The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-19
Brandenburg Claims Signatures
 Have Been Changed
PROSECUTION RESTS CASE
David carvalho, tEe Expert On Hand writing, Declares the Signature Forgery and Then De-
 fense Springs Surprise.


 New York, June 1S.-The authenticity of two words on slip of paper in a glass case-Grover Cleveland-about which the l trial of Broughton Brandenburg. the magazine writer, charged with grand lar ceny for the sale to the New York Times of an article purporting to have been written by MT. Cleveland, has already cen tered so far lost something of it's im- portance today when Brandenburg's coun- sel announced that his client would ad- init that the signature was a forgery, and not that of the former President of the United States.
 This rather surprising turn in the case occurred after Richard Watson Glider, the veteran magazine editor, had declared emphatically on the stand that the sig nature shown him was not that of his old friend Grover Cleveland. At this point Brandenburg's lawyer interposed statement.
 We don't contend" he said, that the signature in the glass case Is genuine After MT. Glider and Mrs. Cleveland have said it was not, we would not possibly presume to say it was"
 That's news to me-" said Assistant District Attorney Mott. You've pro- tested right along that 1t was genuine" We have not" replied the lawyer for the defense. We are willing to stipulate that the signature in the glass case Is not genuine"
 As if approving the attitude taken by his counsel, Brandenburg turned and said:
 We intend to show that the forged sig nature was substituted for the real one. never saw this signature until the trial commenced"
 The prosecution rested it's case today and after the opening for the defense Brandenburg was on the stand for a short while. Testimony of the two hand writing experts, both of whom pronounced the signature a forgery, and added that in their opinion the defendant wrote it himself, and that of TWO women ste- nographers, who descrnped the prepara- nographers, who described the prepara- days session.
 Glider Testifies. Richard Watson Glider, who was close friend of MT. Cleveland, testified that the signature alleged to have been clip ped from the article sold by Branden- burg was not that or MT. Cleveland. David N Carvalho, the handwriting ex- pect, testified that the signature was a forgery and that in his opinion Branden- burg had written it.
 When MT. Glider had testified that the signature In evidence was not in Mr. Ef1<.. the defense created something of a sen sation by declaring that the defense did not intend to contend that the signature was genuine signature or MT. Cleveland
 "We don't know whether 1t is or not but we do not attempt to combat the evidence of Mrs Cleveland and MT. Gil- der," added the attorney.
 When MT. Carvelho was called Mir Jacoby said that the defense would con- cede that he would testify that the Cleye- land signature was not genuine one T am going to show more that that" retorted Assistant District Attorney Nott T am going to prove that the defendant wrote that signature"
 MT Carvelho then testified to having compared the Cleveland signature with Brandenburgs handwriting, especially with the word Cleveland" in a letter written by the defendant and declared that in his opinion the same hand wrote them both. MT. Carvelho also testified that the Cleveland article in evidence was written on the typewriting machine which has figured in the case On cross-exam- ination Mr Carvelho was asked if he had not been mistaken In his expert evidence in the Albert T. Patrick case. He de- clared that he was right in his testimony in that case and in other cases
 George Pengelly of Columbus, O., handwriting expert, declared the disputed signature a forgery and gave it as his opinion that Brandenburg wrote it.
 Arrest In San Francisco.
 Detective Norman Fitzsimmons testified to having brought Brandenburg back from San Francisco, and to the writer's arrest there.
 Fitzsimmons recited a conversation he had had with Brandenburg in which the writer declared he left New York state because he had not sufficient funds to employ counsel and experts.
 Asked on cross-examination if Branden- burg did not return voluntarily, F1tzsim- mons said that Brandenburg took out writ and started to fight extradition, but later had abandoned the effort.
 The prosecution rested its case at this point and argument by the defense on a motion to dismiss the indictment was be- gun.
 The motion to dismiss the indictment was denied, after which Samuel Bell Thomas began his address for the de- fense. It would be shown, he sad that Brandenburg submitted the article to a number of publishers long before August 10, when, 1t was charged, 1t was written. AS for the signature, he proposed to show that that submitted in evidence was not the one originally affixed to the article
 Brandenburg was sworn and questioned as to his relations with Grover Cleve- land.
 
 He met the former President first in 1898 at Princeton, he said. He had occasion after that time to see him frequently and maintained a regular correspondence with him. He testified that he also had personal acquaintance with ex-President Roosevelt, Joseph Chamberlain, President Diaz of Mexico and with other men of world prominence. The case was ad- ioIIrued at this noint until next Monday