St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-15

Il Iaytol railroad, con aiming the text
of the agreement making Meyer part
ner of Ives and Stayner. Ives then tC r.
from similar pad blank sheet of the
same letter paper. This he measured
with the other and gauged exactly
where the signature on the blank piece
should be. He then asked Woodruff to
see how near he could come to Meyers
signature, but the latter said he could
not come near 1t at all. Stayner was
next asked to see what he could do, but
he declined, saying: "YOu can do it
much better than l can. Without an
other word Ives took the blank sheet
which had been agreed upon as the
best, walked to the window and began
tracing the initials sc. M" with lead
pencil. All three examined the tracing
and compared it with the original, and
all declared it would not do. Ives, not
discouraged. tore off another sheet and
RENEWED HIS EFFORTS.
Again he submitted the result of his
effort for inspection, and it was again
declared unsuitable. Ives perSevered
and in the meantime Woodruff went to
sleep on the lounge. When Woodruff
awoke he was called over by Ives to
look at some papers he was handling.
Both Ives Ond Stayner were at the ta-
BILE. Woodruff found eight or ten
sheets with the tracings of the initials
&c. NJ" living on the table as Stayner
was examining the forged initials with
magnifying glass. Ives picked up
one and said: This is much better
than the Others" He had filled
up four or five sheets of the paper with
the full text of the agreemen, and they
all bore the initials sc. ii. ST." &c. NJ"
md in, %hA aea1
Ives and Stayner selected one. Stayner
ing glass, and by some light touches he
changed the character :and shading of
the &C" He didn't touch up the "M''
at all. but shortened the top of the &C."
which was first adjudged too round.
He also introduced little bit
more shading at the point where
the first downward stroke of the sc"
crosses the upward stroke. Having
done this, Ives said to Woodruff: "Put
your initials to this as witness"
"What for?' asked Woodruff. Then,
with pleasant smile, Ives went over
the whole agreement, saying to Wood
ruff that it was for the purpose of re-
freshing his memory. He told Wood
ruff that it would be best to put his
initials as a witness to all the papers,
nYe IN number, and Woodrun Kindly
complied. Ives then creased each of
them and put them in his pocket, say
ing that he would carry them around
and
GIVE THEM AN AGED LOOK.
This concluded the Sunday work
Woodruff was not told what was to be
done with these papers, but two or three
weeks afterwards he was called upon
to identify them before Ives lawyer.
Before going before the lawyer, Ives
instructed him how to testify in the
Meter case, the reference of which was
being heard by Ives lawyer. The agree
ment to which Woodruff testified to
as the one that he had witnessed in
Meyers presence was in reality one
of those which had been forged three
weeks before by Ives in Stayner's
house. Julius Dexter, president of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton rail-
road, was seen by a United Press re-
porter tonight with regard to the Even
ing Suns story. He said he saw the
alleged forged agreement mentioned in
the Sun story when it was in the hands
of F. M. Ramsay, of Cincinnati, attor-
ney for the Meyer estate. He is of the
opinion that the whole story came from
Woodruff's lips.