The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-04-20
HANDWRITING EXPERT
HELPS FORGE LINKS
N DLANCETT CHAIN
Letter Written TO Governor. Tele-
grams, Hotel Register and Other
Documents Are Introduced; AL
Written by Defendant.

Special Correspondence 20 The Herald
sAata Fe. y. NJ. April 20.-Most ol
ye~sterday's session OF the district courI
who're Ebert W. Biancett is beins
trtee FOR the murder Of clyde ID. Ar.
moor, was devoted to testir- ony OF
hand writing expert Morton l. Ham
mann Of Denver. AIR. Hannum went
on the stand shortly after the morning
session OF court onened and remained
there untii late in the afternoon.
Armed with the letter written from
seattle 10 Governor w. l.. Lindsey,
signed w. T.. Edelman. declaring
Hlancett 10 be innocent Of the crime
81 which he stands charged. published
yesterday, the two telegrams asking
for money. the Troy hotel register and
the plea in abatement signed by Blan-
cett, Mr.. Hammum produced photo
graphs of the exhibits he said he had
studied n a large composite photo
graph he had made
Mr.. Renehan objected vigorously a.
the Introduction OF the signatures OF
Blancett on the plea In abatement as
a document for compn rison. saying u
was Improper 10 make II a standard
document. but he was oyerruled.
Qualities As Expert.
On taking the stand Mr.. Hammum
qualified as a handwriting expert,
saying that he had studied hand
writing for over 20 years. aai for n
dozen or more years had been paving
teller OF the First National bank In
Denver. He said that when he took
thai position the deposits were $1,000
600 and WHEN he left. 10000, 600 20
s22. 000.0 During the time he was
in the bank ne said he handled from
1000 10 1000 checks a day.
Asked how often he had testified
as an expert witness on handwriting
Mr.. Hammum said at least so times.
The witness then looked at the Troy
hotel register. two kilograms and the
signatures on he plea in abatement
anc declared the handwriting was by
the same man. He looked at the Sc
attic letter and pronounced II In the
handwriting OF Biancett
Mr.. Crist offered the documents In
comparison TO the jury and each Juror
looked attentively at all OF the ex-
hibits. The Denver witness then be-
gan citing many reasons why the
handwriting was OF the same man, in
his opinion. The fret letter he point
ed out on his large composite photo,
which was pinned above the black
board and placed In front OF the jur-
ors, was the capital letter &C. IN the
word Governor on the Seattle en-
velope. He compared Il with the
capital o. IN the word Gas" In ~
telegram OF october "a. saying they
were made By the same hand.
on objection OF Attorney Renehan,
two -enlarEements Of signatures ap-
peHring on travellers checks and past
ed on the large composite photograph.
were removed by the witness who al
mitted. after consulting with Mr..
Crlzt and afr. Davies. that they were
not in evidence. The signatures Of
two travellers checks remained, how
eyer. showing the name 90. -. Ar
In bold handwriting.
Mr.. Renehan asked The court tn In
struct the 5ury 10 pay no attention o.
the signatures they had seen az 8
which had been Withdrawn. The
judge accordingly instructed the jury
10 disregard The signatures eiiminat-
ed.
Letters Elongated.
The handwriting expert said that
one OF the striking resemblance boz
the writing IN all % the exhibits was
the tendency Of the writer 60 %eiongatf
letters He picked up the teis-
gram OF October 20 aud pointed oUt
fhree words 20 show this tendency
we're; "Mary," showing the q
way below the line. he
Clyde" showing the same char
lcteristlc OF the ~" and the word
.nffy1 showing two "y's' and . 81"
hus elongated. lie also pointed ouf