Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-06-09

ever intended to do and he hoped he
was through with the accursed fam
lily. 1t Is worthy OF notice that the
Will now in question bears date Of
November 21, 1898, the very day this
suit for wages was settled In Pendle-
ton. It seems very improbable that
deceased would select this very time
to write win In favor Of proponent
and 1t is quite probable from the tes-
timony that he was in Pendleton on
that date, settling what he deemed an
unjust action brought against him In
proponents behalf.
The will itself, and the letters and
exhibits presented by proponent for
comparison, while fairly skillful imi-
tations Of the handwriting Of de-
ceased, differ from 1t in many impor-
tant particulars. Deceased was a
poor penman and worse in his ortho-
graphy, and while a fairly good busi-
ness man was evidently man Of lit
tic education. In many instances,
upon his books and checks, the name
OF |. Fl. Sailing appears and he inVar-
iably spelled 1t incorrectly Sailing"
In the supposed will II is correctly
spelled. 1t Is hardly probably that
he devlated in this one single in
stance from his inyariable habit, both
before and after, of spelling the
name. Deceased had also an almost
Interchangeable habit of making cap
ital 81" approximately thus, ~" or
81" the stem being made first and
the upper turn being completed by a
separate stroke Of the pen, and al
ways touching or projecting beyond
and to the right Of the top OF the
stem. In several score Of instances,
occurring in his genuine writings,
there appears only one where this
manner Of making the letter has not
been followed. In the proposed will
and alleged letters to Clara Young,
and proponent, and in the memoran-
da in the pocketbook the prevailing
type Of capital 81" when viewed un-
der microscope appears approxi-
mately thus 81" or "I", the glass re-
vealing a distinct space between be-
tween the stem and the upper turn
Of the letter In his true writings he
had characteristic and very un.
usual way Of making capital "N",
thus IN" the upper turn and down.
ward stroke at the last never being
omitted. In the supposed will and
In the letters and memoranda above
alluded to the capital is made ap-
proximately thus IN" showing q
fairly well made standard capital
IN" not seen in any of his other
writings and with the upper turn and
shading at the end of the letter en-
tlrely omitted. Another common
characteristic in his writing was
when writing words containing 9Th"
he would cross both the It" and the
''h", thus 9Th" or "th". In the alleged
, will and other documents referred to
these letters are crossed approx
mately thus, eth" or eth" or "th'', the
1t" itself not being crossed. In the
letters before referred to the words
letter" and better" are property
] spelled, and In other genuine letters
they are mis-spelled 'leter" and
, "beter."
! There are many other marked diff
} ferences between these exhibits and
4 his genuine writings but 1t is useless
to prolong this opinion by citing ex-
2 amples. There is marked resem-
Q blance in these documents In some
: respects to the genuine writings Of
!. deceased, but such resemblance is the
d essence of forgery. The imitation is
h clever, but that Is all. 1t Is fact
e known to everybody that the hand
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