The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08

next point, which, by the solemnity and
emphasis he gave to it, he evidently re-
garded as the strongest link in the chain
about the defendant.
This poisoner, whoever he may be,
wrote a letter to the Marston Remedy
Company. He signed the name Of H.
c. Barnet. He enclosed So with the dia-
gnosis blank forwarded to the Marston
Company. This person described himself
He gave something of his history. The
man who committed this double crime
here identified himself beyond all doubt.
See, gentlemen of the jury, how 1 am
increasing my difficulties. 1 am adding
detail to the description of the murderer.
He must now fit the additional descrip-
i ton. If he is innocent he will not pro-
test, for ne can say, I am not that man
If he is guilty he will protest against
this new description"
81 object to these statements about in
nocence or guilt. They have no relevancy
to the question: said Mr.. Weeks.
THE jury" interposed Recorder Golf,
will regard no statements made by the
District Attorney which is not borne out
afterward by the testimony"
Mr.. Weeks continued to object.
Take your seat" mildly said the Re-
corder.
Mr. Weeks did not sit down. He con-
tinued protesting.
IF you do not sit down" said Recorder
Golf, 81 shall be under the painful neces-
sity of competing you to obey me-"
Mr.. Weeks sat down reluctantly, say
ing:
1--WE except to Your Honor's ruling"
According to this description, fur
nished by the murderer himself" con-
tinued Mr.. Osborne, what sort of man
must I now look for? must find man
who was thirty-one years of age, for so
he wrote; must find a man who is con-
templating matrimony. for that is what
he said in filing out the diagnosis
blank; 1 must find a man seeking rem
! edy for lost manhood; I must find a man
who describes himself as being 81 inches
/ in the chest, 80 inches in the waist.
must find man who says he is Of SAL
! low complexion I must find a man who
declares that the subject of his contem-
plations are regret, at his condition.
! See" said Mr.. Osborne, now look at
/ the difficulty of my new position. 1 must
find this man, and he must not ans
wer a part, but the whole OF my descrip-
/ ton of him. 1 have built in great de-
tail. At all points this man must an
swer.
But again must find a man who was
| able to mail letters at the General Post
/ Office by o'clock in the afternoon on
week days and earlier on Saturdays"
Mr. Osborne said that hitherto he had
not gone into an analysis of handwriting.
| He would now illustrate by a blackboard
the unsconscious characteristics in the
handwriting of the man who had written
the Barnet letter, the Cornish and the
Harpster letters.
A court officer brougt out a blackboard
and began to place it on an easel in front
of the witness stand Mr.. Weeks jumped
to his feet. He said:
Your Honor, 1 object at this time to
any such demonstration in advance Of
/ placing the exhibits in evidence"
The Recorder sustained the objection,
/ and the blackboard was taken away.
81 shall have to do the best 1 can. 1
shall make letters In the air. 1 want
/ to say one thing before L enter the ques-
/ ton of handwriting. 1 say that every
! expert in the world, even including the
expert of the defence, Carvalho, will say
that the Barnet, Cornish and Harpster
letters were written by the same hand"
81 object" interjected Mr.. Weeks. Il
don't see that the District Attorney has
any RICH to say how witness will tes-
/ tify''
Mr.. Osborne modified his expressions by
saying that he believed such would be
IF every one" said Mr.. Osborne,
SHOULD write like the letters in the copy
books we used in our youth, there would
be no difference in handwriting But ma
ture departs from her model All men diff
fer Handwritines differ from each other
as they differ from the copy book. The
man who wrote these letters had direct
/ purpose. He tried 10 write unlike himself.
But the resemblance is established by
the unconscious characteristics which
( appear throughout without variation
Mr.. Osborne then. by making wide
syaths through the air, initiated the let
tiers He asked the foreman II he IN
derstood the signs. Mr.. Martin an
swered in the Affirmative.
IN making the lette 4 it will be found
that the man I have described did not
make the upward stroke as It IS in the
copy books he started on the down
ward stroke thus" Mr.. Osborne made
the letter a win his index finger ia9the
atmosphere.
AN uHfailing. unconscious characteris--
ic Is the break after the letter !. re
Brings down the letter I with a sharp
stroke and stops. Then. as & writing
another word. ne finishes the 0wrd- IN
writing trial II Is TRI-then a space
ana AL. N writing CONFIDENTIAL there
i a break Between the I and the D; II
writing which ;Aere Is 6 break between
VIII and GU ore % the most Pc
nouncd characteristics Is in making The
word OBLIGE There Is the same break
between the obj and the GE; but IN ac-
d..ion % This, - has three methods =
writing -1hlIEe When he writes u sloE-
Is there IS simply lhe break ard the =
Is wen formed. n wrltlug & II hEr-
-. in aGtitso1 IN TT a~eak, IS NEE
rlck tor ire z; and n Tie third raeshrs5.
tne 9 : made ike a G vita ire MEX
added. Tire break occu-s AGAIN between
IN and CLOSE il eneI ~, and bztwee1
KII and CEERsE fsCNER IN Encssr-
50cksr-
Again" sad Mr. Osborne. = have
added 70 ny difficulties. :o- nns; EOS