New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-30


eve got a RICH, to say something" he exclaimed,
even II am before this committee - o
He finally admitted that the 81 was nor a r.,
property-two lots al Convent-aye and one nun
drod -and-thiry- second and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Q~Wherc did tho money come from that your
wife loaned on "A morigagc OF James =. DIAMOND o..
Madison-ave. property? A.-She never loaned any
there. -
had been D Executed 70 one MARY 4 Mclaughlin ne
name Of the wife Of the witness The witness STUCK
9Possbly she nigh! have bought po. teli prop
erIy without your kn1%"s any nrooc-,v q,
the corner OF Mercer and Fourth sts. $3.50.
Il heard about my having bough, this properiy
for slU2 but So said the Inspector.
Mr. Con became Interested In knowing no" he
How did you hear sboui IT. Al happened
% be in the Exchange on The day 1t vas sold.
Kineen He was the owner and bough, 1t in |
raj and formerly had charge OF he hacks the
asior House ! knew him whom was police
q. ..Ddn., you 20 there to buy that property ?
QrWhat Is Mr Kinecn doing now lie Is IN
terested In the wilkinson Detective Agency a.,
ucadouar,ers? A-No sir not that know. The
central Once has nothing to do win private "''
Q'"iIcw about the Plnker,on agency = Thy
haven had anything to do Win the Central once
o-whai do you do with your money Al
have dabblcd in real estate rome
MORE "DAERLEs"
o-ren us Some o. Iour dabbcs tho big dabhlc,
-nd the little ones A.-WclL bought thc house
40 Ii2 West Forty -second-ft withln tho last rNtl
days for sglo0 The lot Is 2;A.oO pat Nop on
contract and-"You aln't got II there. Nj Mos
sad the watchful witness as h. saw MI Moss
noddius to Mr Con significantly
Yes have. too" fnid Mr Mos
no you haven't. either
The witness was told to 20 ahead
In hat afrI her
a, FIRST and second mortgage OF $500 on -. ~
,n,-cd $500 profit on the place yesteriav }
cough; 40. East seventy -eiehih-ft. Of fanny
offered 500 pro0t on H. have an cauiiy o. =.
IN No - West Twentie'h-st- have recently Pc =
oovshi the property Nos. p; ana - We, FogF
ealhs d have 1 S JOHN Dm Wat 81 ,1d i" ,or Thca
Z bsve threc lots az - Ni"1olas Place ana o'e,
hurdred and-n.ty-ihrd-s have an oqu.v %
50 o, x other propcry- \ not TIA. cap iha,
o o.; Hu hat i' cou'd tcn you o.
Il hni. according 70 the reco,ds ana Your own
weeks yaur pronis have amounted to $50 and
that YOU have S7.co1 IN equities making S'@Tp
SAID AIr. Con
WORTH N2S.COo
. recao,,ulation Of the figures was made by th4
witness and counse comparing figures. after which
NJ con announce that according To- the witness
own Azure. he was actually worth nj the present
time sl2s 90 after deducting all mortgages.
This seemed to aston,sh the inspector. ana he de
clared that tina, the speculative value. not what
| he had paid. -,
w. The witness finally admitted that ne consd"r'
!, himself worth sl2s.G0.
WHERE DID HE GET to-
| NOW. Inspector. We have II that you started 20
life with $500 Whore did you get the resi?' asked
| Mr.. Cor.
This made the Inspector rather nervous. ana ~
| appealed 10 the chair TO settle the dcbntcI point
! OF whether he worth what he really had paid
| for the properties and what he really owned IN
| equities. whether what he had been offered Tor
! his various properties the true amount % his
| wealth This tick,e1 a large number Of people
| Chairman Iexow finally. in the goodness Of his
heart allowed thu Inspector 70 compIte his weaItn
according to the equities. without regard 10 what he
| Ind been offered for his holdings The Inspector
| wrote out the following list OF his equities:
Home Twenty second $40 30
convent-ave lots ",
~, Nicholas Pihco Wv
Forty second 81 houses
House in Seventy eghth St 1000
West Fourtcenth-5 hous- l"N
Total no -
That's all that can remember" said the hard
working Inspector. while every one wondered II
any houses and lots had got away
Then Mr. Con went TO figuring again and found
! spector Mclaughlin. from the time he APP
/ t.I ant In nfu1i M al Ia