The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-04-20

him A % rifle. Reminrton make, In
the Combs bar for 81. This il the
rifle the Armours declare was in the
Oldsmobile IS" when clyde Armour
left them Ia Ciarks. Neb.. last Sep
TENDER. There was no cross-examina-
ton.
The handwriting expert laid great
stress on what he declared h n
striktng resemblance in the letters
"ance" ia the name "Rlancett" writ
ten several times in tho seattle let
ter aud once on the Troy hotel regis
ter. with the same letter In the
word balance" written IN the tele-
gram eert 70 the sioux CITY Gas and
Electric company asking that corpora.
ton To forward the balance" alleged
20 have been due.
Another Icucr?
Iammum declared the capital
"D written on the Montezuma hotel
register here on october 20. last. BY
the man who posed as clyde u. Ar
mour. and over which a capital 'C''
was later written. "a be Identical with
ne 'E" made by Blancett IN signing
his name, "Elbert w. B%lauceti." 10.
the plea n abatement introduced at
the commencement OF the trial.
The expert said the chances %
two persons writing the "E" with
the same characteristics was ono In
1900 and the chance Of two per
sons writing exactly alike was 50 re-
mote that II could not be estimated.
Who he finished Attornef Reenhan
asked for several hours times to in
spcct he exhibits and testimony. II
having developed that Hammum had
spent ten days examining the hand
writing.
a young lady during the afternoon
entered the our room and on request
Attorney Renehan conferred with her.
IL was rumored that she told the attor-
ney she was worried over the intro
duction In evidence NJ n letter to h
governor. AS she had written one TO
him on the case.
Surveyor John l.. Zimmerman tcs-
titled that the distance from the house
OF Sandoval Y GrieEo 20 the place
where the body was found was 1876
feet. and thence to The San Miguel
county line was 1876 feet. His testi-
mony was admitted over objections by
Renehan.
Victim Of Accident?
The suggestion that Armour may
have fallen over a stump and been
accidentally killed by his " shot
gun eXploding-an accident that has
perhaps happened to hunters-has
aroused a good deal OF discussion
among those who have followed the
trial closely. What a. y. Ronehan.
counsel for the defense. viii try TO
prove when the time 10. the
defense 10 offer testimony. remains
To be seen, bat during the past day or
W he has asked many questions
he has asked many question about the
stump and the position Of the gun as
well az the location OF Armour's cap
glasses.
DR.. T.. l.. Ward, Santa Fe county
physician. who was among those who
went out 10 the woods near Glorieta
and viewed the skeleton Of Armour
on the afternoon OF January ~, this
year. was on the witness stand sew
eral hours Wednesday afternoon ami
evening, but he did not give any con
elusive evidence as TO just how far
the shotgun was from Armour's neck
when IL went off. He said In his opin-
ion as a hunter. familiar with shot
guns. and from his examination OF
the skeleton, he judged the gun was
about twelve feet from the ne'l
when II was fired. He based this as
sumption on the destruction Of That
part OF the spine in which "a hulc
dozen shots were found on examiua-
tOin To questions Of dcfeudauts
counsel, later IN. the doctor admitted
That he could not say positively just