East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-10

that this dim signature was then
traced over with ink to make it cor
respond with the other ink used on
the document. After making his
explanation Raley made a demonstra-
ton in court to prove his theory.
F. ]. Toland, the much heralded
handwriting expert, who participant
ed in the famous Puter land fraud
trials in Portland, proved to be some
what of disappointment. This was
due largely to the fact that the ex-
pert who had preceded him, had ta-
ken all the wind out of his sales.
He was only on the stand a short time
and was not cross-examined at ALL
Demonstrates His Theory.
He corroborated the testimony of
Thompson in so far as the four let
ters written in pencil were concerned.
These were the ones alleged to have
been written by Young to show his
friendly feeling toward all of his heirs
with the exception of Mabel Warner.
Both Thompson and Touland pro-
nounced these forgeries. Toland also
said the signature of Young to the
first will was a forgery, thereby
corroborating the testimony of
Thompson and Raley. He did not
testify however regarding the sigma
lures Of the fourth" will, which is
now at issue, nor to the sensational
letter of denunciation supposed to
have been written by Young to Mrs.
Fred Young and denied by her, nor
the memorandum of contract which
Mrs. Warner claims proves conclu-
sively that the uncle intended to leave
her all his property.
Before leaving the stand yesterday
afternoon, however, Thompson de-
clared these signatures were all gen.
uine. He secuted the theory of Prof.
w. W. Williams and Prof. NJ. A. AL
bin of Portland that the signatures
were all too nearly exactly alike to
ever have been written by one man.
Thompson said the measurements
made by Williams and Albin were not
to be relied upon at all and proceeded
tn make measurements of the original
signature in court, which showed
there were slight differences in the
signatures and he declared the diff
ferences were as great as were to be
found uniformly in the writings of
]. w. Young.
Expert is Cross Examined.
n, 4
Thompson considerably during the
course of the direct examination but
they did not ross-examine the wit
ness. Thompson says the attorneys
were afraid to cross-examine him
while Fee and Phelps say he did not
give testimony of sufficient import
ance to make it worth while to cross
examine him.
These attorneys also declare tina,
while this first" will is not at issue
in this case and can have no bearing
whatever upon the question as to
whether or not the fourth" will is a
forgery, they will prove conclusively
that the signature of ]. W. Young on
the document has been tampered with
since 1t was offered in evidence. Wit
nesses will be placed on the stand to
swear that the signature was thor
oughly examined a short time ago
and that at that time, it did not con-
tain the blur which is so evident now,
that there were no marks in blue ink
and that instead of being a bright
dark color as at present that the sig
nature at that time was light and
faded in color, as are the other sigma
lures on the document. 1t will thus
be seen that some interesting features
in this sensational case are yet to be
brought out.
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