FORGED DOCUMENTS
OHAEGES AGAINST SECRETARY.
(UNITED' PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COMRICHTO
(AUSTRALIAN . NEW ZBAIAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
LONDON, sth May.
; A, Scottish minister's son, David Chalmers Anderson, who is said to have, beon employed by a rich old man, John Wilson, to manage his affairs.at a wage of 30s per week, ,was charged at Glasgow, with Uttering forged/ documents involving £50,000. Wilson died at the age Apf ninety-two* years, and according tit doctors was nearly blind and in -a, state of senility.' It was alleged that documents relating to the transfer of some of Wilson's scrip bore a. signature which was not Wilson's. An Edinburgh bookmaker. said that Anderson lost>£looo in bets on .the Ascot race meeting, and later visited America. Anderson told him that he had bought a dance hall for £50,000.
A nephew of Wilson stated that he thought that, apart from his salary, Anderson had not a farthing in the world. ; He was surprised to learn that Anderson had bought a house and motorcar. ■
The case was adjourned,
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 107, 7 May 1923, Page 7
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