The sun., 1873-08-26
S1rPLSDoTS SWINDLE.
Addition. Division aud silence by the whole
sale in Ast0TtR-A Great ReIi Estate
Irnud-Ihe rrIpetInlor. LncAch lp.

Addition, Division aud silence bv the whole
sale in A.toriR-A Great Rcni Estate
Traud-lhe Perpetrators Locked ~.
InJuly, l,C9, John 4. .Stammlerpurchas
land in Astoria, the aggregate price being s3l,,-
vs. The land was divided into Los lots. Pre-
Nous o. thi- he hat made similar purchase ia
Astoria and tie Iur, ha-tr ~ II the lots were lat
i-Col. The trustees, how ever, into - hose hands
the matter was put after the trouble began,
.Iud that part Il the uplts -e pn the lrst
land purchused WIS paid with money received
for lots la the second purchase. About the sth
- August, 1852, MIR. >tcmWler formed partner
ship with Jacob simon. Jacob Schmey. August
Alhtecht, VIM. Ierguach, aud Gerhard schue!-
der. 4 pamphlet was printed setting forth the
advantages 20 he derived 10y purchasing their
lots. Il was claimed that it was an Independent
tOducratlye organization; that IL managed It's
,Wu financial affair kept its own books; had
it- own charter ana it, own separate county
bond aud that it- treasurer Gerhard schneider.
was bound In the sum ~ S2uUss, with two re-
spouslhle surctie. that lT.s lDt. aJxluu fcc.
free from rocks and swaWps, containing the
best garden soil ana adjoining the property #
lection NJ. j. were bY contrast secured al 40
uer tot, payable In weekly iusta ments Of -,
with fun possession, free from all incumbr1n-
ocs. ON the 9rh day OF December 1870; that
those who paid the full amount OF money would
receive Ia ana irre guaranteed deed and that
those who did not would be reaLired to give
il'riGaie t"r We fein"inder, To oe pad ~ weekly
fun or. " desired, hy monthly or quarterly pro-
IOrlouate Iu,tdllmeut, Ui e..
The pamphlet further states that the eK-
pon-rs OF laying Out aud cpustrut 'Iug streets,
printing. Nc., would bee paid out Of the COM
Ituy fund, the sum being S3sUp. which mad
been realized m the following manner; From
the purchaser $l0,t %; Temporary ale 4 a house,
5000; temporary sale Of twenty llts, 5000 /;
interest on money oi VAR pua deposits, SSnJi,
The foregoing reprosentati,ns have heen
proved false some ~ti men had Invested their
earnings and were about TO le swudlcd Out -
everything, when Mr. Ernst Otte member Of
the assJ, iation, sued. Mr.. Henry Welle, counsel
for 'he pldiutin, applied 10 Judge Joseph +.
Day, of the Court OF Common Pleas, for an in
junction restraining TIE defendants from dis
losing # the property purchased for the 1ss'ci-
alton. Judge D-ly -Tanted ateWporary inluuc-
tl Iu, which wlS imbvdlat"y followed hy tile
appointment Of the following persons as tru--
toes: Matthias LutZ, Cody Aufduger, Heinrich
IeldWann and Albert lirucggeu"un, Joun A.
SfeMnltr mad" = transfer ut aIl hi- property TO
fig lru-'crs, which included a farm in Long
] land Ci.y, known as the BragdW farm, pur-
chased since lh1i, Jacob simon, August AL
brecht, and VIM. kcrntaCh were arrested and
are in prison. Gerhard Schneider and Jacob
Schmey were also Hrre-ted, but were released,
II r. said, through collision with the Sheriff uf
Queens county, who allowed one to 30 bail for
the other. They are men of influence and con-
troll votes, which Is believed TO be the Sherid :
reason Tor releasing them Mr.. Schneider, how
ever, while visiting his friends in Ludlow street
jail, on the 18Th inst, was locked up.
The defendants applied to have the order OF
arrest vacated, bat Judge Nei son sad that he
thought the charge Of fraud Hau been clearly
proven, and declined. Justice Pratt yesterday
ref cd Ip