Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-07-28

nine names. One man had signed
for his wife and daughter.
Two other frauds were found
where on page 16, volume of the
petitions from Newport, Chehalis
county, nine names were found writ.
ten on a separate piece of paper and
pasted over the blank space where
the signatures should have been
written. The signers might have
signed a petition for eliminating dog
catchers from Newport and they may
be ignorant today that their names
are on the prohibition petition. On
another petition a whole block OF
blank space had been cut out and
a piece of paper with 10 names past.
ed over. Who can tell II these 10
men and women know their names
are on the petition?
Samples Of Il.
On page 1S from Satsop, Chehalis
county. 10 names appear; in indelible
pencil in precisely the same hand.
writing. II one person did not sign
the whole 10 names, the people of
Satsop write remarkably alike.
To cite a few instances of the
most fragrant similarity in signatures,
Lester c. Lennon. justice Of the
peace at Connie, Chehalis county, Ger.
titled to the following names on page
of volume Z, all of which are in
the same handwriting with which
Testers name is signed: Alice Lem
mon, Will ]. Lennon, Marie Lem.
mon and L. A. Lennon. On page
of the same petition Justice Lem
mon certified to the following names,
of which the surnames all appear to
be written by one member of the
family: NJ. E. Southman, B. D. South
man and Annie Southman; John C.
Hanson and Sophie Hanson; j. H.
Faulkner and Lille Faulkner; E. D.
Garrard and Ella D. Garrard; Ar
milda Lennon and Jackson Lem
mon; Homer Watkins and Lille Wat.
kins; George D. Harp and Anna
Harp.
On page 20, volume z, Iva Lem.
mon, postmistress at Porter, Chehalis
county, certified to the following very
similar names: w. H. Ray and Mrs.
Mary Ray; A. A. Cooper and Pearl
Cooper; ]. B. Ray, Mrs. J. B. Ray,
Mrs. M. L. Ray, Grover Ray, Mrs.
Carrie Ray and w. w. Ray. The
Rays names were apparently all sign
ed by one person.
On page 4, volume 10, the names
of Mrs. ]. B. Rowland and Mrs. Net.
tie Whitinger appear. The Mrs"
before both names are almost iden.
tical, and the handwriting on the
signatures is very similar. On page
q, volume 10, the signatures of Et-
ia NJ. Turner, E. J. Turner and Eta
NJ. Gallagher are APPARENTLY alike.
On two pages of the petitions from
Hoquiam the following similar sig
natures were found: Mrs. ]. Len
festy, Myrtle Lenfesty, James Len
festy and Susie Lenfesty; James A.
Sutton and Emma X. Sutton; S. P.
Harris and Leatha Harris.
On one petition, page 81, volume
8, out of 20 names the following sig
natures were found which would be
pronounced alike by any professional
handwriting expert; Perry w. Hub
BILE and Mrs. Herman Hubble; L. l..
Luce and Mrs. Nettie Luce; A. Pom
ischil and Mrs. Belle Ponischil, c..
T. Bracket and Mrs. Emma Barbee;
Mrs. Annie Perry and David Perry.
Mrs. Perry's name was signed Mrs.
David Perry" at first and then "Dav.
i'd" was scratched out and the name
annie" written above it in an alto
gether different handwriting. 1t was
suggested at the state house that the
registration officer found Mrs. Day.
i'd Perry" not registered but that
Mrs. Annie Perry was found on his
books.
More Similar Signatures
On page Is of volume q, from
Mesa, Franklin county, the similar
signatures are: Mrs. Grace Lone
and w. c. Lone; NJ. NJ. Pace and Mrs.
NJ. NJ. Pace; Floyd Fades and Mrs.
F.. L. Fades; F. w. Hampton and
Mrs. E. D. Hampton; Walter c. Man.
lig, Anton Manlig, Anton Manlig and
Mary Manlig.
On page 1S of the petition from
Ringold, Franklin county, the similar
names are: Viola NJ. Allen and Jo-
seph Allen; John Mathony and Emma
Mathony; Blanche U. Higgins and r.
A. Higgins; H. NJ. Boone and Sarah
E. Boone.
From Wheeler, Grant county, vol
ume 81, the following similar names
are certified on one page: H. S. Grit
fifth and Mrs. H. S. Griffith; John