The sun., 1888-04-19
FATHER OR SON GUILTY.
II ONE rs xoT a FoRGER THE OTHER
rs A PERJURER -~
Oid Oliver Dunster or Bernnrasviiie. who
Hss Lawed ~ Fer Years, Has n Mighty
Interesting Case His Hnnds.


Interesting Case on His Hands,
soMERvILLE, April 1s.-The case OF Aaron
D. Thompson agt Oliver Dunster. which is
now being tried here. promises some interest,"
ing developments. besides involving tho story
OF fathers attempt to send son to jail for
felony. Thompson sues Dunster for $1,000.
which he claims on n note. Thompson is q
horse and cattle dealer in Finderne. Dunster
is rich old farmer OF Bernardsville, little vii
lagc thirteen milos northeast of Somervlle He
is n noted character here at the county seat
where he and his litigations have furnished
talk for years. There has hardly been
sitting of the court in twenty years
when he has not had q case in It.
Not long ago he enlivened the neighborhood by
threatening to shoot one OF his sons. He is tall
and erect, and docs not look to DO within
twenty years Of his real age. nearly 80. Except
that he has lost the sight OF an eye no is still
good looking. Thompson says he got the note
from John B. Dunster, a son Of divers, In ex-
change for horses and wagons and money in
tho regular course Of his business. and that he
presented 1t for payment last December when
1t was dne; Mr.. Dunster says he never saw the
toekfeepeP astf 90 Mr raftsa'
Ssy. 4 sss s;s tss sSS $ai. y 1t
order OF your son John. payable one year after
te d"s sns snsH H II aS Sns SdD d wsn
nSte Of that Kind you must have written
The old man is reputed to be worth 100000.
and Thompson lost no time in suing him for
The popular story as to the origin of the note
s drss In there two
smith. Hs Is called Cedar for short. The
S!hSr ST, is kept by Pn1s.srs % sqn.in;lnw, Jacob
h' as ssd Rsst Ssi 81 in ss sGTs
Shicb ho brought, afainst 0abS buns'sr cost ecss
ns latter as sra hSdeS dollars in
Knob docs" he is reported to have said and
he b,wy f. wrsst The Pest once from
hsad%"areps Pekie and u Dussts4 Sns snSp
sns and pcEs wSo as o. in %s.
House, saw Songressmamn IN Pideock about IT, II
50 be bs pan ssna
a4s.s pSss o ss Aa1 ao Gtr 5ss 4 h
snins ca%E foT an assault which lie si latte? ss9
fs ss es sPe eH toss osS
Sa
~ don't believe you" said Mr.. CLARK.
ven, never stole any cattle. said Dunster.
stys TSs old nan promptiy Instituted u duR sSis
the Post oice ilght wa Was on: About What fel-
sd pefs naf to 2sn o
gether in conferences. The settlement Of the
suit might be used to pacste st CLARK John Dun.
and this is said to have been the conversation:
c,a1 5onn' N haye you got any influence with
for POST sSs Sho hss
sb.rs IN eye f9f SkeS H9w much is
He promised to do it for 81 900
sane ss5 to ne b with pi,soss tale" Clark
husband and myself should be settled. / was
ashamed OF having given way to my temper.
could have resented the insult offered. final
G to dE9G astSn hes haze I've
suit and pay ali the costs" "" '''1 40
Cant you help Pickle get the Post ONCE"
p RsSgs & as7a:ssys him to
moasS sSsS "si Tsns4 Ms cass s.d t.
even going so far as to refuse to pay into Mr..
the Post once in December, 1856. Rumor has
the % bunster M homestead. Pickle ca Came In waV. w "
ing his parchment
ss ss his aad oa
about that 81 OO0,!" said John.
II haven't Eot, the money by mo Just now"
the old man said.
This, it Is said is how the note e came into eX-
we'll and concluded to rsaize on ths note at
once. he did i by trading with Thompson
tne a 10 Ss sna %
Oliver DHnstsr and as many said aid it s was not not
n for iva n,Y fAr hnf
was not his signature and that he never made
the note, Mea. .itime he, had not lot so good u
had his son arrested in February and held to
answer for forgery Yesterday morning he
went Snt the time Rs fs feissd my
Jury p9ts sso Of 4 slTt which he forged in my
though. / was a stockhol der in the bank that
it was drawn on, in Morristown. and they re;
Eert no noe @ Hu sa Of
dollars for John. think the note was got up
As The S5 0ee an
will tell YOU about that, Whom the case was
coming on for trial Clark got scared. He came
fsa a5GR ss sf 81 tsss
OF money Besides that he agreed never to
take case M "a, against me again IN t fonsiGera.
9n Of M @ to d9p bS
will ali como out In the trial"
MIR. Clark ID now conducting tho case against
There is not particle of truth in Oliver
Dunster's story of the settlement" he said
yesterday Il never agreed to get tho Post
Ofice for Pickle. and in fact when John, Dun
ster asked me to help get II knew that the ap;
pointment was already settled upon. I had
nothing to do with 1t either way. 1t is ridicu-
ions to suppose that would go about dicker-
ing in Post Offices"
The Grand Jury rose to-day. but it is not yet
known whether John Dunster has been in
dictcd. u is generally believed that the out
como of the suit on the note must be either the
Indictment OF tho son for forgery or OF the
father for perjury
Mr.. Fairs Divorced Vile Coming East.
SAN Francisco, April 1s.-Mrs. Theresa
Fair, who obtained a divorce from ex-senator
Fair several years ago, and received s. 4500000
in cash and property, started East to-day with
her two daughters for u visit.
She travels In style In the Wagner palace car
Grasmere. which was brought out hcre for her
service by tho Vanderbilt system. II has a
steward and cook and Is one Of the best