, 1876-01-20
:. ALVIN N. LANCASTER.
WITT HE WAS ANREsTED FOE AN ALLEGED PER-



Yesterday morning Mr.. Alvin N. Lancaster, q
reA! edtato dealor at No. IS Washington street,
van arressed by Deputy Marshal Buck on tho
ohasgo Of perjury. On account OF the promi-
ncnce Of tho accused In social and buaiucss cir.
clos, tho arrest croatod mora than ordinary inter-
cs. In tho vicinity Of the United B.steB Court,
whore Mr.. Lancaster waa brought to giy0 bail,
Tho indictment under which he WAN Arrest
ed la lengthy document, and tho papers
in tho caac nra vo'umlnous aud woll-wotn
since tho matserh upon which the action IL taken
occurred over . yoar ago. Tho charges, in brief,
arc, that during the proGresa OF tho two differ
cnt BMlts brought by M,H. S',sau C. Warren, OF
New York. aga,ast Alvin N. Lancaster, tho snid
Lancaster made falBe statements under oath
Grand jury recommend that ho bo tried.
1n order to obtain hla sldo Of tia Etory, and to
get at tho facts in tho c1He, which aro bv no
meanH cleAsy explained by tho charges. . TnlD-
afternoon. In answer to the question ~ to
whether he would enliEhton lie public, hlr.
Lancaster said that ho would do 80 willingly.
His statement was a. fo!lowB;
Ths. affair il really tho result Of 4 business
quarrel. / bnya been doing buai,lcgY for Airs,
Warren for humber Of ycars, and largo Sums
Of money hayo passed between LII, sometimes
tho balauce b0ing Oil ono aldo aud sometlmeB Oh
tho other. The origin of sh!s trouble lay in
of s5.25o which At 600 tmo ,olt iron, % hsr by
agIeelnent A. shout tho ssn,o t,mo sol her
Sl2,o0o worth Of thrm mortgages. for which
eha paid from $4,000 to $4,000 In casb,
tho bxlanco tu DO raid for hy tho
bonds which | WAS already holding. 1t
20 hnppenet. aoma tituo n!tor that ono t,f tho
mortgages foil dun ind was not tatou up, vi hero
upon A.s. Warren wrote to NC that she had not
bought that mortgage At all. Bho also canaa on
to chicago, and demanded that gys her CHI
cago properly IN p'aco Of tue mortgages, and re-
turn hcE the bonds. an agreauunt was finally
made besween myself aud her alto.ueYy Doolls-
tlo d Whiting, by which Was 10 give her tweu-
ty lots In Chicago In consideration, OF ono OF er
MortGa8eH, whose yalns was 10, 601, aud 81 600
in cAsh. IN consideration, agreed 10 deliver
up tho bonds. Tho bargain Was made, md
tho dso,ls Of the property Wasa already rlaced
In tho hands OF = lhlrd party, When poolittln Il
Whiting suiused to carry out tho arrangement
alleging that th0y had no authority in lie mat
tor. They thou immediately ento1od suit pgalnsk
msaelt aud the Commercial khlionnl Hank for
tha recovery Of the bonds. A Judgment ~
obtained in their faynr. and pasd over to then,
ho'evss' 70" y mi they orous,L: sult a9s'nst mo
div mxde mo by booiit.Ie / WhttIus
t4at pay Sla,0J0, inclusive Ut tho bonds, as u
settlement ~ full. offered 9l4,0UD. The
threat "an then made that II | tiin't pey tho
$l1,ooo tley would get .ns indicted for perjury.
Ihat IL &ll ! kpuw about 1t. TAo suits wofo
tiled 10 tho teIerat Courts at different tines,
tho last ono occurring lass May, when iua5ueot
aGalo4t noe was obtained to thu amount III 10 0t}O.
| consider This present prosecution as hiack,
mailing operation Of The worss kind.
Ir. LANCASTER gave ba.l Ia 4io,0U with T. NJ,
Jordan aud leoEge 9. Iolman ~ suie,ios.
u NA gratifying to learn that the rumors which