objected. and. after the
inevitable morning wrangle, between counse"
the Court sustained the objection Durihs i''
direct examination the witness was asAeu D'
Mr. Osborne II he attached any importance "
The absence OF pen breaks IN the "iitIns
which the defendant made for Mr.. hinsleE' i"s
exnort calmly stated that no breaks appear
,r This requested writing because the defenoah'
had previously been coached
rar,,. In his cross-examination Of the expert
NJ Weeks developed the fact that In the firs'
sta0es Of his examination Of the exhiDi's SUI
,oi,ted 10 him he had not connected inc oe-
PENDANT with the poison package ADDRESS OF 'h0
"boeus" letters He admitted also that Wheh
the first bogus letter was shown TO MN nc
declared il TO Id in the natural Handwriting oi
the defendant. and that 1t was not uh'l "e
had seen letters signed Cornish ana BARNET
that he began 10 consider the penmanship IN
both as being simulated. The admission was
important in view Of the contention OF the nc
fence that the opinions OF the prosecution eN-
perts were not spontaneous. but were oue 10
suggestions either direct or implied. from the
authorities Moreover. Mr.. Tyrrell agreed that
On identifying Nolineux as the writer Of the ad-
7 Ind hon
net" and "Cornit" letters as intef'neu'aII.S
Asked by Mn Weeks as to the remuneration
he WIS receiving the witness said he was get
ting $50 dav for five days a week, in addition
70 his travelling and hotel expenses. He hao
so far devoted twenty days TO the case
THE "HAND CAPACITY" THEORY.
Coming at length to the hand capacity theory
Mr. Weeks asked ii the defendant in his meas
urement Of the different word sections on the
wrapper around the poison parcel proceeded on
the ground that the wrist was stationary-Work-
ing on pivot. as it were. The witness replied
aflrmauvely.
Now" said Mr Weeks, producing a small
box Of the estimated size Of the poison package
81 hand you this box and assuming it to sub
eequently appear in evidence that the size OF
Exhibit A (the written address, was the same
the surface or tnat DOS NOulu NOu sun W "a
The opinion that Exhibit was written with
wrist movement with the wrist fixed as upon
pivot" ,.-.,,
Il have not studied that matter" Mr. Tyrrell
answered.
But If it should appear in evidence that the
surface Of the box and Exhibit a were ahke IN
size would you modify your previously eX-
pressed opinion
Il am not prepared to say
You have already expressed the opinion that
The address was written after the package was
made up. and that it was written with wrist
movement"
yes"
Now. II Exhibit a was the size Of the surface
Of that box. could the last two lines or the
address have been written with wrist move
ment seeing that the surface Of the box would
afford no pivot for the wrist?
II am not prepared TO say.
Finding that ne could get no decided opinion
from the witness Mr.. Weeks asked him to place
possible and draw a cross at the extreme limit
OF his hand capacity. AS this cross APP
parently considerably higher than the last line
of the poison address Mr. Weeks Will probably
make use Of II to demonstrate that the expert
wrong in saying that the address was writ
ten with wrist movement
Despite the importance which he attached to
the hand capacity as a characteristic whereby
10 connect Molineux with all the disputed writ
tngs the witness was made 20 admit that one
and three-fOurth inches range which appeared
in the exhibits about the normal hand ca
pacty OF wrist movement.
The trial will be resumed at 1890 o'clock this
morning.