New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-09
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NoCENT, GUILELESs CREATURE
John f. Ireland. broker of so. - Broadway. who
lives I'm Scvcuth-avc. was arrested hy Deputy sheriff
Charles ". Upham YESTERDAY on complaint made b.
Otto r. Burkar Of so $40 East Nlntht.. VII, charges
iceland with swindling lin out of over $1,000 H.
sor,e, Of fairy tales which are rChcarscd by MI.
EurlaH with delightful simplicity I'm the legal paper
u tie case Tho order Of arrest issued yc'to d"y
by judge Patterson Of the supreme Court, who fixed
the bail at 5000 Mr. ireland unable f. furnish
this, and was locked up I'm Ludlow stree, jail
According 70 Mr. iurlar', story. he has teen the
vic'im Of Ingenious ~wlntlcr. whose only stock in
trade seems 10 have lc"n ability 20 tell plausible
tories T. AN un>u,pecing man Of means. The plA.ntH
deposc, that he became acquainted with INLAND III
July 1889. 4 month later Ireland cam" {" Nm and
said that Their, wa, vacancy iu the oHrl Of Com
mi,-onc. tor the Appraisal OF Lands in WcStchcstcr
County which were - be taken f1r r".ervrir. TAO
salary Of the place $1,000 year. with pcrqusiies
n the shape Of percentage Of the value ~ the prop
erty. II would be necessary. IN order 10 get ms
place said ireland that IuriArt shouic have letters
= Recommendation from influential persons. and Tor
him TO advance some money 10 be USED Ia entertaining
those who had the power 10 corie- the dignity. What
ever Wa rccu.cd Ireland would rcga.d ioon. Eurl,
art took the bait really and Ireland succeeded ~ ob
tanning 1896 - from him beorr the later i!scovc &C.
that no such office had been represented existed aud
mat Ireland wa. without influence {, obtain il. lad il
existed. for anybody.
IN December. 1850, BurkAr swear, that IrlaHd
represented that he was negotiating with one John
r. ApplcbuW for The purchase Of paitni rigAt
warranted t. purify milk. for which $1,000 va,
a,kod that he had raised s21OrD 81 ths sum-
and II Burkart would put up the Other $1,000 they
would organize stock company IN which Nr. lr'
lands dupe should De on the ground moor. ON the
strength Of this statement Burkart says that h. gave
Ireland $500. The company was organized In the
same month and called The American Pure MIR Com
pany with Burkart president AID Ireland ~ man
acer. 40 stock was issued for long time, but Ire
land told Hurkart that he had paid Applcbury $4,000
and The necessary fec TO have an English patent oh
talncd
In Nav. 1890. ireland, Eurksrt alleges, pcrprtatcd
another swiudlc and got f,25 from An t. assist 10
taking up a note for F2l.OOO al "A New York CHS
bank given IA connection with the company's bu,l
ness. subsequent d-cOycre, showed that there WAS
no such note. Prcviou, 10 this. in March OF last
year. ireland informed Burhart that he had been Ia
trOduCcd by Professor Jackson. 0f the stevens Inst
tutc lobocn 10 professor, Of cornell University who
had agreed "a make certain experiments IN atcnlizIng
milk These experiments wodh cost. Ireland ,nid,
~ 900. but II successful they would greatly enhance
the value of tie American Pure MIX Company
stock ON April Ireland said that D." had succeeded
In employing The professors, and Birhart gave him
$3.50 toward paying them.
After this ireland said that he had bought lot OF
Inc, hncry AZ the oneida Nor, for the Of the
Co..cn professors. and June 20 Eurliu pointed
up" $50 L. lt draft which Ireland said Was pay
ncnt on the machinery.
ON July II ireland came - Hurkart with a story
that he had Just returned flom ithaca, wh"ft the
Cornell professors had succeeded lu -tcullzing forty
TX ten gallon cans Of milf when proved to be- d"
lghtGulk pure and sweet and that The experiments
were ~ complete that the milk had been sold 10
hospital where II regarded the biggest thing
OF the age. soon Ireland % BnIkart Soy,. came
again, and said that lie had hccu TO Mlddlehury.
In Orange County where lie had made contract with
DE Witt Carart for the purchase II several acre Of
land on which 70 establish the plant of the American
Pure MIX Company. Carlart, he said, VA To- nave Il
one half interest, and the company 10 retain Inc
other one half The only fact upon which Ireland
seems 10 have rested his alleged scheme for ,Vndhng
Iur,art was the acknowledgment of Appcbnry %
Eur.art that ireland had paid nm ~ 800 for a milk
rat.nt. The English patent Wa my IN. MI the
money which ireland got from hurlart he had appI0
priatcd il /, asserted. - hi, own Use.
l:u'ysart ha, Submitted number 81 afidovits nom
e people Whose ireland r-c, including Cornell
and steven, profcso or. saying That th"V never Knew
Ireland Eurhart', lawyer. are Kellogg Root ~
smith, No. 100 broadway.