Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-07
Handwriting Experts Brought Into Case

after asking him about his hearing i
did you ever get fooled in hand
writing?"
II don't know"
'"Thats all.''
THANK you, sir, very much" re-
spohded Mr.. Carvalho as he left the
stand and took his seat, while Sheriff
Brown raped for order at a slight
burst of laughter swept Over the court
room.
He raped again as Mr.. Carvalho
reached his seat and said to the man
next to him in a perfectly audible
whisper, Hes wise''
Frank L, Woodland, treasurer of the
Dime Savings bank. was also put on
by the defanse as handwriting -ex-
pert. He was shown the same papers
that Mr.. Carvalho had been testify |
ing about. He said the signatures |
were all Captain Lennens in his opin-
ion.
To Major Hull the witness said MIR |
Tarrant was employed in the bank. |
The witness had talked 10 him about |
this case and this signature.
Fred F. Nowatzky of As Boswell |
avenue testified he was coming out of !
his house on the night OF the assault |
and heard someone shouting for the
police. 1t was then 5 minutes past
nine by his watch and a clock which
she wound.
To Major Hull the witness said he
first told of this to Mr.. Desmond in
the courthouse hall on Thursday
morning before court. He had told
i voluntarily. He lad been summon
! ed to court by Sheriff Stanton about
| the note. When he heard somebody
holler police he didn't go to look or
| see VINO it was nor see anyone run
ming up the Street After he had
wound the clock, he went out to look
around the house and could see Mr..
Boland in the Boland yard. He al
ways went out to look around the
house after winding the clock because
he had once found a man asleep there.
| Attorney Desmond rested the case
| for the defense here.
| Rebuttal Evidence.
In rebuttal Francis P. Pratt was
called by the state. He testified that
he did the telephoning from the Pratt
cigar store to Mrs. Holmes on the
night of the assault.
Mr.. Boland denied that he said over
| the telephone to Mrs. Holmes that two
men had assaulted Captain Lennen or
that he had been stabbed. The Wit
ness was shown the green cap that Mr.
| Holmes said he had been wearing. Mr..
Boland said this was not the cap
Holmes had on the night of the as
sauIt.
Sergeant Kane of the Norwich police
also said this was not the cap Mr..
Holmes was wearing.
To Attorney Brown the sergeant
said the police didn't keep Mr.. Holmes
| cap because there was no blood on it
and it was a snowy night.
| Policeman Carroll also said this vas
not the cap Mr.. Holmes was wearing
when he came into the Lennen house
when the policeman was there.
Captain Lennon was called for by
NJ ior Hull.
The captain denied that he asked
Mr.. Holmes in March, 1918, to pay
the note, or ever asked him to pay the
, note. He also denied all the pay
ments which Mr.. Holmes testified had
been made.
Did he pay this note?" askei Major
Hull
He r,ver did. Never paid me q
doiflr" said the captain.
, The captain denied also that he ever
signed or had seen such a document
as the receipt. He denied he told Mr.
Holmes at the time Of paying .nteres'
IN March, 1918, that he had nlsiait
tn. ncto never told him at any I'm.
nat H. Lad mislaid or lost the noFe
} Civil Engineer George Z. Pitcher
/ said he went to the Lennen home will
Major Hull and Mr. Scarborough a
the time Mr.. Scarborough was here
g He said there was nothing in the BLOOD
r smears on the door from the dining
0 room into the entry that could b.
photographed or nothing on thu
a kitchen doorway blood snears to SHOW
+ handprints.
George E. Frisbie, for 80 years re
0 ceiving and paying teller in a New
e Haven bank, half of that time the on
S to pass on signatures, was introduced
= as a handwriting expert. He has ties
titled in three different superior courts
He said he did not think the sigma
- ture on the disputed receipt was writ
ten by the same person as wrote tn
: other signatures.
Il To Attorney Brown he said he hat
examined the signatures for about tie,
minutes. He had not used a misco
= scope but a large hand glass
= James W. Williams, auditor in tn
= financial department of the Monica,
- hotel in New London, with six month:
e experience in bank employment i
= Washington in passing upon sigma
lures of checks, testified he did nc
q believe the signature on the receip
g had been written by the same perso
as wrote the other signatures.
= From an examination OF the cas-
8 book of the firm of n. Tarrant &, c.
It Mr.. Williams said the receipts show
d from March 8, 1918, to April II, 1871
IT were $3,291.S6 and bank deposits in tn
= same time $3,150S7, leaving $140.99 nc
e deposited.
Y. To Attorney Brown the witness sal
he had examined the papers with tn
| eli on m t11ar1 bo1 m
a at two different times. 1--WE never bee
% fooled on a signature yet" he said
IL answer to question.
Leonard P. Church, assistant cashie
le of the Thames National bank of MOI
l. witch, who passes upon the genuinenes
= of checks there, testified the signatul
,e on the receipt was not written
is the same person as the other Lenne
l. signatures. He had spent about :
= minutes in examining the signature
III in this case and had used the glass /
ordinarily uses at the bank.
tn Don A. Houghton, a Norwich pho
re tographer, produced photographs er
ut Iarged to three diameters of the sis
st. natures on the savings bank orders al
t. the disputed signature on the receir
They went in as exhibits 10, 20, 81 al
OF %.
op BY noon the states attorney he
is used all the witnesses he had in cou
~ so that he suggested to the Judge tt
Id noon recess might be taken then
l. would have his last witnesses in ecu
by / O'Clock. Judge Maltbie directt
Sc Sheriff Brown to adjourn court for {
he hour.
D. Afternoon Session.
~ When court came in after the noe
60 recess, Mrs. Boland was recalled
lb Major Hull. She denied that she HI