This was a great tribute to
his push and energy, but his agency soon failed. In St. Louis,
where he stayed long enough to become acquainted with not a few
members of the legal fraternity, he forged a legal document. A
great deal was made of the case by the papers because of its
flagrancy and amusing details. It seems Adolf had become
enamored of a certain woman who was not living with her husband.
The account runs that he urged his suit, but she refused because
she was not legally free. Adolf replied that he would make that
all right and in a week or two produced papers of divorce. These
were made out in legal form, but it seems that he over-stepped
the mark. The alleged decree stated that the fair divorcee must
be remarried inside of a week. This seems to have aroused her
suspicion, as had also some violence which Adolf had prematurely
displayed. The young man was duly sentenced for the fraud.
Concerning punishments we can say that in the five years since he
left New York he has served at least four terms in penal
institutions and has been held to trial on one other occasion.
This latter event concerned itself with Adolf's impersonating a
federal officer.
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