Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1896, Page 3

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SUBSTITUTES FOR HORSFORD’S hosphate Are Dangerous. they cost-less, many substitutes are some of which are dangerous, and none ich wil prod the same 3 the Insist upon having ing a bottle of Phosphate or in a glass of (STILL ON THE STAND Cross-Examination of Expert Hagan Lasted All Morning. (LITTLE NEW IN THE HOLT WILL CASE Testing Signatures With a Trans- parent Photograph. DISCUSSING LOOP LETTERS The Holt will case is rapidly drawing to- ward a close, and it is evident that neither side has much in the way of testimony left to introduce. The attorneys for the caveatees are now devoting their attention mainly to the pro- duction of expert testimony in support of the genuineness of the alleged will. Mr. E. B. Hay was on the stand as an authorty when court adjourned Tuesday afternoon, but his evidence was interrupted vester- day so that Mr. W. E. Hagan of Troy, N. Y., might give his testimony. The cross-examiration of Expert Hagan consumed the whole of yesterday after- noon. Mr. Worthington plied him with questions, which were all intended to show the striking similarity of details in the writing of the will and that in a letter from Judge Holt, which was also written Feb- ruary 7, 1873, the date of the will. The in- tention was to leave in the minds of the oF me ‘Wealaaiggtenr im Letter and in Will. jury the impression that the resemblance of the signatures was too pronounced to admit of any other conclusion than that the one on the will was traced directly from the one in the letter. His questions were also worded on the theory that whole words in the disputed document were traced or copied bodily from the admittedly genuine letter. Mr. Worthington had a re- production of Judge Holt’s signature in the letter made as a transparency, so that it could be placed directly above the signa- ture to the will. “If that were traced by an amateur forg- er, don’t you think it was a pretty good job?” asked Mr. Worthington. “Yes, I think it was.” Mr. Worthington then summed up all these striking similarities, and asked: Now, what do you think the chances are that the writings of a man on the same day would exhibit all these similarities?” “It would be improbable, even with a man writing under the same nervous condition on the same day; but it might occur. It is not impossible, although it looks as if the chances were against It.” “So it does bezin to look a little improb- able, even to your mind,” was Mr. Worth- ington’s reply. Mechanical Features. A remarkable feature of this long-drawn- out trial is the frequency with which both sides resort to mechanical aids to asvist them in proving their points. To an out- sider it would look as though the attorneys must have endless bank accounts to draw upon fer the expenses of the case. What- ever they want they get without delay. In every case where photographs might be of service they have been made, reproductions in miniature or enlargements which make the handwriting of Judge Holt look about a foot high. Yesterday afternoon, in his cross-examination,Mr. Worthington ran in a big rack, made especially for the purpose, on which to display at once ail the scores of Judge Holt's letters which have been put in evidence. This was done so that the sig- natures might be studied by comparison ‘as Xv -_ In Letter and in Will. with each other and with that in the will. A transparency of the signature which {s in dispute has also been made, so that it can be placed above any other, and even the letter of February 7, 1873, has been re- produced by a mechanical process, so that lawyers and jury may each have a copy of that important paper. The letter itself is an affectionate epistle which was sent to Mrs. Throckmorton at a time when she as in great distress for her husband, who at the time on an Indian campaign. It a kindly and encouraging letter of quite a personal nature, but it has been read aloud in court so often, elther in full or by piecemeal, that ft has almost lost its mean- ing to the regular attendants on the trial. The Expert Continues. When court opened this morning the cress-examiration of Mr. Hagan was con- tinued He was peppered with questions by Mr. Worthington as to his reasons for believing that the same hand that wrote the genuine letters undoubtedly penned the disputed will. He said that he noticed in Judge Holt’s writing a tendency to e the same words with a closeness of similarity that he had never noted in any ene else's writing. In other words, the same words frequently showed the closest resemblance to each other. For this rea- sen he was not surprised that some words in the alleged will were exact reproductions of words in the letters. “When did you make this discovery as to the duplication of words, Mr. Hagan?” “Last evering during an_ investigation that ran late into the night.” “But yesterday morning you expressed the same opinion as to the genuineness of the will.” Mr. Hagan said that he did, and then he went on to enumerate the various points upon which he Lad- based his first con- clusion. In reply to a question from Mr. Worth- = SS = Castoria For | Infants and Children. CASTORIA PROMOTES DIGESTION, and over comes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea and Feverishuess. Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep NATURAL. Cas- TORIA contains no morphine or otber narcotic property. “CASTORIA is so well adapted to children that I recommend {it ss superior to any prescription known to me.”* H. A. ARCHER, M.D. 111 So. 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Tide Table, Today—Lo high tide, Tomorrow—Low tide, p.m.; high tide, 1:55 a.m. and 2:16 p.m. ‘The Sun and Sun rises, sun sets, Moon sets, 0:13 a.m. ‘tomorrow; moon reaches first quarter at 6:40 a.m. today. The City Lights, Gas lamps all lighted by 9:04 p.m.; extin- guishing begun at 2:58 a.m. ‘The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. If r, less lighting may be ordered. aphtha lamps all lighted by 9:04 p.m.; extinguishing begun at 3:13. The moon schedule does not apply to naphtha lamps. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 5 a.m., 64; 2 p.m., 79; maximum, 52; min- imum, 64. irgton, Mr. Hagan said that in his opin- ion the testimony of non-expert witnesses on the subject of handwriting fs of little or no value. Forgeries, to be worth con- sidering at all, must be so well done that they can deceive those who are mercly familiar in a general way with the person’s kandwriting. Forgery is such a fine art that it takes an expert and a microscope to discover it. When wills are forged, he ‘Su the work is sometimes done by ex- perts in the busiress, who become parties to the crime and share in the benefits, but as a rule it is the work of amateurs. Loop Letters. Mr. Worthington then led the witness into the field of letters and directed his at- tention to the matter of final ’ in the Holt letter of 1873, getting him to point cut those that were looped. In :t there were fifteen without and four with loops. In a number of letters that were examined in this way it was found that the propor- to the un- Wortn- repanc tion of the looped final “t's” locped was sixty-nine to five. ington called attention to the d between this condition of affairs and that in the will, where the proportion is one to eleven, with four where the loops are filled in solidly. This is but a fair sample of the minute- nets with which Mr. Worthington conduct- ed the cross-examination. ‘Then the forma- tion of the figures 8 in the date Ines was gone into at length, Mr. Worthington centention being that the 8 in the will is gn exact fac simile of that in the letter of the same date, but unlike any 8 to be found in any of the other letters. The cress-examination was not concluded until 11:20 o'clock. On redirect, the witness reiterated hi opinion as to the genuineness of the w pointing out that even as late as in a 1, let- ter of February 11, 188%, the judge wrote the word “Washington” almost precisely as it is ir the will, the differences being no more marked than between the same words in the will and the letter of the same date. ‘The transparent gelatine film photograph: of the will, the letter of February 7, 1h7 and the one of 1S88 were arranged side b side on the big table in front of the jury and then in such a way that the films could be placed upon the letters, and the jury, two by two, were called out of the box to make an inspection and comparison for themselves. It was slow and rather tedious work at best. Mr. Hagan stood beside the exhibits and pointed out the details that showed similarity. Mr. Worthington fol- Icwed the proceeding with a watchful eye. The other lawyers had nothing at all to do, there wes nothing for the spectators to hear, the stenographers took a rest and Judge Bradley spent the time in conver- sation with Lawyer Mattingly. Mr. Worthington called the witness’ at- tention to the word “standard” in the will end the same word in one of the letters. Mr. Hagan said that one was a very fair representation of the other. Mr. Worthing- ton explained that it was one of their con- tentions that the word in the will, which was at any rate superfluous, had been traced or copied bodily from the word in the letter. Other features were gone into at length in the same way, this sort of testimony oc- cupying the attention of the court until