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(Testimony of Alwyn Cole)
Mr. Cole.
absence of any part rising above the arched part of the letter on the writing line, and the circumstance that the body of the letter or arch, as it is shown here on the photograph 789, is not brought all the way into the staff, it is made almost as a pure arch form with no movement in here towards the staff, which is the same movement we have here on chart A, item 3 in the word "port," repeated also on item 4, and in the two "p's" of item 2. Now, there is a distinctive method of making the connection between the letters "0" and "r," by drawing a very straight line, horizontal line almost exactly paralleling the base 0£ the word across from the letter "0" to the "r" on the photograph 789, and this movement is also repeated on chart A, items 3 and 4, in the combination letters "or," also in item 2 in the same combination of letters.
This writing demonstrates the habit in' the figure "5" of a considerable exaggeration of the final stroke of the letter, or the cap stroke, a horizontal stroke at the top of the letter observed on the photograph 789, and shown in several places in the standard writing, some of which have already been mentioned, one being on chart C, item 7, and on chart B, items 1 and 9, the figure "5."
Also in this writing, we find that highly distinctive "x" form in the word "Texas," involving the production of a shallow U-shaped form with the crossbar passing across the second point of that U-shaped form for the word "Texas." This is the basis for my conclusion that the questioned writing on the money order is in the hand of the author of the standard writing.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Mr. Cole, I now hand you Commission Exhibit 135, which, for the record, consists of the purchase order to Seaport Traders from "A. Hidell" for the revolver which was used in the murder of Officer Tippit.
Mr. Cole, have you examined Commission Exhibit 135 to determine whether it was produced by the author of the standards in this case?
Mr. Cole.
I have.
Mr. Eisenberg.
What is your conclusion?
Mr. Cole.
It is my conclusion that this handwriting is in the hand of the person who produced the standard writing.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Have you taken a photograph of 135?
Mr. Cole.
Yes, sir; I have.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Would you produce that, please?
Was this photograph prepared by you or under your supervision?
Mr. Cole.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Is it an accurate reproduction of 135?
Mr. Cole.
It is.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Mr. Chairman, may I have that admitted as 790?
Representative Ford.
It may be admitted.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 790, and received in evidence.)
Mr. Eisenberg.
Mr. Cole, could you explain your reasons for your conclusion by reference to the charts 784 A, B, and C, and to the photograph, 790?
Mr. Cole.
On the photograph 790 I invite attention to the first line of hand-printing, which has a long horizontal line drawn through it. Toward the ends of that line there is an amount which appears to read "$1.35," and I draw attention to the form of the dollar sign, which sign has already been mentioned in other writing, and here we find that same feature of subordinating the S part of the dollar sign to the crossbars, the crossbars being, or the verticals being made in such a way as to practically obliterate the S-shaped part. There, again, that is a feature of writing habit of the author of the writing on 790 which corresponds with the habit in the standard writing shown on chart B, item 6, second line, in the amount "$2.00."
Next, I draw your attention, in the approximate area as that just discussed on 790 there, to the amount "29.95." Now, with respect to the form of the figure "2" we observe a rounded cap or top to the letter and a rather prominent loop to the base, and it is observed that the leftward extension of the cap of the letter is considerably short of the amount of leftward motion across the base. This corresponds to the form and placement of parts as shown in the standard writing chart B, item 1, in the combination "2915."
In that same amount, on the photograph 790, again we observe the exaggerated
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