Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-03-17
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HE Is e BAD
The Los Angeles Times Lets i'm Some
Important Facts.
INcoRRIoIBLE CROOK AND cHRoNIc FoRdER.

A telegram was received at the sher-
IFS Office yesterday afternoon from the
chief Of police OF Los Angeles stating
that he had been unable to get requisl
ton papers for ]. Chandler Brsman and
that the district attorney refused TO send
for him without them. Braman was i'm
mediately released from the county Jail,
where he had been confined for a few
days, awaiting the arrival Of an officer
from Los Angeles. Braman says he is
going TO locate in Albuquerque and open
up a law Office here.
Braman called ut The CITIZEN Office
this morning and asked 10 see the Los
Angeles Times. He read a two column
Article about himself, headed as follows:
"Incorrigible Crook" u. Chandler
Braman a Chronic Forger." "MOrtgaged
his Mothers Property Under a Forged
Deed and skipped" "a Will Factory IN
New York" Arrested in Albuquerque
for Los Angeles Police" "Had a Bogus
Notarial Seal Made to Order, and his
Father Says lie Is a Hopeless Case
Everything The CITIZEN has published
about j. Chandler Braman, alias Ralph
Chandler, when he landed in this city rs
the advance agent but in reality the alb
sconding manager Of the Pye's "Night
Owls" has come true, and considerably
more than this paper really expected.
In order 10 put u readers onto the
young gentleman. who states that he in
tends TO stay here and practice law, a
few extracts from the Los Angeles Times
lengthy article are here published:
But IL is not for his theatrical sins that
j. Chandler Braman IL wanted in Los An
geles. lie has more serious things TO an.
swer for than mere transforming. Chief
among his alleged crimes is forgery.
j. Chandler Braman came to Los An
geles some weeks ago and introduced
himself to 5. G. Hubbell, A. II. JudsOn
and Will. ID. Gould ~ the son OF his
father, Joseph ID. Braman, attorney at
law, commissioner OF deeds. etc, No. 100
Broadway. New York. The elder Braman
Is an Old-time friend OF the gentlemen
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professionally aud otherwise. The son
brought no letters from his father, but
his family resemblance was unmistak-
able, aud he was 40 fair spoken that he
was cordially received by his fathers old
friends.
Young Braman told Mr.. Gould that he
was q lawyer, having been admitted TO
both the state and United States courts
In New York, and that he con OF her TO
practice his profession. He asked for
desk room In Mr.. Gould's Office, which
was cheerfully granted. Mr.. Gould sug-
gested that he he admitted TO the bar
here at once. but Braman replied that he
was unacquainted with the California
code and that he first desired TO famil-
iariZe himself with California practice
before asking for admission.
Young Braman made a bluff at study
Ing law In Mr.. GOuld's office for several
weeks. Then he opened an office OF his
own In the Hallett Il PIrtle block. corner
Of Third street and Broadway. This Office
was luxurlously furnished with stuifs
sold TO him on credit by various furniture
companies. The W. @. Furrey company
supplied a steam heater for the Office,
also on credit.
Having fixed himself costly, Lawyer"
Braman began 10 look around for bust
ness. OF rather for victims. Clients did
not fall over M another 10 get into his
office, NO the willy Mr.. Braman began to
look about for other methods OF raising
the wind.
IL CHANGED that Braman's mother
some years ago invested In a piece Of
Los Angeles real estate adjoining Ely
sian park. Chandler essayed to negO-
tiate a loan on this, but in order TO
mortgage II IL was necessary for him
to have title to the property IN his own
name. His mother had never decided
the property TO him, but O little thing
like that did not worry j. Chandler
Braman. He just went 10 work and
drew up a deed conveying the property
20 himself. The signature 10 this deed
had 10 DO acknowledged by a notary
public or similar functiOnary, but even
this proposition did not deter the fertile
minded Braman In his purpose. Hap
PLY for Braman, he had a wife In
the city and county OF New York, who
was a sure enough notary public. lie
could not trust her TO acknowledge a
forged deed for him. but her name stood
him In good service, In order TO get an
approved nOtarial certificate to the deed,
he simply went 70 the engraving estab.
lishment OF Thomas G. Dougherty, No.
POS west First street, and ordered a no
tary public's seal for Mary 4. Braman,
county and state OF New York, who, he
|, explained, was his sister, recently ap.
pointed a notary public, and he wanted
/ 10 send the seal TO her az a present. He
gave the order for the seal February 3.
Two days later he called at Mr.. Dough-
erty's shop 10 see how the work was get
/ ting along, and asked permission TO take
/ a proof OF the seal, 10 see whether il
stamped the right name. etc. He had a
} piece OF paper TO try il on, which, un.
noticed by the workman who let him try
the seal, was a blank nOraTtal certificate.
The impression OF the seal being thus OBJ
tained. Il was an easy matter for Braman
to ill out the certificate and sign his
alleged sisters name to 1t.
The bogus deed TO his mothers prop
erty being thus fixed up, Braman cast
cast about for some one who would loan
money on good real estate security.
Learning that Ernest G. Taylor OF No. 4f2
Bradbury block, had money 10 loan, he
applied 10 him. Mr.. Taylor Is a real es-
4 tate broker as we'll as a mOney-lendeF.
a The property which Braman pretends 10
/ W Is easily worth 1880, and, the deed
! appearing TO be genuine, Mr.. Taylor
readily advanced him $500 and took a
mortgage on the property.
: A few days later BramRn organized his
Z barn -stOrming company and left the city,
|, but not before converting the furnl-
: ture he had bought on credit into cash,
y He also stuck a First street job printing
concern for $50 worth Of posters adyer.
Using his show.
Mr.. Taylor. the unlueky m~Ortgagee,
? and other creditors, did not feel uneasy
, until Braman's father telegraphed from
New York TO a friend In this city under
date OF March !, please telegraph where
I Chandler Ia and what has happened"
This friend has noticed In the official
. records at the court house that Chandler
1 had mOrtgaged his mothers property for
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