The Washington times., 1915-07-07
Muenter and Holt One,
Says Writing Expert
S. c. Malone Reports to The Times That There Is No
Doubt That Fanatic Who Killed Himself Is
Harvard Wife Murderer. .'

Muenter, former Harvard professor, ac-
cused Of poisoning his wife, and Frank
Holt, who committed Suicide last night
after trying to blow w the Capitol and
kill ]. p. Morgan, are the same per-
son. according to s. c. Malone. hand
writing expert, of Baltimore.
Mr.. Malone has just made for The
Times comprehensive comparison Of
tho handwriting of Muenter and of Holt
specimens of which are reproduced
from the New York World.
He declares that he Is willing to
stake his reputation that the two speci-
mems which he has in his possession
were written by the same person.
His report follows:
Malone's Report.
Il have made a most careful study
OF the handwriting of Erich Muenter,
dated Lawrence. Kansas. March 20,
1eA. and compared 1t with a paragraph
of Frank Holt's handwriting. the date
Of which Is Mineola, N. Y, July 4, 1916.
The excerpt from Muenters letter
which / used follows:
~ I am married. My wife and baby
year and will be depending upon me
extent
The paragraph from Frank Hollis
letter follows:
How terrible It all looks now ana
how different from my plans. What can
say to console you and the family ?
1t Is too much all at once! My heart
and brain are In such agony that words
cannot express, l fear you.
Experts Findings.
In addition to these specimens have
also made comparison of Hollis writ
Ing with the poscript at the end Of the
letter addressed to the Editor Of The
Washington Times, by r.. Fearce,' the
word Senate, as we'll as the superscrIp-
ton on the envelope which contained
the letter. and shall now proceed to
sum up my findings as follows:
In order that your readers may have
a clear conception of the full force of
my opinion, l shall first consider as a
Muenter. dated March 20, 1904. and point
out the characteristics Of the writer,
after which l shall pass on to the hand
writing OF Frank Holt, and show the
simiiarities and dissimilarities of his
handwriting. when compared with that
OF Erich Muenter.
Comparison of T's."
Let US first call attention to the
capitel l. the first letter or character
employed in the paragraph selected
This letter Is formed from what is
scientifically known as the modified re-
xersed. or inverted oval. the first stroke
oeing e left curve. upward stroke, with
an oval turp at top Of letter and finish
Ing at base line with a decided dot simi-
lar to the period.
=. The n,t,, =, striking characteristic of this
capital L ID In the fact that the down
ward; or finishing stroke, has a very
broad oval turn, and does not pronerly
obtain as to the well established rules
OF regular slant for this particular let
the letter begins a little below the CEN
ter of the letter proper. touching the
downward stroke at that point. 'A'
me word am is the next to be
The small "a In this word is a decided
oval in the first stroke. the oval being
on regular slant-52 degrees-while the
| finishing line of the letter is on a
slant OF fully Is degrees to the left of
the vertical
Regular Slant.
THE small m employs the regular
slant on all three Of the upward
| strokes. while all three of the down.
ward strokes have slant of Is or
more degrees to the left of the YER
teal
-, The word married is next in line
The small m in this word employs the
regular slant for all three Of the up
ward strokes. while all three of the
downward strokes slant materially to
the left of the vertical. The small "a
following m in this word describes a
clear-cut direct oval in the first part,
and the finishing stroke maintains the
regular slant established ythe oval
part. The two small RS maintain the
standard or regular slant in the down
by the usual method with an accute
angular top. The dot above the T. is
very low, and the dot Is strong and re-
sembles somewhat the comma. The
oval motif: and the small d employees
well defined direct oval motif as its
base.
Blunt Stroke at End.
This letter finishes with a rather
blunt stroke at base line. showing con-
siderable emphasis or pen pressure. The
period is round and strong.
Next we have the word My The
capital letter in this word Is formed
from the strokes usually employed in
the small m
"The first stroke in this capital is al
most horizontally placed. and by an an
gular turn at the top Of the letter, de-
scends to base line on main slant, the
upper part of the downward stroke
leaning slightly to the left of the YER
capital M are of equal height. while
the finishing stroke is about two-thirds
of the actual height Of the letter. The
slant in all the strokes Is what would be
termed properly regular slant. The
small " In this word connects with the
finishing stroke of the capital M in the
regular way, the two top strokes of the
" being angular. the last one being a
fourth OF a space below what 1t should
be-
THE lower loop of " crosses fully a
space and a half below the base line
proper, and the loop itself is very much
too long in proportion to the other writ
ing appearing in the same paragraph.
The loop Is also rather broad near it's
base. and the finishing stroke Of the
loop does not extend beyond the base
line proper.
"The next word Is wife The small