Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-01-18
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reached such IA conclusion. When
| questioned by Mr.. Parker however, Mr..
Iiinman admitted that the conclusions
he arrived at We're merely his "Opin-
| ions on the matter. The fact was fur
ther brought from the witness, with
considerable difficulty. that his method
was to search for dissimlarities and
| although he found characteristics of
fuckers Handwriting in the Morton
rote, he did not mention them to the
| jury.
I;Oth of these experts were greatly
| confused by Mr.. ParkerS rapid queS-
tionS and exaggerated poiteness. Tuck
er exhibited great interest in the queS-
| tionng of Mr.. Parker and his resent
| mont of the attorney generals treat
| ment WAS very apparent.
| Tha expert testimony will be cOntin-
ued. tomorrow, and probably portion
of Thursday.
| Tucker was looking bright but lit
| tie pale when he entered the court room
| after passing through the long line of
people outside. As usual the seats We're
filled Immediately after the Goors were
| opened.
Mr.. Hay at once took the stand and
| continued his description of the charac-
teristics of the handwriting in the j. L..
Morton address and that in the Tuck
| er standards. He said he had made a
| careful comparison of the same letters
| appearing in both cases and found
much diSsimilarity in several individ-
ull letters and combinations Of letters.
| Witness said he was unable to reach
| any conclusion other than that the
writer of the Morton address was not
| the writer of the standards of Tucker S
handn rting.
Mr.. Hay illustrated his description on
"A large blackboard.
| The witness called attention to the
! fact that Miss Pages handwriting
| showed that she thought faster than
| she wrote with the result that it was
| a fixed characteristic for her to start
a word and then write it, making II
| into 4 different word.
| Mr.. Hay said this lead him to only
one conclusion and that was that Mabel
Page wrote the Morton note.
| Wilbur F. Turner, photographer,
was called to the stand for a moment
/ TO explain HOW lie lfldtV pli'toso i'tHiiio
enlargements of handwriting exhibited
by Mr.. Hay. He was not cross-eXam-
! ined.
| Mr.. Hay then resumed his testimony.
| Tucker, as we'll as many spectators
| showed little interest in the statements
| of the expert and the greater part OF
the time the defendant had his eyes
closed and chewed a piece of gum
somewhat nervously.
| Witness said Il Very notable charac-
teristic of Miss Pages handwriting was
break betv cen the capital M ana
the small "a wherever they occurred
together and he considered it signifl-
cant that just such break occurred
| in the word Mass" appearing in tine
| Morton note.
Attorney General Parker then took
IN the crosse ton of the VII
| ness. He insisted that he received a
| direct YES or no answer to each of his
| questions.
Did YOU assume?" asked Mr. Par
ker. lat the beginning of your investi-
cation of this case that the Morton
| and the Page notes We're written by the
| same person?
| After some Olltltully tIe dItp'iiN'
general succeeded in getting an aihrm-
| ative answer. He then wished to know
| if the witness. having been lawyer
did not find ii difficult to put himself
| i'm Il judicial frame of mind rather than
| retain the natural argumentatiNe frame
| of mind of the lawyer. The witness said
he did find it difficult. but he had en-
deavored to do so in this case and be-
lievel he had succeeded.
! Attorney General Parker created
considerable amusement among the
spectators by his biting Sarcasm and
searching questions.
"You said, yesterday" proceeded Mr..
| Parker. "that that which is like IS
like. and that which is unlike is unlike,
did you rOt"?''
81 did"
.The most profound statement I have
ever heard" said the attorney general.
| smiling broadly and bowling to Mr..
| Hay care you as sure" was the next
question. "that the Morton note was
written by Mabel Page as that Tuck
er did not write it,
| yes, sir
| Witness said the breaks between let
|
writing were unusual. The attorney
general then showed the witness two
envelopes he had received in his morn
ing mail and pointed out that the writ
ing on them contained many such
| breaks.
| Attorney James H. Nahey. after
| looking at the envelopes observed that
the word "Personal' appearing on one
of them had only one such break ana
he suggested to the witness that ne
describe that word as he had described
previous ones.
| Brother Vahey." remarked the at
| torney general with a smile ana DOW
| seems to be a better expert than you
are. Col. Hay.
He then asked Mr.. Hay what he con-
| Sidered the most significant similarity
| between the Page and the Morton
| notes and witness replied that the
| breaks between letters were the most
| significant he had been able to OBJ
serve. Witness said further that he
| considered the safest comparison was