The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-19

ny NWfff tf'ef1frONN from those who
ninant Of them ut the time. all but ono of whom
are still living. nnd by copies priuted from,
The plat" ut It's different stages. apprar clearly
in the marriage ccitincnio, which the claimnnt
swcHrs was rHdo out Nov. 49, 1868 and has
bcnn in her possession over since
, o,rtbut TINS seemingly conclusive testimony
The claimants counsel have since produced tS0
further marriage certificates. bear me- date. onn
May Is 1903. the Other in August. 1852, bearing
1h thelr iar" the identical characteristics which
claimants certificate spurious In the nrst
rns' lney produce the records from NJ. Ambrose
church IN New York. Of which the Raw DR.
Cuun is now rector. and prove that il WINS an
tered at the date Of the mnrringc Showing that
hr matriaE! WIS performed 10y the Rev. Fred
orick sill A witness swoars that hc ,nmr into
possession Of Il along with other effects Of the
mother Of the lady then married and has Ind il
over x nee. In mo rnsn NJ the corr n.ni" dotcd
IN August 1869 they produce the man then
married and u Subscribing witness. both VI
"h"m identity 1t AZ genuine.
suspicious circumstance brought up by
tur counsel Tor the Will to show that thore
Of Low,s's million is the fact that ihcy have
shown her to hnvo been connected with tho
Sa'ins. Charles saca may hc rcmcmbcrod
~ mo founder ~ the Paisnle Insurance
company in J"rscy City, which did husinrss for
q short time about four years AGO. on secure
Tics altrrwnrd found by the Insurance Depart
NJ ~ to hc fraudulent. Sh'ia lay in the Hudson
County iHil Tor n time but escaped punishment
on the plea of insanity Hrnpponrs to have re-
covered hls reason since his escape. Tor II has
been testified thnt he offered witness s3OpO To
testify iu lrhnl Of the widow" HIS son, Mark
IT,
Yesterday. Nov. IL the twentieth anniversary
ol lh" alrEri marriage, some oi the most inn
Within r. II F~rn foTmalrifyN ConpWiv vas AiI ,df
aud County clerk. and now serving hi4 SECOND
i'frl as county Irwsurrr ~ Inenhontas Couu-
~. Iowa. sworr tNHt Marcus r. Snciu VIVA clerk
iu tho County Clerks office there Tor three
Es-ats, down TO 1865 and produced n book
100 Sl.in's handwriting In the records No.
Iramd. iu vuClnn- places. the name oI Fthrid.c
VI Fish. The lohokrn Justice ulcscn 10 have
d % HHtN .f
aud nlni ny the c,rtin.atc. The Witness know
nan after b" moved To Iowa. AMI knew that
Sacia WIS iutWuic with him. lie had seen
Saciu. u't' Fi-h'- death. tracing III signature
On paper held nv against "a pane Of glass. Tho
Disputed murringc certificate having been
SHOWN ~ MN. he swore positively that the
lHudwriung was Sacia's and not Fsh's with
both ot which he was familiar. he Identified
nearly hundred papers az being i'm Sacas
Handwriting some ~ them show him i'm cor.
r,Trunirn' with notorious iorggrs. and among
them were some showing that Fish hpd hecn
connected with him In other questionable trims
actions. Mr. N"Ewcn also identified specimens
OF Fisl handwriting for mparisan H. de-
scrlhrd how SUrin came To leave locahontas
County. He. us Justice Of the Peace was called
upon To issue "a warrant for the arrest Of SRcia
purporiine to 10 6on a'' q lyon lyon Cou pG,s
Iowa Sncia managed TO clude the sheriff and
duced letter written 70 him 10y Sacia immc-
dint'ly aterward. claiming that he was not
liable In punishment for perjury hccnuse thcr"
WIS no such couniy in Iowa rs Lyon County.
