Salt Lake Tribune | 1895-08-24 | Page 1 | Clumsy Pension Forgery

CLUMSY PENSION FORGERY 1 ANGELO ARRESTED AT BOISE A most transparent case of fraud literary style of affidavits not up to bureau requirements acquire ments TRIBUNE SPECIAL I 1 boise ida aug 23 A remarkable case of forgery in conn connection 0 atlan with willi an ail application 1 t 1 0 11 for pension developed ap hens er e today 0 d a y when angelo macklin was arre arrested ted by united states authorities it J id plo probably bably tho the most mont case of forgery the pension bureau a eer er had to deal with the arc all written itte n in fit the same hand the signatures am ale written where the name balne of nf the officer administering the he oath should appear and both names appear subscribed to the certificate the name ot of the officer spelled lq sp ellid wrong and the orthography of 0 thu whole production Is laughable lauri able one affie lavit Is li by dr byeis druggist anothy ir by dr neer liger the following is 1 ia verbatim copy of 0 dr lAy myerla erss alleged affidavit 1 I pr a cills and sell daugs I 1 have bin in ill the drugs druga bulnes tor for 9 years yearn I 1 have for him slid and told bold him lots lota of drugs mostly for or the ru mAtIsh but his bis main doctor was waa dr smith but he Is deal dead now I 1 have none him for lit ID yearn and I 1 have none him when v hen he be coul dent walk alone I 1 do this writing myself and aint interest interested Inte d in this eld eldrence mence no chape w whatever hat ever macklin Is an all old man ile he lives with his family fati ally on cit dry creek lie c balms to haic hae belonged to the awen ty ly s cond iowa volunteers volunteer pending examination he wall waa put under SM ball and vent ent to the penitentiary in default