New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-28
ALEXANDER IS STILL ON TOP.
EVERYTHING FAvORS THE BUCCANEER
COLLECTOR.
THE CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST HIN HAS
NEVER REACHED THE GRAND JURY-Hjs
LUCK IN CIVIL ACTION.

LUCK IN CIVIL ACTION.
John V. Alexander is a worthy compeer OF the
Manhattan Elevated Company. which, according
TO John II. Starin, can dive deeper, stay under
water longer and come up drinr than any oth"r
corporation on earth. Alexander gets into fire.
qucnt trouble, but he has always had excellent
luck in getting ont again. At present two indict-
mcnts for grand larceny pending against him.
but he declares that it will he an easy matter 10
dispose of them lie is collector. with an Office
at No. BAG West Fourtccnth-st.
Perhaps the best known Of Acyandcrs exploits
was the high-handed seizure by him and City
Marshal John Salmon of the aberdeen llote!,
Broadway and Twcntirth-st Neither Of the men
was punished for this Last winter Police JUS
tice Grady in the 1ornbs Court. held Alexander
i'm g.. 900 hail To await the action oil the Hranh
Jury on a charge Of forgery An associate Will
lam ]. Bell, was at the SAN" time held on Il
charge of perjury Both cases have been in the
hands of the Disrict-Attorncy for months but
no action has been taken. In a civil suit arising
ont of the transaction from which grew these
! charges Alexander has also had the same remark
able good fortune. The case was 10 he tiled IN
the City Court last week, but at critical
moment no one in the District-Attorncy's Office
was able TO lind certain papers on HE thcrc' aiu
the trial went over until October
|
The story Of the case is this: On October
so Mrs Tillie Siegmann. housekccpcr at No. IL?
East Eighty -fourth-st., placed a claim of S3l3
against William Risk grocer. at No. 28o Pleasant
ave- in the hands of Alexander for collection.
I She signed ali affidavit which Alexander Sc
cured attachment in the FIRST Clvl District
| Court. When she wrote her Signature hei paa1" ,
of residence was not given in tie paper, but now
| the blank has been iillcd out with the address
NO. $50 Washineton-st.:. where there Is nle
she never lived at that place and never author
lied Alexander to say that che did. Hence the
! charge of forgery. She also denies swearing TO
| the paper
Between 3 and 6 o'clock that afternoon Alex
ander and Bell went to the grocery OF Risk with
the attachment Mrs Risk was there alone She
said her husband out.
You have been giving me that fake many
times before said Alexander roughly, although
Mrs. Risk had never seen him until that n,, TINE,
Alexander said lie represented the wholesale
grocery firm Of Smith & Sills, No. 752 Eighth-avc.,
TO whom Risk owed $50 or $2j. He got her 10
sign paper which was bill of sale OF the stock
/ of groceries, she understanding that the document
was agreement that an cmpoye OF the irn',
Mr.. Fields, should arbitratc tho dispute, between
| her husband and Mrs. Siogmann. The Risks
say they the woman only SD.
The WOMAN BADLY FRIGHTENED.
| Alexander had some further talk with Mrs.
Risk, and would not allow her TO sell goods to
any customers Finally, he said ON account
Of your impudcnce ! am going to put your goods
on the street If you hadn't been impcrtnent
this wouldn't have happened
so he called in four five men. and they b"gah
10 tax" down the piles of goods IN the Stor,'
and 10 Put them on the street. The poor woIans
children cluns about her and sh" tainted Mhrn IN
| sign the paper. That evening an advertisement
of the sale Of III" stock was sent to news, vs.,
auctoneer was sellir.! the goods, lie sold every
thing in the place except the fixtures, lc1vng not
even loaf of bread for the family TO eat When
D,el- ~ Spfh
that they had nothing TO do with th" attachment
and were III no hurry for the money due them
PAPERS THAT COULD NOT BE FOUND.
The Risks employed ex-Jndee James r. Angel.
No 243 Broadway. AS their counsel. II" at once
had the attachment vacated in the District Court.
Alexander making no objection. Then he brought
suit against AlcXanders bondsm"n on IN" attach
ment having learned that Mr.. Siegmann as
claimed signing the affidavit These hondSm"n
are Frederick II Siege of Thirteenth and Hudson
ats and Richard Uhelman. of No. 32l East Fifty
ffth-st The suit. which was brought In me i,v
| Court was adjourned several times. and hnaiv
came 10 trial on June Q. before Judge Ffzsimon-
| 4 few davs before, eN-.Dudge Angel had examined
i'm the District Attorneys Office the papcrs IN the
case, including the AFFIDAVIT which Mrs SirPmann
| said was in part forgery. li" served on IN"
District Attorneys Office subpoena duces tecuin
| for the production of the papers in court The
jury had h"en sworn, bnt me pan"rs han no, pr,
Fitysimons waited 20 give eX-Iudge Angel time -
get the papers. He rushed over 10 the District
where the papers were. Somebody said that they
were in the custody Of Assistant DiNtrict-Atorncv
Lindsay. who was out OF me cifv' on, Wnrn fa, "A
Judge Angel went TO Mr. Lini-avs Office h" found
him there Lindsay. however. did not know
where the papers were IN me mean nm, nrally ,
An hour having elapsed, Judge Fitz'imons dismissed
tho inry and the case went over untll tho October
term.
| NO INDICTMENTS FOUND
The chief clerk of the Distrct-Attorn"ys Office,
MIR Flynn said Yesterday that eN-Judgc Angel IN
his subpoena hal called for the two indictments
against Alexander and not for the papers IN the
Risk case, in which no Indictment had been ionnd
The indictments had been sent 10 court. When
the lawyer appeared TO demand the documents II
was impossible account of the rush OF business
TO find them at once. The papers werr hand'd 10
/ Tho Tribune reporter without delay yesterday
morning They had evidently been placed WHERE
il was easy to find thcn
! Inst why Alexander and Bell have not been in
dictcd does not seem clear DistrlctAtorh"y
Nicol when lie heard of the circumstances ap-
pointed cx-JudGrr Angel to repieecnt his oicc in
The hearings before Justice Grady Alexander
wanted 10 compromise the case with Risk and Of
fcred first 5000. and finally $50 for thi, purpose
Ex-Judgc Angel woull have accepted the larger
/ charge be pressed. When tn" witnesses for the
people had testified the defendants waived further
examination. and We're hch in $4,000 each to
await the action Of the Grand jury.
: Assistant District t-Attorncy Lindsay says he has
not taken the cases before the Grand Jury be
cause there does not seem to le sufficient evil
: dence on which t. d. 50. Yet Judge Grady.
| is a lawyer. thought that there exceed
ingly strong case, as is showh by the hISl hail
| which he fixed Mrs. SieRmann sweare that the
| address in the afidtvIt was pat in without Ter
consent or knowle1ye ,lexandcrs rlH''c IN
having the false address was blng '.r case
within the jurisdiction of the First Judicial
Court. If she had given her true addre<, i"
would have 60 t., court uptown Perhaps
il was a desire to avoid the Inconvenience OF
long Journey which led 10 the giving of the false
address perhaps there was deeper motive.
ALEXANDER ADMITS he Is sHREwD.
Alexander said yesterday that the address had
crcpt in through some mistake. He admitted
| that he was shrcwd, but he slid that he had 10
he in his business OF collector.
Alexander, with City Marsha John Salmon ana
George B Hope, is under indictment Tor gfald
larceny in the first degree On January IL they
levied on the furniture Of Fcrnand Poninchei'