Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1890-11-14

y AANNs Mos wv
bingham tossed the KEYS g. ats rooms
A. The Washington 70 the ulerk sunday
night saving be Nas going on ; short
saurper. and left The city. He vii not
return soon. for obvious reasons lie
left behind him forged deeds OF trans
fers and o. trust upon the estate ot his
late stspmother. Mrs George { hing
ham. which aggregate about s2S,oVo
bingham vas treasurer Of the Con-
solidated Missouri Mining 4 Manu-
featuring Company, of which County
Assessor Thomas Edwards was presi-
dent and ]. l. withrow secretary. Inc
tarve sums OF money be obtained from
his stepmother's property were largely
sunk in experimenting with what Is
known a. MerrilTs process OF extracting
gold from fine sand.
No Young man was better known IN
Kansas CITY. Ito was 4 captain In the
Third regiment a lawyer OF promise
and mixed considerably In politics MS
father was General George c bingham
state Treasurer under Governor Gam
HE. Acknowledgement under Governor
Harden, and an artist and writer OF no
little reputation.
In addition to his mining speculations
bingham has been leading what is con-
v~entionally called a gay" life.
1t was when Mrs General bingham 5
death was drawing near that she hrst
learned Of her stepson's waywardness
Mrs ". II. r. Lykins Of 4l4 West
Fourteenth had conveyed to Mira Bing-
/. ham to hold In trust for some reason
certain property. Mrs. Lykins visited
her about a month before her death and
t was greatly excited
.Vill you tell me. Mrs bingham,
she asked, 'how IL happens that my
5 property has become incumbered2
, Il know nothing Of il If 1t is replied
Mrs bingham. She was then told tina
fbere was on file In the recorder 0
deeds' office two deeds OF trust agains
. the property, one covering a loan o
!, 81. 400 and another Of $500. Mrs. Bing
ham was astounded. Lawyers wer
called in. a consultation was held an
! an investigation was begun. IL wa
a found that the deeds OF trust were 0
!. fle: that they we're signed apparent
= nv Mrs Bingham and were dull
- acknowledged by a notary both by 81
> nature and seal. The notary WI
= visited. He declared his signature an
acknowledgment a forgery. Tho forge
deeds dated from April, 1889, to Ma
1890.
"A Further Investigations showed tn
various brokers and money lenders hi
advanced money to Rollins Bingha
m upon the %forgeries Some Of the dec
we're made to City Counselor Robert
YeaVer, as trustee for NJ. McPhcrso
no covering loans a~ggregatlng sh4
Among other persons who bought
worthless notes we're Magnus ". Bart
rts as trustee and Hicks & Foster as trust
for Charles l. Hicks
nd 1t was learned that Bingham had
ire cured loans aggregatlng $40, 800
by property at Third and Main stree
an The property was willed by Binghai
I'M father TO his widow during her lifetir
At her death the property was to 90
Rollins Bingham and a half sister, NJ
tie King. who lives at Stevensville, Ie
es. so that ut present each shoutd h
a half interest in It, 1t appe
ate from tho books in tho record'
old Office that on May, 1889, a deed was fl
YES purportinr to be a deed of trans
62. of a half interest in the Main str
property from Thomas Benton King
cts. wife to Rollins bingham The dec
transfer was a forgery and the nota
iest signature and seal had been also forl
80. .aNtE~. thu nnfirR nrn marty
W his hands so as to show clear title, dc
ritv of trust were given by Bingham Ii
zen. the property for $40, 500.
MANY other similar forgcries v
made. details Of which will follow.
ont When the full truth OF Bingham's
became known to Mrs, bingham
after she became CONVINCED that
promise made In his letter to he
MA mend matters could not be realized
Tue fore her death, she sent for Mr.. j.
Karnes, the attorney, and asked hi
draw up her Will. This he did as
Que directed him in favor OF a nephew
ifs', niece, Rollins being left nothing
anu was the Saturday before her dc
tne September 30, and her grief all
run, choked her utterance as her will
'ho made. In 1t she appointed Mr.. Ka
'mo. administrator of her estate.
anu General Bingham married three u
eh'h BY his first marriage were born
and daughter The son was killt
the war, and the daughter, Clara
ried Thomas Benton King, son G
ress- ex-Governor, who is now practicing
at ~Stevensvllle, Tex. General
hams second wife was a danght
Mt II Rev. r. S. Thomas, n noted Bapti
vine and a professor in the Nils
We a State University. Rollins Bin
was the offspring of that union.
eral Bingham's third wife was the v