The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
AUTocRATic FoRGERs.
one Way OF Raising Funds That
Grows ia Popularity.


From tho New York World
Several CASES Of forgery in wAi-h People
re-ousius 10 the British ar.stocracy are
implicated are engaging he attention Of
English police authorities
Warrants have lecn ISSUED for the ar
rest Of a daughter Of British ambassa-
der. Icprtscn Ing his soNelcign al a foreign
court md for The capture OF at 'east three
sons of peers Of The realm
The habit Of wiring somebody else's
name has o. ONE prevalent among the up
per classes owing 10 the inability of the
old families 10 keep abreast OF the pace
set by TIE new rich. The very number Of
utled people exposed TO charges of forgery
has apparently rendered this crime fash
ionable
The ambassadors daughter for whom a
warrant has he II issued is Mrs. Kings,ote,
who a year ago was doing the honors Of
her fathers embassy at Madrid, where he
was representing both England and the
United states. Among Ter victims are Lord
Byron and Lord Burton. tho latter the
proprietor OF HE great Pass brewery. She
has been already taxed ub'icly by Sir
George lewis Lord Burron's lawyer, with
having made a fraudulent use of his
clients name.
a couple Of years ago the son of Lord
Ha'dou, destined 10 occupy his fathers
seat in the House of Lords. confessed dur
ing a civil suit tnat he had forged the
name OF his wealthy mother to a promis-
sorry no @. The moncy-lender who had dis
counted IL brought suit against Lady Hal
don FOR the amOunt-namely, $7,500-and
she refused 10 pay on the ground hat the
signature was not hers.
In her defense SIZE cited her son, who adj
mitted on oath that his mother was right
and that he had forged her signature. on
which extraordinary evidence Judgment
was given in favor Of Lady Hallon. who
thus escaped having TO pay at the ex-
pense Of her sons good name.
II the young nobleman avoided criminal
proceedings il was because Lady Hald0n 8
lawyer was able to convince the authori-
ties that the money-lender had been aware
of the spurious Endorsement when he dis
counted the bill at 30 per cent, and that
he did so to be placed in a position to
exercise pressure upon The wealthy rela-
tives of the forger.
Lord William Nevil. son of the Marquis
of Abergavenuy, brother-in-law of the
Murietta brothers well known in New
York is undergoing a five years term Of
penal servitude for having forged the
name of his friend, Capt Clay, to a prom
issory note. Only four years ago Dr. Col
Inns, medical officer Of the Horse Guards
and the most fashionable ladies' physician
in London, was tried for forging the name
of a comrade, the rich Capt Selwyn
Cant. Selwyn and the friends in whose
hands he placed hmself-Lord Walsingham
and Sir Nigel Knsscote, equerry of the
Prince of Wales-undertook to Withhold
proceedings against DR.. Collins to permit
him to continue his practice and to retain
his position i'm society and his membership
of the clubs on the understanding that ne
would leave England a the end Of six
months. When ne declined to fuldn this
agreement they caused his arrest
Another well-known officer. of the
Guards Capt Seott-Sanders. is now doing
time for forging the name of Lord Landas-
borough.
A year ago. the London usurer Jay.
brought suit against Sir Tatton Sykes
well known in New York. for payment Of
promissory notes Endorsed with his name
Sir Tatton refused to pay, stating that bis
signature had been forged. The Jury and
the court accepted Sir Tatton's views Yet
in spite OF this charge hanging over the
head of Lady Sykes, she remains in Eng
land unmolested and even retains her no
sition in fashionable society. Her brother
is married to Miss Livingstone of New
York.
Lady Cunning. after confessing In court
that she had forged the name of her father
and of other relatives, was sentenced 10
several years imprisonment, with hard la
Dor She is a member of the house #
ChurchhiH of which the Duke of Narl-
borough is the head, and the widow Of the
late Sir Henry Cunning
on the continent forgery among the tit'e 4
is more prevalent than in England. The
fashion was set by a royal princess Prin-
cess Louise OF Coburg, daughter of the
King of Belgium, who only escaped the
penal consequences of forging the nama
of her young sister, the widowed Crown
Princess Of Austria, by getting herself
placed under nominal restraint in a lunauc
asylum as mentally irresponsible.