New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-10

TWO men at the police court hearing but I have
no doubt that they will ultimately be cleared
OF the charges
The experts say the forgeries are very crude.
Yes, they must have been very crude indeed to
have passed the officials of the Fifth Avenue
trust Company and TO bear the certification
mark of the National Park Bank. The other
SIDE has all the experts in the country corraIed,
aas it! Wen, there are still few others
left There are those banking officials them
selves expert in handwriting. who will be called
upon TO explain why they certified these checks.
CHECKS AND THE SECOND WILL.
There would have been no question with re-
gard TO the genuineness of these checks If ii
had not been learned when Baker arrived from
Texas that second viii had been drawn MAX
ing changes from the first Will I am not at
liberty 10 divulge the provisions Of this will at
present. think it will be difficult for the ex-
perts TO prove that a traced signature can be
compared with the handwriting of another man.
for the reason that the characteristics of a
traced writing would be the characteristics of
the hand that wrote the signature The original
OF me second viii is in our possession, and VIII
not be turned over to any one at this juncture
nor viii il be offered for probate"
Mr.. House said he would not offer bail for
his clients until he had received proper assur-
ances from the District Attorney that they
would not be arrested other charges. 1t
would be farcical. he said for him to lodge
$4,000 bail in face Of the probability that the
two men.
Dr.. Terris. who conducts the school of hyp-
noss. which, he thought, Jones attended
pupil last spring, visited the Iombs yesterday.
He was sent for by Assistant District Attorney
Osborne, who desired him. If possible 10 identity
Jones AS Dr. IeFIls approached the cell Wnere-
in Jones is confined the prisoner seemed to
Givine the errand OF his visitor Pressing his
FACE close to the bars Jones asked, with a Sneer:
Well, do you think you have seen me before?'
Upon his return to the District Attorneys
Office DR. ferris said he thought Jones the
who had been a pupil at his school, but
was not prepared to swear to his identity. DR..
ferris explained that he had had very little to
do with Jones. II assistant in the school
named Wyckoff who had taught him. This man
Wyckon found by Tribune reporter at
No PC Broadway where he Is employed
TT is true he said. that a young man who
gave his name as Charles F. Jones a pupil
at DR.. TeTris's school / admitted him last
spring while the doctor was on his vacation, be
cause ] understood that he had previously made
arrangements To become "A pupil He said he
was in a hurry to complete the course, and paid
his fees in advance, which was something un-
usual. He devoted himself mostly to that part
of the science which treats Of personal sugges-
ton. From the portraits | have seen in the
newspapers / am inclined to believe that the
Jones who studied under me is the same man
who has been imprisoned. l am perfectly willing
20 go to the Tombs TO see this man if l am asked
10 do So
Would the lessons which Jones took enable
him to exert entire control over a man of eighty
yeArs?" Mr. Wyclloff asked.
More than lilIely--I should say undoubtedly"
he replied
Walter O. wetherhee could not be seen at the
offices Of SwensOn & Sons yesterday. Reporters
informed that AIr. Wetherbee and every
one else employed by the firm had been in
structed TO say nothing regarding the case
Mr. Gerard said that It had been determined
rot 10 make public at present the contents of
the Wetherbee affidavit and the second will, of
which Captain Baker has copy. He admitted
however. that the newspaper reports of what
was contained in the affidavit were substantially
correct
The handwriting experts have not yet submit
ted their reports of the examinations of the
writing the alleged forged checks and assign
ments. While they have come to the unanimous
conclusion that the signatures on these papers
are spurious they viii not say yet whether
or not they can trace the forgeries TO Jones. 1t
IS the contention of the prosecution that Jones
forged the checks and that Patrick uttered
them. While they would not yesterday posi-
lively declare their opinions as to the person
who committed the forgeries, one of them said:
Jones will have a great many things to explain
awav II has been stated frequently by experts
that il is impossible to discover the author OF
traced signature, for the reason that the tracing
irsars ali the characteristics of the genuine sig
nature. Lsld q n'fr