The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-06
MILLIONAIRE NOES CASE.
REAL ESTATE TR1NSA CTIONS IN
CENTRAL NEW YORK.
city Lots aud water Lots md sand Hill
Lots and Lots In the Clouds some Expe-
rIencer OF the Nlohnwk valley Farmers.

land In -(hicl-Nirgnia; I've got 100 acres
onto the OHIO Western Reserve (hic); I've got |
about Atty acres In Kentucky, an some In (hic) |
Western Virginia. II had II all put together
(hlc) I'd he worth a million an half to-day.
But, as my wife tells me, Moe saws she,
you've been talkin' about getting that property
together for twenty year, an don't believe you
ever will
~ d. know"
He was YER, seedy. He wore a butternut coat
and vest and trousers nat had once been black.
HIS hat was battered and his unclean shirt had
no collar. You would have act him down for
tramp until you saw his face. 1t was weather
beaten and d marks Of dissip atom, but It was
the face Of a bold. shrewd, Independent inhabit-
ant OF the free West. who, either drunk or sober,
could play his hand for what 1t worth. He
leaned, as he spoke, against the barn In the rear
| OF third rate hotel In Utica. A SUN reporter
had found him sitting in the barn in close con-
vsrsation with mddle-aged farmer.
They call him, In Utica. Millionaire Moe. His
name Is Addison Noe, and he calls himself
lives in Plainneid but does not SOC her
vaaaboDd mnuonalrs more than three or four
sober does not appear. They moved to plain:
| nsld from tho West about nine years ago, and
yss and ,Sppop, the He.pns
| boarders.
TRADING FARMS AND LOTS.
Il
liousire Moe has been a nomsdic vendor Of
| farms and town lots. The titles to some Of these
10 his vivid i@.sins,ioo. About six Years years $50
he traded on Western farm, In which he
burg va Tue Virginia man, altar visitins his
| western acquisition. returned home, went 70
tn. .mSs 81 ne broker through whom Moe , n,d
him. The Lynonours jury found their fellow
oitiI.n no. guilty. Moe b. not made any deals
| Piannsld last wiLter. When he became sober
enough to get away, he went Vest 10 few
to gel MIN out Of Jail His vifs's friends raised
the money. Tho next they heard from MIN he
| town lots. In ths Albany Evening Journal OF
July q appeared the following record OF real es-
tate transfers:
Greene fSI 900; Addison Moe q Pi.l9asd. ~;
ca for 5000. N'''' ''N'' ~ "
Mr.. Greene is also Of Utica, where thss. trans
fer wsr. made. MlllionA.s Moe turned 40 In
had pocketfu Of leeds for properly OF various
decree: u dssrsoi'it,. He took . room 10
George h. Nrtthe-s. q farmer in Deernold, just
across the r,et, opposite Uucs. MIR. Nauhews
and Noe de.ded to astthsw w. farm OF lsi acres
in schoharie county. about TIVE mite, from the
search brought down to 1875. Matthews went
down to look at hts new purchase. He returned
SchohA1e had reverted to tue former owner IN
dor foreclosure Of mortgage. Before Record
lie showed deed. for shout TO lots in Al any,
which he valued at tlOoO eacn. anu a Deed for
80 acres OF land on tue onto river vest Of Cairo.
He wished the Rec rider u understand that he
was amply able to mud security Tor his appear
have some further security. aud asked Moe
whore he lived. Moe said he lived IN Plsinneld.
one Of the finest IN VISIONS 10 New jersey. He
was willing 30 CONVEX any OF tue tracts Of land
covered by his deeds TO the Recorder 10 trust
ANOTHER OBJECTION.
l ~ Da,n la.