recess. Comparing Words. ‘The redirect examination was continued after recess. The witness again said that he was satisfied that the will was not made by tracing, but that it was written by Judge Holt. He safd that he did not think it was possible for a person to copy cne letter from one word and another from another word, and so make new words. It would be evident on the face of it, and and there would be marks of slowness in the result. Mr. Worthington asked bim if it might not be possible for a person to trace part of a word,.and copy or write in the bal- ance.. He said that it might, but t it would be easy to detect it. Mr. Worthing, ton asked the witness whether he had AASRE She v i MOR. ¥ - Im Letter and in Will. noticed that in the letter of February 7, and in the will, there were phrases containing the same group*of words, only differently combined. In the letter Judge Holt spoke of Blackstone, the legal author- ity, as a “standard of the highest charac ter,” while the will, speaking of Mr. Dev- ln, contains the words, “whose character I believe to be of the highest standard.” ‘The witness said that he had not noticed it, and when his attention was called to it ne said that, in his opinion, there was not a sufficient similarity of writing to prove any- thing. Mr. Worthington then took the transparent photograph of the will and superimposed it over the letter, so “that the words “character” came together, but even so the witness could not be made to admit that one was a fac-simile of the other. The jury were called upon to look for themselves and draw their own conclu- sions. Mr. Worthington asked the witness if he had noticed that there was but a single word of more than one syHable in the will which could not be found in the letters from Judge Holt to the’ Throckmorton family. Mr. Hagan said that he had not. This was followed by more comparisons of words in the will with corresponding words in other letters. Mr. Worthington then called the witness’ attention to the nume “Hynes,” which ap- Pears twice in the will, but Mr. Hagan in- sisted that, in his opinion, there were no mere features of resemblance than one would ordinarily find in the case of a man writing the same word twice so near to- gether. He did not regard them as identi- cal, by any means. Again the jury was called upon to compare the two words by means of the will and the transparent reproduction, so that they might observe the close similarity. jan was a witness years ago in case, and refers to the famous Morey letters in a book he has written on the subject of disputed documents. Mr. Worthington has evidently read at least portions uf that book, for he asked Mr. Hagan this afternoon if he did not pro- nounce those letters a forgery on account oF Occurring Three Times in WiLL. of the fact that a letter “J too exactly with a particular in “James A. Garfleld."" Mr. Hagan said that it was for that and other reasons. Mr. Worthington asked him if he did not ctice a more marked resemblance between ’s'’ in the alleged will than between the which had led him to pronounce the letters forgeries. He said that he corresponded Morey did not. After some further questions on minor details Mr. Hagan was excused, and Mr. Edward W. Sohon, a tocal lawyer, was called as the next witness. Other Witnesses, Mr. Sohon testified that he saw the al- leged will on the morning it was received at the register’s office. He said that, ac- cording to his recollection, the upper two- thirds and lower third of the will were not completely separated at‘that time. Mr. Worthington at this point asked for the will which Miss Hynes, earlier in the week, testified that Judge Holt drew up for her in January, 1886. It was produced, and after Mr. Worthington and Mr. Wilson had read it carefully the former announced that he most certainly did desire that it should go in eviderce. The matter, how- ever, was allowed to go over until tomor- row morning and Mr. E. B. Hay was then recalled to the stand for further examina- tion as an expert on handwriting. He gave additional testimony to prove the genuiness of the will. He was still on the stand when The Star's report closed. — SHOT HER PISTOL. It, However, Proved to Have No Bal- let in It. Mrs. Anna Wade came here from Vir- ginia some time ago to Icok after a ciaim, and she says she is going to return to her Virginia home before long. She lives on B street in a house adjoining the home of Joseph B. Jones, the colored sexton of Dr. Talmage’s church. Last night she made an effort at a premature Fourth of July celebration, and the result was that she was given a trialin the Police Court today. Janitor Jones was the chief witness against her, and he said that last night she came to