Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-02
USED THEM FREELY.
Belief That Burnley Taylor Forged Two
Hundred or More Orders.
THE, ,nE FROM MANY COT NTIEs.


\
VINO some months ago pleaded guiiiy 10
tho charge Of passing forged court
orders for the support Of lunntics on
the Auditor 81 Public Accounts. and
agreed in advance 20 accept term Of
two years in the penitentsry as his. pun
ishmont has not get been taken TO that
| institution.
Sentence was not passed on TAYLOR I'M
/ I'll a few days ago. because the Common
wealth desired 10 use him ~ witness
against George T.. Terry. who was under
arrest and indictment "a his accomplice
! T-rry's first trial. held a few weeks after
that of Taylor. resulted. as readers of
I the Dispatch well remember. in q hung
/ Jury The second trial was begun last
/ week. and on me second day Taylor on
whose testimony The prosecution had Go
/ rely chiefly. admitted on cross-eXam.ra-
! ton that hc had been fOIgiug count
| orders regularly since lsN pon this
, p0iut being brought out COmmOnw. .alth s.
/ Attorney Smith promptly told the jury
/ that hr could not ask for 4 conviction,
ani Il verdict Of acquittal was returned.
! r. was after this that Taylor vas sen-
+ fenced. in aCcoIdanc. with the Compio-
mis-. verdict entered some weeks be-
/ fore ono of the jail officials. when
/ asked last night why the prisoner hld
/ not teeu taken TO the peuitcntiary. rc-
/ piled that Dec desired little time in Whicn
/ an .ffor1 rnight be- made. 10 gst thc Gov
ernor 20 commute his sentence. A.
. matter Of fact. a petition. gotten up hs
4 the friends OF the young mar, ana nu-
merousy signed. has been presented 10
/ Governor O'Fcrrall asking him 20 pardon
/ Taylor Hi- ENcellency has not as yet
given tho matter serious consideration.
FORGING FOR MANY YEARS.
According 90 Taylor admission i'm the
Terry trial. he has been forging court
orders since is'6. when he was a deputy
under his father in The Henrico County
+ Cl,rA's office ON Tcrry's frs, trial Tat-
+ lor testified that Terry was his accom-
plicr in iisposins Of the first orier forged
bv him. ami that they a-reed upon
! plan while AT court together little more
I than year ago. last W"~h- Wnen
/ auostiou,-l closely. he confessed thai ne
/ had been obtaining money frauduienily
I FOR some nine years. and that his for~'l
/ Orders which averaged two month
would aggregate about St"".
Although this was q fryela ION % most
ueople there seems no doubt that the
sums that have been illegally drawn nom
! the stat. Treasury will foot up an even
. =
J thorpuCh investigaiion of th" matter
+ made. brf has not progressed far enough
/ fo say with any certainty how many or-
i Ger- Tav'or has forged or what the total
1 amount VIII he The Auditor told Dis
/ patch man. who saW him ytsirr1at. thdt
I Pc had caused to b' prepared 90 ~tatemrn-
I showing AN OF the orders that have come
in during recent years from th, Two coun-
ties in which Taylor served as deputy
| clerk Harrver and King William. This
will have t0 he compared with the county
records ta show which Of tha papers
saut iu are genuine. and which are not
Efforts VIII also he made 90 identity ana
trace an other orders thaf could possibly
have passed through Tayiors hands. or
20 i.asf have .manatei from .iin.
KING WILLIAM PEOPLE AKot StD.
The Hight punishment given Taylor and
+ the revelation that his pen was usei 30
freely has greatly X-rcised the p"oule
or King William. several rerrese ntative
. men of the county unite in letter fo
thc Dispatch in which they say. "S.nr"
th- trial and acqlttll 30 Terry
have hoard many rumprs in regard lo ~"
.t-e one of the Witnesses ln the case
+ stated publicly here that MI iiaw to'd
him boz hai found forserits amounting 10
n,lfI- Sr,0t W hardly think this con
/ g.. possible but as n .s % matter in which
Tho. tropi. Of Che entire State 49," inter-
/ .stsi W. hope in, Di>l1t.h vii enhgnirn
/ them with reference to This gigantic
/ sv!nii, uerpetrattd ou the Stat. Trrlsl lry.
NNe aye reliably .niorfn.d thet M'--ls.
/ tIlw and Florence. th- energetic work-
-rs and counsel FOR Mr. T-rl,. have ler-
/ r.trI ont and made .isr OF tn' iofgtri"-
/ committed hv Tayl0r. and 'Eumor hAs
/ B.. ths. they amount o. many thousands
I ~ dollars ans that thiriy-tNe orders have
+ ben forged IN the maine cf KING aui
. Du.er officials While w- kloW We can
never GET th~ money back. We Wolii
IL- to know if these things are irue.
WHAT THEY HAVE FOUND
N4ssf-. Htrl,ri L. Lewis. OF XIX VII
/ iam. G.orlc -. Haw. Of Hanover aui
4 r. H. Florence. of This city. wrr. counsel
f-r Terry. iud u preparing their defence
+ made a careful search for orders ttdf
! were forged - Taylo. prior to the ume
at which d. claimed % have entered into
A conspiracy with their client. They tN-
amiued the records of the Au.itor orlre
& ard of the counties % Hanover ana King
/ william Jnelr investigations were con-
+ fined chiefly 20 o., period between ls's
aad ls. though ihsy came across som
tn inc latter year. and others ln 1895. ln
+ addition 20 those originally discovered.
and UPON which warrants were issued
against Tayior ana Terry. These gen.
4 tl,rncn made uD one iist OF l,3 orders. ail
4 NJ which they have reason to believe were
forged. which amounted o. be.we u 500
and $1,000 They prepared another list
of forty-nine. nearly al of which. they
think. arc fraudulent. which add up some
lining Ike sou more. The iorgeries un-
/ earth.d prior to and during the trials OF
/ Tsvior and Terry numbered about
dozen. ranging from So 10 81" each.
While most ot these orders purporied
~ come from King William or Hanover
there were more than one from a number
I Of other counties. In tho list are Acco-
mac. sussex. Washington, New Kent
Hanover King William. Gloucester. Mont
pofuerv ana Nausemond. 10 IL SAID mat
tn. names OF number of tho most
rroninent men iu KING William are
/ among thos. forscd. The bogus papers
/ we,. sent her, by various persons. and
/ collected through tine banks. trust COM
rsnies and persons Well known 40 the
/ Capitol. They We're all apparently 100
prouer form. and there was nothing about
} tb.rn 10 arouse suspicion.
7 The question ~ whether or not action
snail be- brought 90 recover the money
aid out from those by whom the forged
papers were presented IS now under con-
4 sieraton.
Two Merchants Assign.
one a~sienmcnt--that 90 the Richmond
S,.riatfv Compauy- recorded In the
d court tffgrk'4 office Yesterday