, 1886-12-18

lu Yesterday evening 5 Iit6ll1C IrOi.
/, y. stanton published 4 card to-wit
Forgery--Who Did IL
Editor OF The Tribune
Edgar =. W Ilson, register of the United
States land office, Cheyenne, has sent to
the honorable commissions of the gen
eral land office an affidavit rejecting ON my
character, alleged to be signed by John
A. Apperson, Of Cheyenne, which
Mr.. Apperson denies ever hay
ing signed and says it is a for
gerry and that the statements in it are
utterly false. 1t rests with Wilson. if he
did not forge the signature Of Mr.. Apper.
son, who did it. The following is the
sworn statement of Mr.. Apperson:
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. Q, lss6.-
PtoE. +. D. Stanton, Cheyenne, Uyo.-
DEAR SIR: have this day been shown
an affidavit, or copy of an affidavit, stat
ing that your character is bad, and that
you are unreliable, untruthful. and OF
no character | wish to say | never
made such affidavit, and that it is utterly
false. Yours respectfully,
JOHN A. AppERsoN.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
lith day of December, 1856.
LsEAL l.. kABis.
Notary Public.
Upon receipt of the above letter De
cember Q, | went to Mr. !lebard, before
whom the forged affidavit was alleged to
be signed. and asked him il he had ever
sworn MIR. Apperson to an affidavit. He
replied that he did not remember ever
having sworn MIR. Apperson to any aft
davlt at all. | then showed him a copy
OF the forged affidavit filed at Washing
ton. lie replied that he did not draw
the affidavit and had never seen it before.
| then asked whether if he had ever
sworn Mr.. Apperson to such an affidavit
it was likely that he would have forgotten
ii. lie replied that he should think he
would have remembered it,. 1t was pos
sible that he might have sworn NJ. APP
person to it, but if he had done So, it
had entirely slipped from his memory.
Very respectfully, FREDJ. STANTON.
Now | hereby publish the following
statement of Mr.. f. 5. Hebard relative to
the affidavit made by Mr.. Apperson
touching the character and reliability of
Prof. +. j. Stanton and which |. as
United States register, caused to be filed
in the general land Office at Washington
in connection with a number Of others.
MIR. Hebards statement, | am satisfied
is sufficient for the public, as follows:
MR.. nEBARDs STATEMENT.
Having seen the card in the evening
Tribune Of Prof. +. j. Stanton relative to
the forgery of an affidavit against said
Stanton made by Mr.. John \. Apperson
and sworn to before me, now in justice
to all concerned | make this statement:
The affidavit of Mr.. Apperson con-
corning Prof. Stanton which Register
Wilson sent to Washington, was written
by me, in my office, on the suggestion of
John A. Apperson read over to him,
signed by him. and sworn to before me AS
notary public by him. Mr.. Apperson has
within the past few days admitted the
making of said affidavit to me. Relative
to the statement in Prof. Stanton card
about my saying to him that | had no
recollection of saidApperscn making the
affidavit in question. | will say that he is
substantially correct. At the time Prof.
Stanton spoke to me, the matter had es
capped my mind, but on reflection fortified
by conversation with Mr.. Apperson, all
the circumstances and facts revived in my
memory. FREDERIC s. HEBARD.
The affidavit furnished the general
land Office by me as register. touching the
character and malpractice of Prof, +. }
Stanton, were sent in obedience to writ
ten instructions from the general land
office, directed to the register and re-
ceiver oficially-among the others, this
onc of J. a. Apperson. The matter ON
its face seems to indicate that Mr.. Apper-
son has made two afidavits.
| regret that ! am constrained TO trou-
bic the public with these matters which
concern my official action, but no man
can submit to have his honor, even Off
cially, attacked and ema silent Re
specially, EpGAn s. WILSON.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. H..