The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-13
ACCUSE FATHERS OF FRAUD.
MEAD HEIRS Sy'E TO GET RACK
NEW YORK REAL ESTATE.



Three suits have been begun in the
United States Circuit Court by heirs Of
Stats NJ, Mead, who died in 1883. to re-
cover four parcels of real estate which
belonged to him. The plaintiffs also asls
for S2S5 900 damages for loss Of income
from the property.
They allege that Mead's executors, Alex
ander H. Mead, his son, and Amos NJ
Sackett, his son-in-law. sold for their own
benefit these properties, which under the
will OF Stats Mead should have been held
in trust for the children of the executors,
who are the plaintiffs IN the suits. Both
executors are dead.
The properties sought TO be recovered
are: : and South street. 80 and 20 Moore
street, 1928 Broadway and 2Os Fifth avenue
Three persons own the properties now and
they, with the present tenants, are the dc"
PENDANTS in the suits.
The actions arc brought by Maurice A.
Mead, Minnie {. Armstrong and Sarah +.
Johnson, children of Alexander H. Mead.
and Stats NJ, Sackett. Charles E. Sackett.
Julia d. Cheseboro, Lydia Amelia Muir
nd Adeline s. Morgan, heirs Of Amos NJ
AJoSN0tN- ANO olueT neuS, A1dHIidH >o'c
line Harper and Kittie H. Sloan, take no
part in the litigation.
For several years prior to his death
Stats NJ. Mead lived in this city. He was
IN business In South street. When he died
he left an estate Of about 81 100000. His
will directed that the property should be
divided into two equal trust funds. His
daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Sackett. was TO
receive the entire income Of half Of it, and
at. her death. tho property was to be di-
vided among her children.
From the other trust fund the son, Alex
ander, was to receive an income Of not more
than $500 year and at his death. his children
were TO divide the fund, plus the accumu-
lations.
Title to the Fifth avenue property s now
held by Elmer A. Darling, az administrator
of the late A. B. Darling. The complaint
in the suit against him contains this allega-
ton:
That shortly after the death of Stats NJ.
Mead, his acting trustees and their wives
colludcd together to acquire the lands and
premises and TO divide the same among
themselves for their own benefit freed from
suffered to be foreclosed certain mortgages
which had been placed upon the parcels con-
shutting, said trust estates by Stats NJ.
Medu III MS lllcllIltp hHu UPON tnt lOTtClpSuIe
sales bought in said real estate, at grossly
inadequate prices. title thereto being taken
or finally vested in their said wives. who
thercupon claimed to hold the said lands
freed from the trusts.
The lot on Fifth avenue together with
the plot on Broadway at the rear was
bought in at the foreclosure sale by Sarah +.
Sackett. who resold it to James Roosevelt,
who in turn sold it to the late Alfred b.
Darling. 1t is now occupied az an Office
building by the Lincoln Trust Company
and the Madison Safe Deposit Company.
The income from this property il said to be
50. 900 year, and In addition TO the returns
of the land the plaintiffs ask 5000, 900 dam
ages.
Mrs. Sackett also acquired title to the
South street property and the water and
wharf rights that went with 1t. conveying
it after several years to Hiram NJ. North
rup and Joseph 8. Chick. 1t ia now owned
by Mrs. Goelet Gallatin. Jeremiah C.
Murphy and Wright 3. Travis are the
tenants, and the damages sought are $50 900.
The third suit is against the Chesebrough
Building Company which holds title to the
plot at 1922 Moore street, and Michael
Powers and Robert c. Blancke, lessees
In this case the damages asked is 5000.
None OF the plaintiffs Is a resident of New
4 Chetfield. their counsel, was not in town
last night.
Elmer A. Darling. who would be the great
est loser should Mead's heirs win their
suit, said last night the trouble was puz-
zle to him.
THAT property on Fifth avenue" he
said has been in our family for thirty
seven years, and never heard Of Mead or
his heirs until this suit was begun