New-York tribune., 1874-09-11
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
TUE pr.1,EsTATE CONSPIRACY.

THE REALs ESTATE CONSPIRACY.
-. .nppsrs-THE sURETIEs OF THE PALS
mrs FIRE INSURANCE CoMPANY-ExAMINAIloN
AT THE ToMBs
The investigations of Capt Leary or the
ruentysixth Precinct, which were continued yes'er
.v prove that the fraudulent practices In rear cS
records have been very extensive and that In al
binty the number Of operators is very large W.
diional arrests we're made yesterday; Wesley j.
alleged 70 have been TO some extent ueSoi ~ 49,
forged bonds OF Walker. aud John T. Lawrenos.
notary nuhlc before whom most Of the ackno"ieos
ments were made ~ on,a,ned
Capt Leary. upon the information nc nav -, .o,
went Yesterday morning TO an office at NO. % -
and arrested Wesley J. Weber. lie was III 'n0 -
- ,hor non yvho were not arrested. One OF the
stated that Weber was out but as the oincers haa
reoo,veo n deserption of him, he Acknowledged MS
identitv and was taken to the Tom0s John L. Law
renee was arrested later. He Is an OLD man. apparently
nearly 70 years Of Both were taken DeOre 1uuge
Flammer at the Tombs Police Court The amdaVIt
against Weber made by John T. sacas, wine mer-
chant at No Broomest. His story Is that he owned
ouor store at Twenty -ninthst. and Seventh-ave He
WAS desirous of selling out and, after vain attempt at
q sale by auction, introduced TO Weber Dy an auo
toneer named Ganey who does not appear TO DC much
respected by the police. After consideration ne
agreed 10 exchange bis store IN Seventh-ave TOT
mortgage This upon property in Brooklyp' at
o.
surees of the Palisades Fire Insurance Company for
$500 made by the Walker already under arrest 10
Weller This represented as correct ana MI Vues"
da weber's lawyer, found no naw IN It. This Is the
substance OF sacia's story Weber, who calls himself
real estate broker found in possession OF tour mort
cages rom Walker together with number OF abstracts
of titles In his story Judge Flammer, he sara that
no had mortgace on the property No. 80 or No. Al
spripg st. for 5000, which he received from man
named Duncan CLIENT for which he paid IL 800 In cash
and some jewelry. The mortgage was mace oy
Duncan 10 Albert j. Smith, said to be the previous owner
OF the property, and Smith sold 1t to him through
Dupcan He had idea that the deed from Smith TO
Dupesa was a forgery; IL he had known it he never
would have bought 1t. He suspected 1t now ana hau
lest confidence everything that they had been con
nected with When spoken to about Austin VINO Is
mentioned in the schedule OF the insurance company
given below said that upon his inquiry they had III
troduced him to a man called Austin. who he thlhKs
lives in Housfon-st For the four mortgages given by
walker he said he paid Oe0 diamond rings, and
IA diamond studs he discaimed all acquaintance with
Columbani.
AT the close OF the examination Weberw committed
20 the rombs and Lawrence, against whom nothing had
been shown was sent to the House of Detention as
witness Lawrence said he had known sacia for apou
10 years and done a great deal of business for him
though be was not aware OF any fraudulent proceed
ings COlumbani, the elder saola. Walker ana Meoei
will all be taken before Judge Flammer today
Capt Leary has already been made aware OF mum
her of these transactions Joseph NJ Loc2y, VINO has
recently returned from Europe finds that 81 lots OF land
I'm Wesichester County have been sold OF aueu away
with false deeds Charles StoneDrdge doing business az
No IS Crosbyst and residing IN Mott Haven discover.
that year ago these fOrgers sold 16 lots OF aDo In ta
county upon forged papers Among the papers found 10
Webers possession was an assignment not YET slgneu
Of some OF the Brooklyn property mentioned IN the
schedue below, to Edward j. Powers ot NO ~ Nassau
ct. A Mr. Hays of MOrris-st. exchanged nne yach'
and 500 for OF the mortgages from Walker u
Keber The amount of the mortgage Is not gwen.
The name OF Lawrence the notary pubic, appears IN
all papers in which Weber has been dealing and also
OF those OF Saca's manufacture lie also IS lhe
notary in the of the papers given 10 MI stone
hridee mentioned above He is an old. white-haired
man. seeming from his dress IN only moderate clrcum
stances. Weber rs young man, probably not much
over 80 OF dark complexion, and not unprepossesSing
face and OF good address. ,
Capt Leary received yesterday from the secretary OF
New Jersey the following list OF bonds and mortgages
fled in his office by the Palisades Fire Insurance Com
pany aud Walker who desires to turn States evidence,