Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25

! Mr.. Campbell's visitors departed /,
| promising to return on Monday with a
| CODY Of the divorce so that Mr.. Campbell
| could see whether or not the handwriting
| resembled his own.
From Campbell's Office Mr.. Pendleton
and the reporter went direct to Mr..
KNIGHTS Office in the Pulitzer building
| Hughes recognized Pendieton at once
"Why, how are you, Pendleton?' he
said cheerfully.
Hughes was very nervous.
Finally Pendleton said: 81 received q
letter in September from Mr.. Campbell.
| OF course you know of my troubles from
81 hadn't heard a word about it, -
said Hughes.
"I've had lot OF unpleasant noto-
rety, - said Pendleton. This miserable
business has ruined me. I'm poor ,
now.p
WANT NY MONEY BACK. -
"There won't be any trouble about
that, replied Hughes, promptly. ~
am willing to return my share. You
know he said, ~ thought that
divorce was all right. L thought my
Chicago correspondent was straight. He
deceived me-
Mr.. Pendieton said, "expert penmen
say that the handwriting in the body of
that divorce paper you gave to me and
the handwriting Of the letter from Camp
bell are the same. 1 think that Camp
bell wrote the divorce.
'Didn I show you letter from our
Chicago man about the divore2 That
ought to prove that we were all right and
acting in good faith. -
81 don't remember your having shown
me such a letter. said Pendleton.
"Well, we were deceived, - said
Hughes.
~ really thought that the divorce was
all straight. Now about returning the
money you paid; of course you don't
want all of it?''
"EvERY CENT SAID PENDLEToN.
There followed a dispute about the
amount Of money Pendleton had paid.
He said it was $3.50, Hughes said that it
was not more than $40. PendletoD said
he had receipts for all the money, and
Hughes said if that was the case he had
nothing to say, but he wanted to see
the receipts. BE asked Pendleton to
call on Monday with them. In the mean
time he said he would hunt Campbell,
then, at the interview on Monday, the
whole ground might be gone over and
Hughes, during the short interview,
was very i'll at ease. He tried to change
the subject of conversation several times.
1t was for long time mystery where
Hug hes got the seal with which the
fraudulent divorce was stamped. A Sun
reporter succeeded in tracing it to the
workshop of John Vancourt, at 80
Fulton street. The reporter found
HIM at his home in Brooklyn
Sunday morning. When the name of
Hughes was mentioned he exclaimed,
"Hughes, Lawyer Hughes? Why,
yes,
MADE SEAL FOR HIM.
Mr.. ysncourt thought a moment, and
then said: eyes, L do remember. L
made seal for him, and am pretty GER
tain it was of the state of Illinois. 1t
was the month of September or October,
two years ago, l think. l re-
member it quite well, because Hughes
was lawyer in case, and the seal was
in part payment OF fees. l am not quite
clear in my mind about the lettering and
figuring on it, but the more / think the
more convinced am it was something
about Cook county, Ill. Ny workman
who did the actual work on the seal
would rember.
Gould you identify seal made by
him?" asked the reporter.
'Certainly l could.'' replied Van
court.
could you identify seal from the
impression only, - asked the reporter.
II could tell you whether 1t was made
III my shop said Mr.. Vancourt. l tell
you, the more think, the more positive
l am that the seal was made by one of
my men. think Mr.. A. B. Stewart,
the man who made the seal, is now over
in the shop. Come over with me and
find out. -
Mr.. Stewart, the man who made the
seal, said:
81 DID MAKE THAT SEAL.
1t was the first seal made by the new
process we adopted two years ago. / re-
member 1t well, now. l was not we'll
accustomed with the new process at the
time. and had good deal OF trouble
with it. l am not positive, but my i'm
preston is that / used a regular red seal
Impression as copy.
An hour later the reporter called at
Mr.. Nancourt' place with the fraudu-
lent certified copy of the divorce decree.
The moment Stewart saw the seal he
said: "That's it; that's the first seal
hNS IL hiiS sipp " VIC plOSSss We usc
now.
lie examined it infinitely and said:
'Now you see that f. in the word 'of'
it is broken a little at the back. Now
look at the M in county, and in 'Ill-
inois you will see that there is piece
clipped off the top edge. Here Is the
type that the seal was made FROM
He took down a box of steel framed
dies.
'HERE is THE 'F',''
he said. "You notice that little brok en-
spot on the body. Now here is the M.
See that piece Clipped off?''
1t was as he said. The defects in the
type showed up plainly enough in the i'm
preston of the seal.
NOW" he said, "there is not an
other font Of type in America exactly
like that one. Another font could not
be exactly like that. There would be
differences somewhere. would go be-
fore any court and swear that 1 made
that seal. -
"Anu - said Mr.. vancourt, "would |
swear that that sea: was made for Law
yer w. Durrie Hughes.
''You are certain that you did not |
make that seal for the state of Illinois, |!
or for some agent of the state or of |