, 1877-01-26
TIE COURTS.
" Boulevard" =" Bcott, the Bogus Real
Estate Man, Comes to Grief.
He In Found Guilty Of Issuing
Ullstnmpetl Deeds.
New Suits, Judgments, Confess
sions, Bankruptcies, etc.

1T 1St4 attenIlOH Wah EnltCtl 1T lHc nC"&paVCI6
Ia fraudulent subdivision of sosnc 1a,rd wcst
Of Washington Heights, IN socu1ici Chicago
Boulevard Addition, where lois, purportlng 10
bo rs hy 1o5 feet, were for sale at very low
prices. Tllc lots proved 10 be only atout 81 ty
rs Inches, anil tho 1antl low and under water
leu months out Of the twelve. The land WIS
described as the Chlcag,, Boulevard Addition In
the y. ". u of the \. ". Il Of Sec. IL, 81. IL,
| nnd the father of tho s&llc1nc was George W.
Scott.
| Yesterday this same Scott was tried in tho
United States District Court hefore Judgc
blnlecst. without Jury, and foun'l guilty Of
!ss',lng deeds o! land in this addition without
having then, properly stamped, an,l sentenced
Rsy 's ' $40 So The ef Wa. Hins*' 70, rta te
who testified that in isis Ogcn Summer;
came to him representing, tia. he had boush.
,ee nts ." ssott fH1 which e Savs snani o.
about S210. When hc attempted. to sell tho
land, however, he was told that his title was nat
| gtud bccau:c tfic decd e, him MAS mt ttamptd.
make It right. The fattcr tncn went !" S4'ntt's
ofII.c showed su,nrncrs' deed and utles deeds
TO other parties, and Threatened persecution Il
the frnn.actiun was not sati.!n.tnrEy s"ttlc't.
Sothing tan,c Of II, however, nn'l Wells WIS ~
| go;atl ~ his word. Mr.. g. u. MHn'', n we'll.
known lawyer. atso otcstI1ctl that 1ts son Charles
| lad lctn lu1 ed Into buying I've lots, for which
he pail =. tic rate Of sloo lot, par. cash md
| part trasIe.
On the part Of the defendant tic principal
wii.less was Swc,lc, with An unrrnnunntrablc
tauc,-a carpenter, with non" too m'ir!, tntcilf-
rencs,-wl,o stated that lie ,was e.nr!oye1l by
Scott to sell the lots In question, aud sold Sum-
mers the Nftccu lots lie touk. Its Testimony
was decidedly thit,, and Jnl=e birlGcst, when
l.e tu;,t c,stt guilty. EearGel that Isc dhi MT
| believe thfs Witness testimony. d niOtlon for
| rpsr rftl] wna nnt}c.
Yhr ,1ee,,s 10 this lars! arc ps!n.v>s, and she
Noiary'* name ts also printed ~ stamped: lilc
vorstx ",,otaral " sca Is .r also purp"ssiy mt.
of enrsse. Is MT given, tHt re:e!encp + always
made to t1czli as lpts III thu Chicago l'ouIcrarl
Addition. About 1,O00 lots wtrr fol,l, and
his nefariou, operations. ile originally osn!y
llatl tlxtItc. hut Us the laid Was worth little
or nothing, II WAS never redeemed, This y
probably The last .. this swi,,!c. lut the5. Will
be nthef. In rnol time. against which thls may
| help to serve as lighthouse.
| DISMISSED WITHOUT rnEiUnIrE
Wheeler and others. Involving the liability If
pany, WIS dismissed 'ycstrrlay morning l,y
1uAge Moore without pf,iu!i,e, far the follow
ing rcasons Several VI thc defendants had de
INJURED, mud II tflc coarss q tue & a,snnisnt* on
statement tl,at hi was interested 1T F'nflar
question, there having oesn hill alca aEAit.st
him md others IN tho Circuit Court rs stuck.
