The Washington herald., 1908-04-19

Notes handwriting experts, now experts
on typewriting in the new dispensation,
gave a sensational turn to the submarine
investigation yesterday by Identifying
anonymous typewriter letters, rejecting
on the acts Of Representative Loud. as
having been written on the identical ma
chine on which statements presented to
the House committee by Representative
George L. Liuey had been written.
David n. Carvalho. William J. Kinsely
and Albert S. Osborn had made a minute
study Of the exhibits, and each was
equally positive that the same typewriter
had done all the work. Some markings
were also found which led the experts TO
believe that all the work was done by one
operator, but on this point the evidence
was less cumulative and insufficient in
the view of the experts to justify a de-
cided opinion.
II was already known that the official
documents used in comparison with
anonymous communications have been
prepared in the Washington Office of
the Lake Torpedo Boat Company. and
written by Abner f. Nen, Washington
manager of the company, on ma
chine in use in that Office.
This was development Of the in
quiry in the last few days. when Mr..
Nef and ex-senator John NJ. Thurston
appeared as witnesses. Numerous
typewriter statements. which Mr.. Lii
ley had submitted to the committee.
in the capacity Of prosecuting wit
ness against tac Electric Boat Com
pany. which he "a aceused of corrupt
methods in procuring favorable Iegis-
lationi were submitted to Mr. Neff ana
Mr.. Thurston, and identified By them
as the production of either or both
OF them
Constituted the Case.
All this typewritten matter practically
constituted TIE case of Mr. Lilley, in en-
deayoring 10 establish the truth of his
charges It suggested TO the committee
the line Of examination that his judg-
ment should follow in order 70 establish
what he said. It gave the list of wit
nesses 10 be summoned and included
thousands OF questions. technical and
otherwise 10 be asked Of them.
Stacks OF this type written material
were silently passed to the experts, and
they were put through their searching
in
nous letters. When the experts appeared
yesterday, Unexpectedly to every one
III members of the committee, they were
ready to testify.
Mr. Carvalho explained that out OF the
mass of documents he had selected he
had marked CT. c.. C3, and ca He gave
it as his unqualified opinion that the
typewriter on which those exhibits were
written was the typewriter on which the
anonymous letters were written. CT. CO,
C5, and ca Were among the papers iden-
titled by Mr. Neff as written by him. ad-
dressed TO Mr.. Lilley. They were among
the papers presented to the committee by
Mr. Lilley as part Of his case.
Were Not Important.
In themselves the anonymous letters
were not of tragic Importance. The
committees determined effort to run
them down was due to their significance
as connecting facts IN a broken story
that might be pieced together by frag-
ments of testimony and cross dates that
hooked ali The odds and ends together
into coherent plan.
Dates are, therefore, essential points in
the narrative of events, and they fit into
the theory of the experts concerning the
typewriter productions. On February. u. /
Jesse Carmichael, correspondent of the
Detroit Free Press, received a typewrltten
unsigned letter, on the paper Of the New
Willard Hotel reading:
A Congressman does not want TO get
what happened to Lessler. Here is a big |
story tip for what it is worth. The sub |
marine people brought out a candidate-a /
prominent lawyer against Loud He with |
drew upon agreement Of Loud to vote for /
submarines. Frank scarborough. Michi- /
gan State Senator. formerly secretary TO |
Loud. knows details
On April >, Frank Edinborough appeared |
before the committee I'm answer to a sub
poena His name had been given to the /
committee ny Mr.. Lilley. At the close Of /
his testimony, he voluntarily produced an |
unsigned typewriter letter written on +
q postal telegraph blank 1t had been
mailed IN Washington on February Is.
Were About Loud.
Loud voted for this $1,476.29s graft in
the Naval Committee" it said. There is a
story in circulation that the Holland
people got a prominent attorney to be-
come a candidate against Loud last time.
that Loud finally agreed to vote for the
submarines upon deal that the attorney
withdraw; that the attorney withdrew.
Subscribe fer New York Herald and
Washington Post
Loud can be defeated on this propo-
sition alone by you.
Watch Congressional Record.
Have your local papers play up prop
osition.
Have them write Loud for explanation
and whether the withdrawal story is
true"
Mr.. Marlborough is candidate for the
nomination for Congress against Renre.
sentative Loud
Almost the same figures as those men
toned as graft in the Edinborough let
ter appear e0ineidently in one OF Mr. |
Lilley's typewriter statements TO the
committee published in the Record of
the proceedings.
On that day Mr. Lilley presented a re-
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