The sun., 1891-01-24
USURY AS A FINE ART.
METHODS BY WHICH PERSONS OFsMALL
MEANS ARE ROBBED.

Lawyer Clark nell - Coliectsne Evidence
Carried On IN New York and brooklyn
ny Members OF Ono Family.
Clark Bell has been colleoting evidence
against half dozen concerns In New York
and Brooklyn that make practice OF loantnR
money to persons Of small means at usurious
rates OF interest and taking chRttel mortgages
on furaiture as their security. The matter was
first called to Mr.. Bells attention last week
when Mrs. Elizabeth T. Delobarro. who Keeps
q boarding house at A West Twenty-second
street. endea~ored through him to recover her
furniture from Louis silverman. who hac
seized and carried OF 100000 worth Of furni-
ture from her homo on Dec. 27. silvermsn
had loaned Mrs. Delebarre $500. for which
she gave notes nggregatinR $3.50, and during
her absence from home on Dec ~ her house
was stripped from top to bottom BY men said
to / . his agents.
Many victims Of similar transactions have
come to MIR. Bell in the last week. and he said
yesterday that he had obtained conclusive
proof that oil tho concerns were run By NOM
bers OF the Same family.
In the first place." said Mr.. Bell yesterday.
"the king pin Of tho whole lot is Louis Silver
man. whose establishment Is at 359 Fulton
street. Brooklyn. where he does business as
the Fulton Loan Association. brother OF his.
Levi L. Silvermsn. operatos IN room 45 OF tho
Arbuckle building Brooklyn. as the Empire
Loan Company. A son of Louis. George Silver
man. Is the National Loan and Trust Company.
with his office In the Stewart building. this
city. Louis silverman himself has another
concern up In Harlem ut ITO East 125th
s whsh sss SsDss sas ts Tss paes ,fs Is
man aged ny Miss Fttle Forgotson for Silver
map. To the customers her name % is S Cen'eFailg
Woman hired By Louis silyerman. Miss Lillian
months ago for being one Of the people in the
st fsnss BrosdWay wGieh 81 % Was brofsn up then
one 9t thess has toa ever been N
ss a9s eus
these concerns claporne for redress &; ses., n,
vsrman to declare void two. notes and chattel
Sn sPs b..
an An excellent 'iliustratlon Of ~ methods
Miiar rS says 4 that tie Silvermans carry on their
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that hSfh Miilsr ar wan,ed rant the money Before Miiar
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furniture worth 5000; one @ Of 500 to st. + silver
sf sssss the osF hs S 81: 70 81 Ley i sds5R sS
note oi 1880 il was to be cancelled as well as
teS $50 jan fas'se %ons6nss' nss mailed check for
sea Or Levi On Jan r. spd e. hG nos refused
&as sDS s
Judge Lawrence granted An Injunction on
Thursday restraining silysrman from selling
fTrnitare nj .bs %nder tho mortgage until tho
Those people think" said Mr.. Bell. that
they have so carefully covered up their trans iran
y; 50 :1s @hcas Ss Ssss ssfss Sm
complaint q Mrs Rashe s!lssr%sn H said so
po.es sae sre msde payabae The bank
are in he lss
n9x about sehtssH @Snths; S are rot content a.
th:|r loans T6sy haze mSs{ Of s6si: d.ens;S q,
Mr. of William Mo
gage on $1,000 worth Of furniture for q loan Of
1900 for which 9 bonus Of $50 was to be paid.
year ago the furniture was carried Off by
silyerman Mr.: Boil said. and since then M
| to it's wher abouts. At the same time some of
Mrs McDonRalls Pr9perty was carried 81.
| judgment was returned unsatisfied. as nothing
| could be found to be LEVIED upon.
A Sun reporter called at the office OF the En-
| pire Loan Company in tho Arbuckls building
| yesterday. The concern occupies two rooms
| on the fifth floor. but there was no one there
| but a boy Of ls. who said no was clerk and
that Mr.. Levi 6ilyerman had gone to Syracuse.
| He said that Mr. Silverman was the manager.
| H. Silverman was Mr.. Silverman's wife.