The evening world., 1891-12-22

F0RGER S1OD0ARD GUILTY.
The Famous Criminal Tried and
Convicted To-Day.
The Jury In His Case Out Only Five
Minutes.


Edward l.. stoddard, alias John :. Wolfe,
alias John $. Wood, alias Samuel p. Dennis
the smartest forger known to the American
police, was arralin In the hudson county
court Of General Sessions In Jersey CITY TO-
day before Justice Lippincott and jury on
the specific charge Of forging the name OF
John y. Wolfe to n telcgraphic request for
s,o cent IN r,shior Edward = Francis. ot tho
80 ' o'". w '.''' " 49,.
ll'lS"eiu (Mass') Na'iohai bah"' Aug " ias''
There are standing rvc additional indct-
mar, o,,,,r,, .,n,id,rd ,our tnr t,ry,n,, honl
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chcchs Tor 500 each' signing Wv lhem lhe
name " Cashier Henry u. liutChkiss, OF the
n,ch,,ir'., p,np ~ Scw unv,n Tho MN
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charges nm WIN iaioclS ihip'rS"ha''hs
Charles Duncan, and thus securing $500 from
Isoh,tlo nu,c,r
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Stod0hfd l. thc convict Wh" successfully
forged II petition for his pardon and thus got
awny from the Tennessee pcDitcnt,ary. since
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he mas becn prisoner IN the hudson county
Jail where be was locked IN In August,
S,oddord has uecn sharp enough TO send out
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the famous forged Winnie Davis letters to
Gen Bcaurcgard and other prominent
southern Gentlemen. solicitin. assistance for
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Mrs. Jefferson Davis.
In the last week Of November col. Elliott
Is sho,or, roc,,vod n ,.,tor ,rom canton O..
S". t.,u ,,..,." ", ,.' - 0 ,,',or
ing him to do all he coulu to assist young
t,iera tho Iudson county Jau
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was S.Sg"1,ea 'ha' lh@ rnlom%' ons m'sn,
,",,,', "'a '.,I,," n,n nn, rors,n n,s ,,hortv
The nams glven was John $. Wolfe.
col. shepard came mighty near doing all
that he thought was requested oi MN py
Hov.-eleCt Mckinley, but his lawyer took
hand ana found the letter to he forgery.
the case Is The manner In which Stoddard
has smuSged his letters out OF the jail; ne
evidently has cpaiederates, but the onlcialS
cannot locate them.
stGddard was arfaigned ABOUT II ocl?ck
and sa, By the side OF Ms lawyer, Judge
William u. DAILY, OF lioboHen. lie Is tai,
hnely Dlllt man OF mol more tnah thlftI-nNe
or thirty-egEt years, with an ovaI-shaped
face and an aQuiline nose. small, ualntlly
curved dark-nrown mus'ache nestleS closely
to his lip. Ills hair Is tingcd with gray.
In opening Tor the prosecution DiStrlCt-
Attorney Winfield rehearSed the story OF the
sending to Cashier Francis. OF Pittaiicid, the
forged John :. Wolfe telegram by stOddard,
WhO iiled II at Jersey City.
StCddard, the District-Attorneyl said.
discovered that John =. Wolfe ana family
We're absent from l'ittsiield, anu tha, was
thinking tht cashier would at once respond.
Hut Mr. Wolfe himself happened TO he at
home, and 50 the scheme miecarried.
supt. Joseph Bartoli, Of the Jersey City
ONCE of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, was the hrst witness. lie idehtifled
the telegram sent 10 Cashier franclS signed
by John ;. Nulle. III Slid: -
JERsEY CITY, Aug. 8, 1891
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