Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-08
BOGUS SIGNATURES.
4 MAN WHO MADE A FORTUNE BY
SELLING FORGED AUTOGRAPHS.
Initiating the writing OF Washington and
Franklin and Disposing OF Fradu-
lent Letters Till He Had Glut-
ted the Market.
lphiladelphia Press.l

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unnaue'pn'a
the most expert forger Q, autograpns
sspeclaly Oh ene s'gna.uIes VI u'se,ns .sa
americans, VINO ever imposed upon 'ne
pupho' carried on ms operacions ior many
years IN .nnaueipnia, Isceiveu nis onv
punishment from one OF tne county cour.s,
ana az iast olea mere IN greao poyery'
lespioe sne greae pron.s Oh us wronsuo,us
y. coieo''ons oony,u
ns iv,sou ''s""'uio' u ""s"'"s'o" ""''
'r pns , $50 .,,as. H.,
ooore oPrns, as 'n,s .orsel cs ... IN -
seil, was VI Ensnsn pi'sn an o s,, "
aavo sprung iro'n an oiu non''sn 'ay "
l laN, ne was o., niuu's'ou ,s "a
~ ~ wnoA aovuv y,,, Ina" ap,nns,
w" JUN pouue,,
: us'ice wo,A Juse puo''s .s ""s ~ s.oa'
ue"anus Spring was III Vuo'e uay VII
parsSiveiy nones., anu ne '.aVe n,' on no,so-
JACK through ennsy,vania, sm n, vuo
oaronnas, 1eorgia' nen'uoky anu ie ,,'
see meeung WIN greac success III sehlpg
MS BOOKS 70 lustices ana lawyers was
WINE on tnis long tour tnac ne peca"e ac-
quainted with new business, tne purchase
ana SAFE OF rare DOCKS ana autographs
A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.
His great opportunity. however, ana tne
event which suggested his forgeries, occurred
about the year 1890. Then, at sale IN
baltimore OF the accumulated paper OF an
old banking house, Spring bought cart
load Oh waste paper. In IL he found Tort
une IN the shape OF quantity OF chec KS OF
zen. washington on tne Aiexandria oank,
anu an, On pank Vi u,scoun. anu eepos,o AZ
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manutaceule, sucn az was useo III 'nis 'oun
ny uncli a,oor .ne revoiu1lon,
ing cneoAs, wni . nun y, psreu huhuleus auu
suo io..els, =, wnion suoio WIZ sooios, WIZ
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venvou WIN 'nen ., sals ie IIos.es
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c1aues ana Canaca, staeing now chey came
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eAper' can ueveo. ene irauo was a' ou'o
siinp'o anu ingenuity
ThAolNS THE siGNArohEs.
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washstand, with round hole In the top, in
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Soun a.. suo ~. S'an pa'eu pane " slas'
ovor .ne nole' ovsr .uis q senu,ne asnus
vou s'sn" Tu auo W. SniS sueeo " o'a"N
paPoi' neh ueneash .ne slass no p,aceu
lamp anu uai A1neu sne ioom nus 'uo
s.E"suy was .,a1 uou rom oo ,i,ei.
ano oou,a sassy 20 uuoeu on .ne oln ',.A
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's ''sna.u'e Wv" Wv, as luon ease as us owu.
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