New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-29
Motives Which Move the Anonymous Aoye Abnormal Antics
Physicians Are Especial Vic
TINS of the Nameless Trou.
bIemakers, Who Are
Usually Women.

fuges specimens Of the handwriting Of
many OF the members n the church. A
number had been secured by the daughter
Of the minister as we'll.
The pastor in explaining the standards
called attention 10 certain memoranda on
the envelopes and sheets and. wishing 70
spare the expert unnecessary labor IN eH-
animation. explained that his daughter
made rotations showing from whom the
specimens were received, etc. All the sig
natures and other data were removed 40
that the expert could not know VINO wrote
the guilty hand even u he were 70 connect
the writing in any Of the standards with
tho anonymous work.
THAT evening the expert called upon the
minister and asked 10 have the daughter
present. When the three were alone ne
said 10 the daughter. There are JUST TWO
nersors who know who the guilty one Is.
II rests with YOU whether the writer or
these letters will be known 10 only ono
person more or 10 many persons The eN-
pert handed the father every scrap or
paper he had received from him and left
the house. Next day The father called az
tho expart's office and told him that now
there were Just three who knew. No more
letters were sent and the whole matter
was forgotten.
Not long ago a prominent and ultra re-
fined rector Of a church IN Cambridge.
Mass. shocked his whole congregation and
the commonwealth at largo By fairly stuff
| ing the mail boxes with indecent auony-
nous letters 70 the members 81 his congre-
CATION. II was claimed. and likely true.
that overwork was the cause Of the mental
/ breakdown.
within a year I have had a case which,
/ lacking low vulgarity. was on a par with
either Of the above cases referred 70 for
. lack Of reason or sense. An ordinary. all
/ round. commonplace business man was for
a year the recipient Of semi or tri-weekly
letters. ostensbly from cultured and re-
fired ladies' u the highest grade ~ Boston
/ society Of wealth These letters he would
. leave carelessly around his rooms and desk:
they were read by chambermaids and
others He probably wanted 20 be thought
gay boy. and meant them 10 be read. but
the thing got from his control.
/ A number Of letters We're taken from
him and submitted for examination. and al
though the women's hands were very clev-
erIv simulated. there was plenty OF ground
an the letters 10 himself He has broken
himself II the habit. but Is one Of those
men who have no use for the handwriting
expert"
As TO the tracing Of typewriter letters
. the expert SAYS. There can ne little or no
individuality 10 work on. so far as relates
~ characters Still. there are many points
ON which the expert practised IN tie OBJ
. servance Of minute details. may work 70
advantage. and IT. frequently happens that
. the most unlocked for denOuements are tho
results Of this examination. While all ma
chimes Of any particular make have type
letters or characters made from the same
mould. and which. when new would all
prin- In duplicate. still many little imper-
facrions m printing are constantly appear
ing on the work Of the different machines
Sometimes It Is one letter on one machine
THAT is tilted IF It's proper angle. an
other letter striking unevenly on another
machine. or faulty or different makes 81
type. all points to look FOR on an examira-
. lion"
Evidence in the case of typewritten
letter Is often more conclusive and salts
factory than where handwriting is con-
cerned A strong and uncontroveruble Pc
cuIiaritv may be shown. For example.
there were two dollar marks typed on A
certain document one dollar mark had A
/ single cut through IT, while the other had
two strokes Evidently the same typewriter
was not used 70 produce both symbols.