Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-11
FORGED TRANSFERS.
,,pcE THAT THEY ARE AFLoAT
IN CLAY WARD.
vrGISTUlRS NAMES ILLEGALLY USED
.-. Hooper aud Beveridse Are
Surprised to Find Transfers Pur-
-ups 10 Have necn signed by
.,,.r,. Hut which Are Not Genuine.

.- s.r.monious warfare between the
-.,.s1 clubs and the Good Government
..--s has grown by what IL fed on,
,-s even the courteous attitude OF oppo-
..-ts Tor city offices towards each other
,.. rrdoreone a noticeable change as
... canvass wakes warmer and the date
,.- The primary approaches.
I'D. latest development. however. is de-
..f.ry startling. for what appears to be
.- extensive traffic In forged transfers
t.. been discovered by MIR. George J.
....r.r. j.. the registrar Of the Fourth
r,-...gct Of Clay Ward, The incident
,e.rF aroused Mir. Hooper's suspicious
,-.e place at the beginning of the pres
... week. and being closely followed up,
,..ves mo- doubt that a system by which
ann. voters will be disfranchised and
.,rsrs Dee laid open to arrest for having
,rs.r names on the registration-books Of
,-.-. than one precinct. is being practiced.
AIR HOOPER'S STATEMENT.
v- Hooper said to a Dispatch reporter
.-, rlEht: "In the early part of the
,... transfer was left at my Office.
,.r.I by MIR. J. II. Beverdge, who is
-...,trar OF the Second Precinct, Clay
v..It IL was handed TO my steno-
-..arsr with request that It should be
r. OBJ the books j did not enter il for
-. ra4S0ns-frst, / did not receive il
f.m The person whose name was men
r.rtd-Nr W II. Kuhn. an awning
,-.sar-and in the second place a de-
..aruun list was made out on the back
.r.-g, transfer and Mr. kuhn's residence
g.. given as No. 100S west Marshall
..-..t which is not in my precinct /
....lnt however. that Mr.. Kuhn might
.. uu me on apply at my precinct TO
ye,. at the primary, so l put the transfer
I. mv pocket and kept 1t TO await de
ysoumsnt.
aUu Tuesday a young man appeared at
~. Office and handed me a transfer
f..G February Is. 1898. with my name
..ral TO IL. transferring Mr. r. d.
White from my precinct TO the First
Precinct Monroe Ward. He requested
--. 90 write Mr.. Whites description list
AS 10 appeared on my book on the back
.. the transfer. AS soon as l looked at
-r.s transfer ! recognized that my name
f.. been forged, and l called the atten-
ton of several gentlemen who We're IN
rr office at the time to the difference
between the signature on the transfer and
ur Signature as II appeared in a num-
l.r of places and in my letter-bOOk. The
forgery was so palpable and SO clumsily
executed that il was clear to every one.
ALL WRITTEN IN SAME HAND.
After calling attention 20 the forgery
continued MIR Hooper Il asked the
Young man. who had q number of other
tHnafers. TO let me look at some OF them.
4 ayamined several. and while they We're
.rrad with the name of different regis
--.r- they had all been written by the
me person without any attempt at dis
gllse. The ink used and the peculiarities
OF The caligraphy only required casual
glance TO convince one that they were
all the work of Dne man. l TOOK the
transfer with my name on 1t and brought
4. home with me 10 see whether X. ID.
White. who was transferred thereby,
MAS on my book. ! found that the name
had never been erased, as it would have
raen had any transfer been issued
The entry in the observation-disclosures
shows the name Of r. ID. White, with the
f.rowing entries opposite the name.
tged 81 years: laborer; residence, 5l7
the city. thirty-seven in the State.
HAD NOT GIVEN TRANSFERS.
u had never given White a transfer,
continued MIR. Hooper, ''and have never
received an order from him for one. After
oamining the book, l thought of the
,r.nsfer i'm nv pocket for Mr.. W. II.
kunu which was signed by ). H. BeVe-
RIDGE 7 compared the handwriting on
e
and found them identical. Then, TO sat
i.fv myself as to whether Mr. Beveridge
signed the transfer I took down a hle
ur transfers upon which there were seve-
r.r signed by Mr. j. II. Beveridge, regis
trar of Second Precinct, Clay Ward. All
those on the file seemed to have been
written by one person, and l concluded
that they must have been written by MT
I.yarldge himself. The Kuhn transfer
MAS not in the same handwriting at All
To-day one of these transfers that
thought Mr.. Beveridge had signed Was
shown 10 him. together with the huhH
transfer and / am informed that MI
Eaveridge promptly stated that the huhn
transfer was forgery
MR. BEVERIDGE'S NAME FORGED
llr. Beveridge was seen by a reporter
and declared. unhesitatingly, that the
Kuhn transfer was never written oy MN
BE exhibited his book, which showed
that Kuhn had been transferred 10 tht
Third Precinct, Clay Ward, on Octobei
e. 1881 and that the name had beel
erased from Mr. Beveridge's book.
Ia-. Wednesday Mr.. Charles Sale, VINO
lately moved into the Fourth Precinct ol
Clay Ward from the Fifth, asked MT
Charles Carter. a close personal friend'
10 obtain his transfer, so that ne mlsh'
vote next Tuesday, when ne returns u
Oh. ..r.. He gave Mr.. Carter an order,
as follows. Registrar. Fifth Precinct
Clay Ward: Please deliver 10 bearer a
transfer for me from your precinct 70
Fourth Clay, and oblige. CHARLES T.
SALES"
Armed with this order, Mr.. Carter weh'
10 the Registrar. and was Informed tha'
transfer had already been made on an
order dated February 29th. Mr.. carter
says there is not the least doubt t1at lhi'
Oraor was forged, and the fact thal y
Was made out on a date that does no.
appear on the calendar this year was
also pointed out Mr.. Carter sara thd'
h.s friend. Mr.. Sale. he was quite SUR
Bas entirely ignorant Of this hrst oruei
and believes that some one VINO s Mai
csuizdut Of Mr.. SAFE ihoNehio" -,
obtained the transfer for their own ehus e
Dr. sale IS out Of the city, ana 10 ho'
expected 10 return until O'CLOCK VI
tuesday evening.
SPURIOUS ORDERS AFLOAT'
Numerous orders, II is said, purportihs
q emanate from Democratic heauquai
ters. are noating around ana nave oeen
Seen by several gentlemen, VINO were ii''
tenIewed last night The city Cii.' COiiIiI''
tls determined not 20 open headqudr 'Si Sl
for this campaign. These applications ,r. Io'
transfer would seem to be Irregular Ih' m