The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-22

| ing and finally about 5 o'clock Sun.
| day afternoon it was found in a
most obvious place. where, accord
| ing to witnesses, they had looked
many times before.
When found, check stub No. "a
bore the handwriting which is seen
magnified many times in the Illus
tration. There is a certain i'e-
semblance to my handwriting here.
But to what handwriting? That
given on the train to Kang Ii!
The Government put an expert On
the stand in the third trial who
made a so-called composite photo
graph OF the check stub.
In other words, they took the
necessary letters from my acknowl-
edged handwriting and fitting them
together, produced specimen look
ing like the handwriting on the
check stub, which I deny.
Test Is Disapproved
This is a trick stunt, so to speak,
resorted to by certain handwriting
experts and strongly disapprovcd
of by many authorities.
1t was done, however, by the
Governments expert and word went
the rounds that they at last had
something that would chang" me.
It was no less than this com
posite'' check stub.
But on the witness stand the
Governments expert was compelled
to acknowledge that though they
had q practically unlimited amount
Of my handwriting to select from
(the Government had seized al my
papers and correspondence, the reW
vftaIIy important letters chosen to
make up this composite check stub
were all but the Co." taken from
the notebook specimen written for
Kang II on the train, thus proving
q most damaging point had Kang
II been the accused, rather than
myself. The 80" used, they &C.
knOwIedged to be one Of my
'szerOs!'
Another illustration shows on
either side, /, 2, 5, and 6, my usual
cts" These were taken from the
original two kilograms sent from
the Harris Hotel to my brother.
The two "Ts," 3 and in the center,
are from the check stub.
Another illustration shows three
specimens, first, second and fourth
OF my characteristic "W," compared
with the check book wv"
The handwriting experts used by
the defense. Mr.. Greene of Wash
ington. Mr.. Stein ian assistant of
Mr.. Osborne's OF New York; and
Mr.. Malone Of Baltimore, all spoke
OF my very characteristic "W's,"
noting the spreading wings on
either side. termed butterfly" or
"bird-like." which are noticeable in
all Of them.
The only 'w" found in all the
many specimens they had access to,
which failed to show these winged
sides, was the "W" l wrote in
Kang LIS notebook against the
motion Of the train.
This is accordingly straight and
somewhat strained.
And this is the only "W" which
corresponds to the check stub wv"
and Is the one the Government
acknowledges was used In making
up its famous composite"
Could Not Write Stub
also have a peculiar "g" which
is difficult to describe. but the
peculiarities Of which were ex.
planned by the experts to the jury.
The head or ''o' portion OF an or
binary 'g" is started by most people
with an up and over motion.
l start mine with an up and
under stroke which gives a double
or rstraced stroke on the right
hand side Of the ."o' which forms
the head OF the "R." "a person
can easily demonstrate this for him
self). This popularity can only be
detected with a powerful glass, but
1t clearly does not exist in the
check stub ''g.''
The remaining arguments are too
technical for this brief article.
The important questions are: Who
wrote the check stub? When did he
write it? Why was it written?
did not write the stub, neither
i did write the check. nor do know
who wrote them. However, COM
mon sense tells one that If the check
/ was forged and had any connection
with the murder, it was absurd and
: unnecessary for the forger to make
out any check stub at all, and the
fact that the check was made "to
bearer" but the check stub was
made to ''T. T. Wong" indicates that
they were made out by different
persons al different times.
| The most significant anomoly.
| however, is this: It is obvious
that IL the two signatures on the
check and accompanying letter were
not genuine, they were such good
limitations that the five bank Off
Gals were not sufficiently suspicious
to inform the police or the mission.
Doctor Wong's signature is pecu-
liar and difficult. It is termed
fantastic" by the experts. Now,
| IL I could and actually did make
such successful limitations Of Doc
tor Wong's and Mr.. Hsie's sigma
ture on both the check and ac-
confpanying letter, why did I not
put a similar imitation on the
check stub? To allow the check
stub to look like my own hand.
writing was like putting my head
In moose.
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