The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-10
Writing Expert Kinsley Ex-
presses Opinion in Ready
Case Testimony.
CLAYIN LETTERS USED ?
Declares on Stand that "L's''
and ks" of Wealthy East
Orange Man We're Rolling,
While Those in Will Sig.
nature We're Shaky.

When the third day of the trial IF
Mathew J. Ready. the lawyer indicted
on a charge of forging the will Of John
Wells Russell. of East Orange, was
opened today in the Court of Quarter
Sessions, before Judge Ten Eycl1 and a
jury drawn from a special panel, William
J. Kinsley, one of the experts in hand
writing, who testified yesterday for the
prosecution, continued to tell court and
jury why he thought the signature TO
the will was a forgery. His testimony
was technical and replete with refer
enees to "ticlSs." "up-strokes," "super-
impositions," "vertieals' and "horizon-
tails"
Russell. he said positively had a roll
ing motion in his rs" and ks" two
rs in the signature in dispute differed
from his writing characteristics in that
respect.
"They are angular" he added, "shak-
ing and hesitating, and in a drawing
hand as though the hand feels relief
that the end of the line is reached.
There is a graceful stroke at the finish.
That graceful stroke is foreign to the
hand of Mr.. Russell. That is not his
style. His stroke is graceful, but diff
ferent in construction. The stroke in
the disputed signature is a contradc-
tion in itself Russell had a certain
swing in his ''W" that was subcon-
scious like that of man walking about
field without any particular thought
as to his manner Of walking"
The defense, through Samuel Kalisch.
who, with former Judge Thomas S.
Henry, is counsel for the accused law
yer, tried to nave shut out several pho
tographs of the alleged forgery and
signatures Of the old man, but this the
court would not allow and the expert
continued to dilate on what he con-
sidered the earmarks of forgery. He
reiterated his statement of yesterday
that the alleged forgery appeared to
have been accomplished by tracing.
"All this leads me TO the conclusion"
he added. THAT the hand that made
the disputed signature had used the
two letters written to Mrs. Mary Cla-
win. Russel's housekeeper, by him, as
models for the tracing"
Before Kinsley was cross examined
the old complaint that the court room
was almost unbearably foul because
of the defective ventilation cropped up,
and Prosecutor Young asked that the
Judge direct the room to be cleared,
allowing only those who had actual
business there to remain. This was
done.
Mr. Ka1fsch nut the exnprf throueh a
sharp CROSSE examination, but he reit-
Grated all his previous statements He
was asked 10 make drawings upon the
paper before him and did so in elucida-
tion of his theories. Several sharp tilts
between the expert in handwriting and
The expert in the law added interest to
the trial. which is still crowding the
court room daily with members of the
bar,
The trial came TO sudden stop this
afternoon, after recess, when the de-
fense was scheduled to open. 1t was
due to the fact that juror No. S, Mathew
II. Chase, of "A Park street, this city,
a dealer in masons material had re-
ceived word that his mother was at
the point Of death.
The jury. after having been cau-
toned not TO talk about the case. was
discharged until Monday morning.
II Is not likely that the trial viii be
concluded this week, although the
State is anxious to finish it, as the trial
of George Wilson, alias Williams, the
murderer Of Frederick
r. Roner, the Orange undertaken is
for trial on Monday.