The sun., 1878-10-13
PRICE THREE CENTS.
TRIED FOR FORGING A WILL.
THE ALLEGED Plot TO GET MILLION
ARE WHITAKER's MONEY.
witnesses Telling Of the Spurious Documess
Draned and signed In this City-The Seal
md Where n was Purchased In New York-

witnesses Telling Of the spurious Docume~s
Draned and signed In this City-The Seal
md where II was Purchased In New Tork.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 12-wm. E. Dicker-
SON. Herman G. Pute. and Joel vanarsdalen.
the lawyers accused OF having forged the will
OF Robert Whitaker. a millionaire business
man Of this city, were taken into the Court OF
Quarter Sessions this morning on writ OF
hnbeas corpus. Mr.. Whitaker was killed acci-
dentny on the Pennsylvania Railroad in Au-
gust last near his country residence In Bristol.
No sooner had Dickerson heard OF his death
than he telegraphed to the Register OF Wills In
this city asking him not to receive any will pur-
porting TO be signed by Whitaker until he
tDickerson) should have had a chance to file
what he claimed TO DO the only genuine one.
Within few days Dickerson filed will. which
left 10 ench Of the heirs the ptiful sum Of
$4,000. named Shectz and Wegus. two men said
10 he unknown to the heirs. ms executors. and
made Dickerson counsel to tho estate, giving
him full power to control 1t as he pleased. inde-
pendent Of the desires OF the executors.
! Tho estate is estimated at from 81 .000.-
600 to s1500000 The heirs Immediately
took stops TO checkmate Diokerson By
| putting the case into the hands OF Pinkerton's
h ssen Gen eeg"1 Hb s5
! his connection with Pultc and Vanarsdalen.
1t was ascertnined that they mad taken rooms
! 2sth Of August. with two other men. and that
!hScy had s 9 sea Engraved wlih ~ AN an old English
the same city. II was also ascertaned that.
while at Frenchs Hotel. the three prisoners,
! concoctod con- document which the detsc-
tiyes ui,"S believed to be- the ,snnuriops vii
a ss on thu "a ss os
| mad the seal above mentioned IN his pocket. and
whom Pute was searched he showed some
newspaper rcmarking You don't want that
surely The officers insisted upon examinins
trouble by finding that one, Of ts, blank
margins was g.yered wlIhasmall KS. which
peculiar r't to the late Mr.. WhitHEsr. The % news.
paper US held as an important piece o. cyl,
dence. We detectives declaring that the k's"
Mr.. Whitaker's signature.
In court today the Commonwealth was rep.
than seven lawyers. SO that the array Of legal
talent was FULLY, equal. IN numbers At least. to
ney Hagert had four assistants. and Messrs.
Macmiller. Bregy. Hepburn. Harris. and three
bSs 9 Rssr hs sT % %s Ss %s,.s ss
swore that Dickerson flled the will in person.
and that he sfterward appeared. with the ef-
c"utors named in 1t. and asked to have II ad-
Lemucl c. Lcwins. an officer Of the Northern
Liberties Bank. said he did not believe that tho
signature on the Dickerson will was genuine.
It was not free and flowing enough; Then Mr.
| LeWluS utScTlDeQ several OtlleT OtIectS 10 tno
forgery, such ns tho forming Of the " W and
the h. and said that the It" and the r"
Morris hewlett. a son of one Of the alleged
witnesses TO the will. said that to the best Of his
knowledge and belief the signature OF the win
was not that OF his father tHis father is dead.)
George Rowlett another son. was Of the same
stephen n. Barbour testified that Pulte called
upon him and asked him TO be a witness to q
Will pr4n%sing to pay him well for MS ser,
| NauurHdalep panor bearing the signature OF
Rowlett. He was offered 81 900 to sign the viii.
OF 81 ine SIntst tS fSsi
~ % you believe in God ?" he was asked.
Can't say that do" he replied.
hersaftor by God ?"
What is your belief as to punishment here
T.. " | believe all the punishment we ever receive
=" Do you believe that punishment will be in
niSted x Gnd or nc G2d OF nature for viola
% never used this book nor kissed II In my
me- was co,r M preRiyas re witness picked up the
ishment there is or can be is that inflicted BY
The witness stepped down. being declared in
subsequently. he was recalled, and. having
Acknowledged that. although he had no belief
in future punishment he still felt that wicked
man must suffer through his conscience his
testimony was ADMITTED. He related the stor,
ssd 2a1fT aSa SF'Bse1s SSnF Ar RS pur
chase Of the seal the party went 10 the hotel and
sat down at table. There the conversation
was about will. and it was Mt this time that III g
document WAS drawn up. He subsequently Oh
tained possession of some OF the papers used
on that OCCASION as well as Of n roll OF tape sim
Lar TO that attached TO the Dckerson will.
These, he acknowledged on cross I'M IN on
he sold to Detective Franklin for $500 although
he had at first asked 81 900. Schoneld and Pulte
did the writing, but all he knew about II was
that It was will. Before the seal was used he
marked II so that he would know il again. OF
the money received for the papers he gave tl0C
TO Pultc. and sl25 10 Scho1eld
The prisoners were remanded. hut the bail
wns reduced to ~ 600 in tho case Of Dickerson
5000 in that OF Nanarsdalen. and SIS 900 in tn at
Of Pute. Previously they had been held in
$4,000 each.