New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-09-14
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE TTTLE-DEED PLOT.
AN INSURANCE. COMPANY ORGANIZED oN In" ""'''
OF FRAUDULENT TITLE-DEEDs.

THE TITLE-DEED PLOI'
AN INSURANCE COMPANY ORGANIZED ON THE BAsis
OF FRAUDULENT TITLE-DEEDs'
The counsel engaged in the DEFENSE Oh
several persons now under arrest for comphcy 'no
forgery Of titledeeds real estate nave ocen very
anxious set their clients free as cary as pVss'
an apparent fear that unless their o'sc""ik" was
neediiv effected other and grsver onenses might DC
hrourht AGAINST them The police however nave also
been active in their investigations, ana nave o'sco'ereu
other forQeries connected with the u"o'uoeuS upou
which the conspirators attempted 10 organize 'no
Palisades Fire insurance Company Oap@ ea'y
with detective officers irving and QuacKehoush OF
~. c, mn no,ce ascertained on Saturday that
tbrea NJ the MORTGAGES under the name OF isaac wal
,ers Feb g. 1874 Amelia Levy, May l. 1874 ana afa a.
Hamyton MAY g. 1874 without DOUBT iorseres anu
fraudulent The address OF Isaac walters was gwen on
the bond as at No 1850 West Elevenths'' anu no was
represented TO be reputed ownerof NOS ' io' anu
lo7 Mercer-st and Nos. 800 and Ss1 Broomes. an VI
Witch nroperty was mortgaged for $4,000 No such
49,, 90 Isaac walters has ever lived at No. 156 West
p,eventhst and the Mercerst property was found TO
no ovvnad Inv Mr. Resented OF No 365 Broadway, who
has held Il for over seven years, while the Broomest
property belonged to Mr. Brinkerhon OF dranust "no
had been In possession OF 1t for nearly 10 years Aena
Ievv was represented as living at No. 7ol Washing
ton-st and owning No. 90 Crosby-st' upon winch
mortgage had been executed for 100000 NO such per-
son as Amelia Levy had been known at No. 7sl Wash
ntoust and the Crosbyst. property had been owned
nv John Simpson of No. 167 Bowery since july 1911
The residence of Maria A. Hamilton was given as AT No.
s ana she %as for had been
executed The property In question oMn W.T. w no
Singer Sewing Machine Company ana no sucn Pers9n
% Maria A Hamilton has ever been known az No. l4S
Wayerley-place. The police are stu Dusty engagsu III
the of of the other securities OF the
P1sades Fire Insurance Company, and there is very
little doubt that the whole viii prove 10 DO equally
The Nomination OF Wesley Weber, arrested as one
OF those implicated in the fraudulent whs
resumed on Saturday afternoon before Justice Fammer
ar the Tombs In order to complete the evidence
against Weber, it was necessary 10 prove uat t d
mortgage bearing his name was fraudulent, ana 70 90
nis William H. Walker, alias Gerken. one OF the prison
| ers was mt on The stand After Walker mad been
DS before ne mao 10 %Ee testimony on
ground that be was convict and produced rec2rd I
Ham Walker had been convicted OF forgery In June 1874
and sentenced to three years Imprisonment IN ns s,aee
PRISON and had convicted in August leoi OF
passne counterfeit, IS bill on the Merchants aud Me-
chances Bank OF Troy, for which oiense ne was sen
In order TO prove that witness Walker was the same
man as mentioned in tue record,
Charles Saca, another prisoner, was put on tue sanu
and testified that Walker had told him that he was the
person saca, under crossexamination admitted that
Nav $50 for the purpose OF making Walker settle
suit winch he, Walker. had In Iowa against saeias son
T. Sacia, another OF the party oue ho
vet arrested for completely III the faeged forgerles'
Although aware that Walker had been eonvieten, ne
saeIa renewed q favorable acquaintance with him In
IS72 after the laters return from Iowa. Inc Assistant
District ttorney then recalled Walker, VINO sald ne
was not in this country in 1874, but admitted tha ne
had been arrested and convicted In 1861 OF passing
counterfeit bank-note which he had taken In change.
Jnsce Flammer reserved his decision until to-day az 10
the competency OF Walker TO testify, aud the eXamnl
non was adjourned until tins afternoon, bai being
fixed in sacias at 0O. aud in Webbers case at
| $1,000. -
Louis E. French Secretary OF the Palisades lnsur-
ance Company taken before Justice Reese AT Jec
sey City saturday morning CHARGED WIN havns "a
COMPLETELY with Charles Sdcia, raudulenty conspNea
az officers OF the SAID Company 10 cheat the people OF
New-Jersey and elsewhere, and hdd sworn 10 49,
ment that the Company's assets CONSISTED OF benus,
mortgages and other c0llaerals, In order TO Obtain ro
| the State Government certificate under whcP Ihey
| eoud carry on business. Mr. III. G. Kelsey, the cecre-
French embraced stock OF the United States Gas Com
pany of NewYork land this stock was vdlueess ana
mort GA &c purportrg have been gwen by Wilan n
| Ano1x OF New York whose signature had been forged
other testimony offered, incladng that ol u: W;
Lanes one of the directors OF the Company uho stated
MAT ne had received from Saca twenty slW shares OF
stock IN the Company for s0J he James, sun osus the
| Company 10 be legitimate undertaking.