The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-22
GREEN ESTATE ALSO SUFFERS.
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and gave me certain amount OF informa-
ton. but as the days passed he grew more
and more derelict He told me about ms
mining company. saying that II would De
able to sell sulphur at s. a ton, whereas the
sulphur brought from Sicily costs $40.
Then came the Saturday afternoon
when 1t was important TO have him at my
office with certain papers and lntorIna-
ton and he was not to be found. On Mon
day he was not at his Office. but l did not
learn that he had gone for good HIS
office boy was on guard, and very stupid
boy he was About Christmas we came
to the conclusion that Andrews was not
coming back and we opened the SAFE 10
find practically nothing.
Andrews collected a tremendous amount
OF money for the Ogden estate. | should
say that it would come to more than 500
600 a year. / supposed that most OF IL
was paid in checks to the order OF the truss
tee, but it may have been that some pay
ments were made in more vulnerable form.
1t will be great task to untangle the
mess that the disappearance OF the books
has left us in. We shall have TO hear from
people who have paid moneys to Andrews
for the estate and whose payments have
not been Banked. l have no idea how
much is involved.
I'VE are using every channel to find
Andrews. | cannot say what steps va
have taken We could have him arrested
on sight for the larceny of the papers.
even If it could not he proved that he had
taken a cent. | know very. little about
the proceeding on the part Of the District
Attorneys office. | am satisfied that
Andrews has done something wrong and
we are determined to find him.
1t ia understood that the executors and
lawyers in the case have a number OF
private detectives on Andrews's tran, pre-
ferring that method to the use OF the police.
Just how the District Attorneys Office
happened on the case was not made clear
yesterday. Mr.. Appleton of Jerome's
staff declined to talk about it. 1t was said
in other quarters that Mr.. Jerome got wind
Of the disappearance of Andrews and pro-
cured from Justice Wyatt subppnas for
Lawyer Henschel and Others.
John c. Shaw. who is attorney for the
estate of Andrew H. Green, said:
Two days ago my attention was called
to the fact that large amount OF the assess
ment against the Ogden estate was unpaid
and that Lyman s. Andrews, Mr.. Green
confidential secretary, who kept the books
and vouchers could not be found to tell
about the state of affairs. Alexander
Henschel. who used to work in Mr.. Green
Office and who now has an office near mine.
told me that he had been served with
SUBPOENA in John Doe proceeding which
had been instituted TO clear up this matter
Il have known Mr.. Andrews for years
as Mr. Green's confidential man. His
salary was So 600 a year. And there were
no perquisites for him in the realty trans
actions because there we're no sales, nor
income from the property, as most OF 1t
was vacant.
Mr. Green signed all checks "a trustee.
j never received a check which he did not
sign personally. and he never forgot 10 dot
his is and cross his is. After his death
Mr. Sheldon succeeded him. IL Is beyond
me how any OF this money could have gone
astray, as all checks for assessment were
paid to the collector Of arrears. The Ogden
holdings in The Bronx have increased 600
per cent, in value in the past thirty-four
years
There was no definite explanation yester-
day as 10 the manner in which Andrews
could have stolen large amounts from the
estates Forgery Of the trustees names
was suggested az the most reasonable
method. Nobody except Andrews seems
to have had much knowledge OF the con
ditiOn of the estates since Mr.. Green death,
and, now that the agent has taken every
vestige Of evidence, it is going to be big
tangle unless he Is caught
All agreed that Mr.. Green's confidence
in Andrews was absolute. The agent APP
reared TO have no sporting proclivities.
He was about the Ogden Office or the mining
company's Office nearly all day and was
very busy just after Mr. Green's death
it was said. in a despatch from the City OF
Mexico, that Mr.. Green was at he head
Of the company which purchased the Popo-
catapetl volcano and planned TO mine the
sulphur and build an electric roed 10 tho
crater.
MIR. Green's friends said yesterday that
they had not heard that he was Interested
in the scheme, and the despatch was only
one of many sent TO the newspaper, boom
ing the Popocatapeu property and preach
ing the erection OF hotel on the volcano.
Another had talked freely Of his own in
terest in the mining company. capt,
Holt, the supposed head of the scheme,
is said TO be a retired army officer
Holt was understood TO have engineered
the purchase Of the volcano, paying $780,
900 for il, with the backing of Eastern capt.
talists. Pre;entious offices were fitted UP
on the sixteenth floor OF the building at ~
Broadway, and until two weeks ago two
were usually at work. An
drews's office. which bears on the door the
name Of the W. B. Ogden estate. was only
a few feet away, and Andrews was in the
mining office great deal Of the time after
Capt Holt departed. Halsey was Always
there
E. r. Olcott Of the firm OF Olcott, Mestre
4 Gonzales. which represents the Mexican
Government here, knew Holt and An
drews. Holt wanted him TO organize
to buy the mountain and develop |
the sulphur mines. Andrews afterward
told Mr.. Olcott that he controlled the whole |
affair and that he had lot Of money in it,
Andrews was born in this city ~ years |
ago. He went to Passaic in 1882 and |
lived there for ten years. He was mar
ried 10 Miss Libbie Boggs OF Brooklyn and |
they have thirteen children. In 1896 he !
brought an unsuccessful suit for divorce !
against her.
He was engaged by Andrew II. Green |
as an expert accountant in 1851. and under |
hr. Green's direction compiled a COM |
parative statement Of the expenses Of |
the large cities OF the world for the Council !
Of Reform. He was prominent in civic |