New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-13

these raniaca,ions and IL is possible that Grim
inal charges will BE- brought against several
other lawyers and the habituai per5urers whom
they employed We following up cleWs
which possibly may result IN some very startling
revelations AS yet we have no evidence 10
support those conclusions, but the Distric; At
torrey's Office has Instituted a thorough investi-
cation"
Amoug the Papers found in Naisons Office on
Saturday was The following unusually worded
power of attorney signed by Zeiu2er:
hereby expressly 2gthorLz= and empower ny
sad etforney, the said " waldo Mason TO sub
sIitEte himself OF any Cher etioEneE IL al s1iis
a law H1sy hars updeJakeL; IL tas future fer
agree that HE s1.astig;lc1 q any attorney IN ny
place AID stead rlaT y done without any eotnIens
sx cse r. -s A. ~ =. P1as5xsS Ills power
o. attorney 10 l. irTeTo-55le-
Power is also given 70 Maison 70 sign Zeirner's
name before any notary pubic.
Mr.. UnEer makes the deduction from this ex-
tnacrdinary document that MaisoD was the head
and brains II the whole fraudulent scneHis-
ZeiFseF thrust forward as the lawyer u tiie
bogus divorce actions, while Aa4son remained ~
the background, but in order that ne shou!a
have full control over Ze.FaeT. 1t is Ar UngeT
opinion he caused the foregoing sweeping power
Of attorney 10 be executed
ZEIMER's FALL FROM AFFLUENCE-
Amos Il Evans lawyer. Of No. 3o2 Broad
way. has beer retained by Zenef When Nj
Evans was seen las night at the Continental
Hotel where he lives. be said ZeiHlers DE-
feEce. which Ia al undoubtedly true one. VII
he that IL forced b. necess!t! INTO O+.hs
the tool q Mason Zeirler i connected Win
one .. The best families II New-YeTk Jntii
Ih.,5 be Rag Z DsmbeT II the firm OF ZeliIieI q
Fa3ast-5- n importing company, Of No t-Z
Broadway. H says that both his brothers are
TnfITIorlasTls Il il undoubtedly a rich family.
Zslfuer Vas Tge.I eficaGed Dy his father, ktu1ird
laE and admitted = The Lar II A+naE! IL
1861 He ~ Z tjrl@ IL the once Df Eo"!h
James Z famous New York lawye. %! genera
tl0z4 Ii mac sBcn disina- iaiiaIS oi tie
iaw that n $50 his father took hin into the
importing FRI. Ze.ineT becaE!1e eFLfaIis@a I'm
his wife wL9 Eo~ lives az No 10 l/NElf,g'oh-
ave. HIS family SIDED with MS we. ai-4 Av!liier
vas praa;scs.y driven from tie firm selling out
=. 1885 for $i6ts'o IL soon lost this money
and drtf,-G from r.Iar = post Til he finally FIJI
back upon TIE prac-lc= y law About Two years
80 sgf-- IL us I,-rlTllicss he ssT an adFer-
tise-nert II Z ,aw paper f5r Z Jerk who was an
admitted la~ye: H answered and met Slaisoh
for the first ti-l-.
r,esr I-fore tie ~sgrts SIN IL ~ss engaged
b. Na!son, Ze.-a-r has ben -leEely q catspa";
and was paid only - week Maisgn pr9Nld+l
his c}otheE that n might apP-@I A'tt Ar,-t4e'
s sixty years Old, and became AaizpT; : tDoi D@
cause h pressed - force Il fITcut.st ai4css-
Wilson under the name Il James Il. Holden.
.xas arrested Il Mo.gistow.. Perm. faT counter
letting II 1873. and SENTENCED - Auburn Prison
far t.eo years. II 1885 h vas convicted in
1895 r. vas convicted and sentenced 70 three
years and six months imprisonrLent
Among iEe EEf 1SsSes Hh1 appeared beiCre tI4e
Grand jury yesterday were ex-Judge Don9hue
GTogvenoT :. Hubbard and ". a. JOsephs, who
were appointed referees in divorce cases en-
gineerfi ~ &aIs9n and his gang. Amos q Rus
sell ara Robert Bonynee. s,enogTa pliers. and
Eugene ST Luce. the janitor II No. 30 Broad
way
DIDN'T KNOW SHE HAD DIVORCE.
Another fraudulent divorce was revealed IN
the Supreme Court yesterday. Although q de-
cree u her favor appears upon the records il
the County Clerks Office. Mrs Carrie D. King,
q young woman Of this city, asserts that she
never Instituted such proceedings against her
husbaId and knows absolutely nothing about
the case. ETs. King u the County
Clerks Office yesterday morning and asked 10
Sc any papsrs there might be in the Office
garding q suit brought by Carrie .. King
against Frederick u. King. she told Deputy
County Clerk Fakrbach that she had been in
formed that decree Of divorce IN her favor had
been entered against her husband. She told
Mr.. Fshrbach that she had learned about the
decree since The arrests IF ZeiIner and his
complies Nj Falr!ach had the records
searched and found that October 81 1860
decree Of divorce had been entered in favor Of
carrie D. King against Frederick D King The
decree was signed - Justice Eischof, and was
granted upon the recommendation Of Louis
taHnenan as referee 10 take the testimony in
the proceedings After looking at the papers On
file, Mrs. King told Sir. Fahrbach that she had
doubt that she WAS the Carrie u KING
named as plaintiff in the proceeding She as
serted. however. that the suit was Instituted
without her knowledge and that until she read
papers few days ago she had idea that
she a divorce.
Mrs Kings story Of the matter Is that she
had trouble with her husband a couple Of years
ago and they separated. He agreed to pay her
80 week while they were living apart Some
time last July. she said her husband came to
her and asked her to 20 d lawyer He
told her that the attorney would draw up papers
Tor her 70 sign, which would protect her in the
matter Of getting alirnony. Mrs. King said that
the name II the lawyer Mason. When she
got 10 Mason's Office he told her that he had
evidence against her husband on which she
could get decree Of absolute divorce. He said
that he had seen King at d hotel with another
woman Mrs. King asserted that she told Maison
that she did not want divorce from her hus-
band Before she left the Office Maison she
said. induced her 70 sign paper which she
believed to be an agreement between herself
and her husband whereby he was to pay her
weekly aliInuny.
The papers IN the show that few DAYS
after Mrs Kings visit to Maisons Office the
application for the appointment Of a referee
10 hear the testimony was made 70 Justice
Lugro In the papers Henry Zeirner appears as
counsel for the plaintiff
The papers VIII be forwarded TO the District
Attorney.