El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-15


! Only an intimatiOn when sheriff
Orndorff testified" judge Dale re-
pied, and since that time has IN
dertaken TO secure handwriting ex-
perts- The arrival of an expert is
expected now added judge Dale.
The motion was overruled and the
defence excepted. The court had pre-
viously asked If the Silver City reg
lister had not been introduced at the
/ examining trial last June. The state
replied in the affirmative
Judge II. D. Terrell, of the defence
/ told the court that he had received a
! communication that the witness Tip
I ton had not INDUCED in expert hand
writing study for years.
Jury Is Brought Back.
] The jury was then brought back
l into court and the state continued its
examination 4 telegram from Jones
I 10 his wife and a clipping from the
Silver City hotel register were iden-
[ titled by witness as specimens he had
studied, The same applied TO F. r.
Jones, Fort Worth" on Angelus hotel
register, May IS. witness said. As
to two signatures dated SLY" and
$50" from Ernest hotel. Colorado
City. witness was not certain he had
seen them. but his impression was he
had. Matter in the "Coggin note
book" had also been seen by witness,
as well as Jones's mileage book and
4 &
signed by r. NJ Brown"
The telegram written by Jones and
addressed TO his wife when he was
arrested was the basis OF witnesses
study, he said.
Tells OF Handwriting study.
Witness went into minute details
Of how he studies handwriting, fol-
lowing which a blackboard was
brought into court and witness dem
onstrated thereon the features Of the
handwriting he had studied on the
basis as compared with the f. R.
Jones" signatures of the Colorado
rooming house register
Mr. Upton observed similarities In
the 'F's" and the Us" explaining the
peculiar features of each.
In order TO have the demonstrations
in the record, large sheets of card
board We're used from this time on.
Witness then went into the details Of
the formation Of each letter in F. r. I
Jones'"
Says Same Person Wrote Telegram.
Witness. after explaining his study /.
said that in his opinion the same per- Z
son that wrote the telegram in ques- I
ton had written the signatures in the /
rooming house register.
IN your opinion. who wrote the I
memoranda on leaf y, OF the 'Coggin I
note book2"
In my opinion. the same person /
who wrote the telegram"
In witnesses opinion. TT. Worth" j
on the date line Of the telegram was /
not written by the same person who 4
wrote the body or the message.
DR.. Waite Examines Auto.
DR.. ". W. Waite, city chemist, took I
the witness stand after the noon re-
cess Thursday After qualifying as
an expert bacteriolOgist and chemist.
he told Of examining a Buick auto
last Trua in the cmeT0du of :
sheriff Seth 5. Orndorff. There
were several red stains, and the
question was whether they were
blood or not. There were also bits
OF hair
Most Of the stains were on the
back curtain Sections OF stains we're
taken out and examined to see If
they were blood or not
I made a chemical test and de-
termined they are chemically blood.
found on test it was human blood
said Dr. Waite.
says stains Human Blood.
Witness said he had also examined
an iron bar and a whisky box with
stains, taking specimens and deter
mining the stains weer human blood.
said he had also taken sam
pies OF hair on the bar and on the
auto curtain and found they were
alike, witness said. He had eX-
3mined the hairs under a microscope.
They were white with a little black
mixed in he said.
Describes Teiehmaun Test.
Cross examined by judge L. A Dale,
Dr.. Waite said the blood spot exami-
nations were made about the latter
part Of July. The "Teichmann"
erystal test was used, witness said
Common salt and vinegar heated to-
5ether, are used The stains are then
)ut in the solution and if the stains
ire Of blood. certain Characteristic
crystals are used, witness said. He
vas then asked for and gave a tech
continued with detailed technical
Ieries OF questions on blood. until
he court stopped this line of ques-
iOning when the witness was asked
Would you advise an operation
or appendicitis If there were 10000
White corpuscles per cubic millimeter
f blood2"
The witness was then asked OF the
ests used 30 determine If a given
Hood specimen is human blood. The
precipitive" test was the one used, .
he first step being the humanizing
4 the blood Of some animal, a rab-
lit being used in this case. The Z
erum used was tried first on a
-uinea pig and a rabbit, but il was
lot used on monkey or any other I
This serum gives a pre- I
ipltate only with human blood, wit
n quadrupeds, except human blood .
beaumont Man Testifies.
W H Stallings, Of Beaumont, took {
he stand next. He was engaged {
With the Postal Telegraph company q
here last June. He was shown, on
he stand, two kilograms. filed June '
/, at $40 and 1929 a m, respectively. a
he messages went to Dallas. wit
less said One was to Mrs. Coggin
nd is said to have asked where T. J.
,oggin was, and the other was to :
!. J. Coggin and is said to have had J
eference to some stocks Neither Il
vas read in court at this time ?
Roscoe Catfleman n Witness. a
oscar Longbottom. cattleman and a
II man Of Roscoe, Texas, next wit
iess. said he was in Colorado City n
n May, 1917 Witness was shown =
ne register Of the place where he I,
topped there, and said he did not +
raw lines that appeared through Il
is, Witness name in the register. r
ones there7"
"No, sir"
Charles " Blanchard. travelling .
reight agent for the Z. P. & S. W. =
ailway, was then placed on the :
tand- He told of a livestock ship 2
lent from Turquoise TO Tucumcari y
nd further, contract dating May IS. n
70 further questions were asked this
illness
Clark Is Star Witness. Z
W G. Clark. star witness for the Y
tate, was the next witness.
DO you know Felix Jones?" .
Yes, sir; ever since 1911" .
did you see him about May 1. =
yes, sir. in Abilene, in J. F. Cum
ingham's law office. He asked me II
I'd do a cold blOoded iob for money