New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-07
TO MAKE MANY ARRESTS
Fire 4djusterS, La7cyers and Mem
berS Of Patrol IN Conspiracy.
MANUFACTURERS CONFESSION.

As "A result Of investigations by the fire marshal
and his assistants and members of District Attorney
Jeromes staff. Deputy Assistant District Attorney
Caravan said yesterday that he expected that this
week indictments would he found against several
public fire adjusters. three lawyers, least, and
some members Of the ire patrol charses Of grand
larceny. He is convinced. from confessions i'm his
hands that the fire insurance companies Of this city
have been swinded out Of millions of dollars
through the submission OF false claims for fire
losses
No 10 Canal-st. has confessed to submitting false
claims for a fire which occurred in his place of bust
ness on February !. 1893. which he claimed loss
Of 5000 He arrested July IS and indicted
on September 90 He will be arraigned before Judge
Cowing in the Court of General Sessions next
Wednesday. and advice of his counsel Otto A.
Rosalsky will enter plea Of guilty. lie has made
full confession, in which he mentions the name Of
public adjuster who. he says. induced him to sub
nit the false claims. As result of this confession
Mr.. RosalsLy will ask for suspension of sentence
Mr.. GarTan also stated that he had the confession
OF Max Komfeld. public adjuster. who was con-
victed in Recorder COTS court few weeks ago on
the charge of submitting false claims He VIII be
sentenced to-day. Mr. Caravan declared that Korn-
fields confession would result in indictments OF
numerous persons. Some OF thonse mentioned IN the
confession outside the Jurisdiction OF the court
Elijah r. Kennedy Of No. g I.oerty-st recog-
nized authority on Insurance affairs said Yesterday
that while there were many adjusteis who were as
absolutely essential 10 the insurance companies as
their because these men took up the
small claims and settled them for the merchants
who knew nothing about insurance methods there
had grown up band Of thugs and harpies" who
were fathers and mothers perjury and arson
These people, he continued, have absolutely
10 notion OF honesty, and they deal with the little
East Side merchant. who doesn't know the ropes
or others whose moral sense is fully developed
They arge them 10 make false statements of loss
because they receive commission on the money
they collect. These men batten the little fires
which nobody ever thinks Of just the ambulance
chaser lawyer does accident cases. Perjury is
own brother 10 them; they chief witnesses or
anything else necessary. If the District Attorney
or the Police Department to take this up and
run down some OF these rascals, II would be i
most grateful service.
Il know Of where Of those fellows
went TO stOrekeeper who had been burned out.
The storekeeper suspected his methods. however,
and found that he had put in claims for 81 dam
age. The merchant went 10 the insurance com
panies and told them he distrusted this adjuster but
didn't know how TO collect his losses. They told
him they would have their adjusters 20 over
the damage with him. He was willing saying that
he knew he had had no $4,000 loss The insurance.
companies hnaly agreed 10 pay him 81 800 when
ne nGeo up MS store he went TO them and refused
10 take more than 81 0OO the full his loss
ne SAID The rascally adJuster, however, would
have held the insurance companies for 900 more