there WIS Ms. Moe, such tr.nsfefs we're not
valid without her signature. Moe produ ed a
po"e to SIGN DEEDS &c Tor e hsrM.is9ed iS
e a,s noi BIT ne Recorder w,s oodara.s A,
esal dealer Of Utica. who BAD Trough, Noe and and
Matthews together aud claimed commissions
.s.re,or. offered 70 give securt, for Noes ap-
MN i've OF his Albany lots. Aloe would 20 to
A CASE arose against the millionaire. wherein
he n ID sold tns Dssrnsli property. that he had
got from Matthews, to MIR. A. X Avery Of L tica
Wnen tue title VS. searched II was found ne
little batter than that wnIch Matthew's mad re-
oeived for It, Inere was NJ equity lcft above
tho judgments recorded. Avely y, too, heid tho
t-rrors Of the law ~ Ainst Millionaire Moo. This
lest !ransoctien wa made partly through George
W. Greene. Utioa real estate dealer. Moe
admitted 20 Oaii In few days; and by referring
TO tue record Of transfer OF Albany city los
above quoted Il Will be seen IN II Greene aud
Halliday got nve and four RESPECTIVELY ~ the
lots about the same tune; halld " mad been
whose lntatost Greene represented IN the trsus-
Ter Vhe Utica people say that Avery Is very I'M
likely To have paid Noe any consl4 eraion what
ever for the Matthews farm 80 that the oct re-
suit OF Noes attempt To catch the birds OF Mo-
nawk valley with cnan Is to be found In the
record OF transfers given ABOVE. lie ia "out "
o, whatever tue value VI the nine city lots in
Madison avenue In Albany amounts To.
Ine sharp Utica deLlers, on the other hand.
have not drawn great prizes from Moe. The 100
scribes To possible purcna>ers as lots that ara
high and dry. are undoubtedly SO. In are
situated among tue sand hills well cut toward
SHARP.
The fact Is that tho farmers OF the Mohawk
valley have had their teeth hled oy frequent
contact witn just suoh RI crnsts Moe
Spno yeaIs ago the farmers OF bonneville In
h .,, county, were requested to call and
tue Lands t1eresOOut from the heirs OF old
Thomas Mechil, part OF what was known
the Mechl patent, ons Of the Original l. igish
grants. The farmers were greatly excited for a
time. They employed lawyers, ana b d map
made, aud their Titles were searched. 1t lroved
that the Claim Of Clark was not well fouuded
The Mechil title had lapsed through many years
OF unibputed possession by o.bers On. did
not put Ia Appearance In pc son. In December
lssi, ho.ever, map was filed IN tAe County
Clerks ONCE in Utica purportng to represent
Utici Park lots. IN the name Of JACOB Dunning
" New York ei.y. lie bad received his tide
original AecnIl patent. Tbs map purpVrted 10
show u tract mile square, Land out IN city lots
In the town of ksuIsen, rIoss to Utic.. But
while the township of hsnisen adjoins Utica. 1t
7. LARGE towGsnip. and the LOIS we're at he
tlaied $S,UOO worth Of machinery for some OF
these lots, lie found them IN tho sand Mills
twenty miles AWAY, and absolutely worthless.
5Iortly uHerward woman wrUts from New
YORK city, inpuirDx about the value Of twenty
i've more VI these Iots that Que DAVIS desired To
give her for two city houses. ID Wis had got or
VS. about TO get them from JACOB Dunning.
WORKING TOGETHER.
A few months ago Oneida county was the
scene vi IA series OF swiudling operations perpo-
tr&ted by A. ". Smltn Co, Tue fellows tray-
eiled together. One pref uded 10 be real
estate agent. He inquired tne valIe VI farm,
and tue owner put II ut, say $1,000. "On, ne
could get man VINO would give $1,000" ne
next Gay he Introduced tue purchaser. Pay
ments we're arranged N notes ~ turee, SIX, ami
nine months. properly occurred by mOrtz lge.
The accommodating real esta agent DIDN'T
want any money Of course, hut Wa Wiling To
take the farmers nose for ais comm MISSIONS pay
Aule al tue date ON wnlvn the hr,L paytBen. was
to 90 made on this excellent sale. the l.Iuers
note WAS l.lmediltoiy sOld. For swinullug Mr..
Wiesner. "A German farmer, IN TINS way A. W.
Smltu Co. arc IN jail Awaiting trial
| knowing these acts, tue reporter OF lHE sun
did not rhaTo Millionaire Noes inndence wnen
no SAID Ln,t ne eK psct0d 10 " get so iare" un tue
| Utica peO.le. by whom no mad Uoea 81 badly
used. 90 e1pec1," the mi iunTr1 sid, " 10
maze trade before O'Clock ro-u ignt; THAI
(nlJ will make me all risht. mat transfer ~