The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-28
MORE F()RGER|ES 70 LIGHT.
PORTLAND RANKS HAVE SOME no.
GUS CHKHALIs PAPER.
SIX Counterfeit warrants sent for
InsDection, which Are Duplicates
Of some FloateA IN Seattle-Much
sympathy for JaaesoA's Family.

MONTESANO, Nov. es.-Ncre forged
warrants of Chehais county have come
to light. Three were received here from the
Wells-Fargo bank. of Portland, Or, ana
were sent over TO have their genuinensss
passed upon. They aggregated the sum OF
SAILS. One OF them. purporting to De
warrant issued 10 Gregory & Sherreden. Is
a duplicate of one OF tha forged warrants
which Dexter Horton & Co. sent list OF
to the auditor OK this county.
The forged warrants are on blanks which
do not resemble the original in any re-
spect in size, kind Of paper. wording. ar
rangement. style Of printing and in every
thing else they are different from the true
ones, and no person who had been handling
the genuine could be deceived by them A
glance is enough to show the difference.
Three more were received from c. W.
Bales & CO., Of Portland. which together
amounted to $5.s. One was in favor OF ].
II. Rutherford for sloa; another in favor of
j. w. Diviibsss. The Rutherford warrant
was also In Dexter Horton & Co.'S list, and
the two are exact duplicates, on the same
kind OF blanks, with two Endorsements on
each. The second Endorsement is III. N.
Barnhart," the name of a man who came
here with Jameson in ISIS, when Jameson
opened a set of abstracts.
Ever since Mr.. Cudhee was here IL has.
OF course, been known that c. E. Jameson
was under arrest and that he was charged
with forging warrants amounting in the
aggregate to thousands of dollars, but
there has been a general desire that he
would prove himself innocent OF the
charge.
The hope. born Of the desire. was de-
stroyed when the Post-Intelligencer reach
ed here on Thursday, and excited groups
were to be seen in all directions discussing
the story. The undereurrent to be detect
ed in all the conversation was feeling OF
sorrow. more particularly manifested when
speaking OF the family and relatives Of
Jameson. for they have the sympathy of
everybody. M
which. while not affecting the main facts.
were. perhaps. such as would create
false impression and incline some TO do
an injustice to some Of the officials by
charging them with carelessness. The ar
ticle states that from the back of a book
of blank warrants large number OF
pages were removed"
Inquiry at the auditors Office shows the
above to be an error in the sense which
1t will be taken by the readers. There are
some blanks gone from the back part of
each warrant book, but not greater num-
Der than would naturally be taken by the
auditor. to- replace blanks spoiled and de-
stroyed while writing up warrants. it be-
ing the custom when blank warrant Is
spoiled In filing 1t out - take another
from the back part Of the boeS to take its
place.
There is also mentioned a mysterious
man." who had access to the warrant reg
lister. The warrant register is public
record and open to the public. and any one
desiring to do so is privileged to examine
It, Mr.. Jameson himself has frequently
examined the register during the past sum-
mer and before.
The people here are satisfied that II
there was more than one person engaged
In the matter the confederate must be
county. The general opinion Is that
Jameson must have been drinking heavily
for some time prior to the commission OF
the act and that he was not exactly him.
self when he did the work.
The people rather object to the inference
that the county will lose anything by the
operations, as they cannot see how the
county is in any way responsible and are
afraid that II the Inference Is allowed to
go unchallenged 1t may make a difference
in the price OF our warrants.
1t Is learned from the auditor that
Jameson has had the officers make sew
eral certificates regarding lists of warrants
issued by the county. For what purpose
the certificates were to be used Is not
known. but 1t Is supposed to help sell the
warrants.
Another fact in connection with the
forged warrants appears to be that the
genuine warrants bear the seal OF the
auditor Of the county; the forged ones have
an impression which Is a duplicate Of the
seal OF the commissioners court