The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-05
People Who Bought Lindmhurst Lots
Find that They Have Lost All
the Money They Paid.
YICTIE MosTLY POOR PEOPLE.


SOHtpahy ~ o"h - se>f o. sseSN ~
land In the town OF Lindenhurst, 10
Gated between Amityville and Babylon,
on the Long lsland haiirosd. Inc iAno
was cut up INTO iots anu SOLO 10 peop'e
anxious 10 own SUBURBAN MONIES. Inc
company Is now IN the hands OF re-
ceiver. Charles M. Feed, OF BROOKLYN
from whom the company purchased one
large tract OF land, giving MIN mort
gage as security, mas begun foreclosure
proceedings 10 regain possession Oh the
property.
This company was incorporated under
the laws OF new Jersey. It's Fresioent Is
warner sruns ana its secretary John
n. Bruins. TIL within three months the
comnanv had offices at No. II broadway.
Since then the ofhces OF the company
have apparently been wherever the two
brothers. who are LAWYERS. happened 10
-, ,a...a r.. 81. -. 1891
office from e. Townsend Goldberg at No.
1oe Fulton street. Mr.. Goldbers said YES
,ora.v ,hat th.y r,o,,.d 80, ,,,i,So,,.
.e n,ns .hrn".h ". ~. os.or awa sa, U
Of paving rent. Mr.. Goldberg said
ia, ,h.t. ohaon ~, ~ .o.,s.e. 80,
.'so '"as eneon ',at ne aeeep.eu rom
less. "I might have had them arrested
le Sl,.~ a1e "au mem are.
sau 4nt' "uoefs' sofiowiuiiy' out
when l saw the long line OF poor people
WIZ nase Seen fuhh,hs after mem with
worthless deeds TO property sold by the
United States Land Improvement Com
paay .o mus.,' was very lucky 10
get on as lightly as 1 did,
President Bruins simply moved his Of
appear upon the registry list in the
building, nor is the name of the United
states Lana Improvement company to
be seen there. Arthur Neville, who was
appointed by Justice Andrews, in the
isnd cnmn S1 ivss De Te esb for me
has an csfce at No. i70 BroadwaW He
has not ,inisbed hi. investisstio1 int
the AFFAIRS Of the company. but saws
Himself gone me tar 10
Very Largely Of fraud s'"eN
aft ia "a very sorry nessn .,id Mr.
Neville Yesterday sSeakinS n, tha M af
how these men have been able u TO- sss sre
on business as Lang ne ths~ havs IN.
inaliy. ali the land living beiween amitS-
yille and Babylon was known as Bres-
ness in land snecmlat ton connected with
the place that the people got together
and mad The name of me VILLAGE chsnos,i
from Bresjsu 10 Idndenhnrss This "a
done a few wears ago, and we .,,nn,,sed
that land swindles in that nartic,,lar
part Of Long Island were al an end
Thomas Wildwood and Charies 4
81 Of N up
A disagreement followed and several
Lawsuits. The land was finally But in
tBe name Of Mrs. Abbie Wildwood, wife
f,daeta AZ his land IN tbe pruna hrnthars
ana took MORTGAGES and notes TO pro,
tect his interests. The Bruins brothers
the sss Land to Tha s
Company and stiii more PROPERTY was
bought in the neighborhood by this
s sg any. Some OF It was secured from
rldiculously low prices The United
States Land Improvement Company
neglected neglected to pay the taxes upon the
cages. Ir fact, ID did business In the
most reckless manner imaginable, The
company has given warrantee deeds on
erty was piastered with morteaees pt Tbe
agents Of the company have also sold
property that the company did not own
az an; lust how far these illegal trans.
Peed. in his foreclosure proceedinSs. ha,
named ibo people who bought land from
this cOmDany would Indicate that this
swindIe ;s very far.reachine '"e
$50 FAR as am cohcerneS. T will, se,
the nronerty t,r The behefit of The cred.
itnrs Ths naraons u,nn Maid ,,nrtsaees
,,nnn ths iapd Iii, ~ co'Srse havs ~
frst cia ,1,, 20 The ,,ioStv rsaiieed rTboss
w. Lama hoykS, a.I ,sta 20 it,, III,
~ nan.,SaeSSe arna,euss b,t % ~
Seirs innS - t 1T iiia,v .n.t ,h.,
viii syer renii,s sawtbinc Thsv ne =
"rac.sd "a 81. cs,nainat cc,r,. esoins,
IL ot,sc.r. W ,ha car,nanv II tbeS 90 ?,
,n totn NJ tro,,hia S'"'po' - '"e' COLI
" .ahe us sroupe, ,.. - n
oHS ~ tue vcSapas assS was ssaH,
l. CufUss; OF no: io hcaaemy ssreet
Jersey Ciy. ns says ne supPoseu Wy
company Was straLsnt' ana s9Iu sewers
iots tq PeOpte ne knew IN MaIlon, SUD
s s OF Jersey CITY: Ams1hg ne M, Hew Jer
drew p Won nesyco we Mrs a1 Rertha F Evans
no Mrs. George scout. Ihey pousht "a a.
d ne MY . iTSm Two 20 SIX aots q. eacn; n'
Gay MR.: Evans made the iaSt paymen
on her lot she was served with a sum
mons IN reeds suit. she hunted ~
agent Curtiss, and he made an investi
Eaton. which satisfied him that he hat
peen seliing encountered property. III
got out OF the company In a hurry.
Other victims are scattered arount
through Westchester County. George
zimmerman, OF New Rochelle, and Pete
!. Corcoran. OF Mount vernon, were tn
men are wood workers.
MI. CorcOran said yesterday tina