The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-15
A CLUMSY FORGERY.
Bogus Appointment to the
Deputy Collectorship.
SAUNDERS. SIGNATURE INITIATED
Schooner sS Practical Jokess-
He Epjeys It Greatly.

growing % desperate In their anxiety %
SECURE the appointnsnt Of deputy collector
q this port that they have taksa 70
forging appointments for those who they
think are hostile 70 them. Last ni&ht
Dr. A. n. Nari0n receivsd . letter
pufpoeting 10 appoint him TO the once. which
on examination proves TO Be clumsy forgery.
Toe letter 10 on one OF the blanks OF the once.
hssded, .'OGics Of the Collector Of Customs.
Port Of Port Townsend and roads:
Dr. Alfred n Marion, Seattle. wash-Deor ST.:
herewith appoint you deputy collector Tor sns
port Of seattle and desire you % take possession
ct once. Confer with me Immediately upon
your assuming the once q fS sar. ssay; PERI
The letter was enclosed In an ordinary white
envelope without the card Of the ONCE on the
corner and was addressed:
DR ALyaRD n. MARION.
s:asr-B0yd Building.
Wash.
On Il were special delivery stamp and an or
binary two-cent stamp. which would not be nee
sasary on IN oi1cial letter. On tho upper left
hand corner II the number III. written on the
letter at the postofyice. and 10 the right OF this
II the rostmagk: seattle, Wash. JUL II
So. m. "a" Hall over each stamp 10 exactly
the envelope can the Port Townsend postmark
be found. These facts prove conclusiveiy that
the letter Was never outside OF Seattle.
But the most giaring evidence OF forgery II
the letter itself. Il 10 all In manuscript, aud In
the word 'rhc' Ia the phrase deputy collector
OF the port the letter Was evidently
written over ''is." which was nnt written. M.
saundcrs hes all his letters typswsittsn. unlike
this one. The nnai proof of forgery Is the sig-
nature. ~. saunders writes . clear. angular.
regular baud. while the signature %
this letter II moro rounded In the
formation OF the letters and u rather
irregular In form Tho only trick Of Mr..
saunders which has been reproduced with any
success is In the formation OF the Initials J. e.
Mr. saunders writes the so that IL
runs clear across the J. and the
iorger has done the same. but In other respects
the letters are entirely unlike. Moreover, Mr..
saunders has the title collector Typewriter
under his signature. white In this production
there il nothing below the name but "Per p"
Whatever that may mean.
Whoever may b the author OF this forgery
has made clumsy job OF IT. Df. Marion ives
at nfss deceived By the forgery, but readily saw
the matter In its true light when his attention
was called to II By Posr-ISrELLIsExcgR re-
porter. aud laughed heartily over it - Joke.
The following dispatch from Port ToHnssnd
indicates that II. l. Bser viii b appointed:
PoRr TOWNSEND. July lA-Ispecial. Tho ap-
posntmeat for deputy collector at seat.
tie VIII probably be announced tomorrow
morning Tonight IL 10 said that N. l.
the option OF becoming an inspector q seattle
or coming to tho Port Townsend ONCE
and 6liing position - deputy. ut . salary of
si.eoa Ash'ofds and o'Tooles candidacy are
ret,cens. aud II hc mas concluded
who he will select be 10 careful not TO
bstfsy any int,mation - TO who IL viii be.