HIS letter further complains that his trunk had
boon broken open and the brass seal used In
preparing the bogus honds taken from t tn h,
usel In evidence against him. The seal was
| produced and Identified hv the witness Ms
! having been given IN him 10y CaurhoU who
! tuoA % from SI'ias trunk and lodged tho COM
/ PAINT against him. lthears the words. County
! 81 Lyon, Iowa. with a dryic" representing "a
! Sh"W ~ wheat and agricultural implements.
/ otn"r papcrs We're proved showing Saria 90
nave hccn concerned in transactions with l.. G.
/ Brown. also ~ pnruhUntus who WIS suspe,tod
oi being implicated with Sacia in connection
/ with The spurious bonds. and dveamlcd with
/ him. Letter from "a In was identified. in
which he earnestly regrets the absence Of Mr.
] u, who's" testimony he Dies red in some suit
| The witn' 81 believed the MIR. b. was Bernhardt
deois. ID" '''' - '''''''''"'' ''' '''N'""
/ Considerable expert testimony will be offered
/ on the suwcd OF the alleged forgery at future
/ Joshua Benson 81 Hohoken used 10 20 fish
/ iue with Mr.. Lewis. and paid him II good deal
/ OF attention. which Mr.. Lewis promised 10 re-
| quit" IN his Viii but. taking uml bragg at some
| OF Benson's dealings. failed TO do 80. He de-
! tailed number Of Mr.. lewiss eccentrirtics IN
| mental uusCundness H. once took Mr.. Lewis
told him h. would set himself crazy. Lewis
replied: "Thesc figures are my God"
II the counsel for the will should succeed in
establishing the claim that all the testimony
brought against IL Is tho result Of a conspiracy
| ne ease will rank among the most curious Of its
| kind on record. The case Of Lady lvry. report
| ed in the State Trials Is somewhat parallel.
| She claimed possession OF large estate. pro-
ducing n lease for 800 years made In the limo
| husband written Pulp. King OF Spain"
She nifsrcd in evidence the abb cation Of Charles
/ '. OF Spain, but il did not tako effect until the
day uitcr tho date OF her lease. arr IL was shown
iint untl Il took, elict Philip was called
| Prince ~ Spain and he was 50 named IN
several deeds produced on the trial.
lq Miss ,Edgcworth novel called Patronage"
| n Will ~ described rs being contested. IN which
| the deccdeut had taken tho precautOn To put a
slNprnre under his seal When the sealing WAX
was removed in court from the contested will q
sl5p"nee was found, but upon examination y
/ appeared that the siNpence was Of coinage OF
! later date than the will. which was therefore
shown to be fraudulent.
] A case somewhat similar was that OF Harrison
agt. Nrroland. tried In Jersey City n fow years
! ago. Mrs, Harrison fret sued the o"togenarian,
/ George Nreclaud, for seduction ana breach OF
| promise OF marriage. Failing IN that. she pro-
! duccd. after mis- death. several bonds which
/ she claimed be had given her. amounting I'm all
! e. fjpOJu Only one Of these. n bond otSlO.OOO.
! contained revenue stamp. but IL was OF great
I hrmrd another bond 81 $4,000. MIR. Conrad
/ Jordan cashier 81 the Third National Bank OF
/ New York, advised the counsel 20 consult Mr..
/ Carpenter. who got up all the revenue stamps.
/ from which the stamp in question was en-
graved. and showed that IL WAS not drawn until
after the date AZ which the bond containing II
| purpoUed 10 hay, been made:
Tho case In NHrreu's Ten Thousand
Year - in which tho nrm 81 Quirk. Cannon
/ SNAP secured 10 Tttlebat Titmousc. for time
/ possession Of n lnrge English estate on treti-
/ mony nlt"rwurd shown 10 have been mRnuiac-
/ turei, has a feature somewhat similar. whore
/ u becomes necessary 10 show that an heir who
I In LINK ia the chain Of the defendants title
/ transaction, and whore Qulrk furnishes him
self m advance with an antique design ~ AN
/ OIL. tombstone recording the death ot the indi-
/ yl!utd whose existence Was u bar 10 the success
/ OF tno claimant.
TRE SGI, ono CHECK FORGERT.