The Washington times., 1921-04-02

FAKED|vORCES
Victim Tells of Methods Used by
Missing lawyer-Forged
Bogus DEGREES.

NEW YORK, April 2.-"For the
sake OF the other innocent victims
of this so-called divorce mill, as
well as for myself, hope that Her
bert +. Miller, the pseudo lawyer,
will get the extreme penalty"
WORKED WITH SECRECY.
This was the statement made to.
day by Arthur 4. Dempsey, one 81
the unsuspecting parties dragged in
to the divorce net by the man who is
said to have engineered more than a
hundred fraudulent divorces.
Dempsey said that the machina-
tions OF Miller, who has never been
licensed in the State of New ork,
were carried on with the utmost Sec
recy.
been severely hurt through the ac-
tions OF this master divorce agent
for neither he nor his wife had re-
married. He said:
MILLER evidently had a number OF
men representing his interests in
town, for my attention was first
called to his Advertisements by an un-
known party. i went to him and
he said that he could put through
the divorce in a short time as he had
drag in westchester county.
when j went up to White Plains,
Godfrey Taylor, also seeking a di-
vorce through Miller's aid. went with
me. We entered the county clerks
ONCE with this alleged attorney and
he produced number of papers in
our cases.
PAID HIM $50 FEE.
Then he went into a room adjoin-
ing that OF Judge Tompkins, saying
that he would finish us with dispatch.
When he came out ne said that every
thing was all right, that the justice
had signed the necessary papers and
there would be no need for our testi-
mony. We accepted his word and paid
$50 fee"
These two cases, that of Dempsey
and OF Taylor, were both dated on the
same day. They contained the sigma
ture OF Judge Arthur Tompkins, who
has said that his name was forged by
Miller.
Dempsey then told how Miller kept
after him for further payment but
that he withheld them until the final
papers were secured. When he asked
Miller II his wife in Montreal would
be notified. the so-called lawyer sta
ted that everything had been ar
ranged. Dempsey added:
when I think OF the hundreds of
people who have evidently been vic
timizezd by this man, OF the results,
bigamous marriages, iuegitimate chill
dren--it is horrible.
District Attorney Davis, of West
chester county, said the number of
Miller's cases now in his possession
for investigation is twenty-eight. A
former clerk OF the man who would
grant divorces OF his own free will
was questioned by the district at
torney. He said that a number OF
people who came to Miller for divorce
cases agreed to aid him In his fake"
system. The allegation OF coilusion
is under inquiry.
The investigation yesterday reveal
ed that Miller. to cover himself in q
number of cases, would write out in
terlocutory decrees for his clients,
telling them to show the DEGREES to
friends. Then he would ask for the
papers again, alleging that he would
try to finish up the case. Thus, &C
cording to former colleagues, he re-
ceived the fees, and his clients had
nothing to show for their trouble.
In case OF Beatrice Terenzio
against her husband, Enrico, tho tes-
timony was actually heard before
Supreme Court Justice Tompkins in
White Plains. The judge ruled that
the evidence was insufficient and re-
fused to grant a divorce. Then Mil
Ter sat down at his typewriter and
wrote out a complete sct OF minutes
forging the judges name.