Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-06
Alleged Forger Biddison Worth
About 100000, 900.
CAN'T RAISE $4,000 BAIL
Curious Documents Found Among
Prisoners Effects.
PETITION TO QUEEN VICTORIA
Purports to Be Signed by Prominent
Americans and Asks Her to An
mex United States.

NEW YORK, December 5.-With q pa
per fortune Of no less than $20O, 600, 600
Samuel NJ. Biddison. the broker who was
arrested yesterday afternoon on a charge
Of forgery, today was still a prisoner
In the Tombs. unable to raise $4,000
bail. In looking over the pr1sone0 S
papers today representatives OF the dis
trict attorneys Office brought to light
bonds. stocks. coupons and prospectuses
running in value from 500 to 10000, 600
and one statement was found which gave
an estimate of Biddisons total wealth
at about s20O.O0O,OO0. Much Of this was
represented, they claim. on large tracts
Of land In various sections Of the country
One blue print was Of Cumber and
county. Tennessee. and purported to show
that Biddison controlled 1000 acres OF
land there, which was said to be rich
in coal and oil properties.
Lands in West Virginia.
Another paper, an abstract of title. gave
Biddison as the owner OF the Robert
Norris tract OF 10000 acres, centering in
Mcdowell county, W. Va.
The smallest piece of property men
toned In any Of the papers was one OF
loo acres In Lake county, Indiana: but
other prospectuses named him as the
owner of numerous other large tracts in
the same section Of the country: in fact
Tui,n.n. al! around the southern end OF
Lake michigan. and running up into the
state OF Michigan as far as Muskegon
county.
biddison's arrest was an outgrowth of
the arrest recently in Pittsburg of ].
Montenore Meyers on charge of lar
CenV -
Lumber and Construction Company
A Curious Petition.
one curious paper found among Biddi-
sons effects, and which does not seem
to have any financial aspect, purported
10 be petition to the then Queen of Eng
lana, Victoria. To 1t were attached the
names Of John Sherman, Grover Cleve-
land, John D. Rockefeller and seven other
prominent men of the last decade II
read In full as follows:
To her majesty. the Queen Of England.
and his royal highness. the Prince of
we, the undersigned, do earnestly beg
your majesty. the most gracious and be-
loved Queen Of England, and his royal
h1ghness. the Prince of Wales, pardon for
the ungracious act of our forefathers of
over one hundred years ago In declar-
Ing the independence Of the United States.
Independence a Failure
And now, after over one hundred years
of independence. we come before you with
this petition from a humble people and
ask your forgiveness. We also acknowl-
edge our inability to run this government
alone. and beg Of you that we may have
the great and glorious privilege of being
annexed to your great and glorious. do
MAN. In order that We may thereby en-
JOY all the blessings of monarchical do
man, and in order that we may thereby
enjoy all the blessing OF a monarchical
government. and We hereby promise you
we Will never advocate a measure with
out international agreement
The other names attached to the petit
ton were those of Marcus Hanna, John
G. Palmer. George NJ. Pullman, Simon p.
Buckner. John B. Tanner, Lyman ]. Gage
and John c. Carlisle.