The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-16
Aids CASE EXHIBIT FTX8DH
EXPERT SAYS NOE CHECk AND
STUB WE'RE DOCTORER
4. 70. EsamSitsa. Ha~a~E''SnE 1Od S'h~n''-
ral Senn. sWears Ateratioas aad Aai-
dsuoas Nave seea Made Ni'hin siS
u.ashs- AIBas's Rsx amsIna ten FInlshrsi

Nsaaha AIIas' . tsxamInaIiOa FInlshrsi
ALRAST. March iS-Interest In the
Aids trial was revived to-day when
counsel for Aids put a handwriting
expert on the stand who testified that
the check stub. 'the check and the two
drafts connected with the distribution
OF the Ss.OOO fund in Albany had been
put through an acid test. He swOre that
the check stub and draft book had been
altered
Deacon Moe testified that he drew a
check for % 500 for which he got two
q, 600 New York drafts and $500 in cash
az the Groton hank before he started for
Albany at the close % the ses<iou in fsoi
with his bribe fund. A offered in EVIL
dence the check stub read:
No. 70. April -. IsOi.
Tot a Moe.
For dfts on New York. Ss.Ooo
Cash 800
Albany matter
Bridge Company.
Amount Of check. ~. SOD
The handwriting expert was Albert
y. Hamilton 81 Auburn. who said he was
a chemist and microscopes and had
prActised a. such for twenty-h years
L examined this check stub Mr..
Hamilton testified. and I find that the =
on the abbreviatiOO dfts and the 5000
and the cash sSOO and the Albany matter
were written on the check stub within
the last six months I also discovered
that the amount 81 check item was
written originally 5000 and that the
first cipher in the %. 500 ~ IL appears now
| on the check had been cha nged 20 q $
According TO Mr.. Hamilton . testimony
this stub as written by Moe on April n.
IeOI rad
No "a. April -. 100,
To-H q Moe.
For dr. on New York
Bridge COMPANY
| Amount Of check - an
Mr.. Hamilton explained the methods
! employed by him To reach those con-
clusions. and he swore that the changes
| in the check stub were % recent origin.
while the stub a. originally made out by
\ Noe had been written between i've and
ten year. ago. nearer ten than Ave.
I examined the Groton hank draft
book said Mr.. Hamilton. and | dis
covered that IL indicated that two $500
drafts had been issued 70 Moe. hut that
the second draft had originally been
entered at $500 and the Aftsrward
/ changed TO a cipher, making Il read 1.Oo0.
This lAst alteration was made by scratch
ing cut the and substituting tho
isspA~r- i.stseG 90 sAS'ax o~s" ehA"ssd
chemically
7 a. u.-,,t,,, h.A . .o,rno,,nd micro
scope With him which he established upon
the stenoRrapher's deak IN the centre
~ the senate Chamber. and he placed the
different written instruments. which he
said had been altered. under this micro-
acope in Iurn and the senators passed by
in Indian file aud each took peek at the
exhibits Photographic reproductions Of
check and check stub were shown on paste
boards. both the check and the check
stub being seventy seven times larger
than the original size. These exhibits
were na--s.d about the senate freely and
the Senators looked them over With great
curiosity during Mr. HamIltOn's test
mony.
When a particular reference Was Do
sired u the handwriting expeH one q
the exhibits would he held up in the
air and NJ. Hamilton would describe just
wher.. the chemicals had been used upon
them. according to his opinion. willis
Mr.. IAttIetou. u AlIds's counsel. followed
with p-ncil and showed with elaborate
detail lust What Mr. Hamilton was get
tang az
Mr.. IittIcton acted an though he had
made a great find when he had Hamilton
swear that the check stub. the CHECK
itself and the drafts had been treated
chemically and had been subjected 20 tbs
acid test recently. Mr.. LittletOn SAID
after IN. senate had ad iOurned that Mr.
Osborne admitted that they had been pu
through an acid test Mr.. IittletOn ~aiC
TO- night that the stub and check had beeT
drawn originally for the business pur
poses Of the GrotOn Bridge COmpan,
and that the alterations Indicated tina
: thew had been made with a view ~ con
Meeting them with the 1901 DOODLE fun'
which Deacon Moe says he distributed
to Nixon. Burnett and Aids.
Hamilton YVES on the stand when "a
trial was ended. .or the day and Mr.. Little
on had nee E,c,eedei far enough will
,s ta.sirr ony to out inc fully his con
tan,ion. vita tbs wi.le--. Nr. Osborn
% will have his own handwriting eAper
hnI-ss-s VIII his expe.ts.
Tn. examination % SsLa'o- Al'1@ wa
conoIs.ed lac thi afternoon. Sr. Ia
Teton eKpFigsI whs- Ais GOT th
, Sz ON. whi,h VS. q ps'' 81 the Ss.0l
/ -oIRats A Co. srs. account. a.
: transaction happening sh-rt'y ate! IN
ad.ournmsnt OF the leg slatu-s in 100
Mr.. Little-or prodpced a c!srE Hom n
Albany savings hanS anowias that thi
SaOOO W . secured by Aids from accoln'
q, his ov-i AID relatives IN tha. banl
for which tn ban gave HIM $40
|, draft. whisa n . NJ % Colgate a Co Z
buy type lite" stOc'' When qus-'ione
!. orizinarv - MI. Osborne ~ 20 the SCARE
!, a. this 81 cfO 81 ,asor Aids could TsmsT
:, her AGO ~ tire source o. half Of IL and Nj
/, sborreb - been harp hg upon this Oths
q g an ever si1s~.