New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-05
ARREST on A CHARGE OF FALSE
PRE- TENSES.

BOGUS ARTISTS UNION EXPLOSION
Villa II. Hobrooke alias J. w Holbrooke, a
dealer in eDgrsvings and paintings lately doing BUSH
less at No. sos Broadway, yesterday brought
from Albany, by Officer KNAPP of the Court of S.
sohs, who had arrested him q warrant Issued by
Judge Bogart, complaint Of the junior member o!
the firm of Vsscher & Schell, advertising sgeats at
No. BAG Broad way, who charge him with Ease pre-
lenses. The affidavit. Of complainant sets forth that
in the month Of March last the prisoner called at the
Office Of complainant and informed him tn At bis name
was j. w. Hoibroose, aid that he wss Secretary of
the American Artists Union, and when asked by de-
pOnent what said American Artists Union was, aud
its object, he stated that it en- Association OF
Artists who had united for the purpose of dev0iog
means to effect the sale Of large number Of engray-
ipgs and paintings then in their possession, aud
by thus creating sale for them, afording each
member of the Association constant employment;
that he was DESTROYS of making an arrange nent with
depone nj and his parnert to advertise their engravngs
ard paintings in various parts Of the United States
and Canada, and that be had called for the purpose
of effecting such arrangement; whereupon deponent
believing these representations to be true after cor
sulDg with his partner did consent to advertise for
sad VIM. III. Hobrooke, or, rs he and his partner be-
lieved his name to be, 81. W. Holbrooke," upon
certain conditions in regard to payment for said adj
vertisiDg; which conditions were, that the amount
which would be due for said al sertisibg should all be
paid before the expiration Of three months from the
date aforesaid, which amount has never been paid
and which said HolbroOke refuses to pay That, be-
fore commencing to advertise for said Hobrooke de-
ponent drew up order for said Hobrooke to sign,
which authorized deponen and his partner to do said
advertising and which order said Holbrooke,
in the presence Of deponent aud clerk in
his employ, signed al. w. Hobrooke," and
said ORDER is appended hereto; that deponsnt and
his partner perfor ned sid advertising to the amount
of several thousand doll AIS fully believing that the
statements made by said Holbrooke were true, but
has since learned that said statements totally
false inasmuch there did not exist at the time said
representations were made any such association as
before named, called the American Artists Union; that
said Hobrooke was not Secretary Of said Artists
Union and that the Of sid HolbrOoke is not j..
W. Hobrooke, and deponent therefore believes that
said Holbrooke made the statement Aforesaid and
signed his name j. w. Hobrooke," for the purpose
Of deceiying him and his partner, aud OF cheating
and deffaudipg them and prsys that be may be ar
rested and dealt with according to law. Complain
ant further states that he has been Informed by Oil
Ger Knapp that said Holbroote admitted TO him that
he was worth Sl2,OOO OF SlooVV anu tha US nau pun
all of his property out Of his possession, and that
MessIs visscher & schell could not reach it. Tue
prisoner was taken before Justice Connolly at the
Tombs and held to answer the charge 1t Is said,
also that within few months past he has been send
ing out advertisements to the proprietors of newspa-
pers in various parts Of the United States and Canada,
for insertion in their papers all or many Of which be
has headed American Artists Union, and signed j.
W. Holbrooke, and further that he has expressed his
rtntion never TO pay for those advertisements, aud
has admitted that no has procured their insertion 10
about 400 papers. The j. W. Holbrooke above
named was lost in the steamer Arctic, in September
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