Lil Is now rcrlling. Juicc Moore did not think
| That he should EXPRESS III opinion npon t!r
question. Judge Jall,tau'l Is also Interested In
il similar question. The ss.ls course q tte
so9plaants, therefore, us <,,,,. to i:n'lss !:
ar s ~ ess'' bcvia ea ,lst M t' Gls' ';y. cas, ris
latter they were unwilling TO 10 as be would
hnr,ty !aSs tiny 10 s2;e ogiys tc satt .,d1n M
fore cll,se to dismiss and Will cutn1ncnec at once
n=aln IN tue Circuit CuuFt.
| The Bankruptcy Clerk lesircsnll the attorney
who have bankruptcy eases ut ssuc 10 '@ trirs!
tu tenl them In to hni 10 that u calendar ra1l
| tc made mp,
Teddy IS the lust day nf service to the Feb
ruary term 81 tile Superior Court.
Judge Dlo1gett was engaged Yesterday In
hcar1nE q condemnation against 1lG gallon. 81
spirits nnl 9tl;;r E1o'eTty: wo'ti' T. ~ nil Sly.
Saled ny J. u WHITE H. o ,., "i ,,,s reoFia Il, ,r nS
Wholesale liquor house on South Washington
street, but tElcY showed 1t had been left there
by another party to i" stored fur time, n
tic pyvpcrty was released. j. H.. White was
nl.o tried fur ,lolnC business as reptlcr wttl,
nut paving the special tux. but waA found nol
Eulltr. The prouf In the two elsrs was tht
| klnc.
Tu-lay the cs,,nerfclt'ng cascs Of I'urns ant
I'u1ger VIII probably he lleusu anl eondcmna
tion whisky ease. .-.. ....
uHtrEp srA1g. counrs.
Wary nnu }CnrHE ". llnflSuH AMI fiGnFT -
Gurt!' began un action against the Atlantic Nil
tuaJ Lin Insurance Company claiming S3.U}J.
Elka j. 3awtcllc commenced III action y
trrspA-s against the city tu recover fln,fR
damages fur INJURIES t,vsasEnntu through illIiL:
through sidewalk on Eighteenth street On III
lsLh uf January, t3tfj.
BANKRUPTCY MATTERS
George +. Brown, Ut Morrl4, ILL.,, filed I
voluntary petition Yesterday tn lu .iliudEe.
bankrupt. Ills secuted 'lubt* amount t.
$in,45i.4H. the securities 1fcilT worth only u.
1852. fhry consist III sunty III lllr hantts u
Lawrence ". tia, Iolt, to whom Erown unit
ngcncra] slssivilt In ls;:l fur the hrnrtlt oi III
creditors. Thu unsecured liabilities fou
up $sl, .oG. sn.'stIy injured on a""unt u
litscs on gruln 's'ntTatt-. ~ ti!!s anoant ~.
A)U Ii tr Salulttl lltldrrtnai1. nf Murris: II, ~
tn T.. II. Il Il. {. Walker; e5, ,lDs.Ai t, fsutn,e
Il Walker; ard II ts,i ~ 10 t;c,rEc ". A'}a,n
Il Co, thc lust thrcn mcn being I'LL rsdnniis'tu'
n,cn III t!Is city. TMre are ilo ns-cfs "srrp
t1lo5u In the lands 0f l.. ". ClayIh'r, nlmt
mentioned. TIE petition WIS referred tu lsrsis
ter t;rant.
Tho composition In thu case uf Fcrr!er uroth
crA Mas cu.1llrtuch.
4 composition meeting will s,o held Feb. S !,
tho casu vi j. Il. fun Duzer, tlc bankrupt gro
! Ger.
Henry II. Bacon. t1c Assignee If brunswick
stcpatI * Hart, !l!cl Ertti,n yesterday Stat
flly that The ursvts VI llir tirni rolsiSteI ~
must entirely Of st"tk nf billiard
taJlrs, manufactured ur u tnnrs'
ufrollst suct!nn ahtt attral3 inr sak}uE blllllr1
fu1,t tr5t