the window, referred to him and his company as “niggers,” said if they did not keep their mouths she would shoot, and following this he saw a flash and heard the report of a weapon. Mrs. Wade referred to them as “niggers” in court, and Judge Kimball promptly told her that stich language would not be per- mitted. When he said she had called them out of their name she was very much sur- prised, and said she was not aware that she had done such a thing. “Job couldn't stand everything,” she said, “and certainly I haven't the patience of Job.” She said that the noise in front of Jones’ house had proved very annoying. “And,” she said, “I did just what he said.” “And you may have killed somebody,” the judge told her. “I pointed the pistol in the air,” she said, by way of explanation. “That makes no difference,” said the court. “What goes up must come down.” “But there wasn’t any bullet in it.” “That makes a differettces’ but because of your manner here I had concluded to fine you. Mr. Jones, however, asks that I not fine you, and because of his request 1 will take your personal bonds.” She was warned not to’ repeat the of- fense. See Convicted of Assault. John H. Butler, a young colored man, was convicted in Criminal Cort No. 1 to- dey of assaulting John Clancy, an elderly white man, on the avenue in front of the Center Market, the 18th of last month, with intent to kill him, by stabbing him in the face with a knife. The government's testimeny showed that the assault was wholly unprovoked. The priscner was re- po by Judge Cole to jail to await sen- ence. —_—- A Washingtonian Honored. St. John’s College, at Annapolis, Md., one of the oldest and most conservative insti- tutions of learning in the United States, has conferred the degree of doctor of laws on Thomsoa Jay Hudson of this city. WERE NOT TO BLAME) — Coroner's Inquest on the Grade Crossing Tragedy. THE TRAINMEN WERE EXONERATED Some Conflicting Evidence as to the Whistles. WITNESSES HEARD Deputy Coroner Glazebrook held an in- quest at 11 o'clock today over the remains of Willie Jenkins and Freddie Smith, who were killed on the Baltimore and Ohio rail- road, just north of the Florida avenue crossing yesterday, as published in yester- day's Star. At the inquest Mr. S. W. Cur- riden of the Hygienic Ice Company repre- sented the family of the Jenkins boy, as Mr. Jenkins is employed by the ice com- pany. Among those attracted to the sta- tion were a number of boys, playmates of the deceased, and one of them, although only five years old, was present as a wit- ness to tell of the sad fate of his two companions. Edward McCauley, gateman at the Flori- da avenue crossing, witnessed the sad acc dent and was first to reach the dead bodie: He told the jury that he saw the boys when they went out in the country about an hour before the accident happened. ‘There was another boy with them. Wit- ness heard the fast train whistle for th target, and then he heard the dange whistle. He looked up the track and saw the two boys walking along the south-bound track. Presently he saw the incoming train strike one of the boys, and both of them were hurled into the ditch. He thought only one boy was struck. Witness was questioned about the speed of the train, but he said he had no Idea of the speed. He is there to attend to the gates, and he takes no notice of the speed of trains, nor could he tell how many trains pass there a day. “How long have you been in charge of the gates?” “About three months.” Ever had an accident” ‘No, sir.” He is not required, he said, to keep a record of trains passing the crossing, nor is he furnished with a time schedule to give him an idea of the time trains are expected. Saw the Tragedy. William A. McDonald, a track hand in the employ of the railroad company, was at his work on the track yesterday when he witnessed the accident. He only saw one boy. His attention was attracted to the train by the unusual whistling, and he looked just in time to see the boy struck and thrown in the ditch. According to his notion the train was going at the rate of about forty miles an hour. Engineer Henry B. Davis, who lives at 1623 South Charles street, Baltimore, tes- tified that when he was about thirty yare from the place where the accident happen- ed he saw three boys walking next to the track, and he watched them until within twenty-five or thirty feet of them, when cne of the boys stepped upon the ties. Witness then blew his whistle all he could, but the engine struck and knocked him against the other boy. His train left Bal timore at noon, and was due here at 12:4 The train was on time at the time of the accident. Fireman C. Burns gave similar testimony? He was on the leit side of the cab, and saw the boy (Jenkins) when he stepped from beside the track to the end of ties. The engineer blew the whisile, and witness rang the bell when the boy stepped on the tie, and had the boy heeded the warning the engine would not have siruck him. Witness said the train was running at the rate of about twenty miles an hour at the time the accident happened. The engincer did all he could to prevent the ac- cident. Heard No Whistle, Travers McIntosh, a colored painter, who had been out as far as Ivy City to see about a job, was called, and told to tell what he knew of the accident. “The same train that killed the boys came near killing me,” he said. He was with John T. Stewart, and they were walking along the track. The train, he said, was coming so easy that he could not near it, and he thought it was run- ning uncommonly fast. “Did the train whistle?” he was asked. If it did I didn’t hear it,” he answered, “but my friend said he heard the whistle after the boys were killed.” The train, he said, was only a short dis- tance from him when he discovered it was there, and he jumped just in time to save himself. John 'T. Stewart, also colored, testified that he was badly frightened when he saw how near the train was to him. He had not heard any whistle, but was naturally frightened, because he was on the track and looked back only to see the train about 100 yards behind him. “Did you hea: a whistle at any time?” itness was asked. Not until after the boys were killed.” Withers said he did not see the boys on the track, and after the train had passed the gateman called him to where their bodies were found, and said, “My God, look here.” The boys were dead. Heard Whistles. Sidney Tapscott and Cook Nickings, col- ored men, who were working in the ficid at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, testifled that they heard the train whistle near the sound house, and later they heard ihe danger signal whistle. They had no idea about the rate of speed at which the train was running. Edward Durks, colored, was in the field east of the track feeding his horse when he saw the boys walking on the track. They were walking on the outer ends of the ties west of the tracks. He saw a train going out in the direction of Baltimore and presently the incoming train appeared. He could not see them at the instant the train struck them, but he did see their legs as they were thrown down the embankment. Witness heard the train whistle some cis- tance up the track. Was With Them. Theodore Schnaebele, five years oid, who lives In Brewer's court, and was a com- panion of the dead boys, told an intelligent story of the accident. He had been told yesterday morning by the dead boys that they were going out in the woods to gather flowers, and so he went out and they met him out on the track. They were on their way home when a railroad man told them to get off the track. “And what did you do?” queried the cor- oner. “I got off the track, but they didn’t.” He saw the train strike them, he said, and then he called to them, but they didn’t answer, and when he weht over to them they were dead. Theodore said he heard the train whistle once, fut just when he could not tell. Officiay, Exonerated. The jury after a few minutes’ delibera- tion returned a verdict exonerating the railroad employes who were on the train. —__—__ The Zion Conference. The sessicn this morning of the Zion conference began at 10 o'clock, Bishop Hood presiding. The full corps of officers of the conference was announced as follows: Pre- siding bishop, Right Rev. Dr. C. C. 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BAVENNER, ROOMS $ AND 11, ATLANTIC BUILD! HINGTON STOCK EXCHANG! (eEMBEI Real Estate & Stock Broker Direct Wires New York and Chicago. Commission on Wheat, 1-16. Telephone 453. Jet3-214 buliding. Moore & Schley, 80 UMTED WHEELMEN. Warner Elected President by Acclamation, The United Wheelmen were organized last evening at 510 11th street with about a membership of 2. The attendance was large, and considerable interest displayed. On account of it being a purely local or- ganization of all wheelmen, it was decided to have a man at the head who would represent the bicycling fraternity of the city. Accerdingly, the name of Mr. B. H. Warner was placed in nomination, he be- ing in entire sympathy with the movement of the organization. He was elected by acclamation, and a committee consisting of Messrs. Offiey, Larrimore and Pratt was appointed to inform him of his election. Mr. W. M. Offley was elected first vice president, and Mr. William Hayden Hen- shaw second vice president. Mr. F. Pratt was selected to fill the secretary: and Mr. William E. Gettinger, presid the Arlington Wheelmen, was elected treas- urer. There still