The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01

fore Friday of this week. It is also probable that many witnesses will be recalled on rebuttal, and this will add to the time taken in trying the case
 Caldwell First Witness
 Court opened yesterday morning at $40 with Col. John Caldwell still on the stand. He was again asked pre- limiDary questions as to his experience as an expert, and he stated that he had testified in between 200 and 300 cases and in seven or eight states in hand writing cases.
 T will ask you again whether, in your opinion, the handwriting on each of the various letters and envelopes was written by the same person?" asked Mir Allen.
 All of the p-pers shown me were written by the same person."
 Asked to explain how experts ar rived at their conclusions by compar- isons of writing, Colonel Caldwell said an expert takes words that are the same in both writing and measures their length and breadth or contour. | then the phrasing of the words is con | sidered, then the form of the letters. and the shading of them. | Colonel Caldwell explained that even when writer is attempting to disguise | his hand he cannot always succeed, be-
 cause he cannot always overcome .he | idiosyncrasy of his brain, and the habit | of formation of letters | Witness then instituted a comparison
 of the letters in the case and pointed out l that the pages of all the letters were l rumbered in the Ashworth letters there l is a downward stroke to y's and gs In all the letters there is a similarity of the l capital F; in these writings the double
 loops over the t's and fs are very lie-
 culiar and are similar in all the letters,
 particularly in the Thompson letter ana | the anonymous letters. | Objection was interposed to the com l parison by the defense on the same
 grounds interposed to the introduction of
 the "eXtraneous writings" as the defense
 termed them. The objection was over
 ruled by Judge Weaver and exception
 noted.
 Witnes pointed out that the B's in the
 word Birmingham, while not exactly
 alike, were very peculiar; that the fig
 ures were similar, and the dotting of the | is similarly placed. Witness stated that | the crossing of the t's in the words 'let- ter' in the Thompson letter and the "A IT. letter were the same and the words | identical, and that the word Birmingham on the envelope of the Thompson letter | and the "A IT. letter were written by the
  ton "gh" in the two being similar Colonel Caldwell was cross examined by MT. Goodwin, and said that he was a | lawyer by profession; had resided in Bir- mingham continuously since 1900 except when away on business; that he had never been in Tuscaloosa over three days in his life, and did not live there some length of time in 1907 l MT. Goodwin asked the witness several | hiS pynarpnQP and | receive for your expert services in d case?
 Charges Made By Expert | The prosecution objected, and the wit ness said that while he had no objection t. answering the Nestion, he did not think the information anybodys business but his own. The objection was with drawn and the witness answered. Witness testified that he generally charged S10 for his examination of dis puted writings, and that his fees for at tendance in court as a witness varied from s10 to s25 a day; that where his sympathy was with the defendant he charged S25 to $50 a day. How much are you receiving for your services in this oase?" asked Mr. Good v'yn.
 'I do not know"
 How much did you receive at the last trial?'
 'Twenty-ive dollars a day" 'l1cw Ions were you in attendance at court?'
 Ten or twelve days"
 Witness said he examined the papers