The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11
FORGERY TOO PERFECT
Reed Pooled tho Mnu whose Nan,e ne wrote.
but Got Tlis Dates MIXED Up.
From the Chicago 7Imes. Herald.

from vac chicago I'uesAeruh
ivan lVanoh' one OF the most skiltul OF Rus
sian forgers, when sentencedsto twenty years
Imprisonment In the mines OF Siberia noncha-
lahtlY remarked;
am the "icum OF poor technique. ] know
my business better than most men, out 1 am
hun'an' ana TO err is human. Had my forgery
oeen perfect could not have been convicted
! am the victim of poor technique and n care
less stroke OF the PEN
Strange as 1t may seem. nm event has taken
place recently in the United states which
proves that Ivan Ivanofr was mistaken In his
theory and that the absolute perfection OF q
forgery may provo the cause OF n conviction.
The story which contains the pronf OF this as
sertion Is not a long one and is rs follows;
Aoouttwenty years ago q young man named
Richard Robinson. who lived in the city of
New York, bought 100 acres Of land near
KANSAS City. The land was worth only three
or four dollars m acre at that time and Robin
son, getting into trouble. decided tho land TO his
lawyer in payment OF his fee. Tho lawyer gave
no attention to the propery, and II was sold for
taxes, and his title was good against all claim
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,seNeep'ln'an heirs' "hch u ,enu oeenu
valuable. owing 10 tho growth OF Kansas CIV,
an interruptions real estate dealer OF ST. Louis
ina,csa a Young v,mor ~ tho. c,,r IN i'm.
personate a laughter of Robinson and to bring
suit 10 recover the property. Tho pirl was
80, -. -, w...n 49, .,,, It'd,
pio''u =" o' a" 'ninos''i wv 'ho NJ e''ee
against her.
The case attracted wide attention. md the
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taSt TINT INC ''ue 10 me Laho seehieu "ome"hae
in doubt caused a disbarrcd lawyer named
Recd. once n resident of Cbicnpo. IN link int n
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the matter eareluliy ana nhaiIy 10 conceive a
forgery. When everything had been prepared
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i'ceh brought suit Oh elect'heht against tue
man who had possession Of the property. claim
ing that he had a deed TO il from Robinson dat
ed prior 70 me one given by hooinson 10 ms
lawyer, thus invalidating not only that title,
but all subseouent titles which had been ri vep
~ onIv - 80 hr... ~, o,ai.t 40. :.
prove that the deed alleged to be signed by
Robinson was n forgery. After n long searcb
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hooihsoh was uisco'freu Nv 'he a''orney ior
the defence. living in an Obscure town in
Texas He had passed through many wild ex-
periehces on tne irohtier anu III a personal en-
counter had received a tistol ball in his right
arm. which made auput,tion necessary. Sub-
..an.n,Ir -. ~, 800 80 4, HUs
seuueh.iS u g han serSeu as couhtS CLERK N MIS-
souLi, anu ms siGnature "a mus reaaily hc.
cessIpIe 70 ny LorneI; hooinson was orought
10 hansas S,tS oy the oelence. am ms testi-
mony was reiieo on 20 proVe that the signature
"'ttHsShneo 10 'ne ueeu Wa q i9aSrrS a.. H.,
Mhen Ihe cass game 70 ,riai ana the DEED
hau 9een pnereu IN esluence rop,nhon was
placed on the stahu. ne examined Ihc sigma
tnfe WIN tne Ereatest care. ana 10 the aston,
iS IN. n.u Tnasnnnot t"e eie2Esn ne .estiueu