The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-19
THE CASE or JOHN rAIErIELD.
Statement of His Career I'm Boston and
Miles CITY.

Statement OF Hfs Career IN Boston sSo
Miles City
The following special dispatch gives the
particulars Of the charges upou which
John Fairfield was arrested on Friday:
Bosros, Mass, Nov. fs-fspecial. -
John +. Dore xho has been arrested n
Seattle under the name Of John Fairneid.
has been q fugitive from Justice for ave
years from ;his state. He was very
prominent young lawyer IN Boston with
. large practice and vas very prosperous
when. on February 25 1859. much 10 the
surprise Of MS large circle OF acquaint-
aDces. he wss placed under arrest on
warrant issued from the lower court.
charged with utteriBg 3 forged security
bond 20 the anount Of 5000 in the pro-
bate court None 81 bis friends believed
him guilty. but when the case WAS called
for trial and IL VAS found that Mr.. DoTe
had jumped bis bail and left the city no
other conclusion could be reached chief
Inspector Watts and Inspector Andrew
Honghton, both OF whom worked on the
case at the time the alleged forgersss were
committed. xiIl start Tor Seattle tomorros
IL bring the prisoner back. They have an
indictment warrant for Dore's arrest on
numerous charges OF forgery and uttsring
the same
"The fret count says that he forged the
name of Mary Donovan 10 an order for
for savings. The same count alleges the
signing OF the name of Mary ]. Collgsn as
. SitEsss- The second count charges the
uttering Of the same. he third count
alleges the forging of an order on the same
bank with the name of Mary j. Colligan,
who sas q deposition. and the name OF
Patrick r. Flynn as a witness. The fourth
count alleges the uttering of the same.
The fifth and seventh counts also aliege
the forging of other orders bearing
the same names, on the same institution
The sixth and eighth counts allege the
uttering OF tho forgeries named in the
nth and seventh counts. These alleged
forgeries are said TO have taken place in
1857 but they were not discovered until
Ises3. As a result Of his alleged forgeries,
it is stated that from that estate he secured
only about 81 so or 5000 However,
from other estates he is said TO have Sc
cured additional sums, but at the time
that he skipped out il was not believed
that his wrong doings would exceed 5000.
Dore was disbarred by Judge Lsthrop in
the superior court December 2. 1889 after
a hearing in which 1t vas proved TO the
satisfaction of the court that Dore had
been guilty of direct forgery and em nezz!e-
ment in the cases which formed the basis
OF petition by the Bar Association for
disbarment. The cases were those of
Thomas McElroy. Sarah Rowlands and
Mary tolllgan. ny tue case OF McEtroy,
Dore was found to have embexzled about
800 belonging TO the estate, and also
forged an admin istrator's bond. In the
Rowlands case he appropriated funds of
the estate 20 his own use and in the Colli-
gan case he forged an order for a bank
book on the Union Institution for Savings.
AT the hearing on disbarment Dore made
no appearance.
The story OF Mr.. Fairfield's career in
Montana Is told in the following dis
patch:
MILES CfTY, Mont. Nov. i7-FSpecia. I
John Fairfield was notable character
in Miles City about five years ago. lie
came here from Boston. he said, IN the
soring OF 1850 He was very companion
able and soon had q considerable follow
ing. who thought highly of him. Being a
Democrat. be was adopted by the local
heads OF the party and rapidly rose To
prominence. being chosen as chairman of
the Democratic county convention of
October. fS.9 and chairman of the central
committee that conducted the Democratic
campaign of that year His departure
from here in the late fall of 1889 was un-
der somber cloud, although his record
here is free from actual crminality.