The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-23
GREEN ESTATE SiOO,OOO LOSER
ACCORDING TO BELIEF or THE
INVESTIGATING LAWYERS.
Intmation That Andrews Len Behind Him
spurious Mortgage on which Nr.
Green Had Made Loans-Loss OF Ogden
Books and Papers n Serious Matter.

Intima lion That Andrews Len Behind Him
spurious Mortgage on which Nlr.
Green Had Made Loans-Ioss OF Ogden
Books and Papers a Serious Matter.
Those who are investigating the Andrews
Green-Ogden taugle believe that the estate
Of the late Andrew H. Green loses about
100000 None Of the lawyers concerned
will make direct statement to that effect.
Most Of them say it is impossible to tell.
in the absence OF the books and papers
which disappeared with Lyman s Andrews,
Just to what extent the Ogden and Green
estates are involved. A THE Sun said
yesterday. however the loss to the William
b Ogden estate may be more than 500 600
1t was intimated yesterday that Mr..
Green, acute business man though he was,
was robbed OF 500 600 by means Of spurious
mort cages He lent a great deal Of money
on mortgages. The documents are now
being examined by experts TO learn whether
some Of them do not pretend to mortgage
properly which never existed.
As 20 the method by which the Ogden
estate could have been robbed. it can only
be surmised that taxes supposed TO be paid
were not paid and that checks drawn to the
order Of the trustees by debtors OF the
ogden estates were treated To forged in
dorsements and diverted from their legal
channel
Col Sackett OF the firm Of Sackett
McQuaid attorneys for the Green estate
trustees. said last night that only three
estates were involved, those of Mr.. Green
and the two Ogdens. The attorneys for
these estates are working N common
Col Sgckett insists that Andrews was not
employed by Mr. Green but by he trustees
Of the " b. Ogden estate OF course,
MIR Green was one Of these trustees hut
the technically has some bearing on the
e gal aspect Of the case
We began to suspect Andrews said
MIR Sackett when he failed 10 produce
the books We wanted for an accounting
Of the W Ogden estate He would tell
me that Mr. De Witt Cof counsel for the
Mariana ogden estatel had some books
that wanted and he would talk vice versa
to MIR De witt on Dec ~ we found that
all the papers and books had Disappeared
am told that Andrews was seen on Broad
way about jar. !.
we have evidence that Andrews at
tempted 10 defraud Mr.. Green during MIR
Green's lifetime
Col Sackett did not say what this fraud
WINS but statement made last night hy
Albert Henschel may throw light on it,
Il entered Mr. GREEN'S Office in 1879
said Mr. Henschei and studied law After
serving as Assistant Corporation counsel
reentered Mr. Green's employ as an attor-
ney in charge Of street openings for the
Ogdens also draughted many legislative
acts for Mr.. Green and worked for their
passage was secretary Of the Greater
New York Commission. Mr. Green EN-
ployed me az counsel FOR the Ogden estate
nv business being to look after the opening
Of streets
ABOUT two weeks ago ! went 10 the
Comptroller's Office 10 ask for check due
the estate an award in connection with
the opening of East i6sth street ! was
told that the money was there but would
not be paid until the estate made good its
arrears in assessments water rates and
taxes search showed me that these
arrears extended over six or seven years
and amounted TO about 100000. Andrews
was supposed 10 have paid these taxes.
When | went to Andrews'- Office | found
he had been gone a couple Of weeks
then learned hat the lawyers were al work
on the case.
One Of Andrews's former intimate- said
yesterday that the missing man was more
sportive than he has had credit FOR
He had an automobile hanson and
some carriages camp in the Adirondaok~
and lie was very fond Of the society Of
women. tie did not gamble and drank
very little The 81 900 a year be rot from
the Ogden estate was not his sole income
for there was good deal Of money to be
made in commissions on mortgages
There was some talk Yesterday 10 the
effect that if Andrews would come and
bring the books back all would be forgiven.
The eIplessness Of the investigators who
haven't a scrap OF paper TO work over is
almost complete They can investigate
the validity Of the Green mort cages hut
tho Ogden estates are in a great mess with
out the stuff that Andrews carried away
How he got it out OF the building is not
explained The vouchers alone would
fill trunk and there was stack OF books
I he last accounting OF the " b. Ogden
estate was made in 1901
The talk about forRiving Andrews and
saying was ali mistake was met with
the statement that MIR. Jerome probably
would have something 10 say about il
His Office IS still silent IN the matter Hi-
assistant Mr.. Appleton told tho witnesses
who were suopunaed that they mustn't
talk.