The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-15

OF the Late James @. Fair Is Said to
Have Been L.&d on About Two and q
Half Years Too Late Other Documents
No. so Well Done as the "PenciI vii, IS
How the Forser Missed it = Crime
News In General
San Francisco, Dec. 14.-Experts de-
clare that the ink on Mrs. Craven's con-
tract by which she claims 10 be the con-
tract widow of the late James g. Fair.
is about a year and half old, although
it bears date May %, 1892. In the max
ing of the pencil deeds, three different
lead pencils were used, say the experts,
and there are over 100 retouched letters
in them. Their are two OF the most
startling results of the examination OF
these documents claimed by Experts Car
-alho and Ames. Seldom, IL ever. in the
history of litigation, either criminal or
civil, was such energy devoted 10 in
specting questionable documents as tha:
exercised by the celebrated experts ar
the instance of the adn Illustrators OF the
bonanza kings estate.
The pencil was the first 10 be scru-
tinized by the experts, and IN their re-
port they say 1t is by all odds the best
piece of forgery. The handwriting. they
say, is a good imitation OF that of Far,
with the exception that while the millioa-
are was in the habit of using long ter
rninals TO letters, the writer or the deed
unconsciously stopped short after COM
pleting the word. The deeds. the ex-
pertS intimate, were rather ciuInsily ex>
ecuted. Mrs Craven has never con-
Eended that the body OF these instru-
mnts was written by Fair. asserting that
only her own name and the signature
were done by Fair.
But the m )sl remarkable thing at6ut
these deeds il that il Far did not write
the body os the deeds. he must have
made soma Of the letters and words in
various sentences, according to the ex-
perts' theory.
FOR BANK WRECKING.
Denver, Col, Dec. 1.-THE trial OF
Charles o. Dow, Sydney McCiurken and
o. E. Miller, charged with frauds in con-
nection with the failure of the CONNER
cial National bank of this city in 1898.
was begun in the United States district
court today before Judge Hallett. Dow
was president and McClurken cashier.
of the bank. Miller, who is a president
of a company for the treatment of hernia,
was at that time resident or Denver.
He is now located in Chicago The IN
dictment charges misappropriation OF
the funds of the bank to the amount or
over s150,000 Dow being principal and
McClurken and Miller aiding and abet-
ting him.
ARRESTED FOR FORGERY.
Cleveland, o., Dec. 14.-Charles ~.
Cunningham, president of the Warwick
nv
whom a warrant was issued on Saturday
charging him with forging the name OF
Judge E. 7. Hamilton to check for
s75. 900. was taken into custody at his
Office in the Beckman building today.
Cunningham has not succeeded In Sc
curing bail up TO late hour this after
noon. He positively refused TO make
any statement whatever concerning the
matter Many persons believe that Gun
ningham's mind has become unbalanced
over business troubles.
CRIME NEWS IN BRIEF.
Owensboro, KY, Dec. IA band OF
burglars has been operating successful
ly in this part of the state and also
across the Ohio in Indiana and Illinois.
Their richest haul was at Stursis, twenty
miles away, where they obtained $4,000.
Detroit, Mich, Dec. 14.-Ernest Chase,
son of DR.. Chase, of recipe book fame,
cut his wifes and his own throat bad
" this morning, in an insane attempt
at murder and suicide. Physicians
think that both have a good chance of
recovery. Chase has been dissipating
badly.
Frankfort, KY, Dec. AT. J. Craw-
ford. attorney for Scott Jackson, has
written to the court of appeals asking
that motion for re-hearing OF the case
be filed.