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Show KfTKI WILL EI HIS EXPERT TESTIMONY on MOH At the close of the second week In the J. H. Martin trial, the end Is not yet In eight. It was agreed this morning, morn-ing, however, that, with a short day of court today, the direct examination of the witness Kytka would be closed after an hour's examination Monday morning, at which time the cross-examination will be taken up. Attorney Chrlstensen for the defendant says he does not expect to take up much time in the examination and that it likely will be concluded Monday evening. Attorney Loatherwood expected to get through with his direct examination examina-tion yesterday afternoon but more time was taken In showing the Jury some of the letters under Investigation Investiga-tion than was anticipated. After adjournment ad-journment yesterday, the expert witness wit-ness looked over his notes and. When he came to the stand this morning, was prepared to make better time in the examination. The jury this moraine took the hearing hear-ing in a matter-of-fact way but gave strict, attention to the explanations and Illustrations made by the witness-They witness-They all were In good humor, as were the attorneys, and the defendant appeared ap-peared to be feeling well and said that the soreness in his throat had almost entirely left and that he was back to his normal condition. His wife w'as In the court room but she occupied a seat in the auditorium. She has not sat by his side at any time during the progTeBg of the trial, due to the fact that all witnesses for the defendant, as well as those for the state, were barred by order of the court at the beginning of the trial from being In the court room while witnesses testifying testi-fying to matters they will be called upon to testify to are on the stand. The court stated that witnesses, other than the experts, could remain in court while the expert testimony is being given . Mrs. Martin will be a witness In the case for the defendant. Most of the time this forenoon was consumed In the consideration of the lower case letter "t" Including, particularly, par-ticularly, the crossing of the letter. Mr. Kytka stated that there were found In the blackhand letters and In the questioned writings nearly 300 "t's" and in their construction there were five forms. All the "ts" approached the base line and had the appearance of being flat at that point, there being but a slLcht opening at the bottom, which formed a base for the nearly perpendicular perpen-dicular stroke reaching to the top of the letter. The variations In the letter let-ter were found in the manner of making mak-ing the cross. In the first form the "t" was crossed noar the top and the horizontal bar completely intersected the perpendicular stroke: in the second sec-ond form tho cross was above the letter, let-ter, In the third form it was made to the left of the stem, barely Intercepting Intercept-ing it, and in the fourth form the cross was made in the same way, only to the right hand side of the stem. The fifth form was not crossed at all, the witness claiming that there were three of such letters that came under his observation. The first form, Mr. Kytka said,' were formed habitually whilo the others were exceptions. Continuing his testimony respecting the "ts" that wore not crossed, the witness called attention to them in the exhibits, but. undei- a rather leading lead-ing inquiry on the part of Attorney Chrlstensen, he said that he was unable un-able to locate them. In fact the "ts" he pointed out to have no cross were discovered to be crossed. Kytka said that under the magnifying glass the cross w'as discernible but that he had depended on his naked eye. He promised prom-ised that he would make another examination ex-amination of the "ts" with a view to pointing out the one ho had considered consider-ed as an exception. The final "g" In a number of words in the exhibits were pointed out In two distinct forms, the bowls of which were alike. The dissimilarity was shown to be In the strokes below the base line. In one, tho first down stroke from the ba60 line was elongated elongat-ed and the final curve made a complete com-plete loop back to a point near the base line, practically Intercepting the downward line. In thether the down stroke from the base line wras shorter short-er and the final curvature was simply a "hook," as the witness called it The examination on the "g" w-as brief, as was also the illustrations on the dollar mark. There were two forms shown In this character, the first form being made by drawing- two upright bars parallel to each other, with but a slight 6lant to the right and an "S" "squeezed In between them," as slated by the witness. This character predominated pre-dominated by a large majority of times In the writings, Mr. Kytka said, the other form being made but a few times; The second form was said to be made In pretty much the same w-ay as the first one except that the "S" between the upright bars "bulged out a little at the lower part of the char-actor." char-actor." The latter part of the examination proceeded rapidly and at 12.30 the court adjourned until Monday morning morn-ing at 9 o'clock, when the expert will be placed on the stand for further direct examination. In Illustrating the small letter "o", the witness stating that It was a "pear shape" In almost every Instance and that It was closed at the top. The expert witness L. R- Conely of Salt Lake testified that the "o" was made with a long down curve and a jhort upcurve. the stroke coming together to-gether at a point below- the beginning of the first stroke, but Mr. Kytka did not gh this characteristic to tho letter let-ter in his explanations. The figures 2, 5 and 3 were considered consid-ered in their various characteristics and forms, all of them being represented repre-sented In a flowing and elongated form. There were two forms of the figure 2 and 5 and three of the figure 3, shown to be present In both handwritings. hand-writings. The figures 5 had an enlarged en-larged final curvature at the bottom and the last stroke on the top of the figure slanted upward In a marked degree. The figure was made in a running hand, nearly all the strokes being In the form of loops and curves. The "J" was elongated but with defined de-fined curves at the top and bottom. Yesterday Afternoon. Yesterday afternoon the letters O. R. Y. A and E wero considered and the expert given a free hand to explain ex-plain them before the Jury-In Jury-In the letter "O" the expert said there were a number of charactcrls-' charactcrls-' tics found In both the letters written in blackhand and also In the writings , of Martin. There was the closed "O" and the open "O," the one with the long down curve and the one with the long up curve In the "O" there were disclosed four characters - of forms, the running "R." the ono In which tho up-stroko retraced the perpendicular per-pendicular first stroke, the one starting start-ing In its formation from the top of the upright bar and running in a rounded stroke over and above tho first stroke, and the one starting with a horizontal bar at the beginning of the letter at the top of the perpendicular perpendic-ular stroke. In the final lower-case "y." Kytka explained two distinct types as he called them, one with a lower stroke, below the baso line, having an angle of about 45 degrees and tho other being almost perpendicular. The first one he called "habitual" and the other oth-er "exceptional " He also told of the peculiar formation of the word "you" which he said occurred In the questioned ques-tioned letters about 292 times and In the Martin letters about six times. He contended that the slope of the upstroke In the lower loop of the "y" was directed exactly to the upper curve of the "o" which was not connected con-nected with the first letter In "you.'' In the capital letter "A" he explained ex-plained three habit forms and an exception. ex-ception. The "habit" forms were rounded and either closed or opened at the top. The exception "A" was made by beginning the letter at the top or apex and extending the downward down-ward stroke to the base line where a left curvature was given, the balance of the letter being made by a perpendicular per-pendicular stroke from the apex to the base line and connecting the two by a straight horizontal har. The capital "E" was shown to he In two forms, each of which was quite similar. They were of tho elongated elongat-ed type of "E" and were distinctive In the addresses of envelopes to L. R Eccles, David Eccles and R. E. Bristol. These "Es" were made, the expert claimed. In a short curvature at the top with a slight loop curve at the point of divergence between the upper and lower curves of the letter. The lower curve of the main letter was exceedingly long and the final curve rather sharp, and heavily shaded at the termination. -on |