remain several other of- fices to be filled by election, including four irectors and several committees. | Th will be done at the next meeting, which will be held Wednesday next at 8’ o'clock at the same place. The matter of participating in the pro- posed bicycle parade, which will be neld under the auspices of the League of Ameri- can Wheelmen, was brought up. Consider- able enthusiasm was aroused, and it was decided to turn out and help make the af- fair a success. Mr. W. H. Henshaw was elected as a representative of the associa- tion to attend the public meeting of the committee in charge of the parade, which will be held Monday evening. It is prob- able that the United Wheelmen will make an excellent showing, and have several cis- lnctive features in the parade. ——— Mr. B. HL Private Holmes’ Sentence. Private Albert Holmes, Troop H, 6th Cav- ‘y, who was convicted by court-martial, at Fort Myer, of conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, has been sentenced to confinement at ‘hard labor for a period of two months, and to forfeit $20 of his pay. FSTSSVSESESVBOSSSEG There is no mystery about Sunlight Soap it is simply a clear, pure, honest soap for laundry and household use, made by the most approved processes, and being the best, it has the largest sale in the world. It is made in a twin bar for convenience sake. Use will reveal The Twin Benefits: Less labor Greater comfort. C4 LOLIOD LEO GE IE PLO MAGI D EIDE PLAID IOMOOODIOO MOTD i Lever Bros., 14d, Hodeom and Harrison sts, 3 PLESSIPISSS i é 3 $ i a4 é ; > etessooesecoece]s Washington Safle Deposit Co:, 916 Penn. Ave. You cught to see us new— The improvements hare been completed and our building is a veritable altar. Also- lutely burglar proof. ‘The really fire- proof storage building in Washington, By its location —inte ement and modern protective a It offre you the best possitle facilities for the safekeeping of your personal aud household effects In its secure vaults are 8,000 Boxes of all sizes. If you want a safe place to k » Deposit Iwer— trunks —or boxes of valuables —t) sepa. rate fireproof aults—espectally coustructed for thelr ceception, It re leaving town for the season and Want tc store your furniture—we can provide vou with scparate rooms that are commodious conventeot—burglar proof—fireproof dust proof. If you have pictures you want to put out of harm's way send them to us. We have we- curely protect sd wall space upon which te bang them In a word—we've the mort mod vughly equipp-! stronghold. for the ing of anything and eversthing that's to be found tn th: District of Columbia. 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Telephone 505, THE BEST SECURITIES That can be obtained are those repre- serted by first deeds of trust on real estate in the District of Columbia, valued by ccnscrvative parties. We can supply & Umited nuaber of “eit edge” 6 per cent loans in amounts $500 to $0,000, at par and accrued interest. Drop @ line for our booklet, “Concern tng Loans and Investments.” B. H. WARNER & CO., 916 F St. N.W. The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the mhid from my27-1m District of Colombia. ST. AND NEW YORE AaVB CORNER 15TH Chartered by speciat act of Congress, Jan., 1867, and acts of Uct., 1890, and Feb., 1892 CAPITAL: ONE MILLION DOLLARS. SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Beats safes insite burglar-proof vaults at $5 per anoum upward. Securities, Jewelry, silverware and valuables of all Kinds in owner's packege, trunk or case taken on deposit at modcrate cost, SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits received from TEN CENTS upwant ‘and interest allowed on $5 and above. Loaus money on real estate and collatera: security. Sells first-class real estate and other eccuritics in sums of $300 aud upwad ‘TRUST DEPARTMENT. ‘This company ts a legal Gepestrors for cour: and trust funds, and acte as ndministrator executor, receiver, assignee, and executs trusts of all Kinds. Wills prepared by 4 competent attorney in dally attendance, OFFICERS. BENJAMIN P. SNYDER. THOMAS HY JAMES M. JOHNSTO: THOMAS R. JONES. EF. FRANCIS RIGGS. GEORGE HOWARD ALBERT L. STUR’ CHARLES E. NYMAN. DIRECTORS. -President -First Vice President. -Second Vice President Third Vice President ++ -Treasurer --Assistant Treasurer. Secretary Benjamin P. Snyde Albert L. Sturtevant, Weodiury Elatr, Willlain E. Edaonston, ins, George T. Dunlop, Matthew G. Erery, John Canimack, James M. Johnston, W. Riley Deebie. my22 W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS. Members New York Stock Exchange, 1421 F Street. ce dents of LADENBURG, NHALMANN & ©0., 4c6-164 New York. Tloney at 5 Per Cent. 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