New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-10

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to drop out, The placing of a new roll
Ter IN machine changes the alignment
because the diameter of the roller
changes. If the diameter is cbanood
the type pars have to raise high in the
type basket. A widecarriaoe machine
Is more apt to get out of allotment
than the ordinary machine, as the adj
lustment has to be loose. The hest
work IS done on the center of the rollar
Any typewriter built on the Drincinles
OF the Smith Premier will zig gag in
its work, depending upon the operator
/ don't believe that a particular ma
chine can be identified bv its work or
IN any event by a single sentence or
a few words. There are two raHabla
methods. One is where there is a de-
feet in type, such as being Clipped or
battered by reason of one type strik-
ing upon another. The other is where
type strikes faint on the bottow or
top or one side or the other-that is.
doesn't strike squarely on its face,
This is what we call getting off its
feet"
The witness examined the address on
the blue box. 'Dr. L. A. Gebhardt. New
Ulm, Minn." He did not think that the
address was written by the machine in
evidence, for the small IN in Tim has
the appearance of striking fainter on
the bottom than on the top. I have
i used the machine number of times
There is an indication in the small al"
in Gebhardt of having a defect in the
column Just above the loop There
seems to be an opening Have examin-
ed with glass the letter 'sh'' on the
machine in question and there is no
such defect. I would say that the ad-
dress was written by one familiar with
the use of typewriter, owing to the
uniformity of letters as to pressure. A
beginner will press some keys too much
and Others too family, owing to stiff
' VI 'iio hiiSelA. Inc reuter- IT. IN
Gebhardt does not seem to be tilted It
often has the appearance of being tilted.
when it is the last letter in word.
Inc witness was shown policy writ
ten on the machine in question. and
compared it with the address on the
box. He said that the shades of purple
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seem to be different. On the policy the
shade is blush, and on the box it is
reddish. The shade of the ribbon d.
lpends upon the conditions of manufact
nre No company uses any particular
brand of ribbon.
Inc witness was shown the sixteen
sheets containing copies of the address
on the boX-the sheets that were shown
to Mr.. Baird, the states witness. on
cross examination. Mr.. Baird identi
ned NO. IL as the only one having been
written on the machine in question. Mr..
Singleton said that he had written the
addresses on these sheets. and that Nos,
10, III, - and Is were written on the
machine in question. | wrote Nos. :
and III at New Ulm in the presence Of
the clerk of court at New Ulm. and IL
and 10 in Mankato in the presence of
the clerk Of court. The sheet with
number of the fifteen addresses was
then shown the witness.
Il wrote them al 1,,o,o
= the machine in question. 3, 4, !. 10, II
and IA. (Mr. Baird testified that none
OF these addresses were written on tho
machine in question: Nos. 3. 4. !. II
and IA were written by me in N[ankato
IN the presence of the clerk of court,
and No. 10 at New Ulm in the presence
OF the clerk of court. The defense Of
tered the various exhibits in evidence,
/ The cross examination of the wit
ness was conducted by Gen. ChiIds. who
said:
Did [ not call your attention to a
line across the letter "ho at the New
Clm trial and to like line line across
the same letter on one of the exhibits
made from the machine in question:"
81 was not asked the question in
that FORM" replied the witness.
Look at this exhibit, No %. and say
whether or not you discovered like line
over the loop in the "h' there
Il see defect there. The line does
not extend across the letter"
The noon recess was mere taken.
The cross examination fMr. Single
ton was concluded this afternoon Gen.
Childs asked him to write off the words
estate where he went;' "Dr. l.. \. Geb-
hard New Ulm, Mimi" The latter
words were written at the left of the
roll and also repeated in the center of
the roll. The sheet containing these
words was offered in evidence bv the
state. The witness could not saw which
Of the exhibits were made by the ma
chime In evidence without consulting his