The sun., 1900-11-13
NAISON DIVORCE MILL.
Ole Lawyer Did Not Have MOnop-
oily Of the Business.
so SAYS ATTORNEY UNGER.
re Declares That lie Has Evidence
Against Many WHO Are Alleged
10 iiay. isivnlcd the Frauds
CEearthed.

New York, Nov. 1::-W. Walden Mai
,on did not havc il monopoly of the
"bogus divorce mills" in this city. AS
,:stant District Attorney Cnger. who
mas been Investigating these frauds, says
he has discovered IL startling condition
Of affairs ana tllat before he gets
through scores of lawyers hcrcaboutS
may be shown to be carrying on similar
husinoss to the gang just discovered.
This divorce procuring conspiracy has
been growing with alarming rapidity, in
vcstigations SHOW. The district attor-
ncy's office already has tie names Of
score on more Of disrcputahle lawyers
who, under The guisc Of responsibility,
have been operating their Infamous busi-
ness ana sharing fheir big rewards with
i coiciic Of perinrcd witnesses.
Nhcn tie taal disclosures come, Mr.
I'nrcr promises u biz seEsatinn Men
who today stand well hcfore tho courts
will be- unmaskrd in tnei ttue colurs.
lne grand iUir will tnle UP the ma
tor ut ones. ,iH lla evidence 20 possess
siau ri iar District attorneys 1ilicc Will
ll presented 10 lhHt alirns body, ana
olafr indictments mag toiic~ lhe dis
si3 uirs prelnsd
Ar. ius4 d"plasys tha ttc pHl.!ir
h#s ony i hint " Tho f"araulont di-
vovce> serGIca III This CIV through the
n"gtpv ut thcsc gan"a of criminals.
e! cdiu@t speak al le@:h VA ms in-
ve,ti4a;iaus of hasa DIVORCE r'iis," said
NA nagr. Z mast Ggst pia@fnt nY
vGrlun 10 tn" giilnd IL. / is trnC
| ,!Hl ai'. d.5urety ~ frgaGs Tacticpd
| hy Iei.ncr ded Aaison and t,ltir accom-
| plives has served @ "prn t!c door on
wi las;i!r fi;t:,,s of similar nature that
| Nil r.sul III tho arr Il Of persons hith-
crto 10, incniuncd IN IL" CasC. The CON
| spira,y has many branches. Oar office
il following ont those rauli!ications with
I tho intention Of opening il nGnihnr Of
criminal eases aGainst lawyers and the
| hnhitlinl pcgjurerS whun. they cmpiuycd.
| may he prepared to reveal III aston
| iahing state of affairs i'll New York
| legal circles.
| Mnisoa Seems to De Safe.
We rrgrct that Maisou slipped through
| our hands before we clearly understood
that he was a real man aud not another
| alias Of Xe.mcr. We know how boldly Mai
son pra,aieed his frauds and we know
what he looks like, but his personality il
shiDuded in mystery. We cannot find
where he came from. where he lived OF
who he really Is. He seemed TO be an old
bird at tho game and was constantly OH
his guard. and kept "a large supply OF
ready cash in order to make quicl
flight.
"Maison was the iHnIns OF the fraud
Zeimer was thrust into court and befor,
| the public, and was made to take all tn,
risk. Maison snt in bis hidden office, hnC
thousands of clients through advertising
| To N1,f ,fai dirpPrna fnr GsD-1 without nj n
licity, and arranged how the little cotfr
of professional correspondents shon!'
most sl,illfully psrjurc themselves. w
have Zcimer safe enough. We have tw
witnesses on and May Thompson
There arc others we arc going to get
but the man we want most OF all seem
to have escaped. leaving no clrw to b.
; whereabouts. He is crafty man. how
ever. and had plenty Of money.
"lhc papers we found in our search o
Maison's Office are not particularly vlln
able, though they corrohuratr the stron
ease we already had against these mrl
We took away few Of these papers
which were hnsIy divorce documents
letters in regard @ divorces ana account
Of money paid Mni>on. We shall use
of the suits brought by Xcimrr in My
York county in the last SIX months ont
'h, ca@cs of Ilerrick and Of Hoppe
} There is little Doubt that thr divorces d
ialncd recently IN New York county L.
Mnisan were had hy similar frauds. FL
ii is not tho intention Of tho district ri
) torncy's Office 10 investigate Ill" Trima
divorces with Il view To have the decree
annullcd.
l Frand Vitiafcs DEGREES.
$50 far as we are concerned these dc