Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-26
IFNCE OF CRIME.
NJ. hut Has Developed
w. N Grade Swindlers.
! CHEMISTRY HAS DONE.
mi Have Caused Alarm Among
y. Y, ErsInsss Msn-hO Remecy
]. 10 10 the Present Tine.

~ Feb. 22.--lt USED 70 occn-
lViN' ',nent from those who W
~ ,o't ANN the late David Davis
leil'.s ..o stbscfibed so near the
N. letter. that IL would have
shIe 10 have written any
,n ne signature and the let
4 .,"U isn no white paper; the
s y ~. = m the letters Of ms name
y 4 touch the last line of the
,.,5ss Davis used not TO write 80
w. When he was q supreme
w., W., ~ he did afterwards when
~. nrmbor of the senate aud
'.syer a very active correspond
.,.,.ed to me one day why he
s,'d ,bis rather unusual custom.
,P.i,, when be was n judge In
- wns brought before him
fsrrpry OF q note. Tie sig
n ,ae note was admittedly gen
IN Gas claimed by the apparent
~ note that the piece of paper
Y written upon a piece Of paper
IA tbe genuine signature had
,.-sai Inc trial developed that
4 mi secured a letter written by
,rnt maker of the note. The
.,'ainre hnd been written at
.iie distance below the eud of
Z lowing sufficient space of
.,n,f TO write In the words con-
4 ibe note. The original letter
4 ,Nlrse. been cut OF
s.terpnce. Judge Davis said,
liu 4 lesson. AMI he never signed
4 10 any document without tax
10 make Il impossible for any
n,se a forgery over the genuine
n Judge Davis were living now,
I'm fhn that such preCNutiOn
|,r b. a preventive to forgery.
iAe past two or three years. the
Of crime have very greatly
The cracksmnn IL a criminal
rst Bank burglary is almost
IN the past six years not a
,htey by professional criminals
IN place in the Wall street dis
4 New York City
has been made apparent re-
Ihal crime has only changed ih
Criminals are now expert
some drsrce. learned men.
rs serves thc villain idst as it
tue scientist, and bank officers
\ q The higher grade of detectives
VI aware for SOME time that an
iapgcrous forgery has succeed
4 hy Of the expert sdfC-breaker
dd burglar.
N 1 Few days n very remarkable
ID been ON trial In the state of
M and one which would illus
ludge Davis. IL he were alive.
Method Of preventing forgery IL
NV any value. A merchant of
s1nd, a man Of very high husi-
idInl, named Pcckhnm, was
M fall when he received Motif
4 lsi two notes. one for $1,000
Aef for S2OOO. were held by
collection, and that be was
u them. Mr.. peckham repu-
notes, although he was com
adluit that bis signature was
He declared that the body Of
we're lorgcricS.
wee Of the note was a grain
named 1ritt. living in Con
ihd criminal suit for forgery
N -ial The notes were submitted
M they were written upon
buslnt-'s paper. nc the top of
~ the business cards I'm one
W Peckham's house and In the
~ NJ Tritt's. Mr.. Peckhnm
lai In each case his signature
pa By him 10 business letters,
We body Of The letters had becn
oai by chemicals and then a
'uen m place Of the correspond
Years ago IL would have been
W nave proven such bleaching
auq' Professor Dorpmus am ex-
'a'nly testified In court less
4 Per ago that where original
lSd been removed II could he
~ y chemical reagents. But
~ JAILED 10 restore any writ
y lglght be regarded AZ cstnb-
lA Tue only writing upon the
Y mat which appeared TO the
gg. notes were submitted toe
IN W slice, who Ia also an OK
ne subjected thcm TO chemical
lne paper upon which the
s-Vu was written. under this
4 leih earlier writing, aud in
,Mms handwriting. but no
4 p, tle paper upou which the
" Wy Deem written brought 90
alller writing JAS the first
4 w MS note, and as the only
Y forgery was Mr. peckhnm'a
H.ep testimony that he had
w le note, the cnse against tie
laci that Mr. Size was not
4 fai,s EARLIER writing is no Ion,
s wy no such writing was ever
III PAPER and IN this advance
nv Nowledge les one Of The
'nbeN 10 business men. A
4 WV q firm doing a large In
I,,ls w NeW York signed
n, Drought by ihe cashier 10
Ial. svulse VI his usual business
r,. nprc made payable 10 an
N 1,,r company. Some time
~ ~" cashier disappeared and
Y nm has ever Neon 5isco,
nrrs, lhen found hy The cheers
IN XXI, lhat he had by use of
n b..'Nraled the name of The
RI tb. 'necks and inserted his
alut way was able ~ drnw
IN. ''uOlliing To several thous.
..T Siay brought suit against tho
su3 l9ai 1t had pail iorsel
~ IA iplessor Dursmus WAS
a,i sAtTrt for The hank lie
m. y There lad hoen obl,tern-
N N A-plf Of the original roven
d. m, 'a9liShed by chemical
rlos,ia. checks were submitted
nIels,u Treatment. but fher,
,'alon OF alteration "' '"e''
s.f,o.,u MAJ while Professor ~" "ns
n~a would have be.n carracr
sshisl I e.i . obiterase the names
fhtmles Paher In such a WV rs
ssioa NJ, 'Ss9gents, ard TO prove
egi grsio Hlet' IN the presence
lrrate 9 56 upon slips OF naper.
lsssor n NV names b. chemicals
ilalent n Vllos watts unable hy
~ then ',ssofe this writing. 80
Aad n6q, iIoYen that chemical
hight mught criminals how
Sea uct aone although such
nala nv, y help the eo,apeny
lAs ~. be proven tliat h WIS
cay the checks ~ oIE9n'pany was
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