The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-12

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 "h" on the
machine in question and there is nc
such defect. would say that the ad-
dress was written by one familiar with
the use of a 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
ness of the fingers. The letter st" in
Gebhardt does not seem to be tilted. 1t
often has the appearance of being tilted,
when it is the last letter in word.
The 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
seem to be different On the policy the
shade is blush, and on the box it is
reddish. The shade of the ribbon, de-
ponds upon the conditions of manufact-
ure. No company uses any particular
brand of ribbon.
The 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-
| fed No. Ii 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.
5, 10, Ii and l6 were written on the
machine in question. l wrote Nos.
and 10 at New Ulm in the presence of
the clerk of court at New Ulm, and Is
and l6 in Mankato in the presence of
the clerk of court. The sheet with a
number of the fifteen addresses was
then shown the witness.
1 wrote them ALL Six were written on
the machine in question, 3. 4. I, 10, IL
and IA. (Nlr. Baird testified that none
of these addresses were written on the
machine in question: Nos. 3, 4, Z, ii
and IA were written by me in Mankato
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
fered the various exhibits in evidence.
The cross examination of the wit
ness was conducted by Gen. Childs, who
said
did l not call your attention to a
line across the letter 81" at the New
Ulm 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"
II see a defect there. The line does
not extend across the letter."
The noon recess was mere taken.
The cross examination o fMr. Single
ton was concluded this afternoon. Gen.
Childs asked him to write off the words
Estate where he vent" CDR. L. A. 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 by the
state. The witness could not say which
of the exhibits were made by the ma
chine in evidence without consulting his
memorandum. These were the sheets
containing the address on the box, used
in the direct eXamina ton in the fore
noon. The machines used in writing
these addresses are scattered all over
the state, except those written on the
machine in evidence. He said that a
machine in Rochester and one at ho-
tel at Little Falls, Mankato business
college and his own machine. Did not
know whose machine was used at
Rochester.
On redirect, the witness said that he
could not tell on what machines tine
addresses were written without look
ing at his memorandum. By consulting
the latter, he stated on what machines
the different addresses were written
There is no defect in the "h' in any OF
the samples except one, and that may
be due to an abrasion of the paper, a
particle being loosened by the blow OF
the type. The "n" in the address or
the box goes entirely through. There is
no defect in the type ''h" in the ma.
chine in question, as | examined it un-
der glass. In my judgment the ma
chine that wrot the address on the box
could not have written the address on
the samples.
, On second cross examination, the
, witness said that the ribbon now on
the machine is comparatively new. He
described the process of making a rib
bon. The ink is removed by usage, and
J an old ribbon brings out the face oil