Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-03
Clarence VI. gssrfon Missing,

Clarence VI. Lsarfon Missing.
AND NUMBER OF FORGED ENDORSEMENTS LEFT
BEHISD-THE SIGNATURES OF Mr. wn. DICKSON aNp
Mr. II. .. BoTGLgR CoCNrERFETTEp AND MONEY
RAISED on THE roKGEgIEs
For several days past Whispered rurnors have
been IN circulation that Clarence NJ Barton OF this
CITY, had obtained money on some forged notes. A
STAR reporter was Informed that Mr. Wrn Dick-
sons name had beenfiegaiiy Used and that gentle
man was seen. II appears that Mr. Dickson recayei
notice that note af his hI .,o1e TO protest know
Ing that he A&d note overdue he pro1nptly tnys-
tlgied the matter and discovered that the eu dorSs
lnent upon The note MS 4 forgery. The note Was
mtae payable 10 Clarence Vi. Barton. and Mr. Dick
son hid lo Difficulty IN Identifying Barron as tae
writer ~ Ms name. At nr>J MIR DlcA>On was VERY
reuteat, though not deuyl< that hts name mad
o'+h Forged AT "ls disposed 20 avoid anp.ea>.nt
pdpIcit! 10y paving the Eote dad suffering the loss
ril NH,l n",ice q two other notes going 20 pro5et
retcbtd -lin. and ie .eaTued that oJAt. IOr-eTies
,it', haI 9tea co:ail.tted by Ie same nd. De con
titded 10 lei the matter take It's course.
TFr AMOUNT OF IHE NOTES
The irST note OF which Mr. Dickson had notice
was Tor Sis, the next for SIs5 ana tie third FOR
SiiS, making total ofs4ls. La aG itio 90 this lie
'tS'cr' aimed tb2t his name had been forged as an en-
uofSer Tor Barton t"T 9l0n Barton 10 hroSer
anu offered TO sell his pay account tor the current
month Tne broker slI nc had lost 80 IL tea money
pl mat sort of dealing that he had madea rule it'-
qulltng that every transfer OF n3N account l. him
Sncllt be endorsed py sarGe responsible rDaysgg
barton went ont. aud in short TINE Returned and
presented what purported t. oe Mia. D.cSSga's en-
defsiEe n. and upon II got 800 80 that ia tie az
gree'ite Ee Obtained S5ls by The Use of D:cSsCa :
nihe Mt. iienrr -. B1jeier. no tn the course oi
olsueoS purchased these notes. holds others upon
"ttch Barton obtained money. one Of these l. a
noe pf Barion'S endorsed 10y tieC. ". LlSkey. Wuo
Is sild 10 pe 4 b.otIer-n-lsw of Barton IL Is lot
Known that tins Is forgery and Ia truth tu,, pre-
ottihptlOn Is that IL IS not
NOTE or GEN. BR.DYS
MT Boteier also holds = note for so. endorsed bv
Gen l. }. Brady. which Is thought 10 be genuine.
Gen. Brady says that e Gid Morse note for t!at
amount for Bart0n In a:di ion to these nofes \
ciccA draw a Ia IaVer 9i Barton and signed IN the
nitile oil H. ID. ButciCr WAS casned al tl.e Central
NliioAai eanA- ihI5 > a forgery. Air. BJteltr i, q
r9uIlI uC 'Nto' a sA,t oSlK, ana tie ietr,r i.i-
tatei his sisti c ,-e.y enough to .e; tie cJ, X
NEG VI i.out exciting "y Suspicion al tEc me
his check Mr.. Boz Ter Knows u be .oraery. nirn
rEdiJ u The notes. NJ. Boteler says he doe, u0t
Know theln 10 he fOrcIies but there J. 10 Nl!iH ~
20 the forgery OF the Dickson euGoToi. ..lc.-ts
ii"ifief tne'" are any other fOrLed uDi : or
checko outSi ending Is Hot ysr kn0wA. of course
Mr Dchsen IS aut responsible ara loses nothing
ne i5SN Oh tDH notes, TRicn we're bought on r..p
street al a disc5In, IA Is upOn tie Purchaser ~
boleier, ana The 800 GA pay dccCI1t ttis Ulion the
oiokeI. he BANK must lose the forged checI..
THE BoTELER CHECK.
Mr. II. D. Boteler stated 20 a STAR reporter that
his attention Was called last saturday, at the Ceu-
tral Natloaal INK. TO check for Slip piIrp1rtng
TO have been drawn 10y uim To tae order orc Vi
Barton Ii WAS endorsed In tie Il ,.al way hy Bar
ton The Si-nIturp OF II. Botaier MSS q tlrrel-y
Mr. Boteisr stated tllJ h did rot know 10 what
extent Thee fgT-a-ieS had been rrioa on tgt
uiiie'Stooi that tle-e considerable IauGuleAt
paper eAt9nt
B,RToE NOT 70 BE ToUNn.
Barton Is not 10 be found. ana II is presumed he
has left this part of the country He told MS fam
i!y he was going into Maryland On a hunting eZpe-
dition. Nothing j. known rs 10 his whereabouts
nat recent ~ ne made good many inquiries about
t;St Gnnisoef' o;i5 Ing that Ee0re,euUatige hoax
wanted MIN 10 20 down there and take charge Uf a
newspaper This, however. may have been Ulini
10 Glload Any VINO il ghr undertake To follow him
tlieiit 4 babe 0als a few Wees old
There w}S ruUlor in circulation that the name
OF Mr Davll Windsor. of Alex .ndIia. had ALSO
turned up On a no1e or TWO OF Barion's, but tnis
could not be verified.
bartoa, Tor several years. was connected with
different morning papers In the capacity of news
edltor he ielt the employ OF the National Reg.t
Nc0" lew months ago and tC-k position Ia the
Navy department.. he was quite prominent as a
poillclaA IN days when Suifr&.,e prevailed here.
he become CO.'S .lcuouS about year ego by taa
part ne Played ia tae Soteldo tragedy.
Mr.. BARTON ABSENT From DUTY
Inquiries at the Navy depar,nent. where Mr.
Barton has recently been employed as a sl2Jo
since the day after Christmas. Comnodore VII
son chief or the bureau OF construction aul repair
IN when Barton i L cefK. sent 10 Ills home this
morning aSNany why Mr. Barton l. absent from his
he had g0n" 10 Baltimore. AL le department Mr..
HlrtGu ; conduct was iEreprpacaabe. and h always
attended TO his duties promptly and luteLgeutIy.
Nothing was known there o. his ported bad con-
duet.
Mr.. Barton. who was much distressed on hear
li:s these reports, SAYS tlIt she knew nothing
Whatever about the matter bGt that Mr.. Barton )
frIenos VIII MAKE up ali deiciencieS.