New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-27
REMARKAsLE CASE OF FRAUD.

IN. Trov On. W Times of Saturday says
The attention Of the Circuit Court Judge inga' T
oocnnied ths forenoon with most remarkable tra INC
pont at issue the genuneness of the mortgage
ing having been given by James SeamCn bbo 90 far
as the trial concerned is myth and transIeTreG 70
Hudson Hoagland. boot and shoe dealer ~ sS 10 6 S
nature attached to the document ana on lhe "a
the mortgage refused to cancel the Se mortgage and
sell the property Mr.. Semon Is the owner OF farm
Schodack situate about five miles from ADahy lts No
Is about S2 600 and IL Is entirely unencumbered In June
1866 gentleman called at his mouse anu
desired to sell the place He replied that he had enter
tanned no thought OF dispOsng OF IT, but no eonu get
enough for he didn't know but he WOULD sell IL. ri, e
tLonght he would take $4,000 for IT, The stranger hen
said that he had been engaged in business IN New 10TH
that ne had retired from business and desired 10 se
tbomeb he would take it at Mr. semons price. He also
desired to buy household furniture and the stock
implements upon the farm. Mr. semon replied Ihat ne
must think the matter and il the gentleman wona
give him his address he would return uehlte ALE ~
days The stranger then gave MS address as or
Walther Box No. "A, NewYork City," ana IN uay OF
two Mr.. semon wrote 81, TO f.rm 'n IN this WAY
il is supposed, the forger came IN possession VI
the farmers signature Before the stranger S
The number and page OF the book in which IL was re-
corded. to enable him TO make preni.{
and Mr. Semon complied-nOt deemng IL at al strange
that the prospective buyer should desire to lnyesgae
the title 10 the farm The man LETT, ana our ho
farmer saw him afterwafd: iom uy ~ la
nuently 10 this two men, representing themselves 10 no
John swartz and James semon, appeared pelo,o nv
corder Rosendae OF Albany, and requested n " @
mn bond and mortage for $500 IN favor OF te iorner
aud against the farm OF the latter Inc e&t ~
ment have in tnis case IL naue ~ a. bis s,oro ono
morning and is approached by stranger WHO ocscs y;
make "a transfer OF bond and mortgage or sIo. ~, va
boots and shoes and produces this mortgage .,o
farm James semon He gives hrs name as ohn
and saws that he Is German; tnat NE nhu Ieceny
been i'm the Rebel army having been conscrlpted ~
Columbia s. c. that Mr. semon, the morgagor, Is MS
and had given him the mortgage IN sals
faction of an inheritance obtained upon the death OF ms
father and that he desired TO exchange IL TOT DOOls
shoes i'm order 10 enable him 10 engage IN business Inc
particulars OF the interview between MT Hoagana anu
Swartz brought out In the testimony oI MT hvas
land who called by the defense Inc ineicIhnl lu7
approached replied that he was mot III the hhot ol 10
nG business i'm that way" whereupOn bwartZ assured
him that It was all right" and offered TO submit the
mortgage 10 the scrutiny OF Mr. Hoaganus aWyers au
thew might search records IN the County Clerks once
at Troy and satisfy themselves IN regard TO the tue
and value OF the property upon which the mortgage was
given. Mr.. Hoagland seems TO nave thought the sug
ton good one, and he took SwartZ around TO the once
OF his lawyers Messrs. Wckes q Foster prominent
legal firm in NewYOrk CITY, who thereupon took charge
of the matter their client. They dispatched clerk
and he returned, reporting II oil right ana the properly
worth several thousand dollars more than the eneuui
brance The lawyers theTeupoh decided aat I1 iAcsE
ment was good one and drew mp transfer OF the deed
taking the precauton TO get I'm addition To the transfer
executed by Swarz the written consent Of sem0n 10 the
transfer. and tins Is also pronunecd iTtIsg ,Gc
mortgage in boots and shoes, sending ihem 70
Newcastle DEL where the latter said he intended 10 e
tablish himself business and Mr. HOagaud put has
bond and mortgage In his safe along with otberNauauc
never for "a moment dreaming that there would ever
question TO It's value aud genuncness In the
progress Of time the mortgage malured ana OF eoIse
Mr. HOag gland wanted his money. Mr Semon was called
upon and desired to settle up He expressed the utmost
surprise at the demand, aud declared the mortgage
fraudulent-his signature 10 10 forgery. 10 was now
Mr. HOagland's 10 be surprised aud Wickes fo-
ter the Eew.YOrk lawyers, 10 Dc equally "struck oil
back" with astOnishment scmon declined To pay ana
Hoagsnd brought suit to oreclose the mortgage and se
his