The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-05

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paper called the mining title was shown wilnessl
" Ans lie never wrote like that.
Qaes. Why sob
Ans TheTubIies is made by some person who had
trembling hand. and Governor Reyes wrote boldly Not
single signature here looks like his. Senior Guzman
spells his name with a ~ and not an s."
Here are three most intelligent and respectable gentle.
men, all FAMILIAR with the subject GALL found accidentally
IN our country on their busness) who all concur IN
proving IN the clearest way The forgery OF every signature
10 those papers and strange 10 cav not os SINGLE witness
has appeared on The other eide support Their genuine
ness The forgery is thus, il were, confessed not
beng disputed BY particle OF evidence, as indeed il
could not be. +
The Senate commissioners were not permitted 10 testi
about the signatures Of all these papers, the seals
although they were all fully prepared to do 80 from ac-
iua personal observation made during these inyesiiga-
have already stated that each one OF the dispositions
has attached TO the signatures OF Julian de los Reyes
as governor, and LUIS GuZman secretary OF State of
the State of San Luis Poosi Each one, you will OBJ
serve, has Tubric to It, You told that rubric is
IN Mexico an integral and essential part OF mans sig
nature; and some papers have been shown TO you
where the is printed, and where the rubric is The
only part OF the signature which is written A rubns TO
mans signature just as requisite in Mexico seal
10 title deed is here. II there be no seal there is no
deed II there be no rubTic there is no signature,
Judge Aguilar has also OF ea the signature OF
Santiago Gomez, aud he ponounces also 10 be forged
Here the District Attorney exhibited 10 the jury pieces
OF tissue paper which accurately traced the sig
natures OF Julian de los Reyes and Luis GlZman, anthem
caing The signature OF francisco Fernandez TO the min
successive signatures OF the persons auhencaing
the othcia certificates 10 The dispositions accompanying
the mining hte TO correspond 10 hairs breadth in every
particular The District Attorney handed TO the jury
piece OF blank tissue paper, which be suggested
them TO trace the signatures OF Reyes and Guzman the
mining tiue and then apply to their signatures the
deposluons Before TIE jury retired they made the
pertinent 8.
| The DisrRcr ATTORNEY. All these signatures, gen.
tlemen, are made IN precisely The same way. There is
not hairs breadth oil difference in any part Of the
or rubrcs This test demonstrates beyond The possib
ity OF doubt, that these papers forsees. II any Of
YOU gentlemen will max the experiment you will find
that you cannot make flourish such as any OF these.
any Two times alike Here all the nourshes exactly
alike II you look TO the rubrc the original, you will
observe that there is lremulous appearance about it,
which attracted the attention of the witnesses II not
the RIGHTEOUSNESS of an old inirm hand, but that
sort OF rreguafiy which arises from tracing any writing
Besides, the persons whose names signed 10 them
all men IN the Prime of HE As 10 the forgery of the
SEAL all three OF these witnesses testified clearly that,
and declared that these forged seals DO the least
resemble the genuine one You will recollect how Mr.
Arrangoz pointed out the radical faults OF these clumsy
limitations, as 10 the eagle and the snake-"he latter
being always cuiched by the claw OF the former on
Mexican dollar" &c.; and these witnesses are all as
familiar with the seal as with the signatures, and
more
Judge AguiIar also testified that he was acquainted
with the signature of Bruno O!avde (lhe acade before
whom the pretended dispositions of Ochoa and Gomez
hled with the mining title purported TO have been made)
from having seen proceedings progress and
acted in The OF Guadalcazar in which courts
Olavde was writer, with his signature and that no
question was raised about il.
" Cues Ask him to look al the signature OF Bruno
Oavde and say whether OF not, IN his opnion II is true
or falssi "a sa.r
Ans In his opinion it is not true, bu, false"
i II Is thus IN proof that IN the mining title and depos
ions accompanying IT. the signature OF Francisco Fer
nandez was forged once; the signature of Gov Reyes
SIX times; the signature Of Secretary Guzman six
The signature OF Bruno Oavde twice. and the seal of the
State OF San Luis potosi six times.
We have here twenty one acts OF forgery proved, be.
yend all dispute, the defendant in supper, Of (xha is
la kuIfn
Axere ever brought into court Can you believe, for
moment, that man who to what is would, ia
support OF his oath, commit one forgery much
wade in sea OF forgeriesi He has committed forgery
alter forgery and yet you asked to believe thai his
oath TO the memorial was oath The defendant has
brought M Maher court and he tells YOU The mining
title and depositions the Official signatures to which pur-
port TO be authenticated by Governor Reyes and Secretary
Guzman. were brought TO him al Monterey by George A.
Gardiner this accused man, and Dr. Mears These pa
pers are thus shown to have been IN The possession OF
Gardiner the 26th OF August 1885, in the republic OF
Mexico, whittier he had gone in order 10 get additional
testimony Tor the purpose OF supporting and increasing
his claim. They were brought to Washngon flied with
the board Of commissioners and acted upon BY them The
award by which he got his money founded on them
You know that the crime OF forgery not confined TO the
mere manual act OF forging paper IL would be ne
cessary, even II the defendant trial before you
on the indictment! for forgery TO prove on him the manual
act OF forgery. he uttered the papersthai is, made
use OF ,hem he published them In any way, he would
| be gully on the forgery indictment.
There is singular circumstance connected with these
papers va looking al Them, will perceive that they
not only authenticated by Governor Reyes OF the
State OF San LUIS Poos but also by Pedro Jose Garcia
governor OF San Leon. Mr.. Matber, our consul in the
Sa,e OF New Leon, testified as follows:
"Mr May Who brought the paper 10 you
sans. | think Dr. Gardiner was one OF the parties
"Ques. Who was the other
"Ans. Dr.. Mears. Or. Mears introduced me 10 the
gentleman whom he called Dr. Gardiner al the time that
this paper was presented 10 me.
Cues, You did not see The governor secretary sign
that paper
uAns No air. il WA bror, ht "a M. with iha;r
lures attached to it,
"Ques. You believed il 10 be their signatures, and
therefore pm, the consulate seal upon IL
"Ass Yes SIR; had doubt OF its being genuine
when gave the certificate
Cues. DO you know anything about The seals and
signatures OF the authorities OF San Luis poiosil
"Ans No, sir, do not
"Ques. Did you read the papers at the time
Ans read, 80 lar as the certificate conce rned.
The defendant. them had these forged papers in bis pos
session on the 26th OF August, 1850, in Mexico where
he bad gone order 70 obtain the additional evidence
be filed before the boatd OF comm ssoners In the alb
sence OF any other evidence, conclude that Gar
diner himself forged them but whether he forged them
or not, he made OF tbem-he Published them-which
Is precisely The same hing This, If there other
reason, would remove all doub, OF his guilt
will now call your attention TO the want OF compli.
with the various laws of Mexico in tho auihenli
csiions oil these papers. The fret set OF Dispositions
were authenticated in different way from the second
set The latter DISPOSITIONS, which we are now look
ing at, are authenticated by Reyes and then by Garcia
Here the signature oil governor is certified 10 by
another Would you not, gentlemen. consider ii mos,
exraordns thing to paper signed BY the governor
OF Maryland carried Virginia be authep