The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-05
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Mariana F. Sena. d bright Spania-d.
was convicted OF forgery in TIE feGe-al
court a Sarta Re. New Mex c.. III. the
sixth day of This moath end l. xas en-
account OF evidence furnished by J. z.
Sherman OF this city. as an expert in
hand writing
The trial and conviction OF Mariana
sena is an interesting and pathetic story.
Pedro Sanchez is one Of the prominent
citizens Of New Mexico He lives on
fine farm at the foot OF Taos mountain.
where his ancestors lived for ages. There
are several springs gushing from the
mountain AZ that place and the water
from these springs is used TO irrlgate
the lands OF the Sanchez homestead
Pedro Sanchez was made supervisor OF
the Census for New Mexico IN 1896. There
vas 4 good dea. of money belonging 10
the government that had to be passed
through his hands, and when he came
70 a settlement with the government he
vas a good many thousand dollars short.
He told the government authorities that
he didn't know how II happened: there
were a good many checks ne had no recoI-
lection OF ever having signed and he
finally picked out three that he feit
certain that he had never signed. The
experts all said IL was the signature Of
Fedro Sanchez attached 10 those notes
Pedro was indicted in the Federal court
for tnbezzlsmsnt and 70 make doubly
sure that no guilty man escaped his cont
Dental clerk Mariana F. Sena. at the
time was indicted for forgery. The lat
ter was tried first and Of course his con
viction will have q tendency TO clear Pc
Gro SANCHEZ The United States attorney
vas 50 anxious % get AZ the truth OF the
matter that he had J. 2. Sherman sun
moned al the way to Santa Fe 20 testify
IN the case.
When asked yesterday how he was abia
20 say Shat those notes we're forged.
lIr. Sherman said that he did not say
hey were forged but had simply toId
rev the signature was written
M-. Shearrsn says that q man with :
oozen letters in his name could net write
It three times alike in many millions OF
trials. Ee took those three cheeks and
Placing them one over the other held
them 70 70 a window through which The
sun was shining and he found that they
were ju-t aliks-sver,r letter p one above
re other. he then gave il as his opinion
cEat the sigma tire OF Pedro Sanchez had
been placed there with a clean rubber
stamp AID then traced With a zen and
ink
II vas then shown thsr Pedro Sanchez
bad a rubber stamp or his signature and
that Mariana sena had charge OF T. Alr
Sherman said II was his opinion that
Sers had washed thu purple ink from the
stamp and then made al impression On
the checks wiz TIE stamp and thea
traced the letters with pen and ink 0-hea
asked low he could tell that II. Shear
man proceeded . explain how Re did
Il
He brought cut a powerful EasRifylng
Instrument which ~ ssiG ~ lad made tc
rider fov the purpose Of examining sig
a. lures He told 2l-ss Laura C. Esx-
ccnb his assistant IL the Un.te5 States .
Clerks oS.Se u sign her 1ama % q
psece . vhste payer This she id n
a smooth. even hand ~. Shearnan f
+ - j. besEeea tuo plates x plain Gear
slzss ard th-n placed The ~ho.e N RS
nzSuifyf-E izztrsRsrL
sust q rcrtioa - che ie,rer vas shcTn I
II lhe msgllfy.a= snsrrulf1g and f7sf-sd f
q ae-1r A s=eeth l-le is as ic-g
sroken Ira ~ r.yess rifrlsts and Iskes 4
ef INK The- Mr- Sherman -zf izi-es +
that VIXEN he hsG lla-es the sip7escd +
Signature - Tssrc Sanchez u--er AJAX
Elud q tes.. thar Re -ea.d see s-au 4
-artic,ss @. TIE purp-s t-k niz@i aith 4
,hs hizcz and - coeid So rhe-s the .
-sn haa gone hack ard rs-rzceE tHe H-ss +
- -e- $500 ---e-- 80.