[Illustration: The signature of Ivan Wilson, herewith given, will serve
as an illustration of the tremor almost inseparable from forgery. The
tremors of a simulating hand are never so numerous nor so fine as real
tremors.]


GENUINE--FORGED TRACING--FORGED FREE-HAND

[Illustration: The first signature is the original. The second is a
bungling traced forgery and the third is a forged freehand. Taken
apart from one another they are clever enough to deceive, but studied
together here the fraud and deception is readily apparent.]


ORIGINAL SIZE--GENUINE--FORGED TRACING--FORGED FREE HAND.

[Illustration: We give above a genuine signature with a forged tracing
and a forged free-hand. You can readily detect the forgeries when
these signatures are placed together and explained. It gives one
points on how to study forged and disputed signatures.]


SOME THUMB AND FINGER-PRINT SUGGESTIONS

[Illustration: We show herewith two enlarged finger-prints. These are
taken from the index finger and are used in many cases instead of
thumb-prints.]

[Illustration: The above illustrations are fac-simile impressions of