New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-09
MORE BOUGH EVIDENCE.
TRREGUL4R DEED FOUND.
Nesp HaUen Instrument Ihroscs
Lght ON Syndicate's Workings.

onerations of the syndicate of deed forgers and
straw bond men covered several states was re-
vealed yesterday in the form OF deeo 10
property In New Haven. The deed purports 10
convey a piece of property to John L. Boush
who is under arrest here for forging the name
of Charles z. Appleby to conveyance OF an
E,ave,tb avenue tenement house, and is be-
Heved to be the leader Of the gang The name
of the conveyor is given as Margaret McCui-
lom The document with Others was found on
Roreb when he was arrested last week.
Bough sent the deed to T. e. Whitaker, town
clerk of New Haven. for recording on July %
the day before he handed the forged AppIepy
deed to Patrick Moore for recording IN the reg
ister,s office in Manhattan, saying he wanted
it for bail purposes
The deed. however contained dates other
than that it was executed in December, 1870
and was acknowledged the same month py Eu-
ward J. Maher, commissioner of the Superior
Court of Connecticut. The property is on Bea-
con avenue, and conveyed for 81 and otner
valuable considerations. Makers name aiSo
appeared as the only witness. although uie laws
Of Connecticut require two witnesses These
omissions caused the town clerk TO return 'iie
deed to Bough with the following letter.
T. Rough No s45 Greene avenue. Brooklyn
Dear Sir: We have your favor of the 25d INST
incosrig from Margaret McCuioiii " 80
together with g fees, and also note WIN
Measure vour kind invitation but regret that am
unable to accept at just this time put II you 80,
come TO New Haven should De very sia" 70 -
you call me- and we may theh De aoie " '
out your suggestion 49,. ,u ,,,-,a
is omitted the fifth line; also that the Gates ar
emitted in the execution and acknowledgment anu
the deed has but one witness. whereas II shouiu
have two. -. O.. ,-o,
for these corrections. and II will again SEND II
TO this Office together with the 80 cents to cover
| recording fees. will then place II on recofu anu
T E. WHITAKER. Town Clerk
The New Haven directory does not contain
| the name of Margaret McCullom or any name
like It, A dispatch to The Tribune from ne"
| Haven describes Beacon avenue as piaC1iON'''J
undeveloped land
DEFENDANTS AGAIN IN POLICE COURT.
The hearing of Bough and Moore In the APP
| pleby case was continued yesterday before
| Magistrate Steinert, in the Tombs court ME-
| Appleby the eighty e-year-old complain
| ant came to court from his country place at
| Glen Cove Long Island. x. Henry Rosenberg.
| who represAhts Mr.. Appleby IN the criminal
| proceedings. encouraged before the near
| ing was called by the statement made by Moore
| that he would tell all he knew about the case.
When Mr. Rosenberg called Moore his counsei,
Morris Goodhart. objected, and the DEFENDANT
| refused to answer any questions
| It was announced yesterday that Moore had
| been temporarily suspended from the employ
| of the Title Guarantee and Trust Company for
| which he has been a searcher for several years
| The next witness was Edward j. Conners'
| whose name was used by Bough as the person
| to whom the deed should be returned after
! recording. Corners formerly owned the Dry
| Dock Hotel at No. SAT Bowery, now run by
| Bough. He proved that he had no connection
/ with the case. Deputy Register Hennessy' ote-
| phen ]. Stiliwell. special deputy register. ana
| William c. Murtha, registers clerk, told Of the
| filing of the forged deed IN the Registers Office
| Murtha said he had seen Moore, who was
| known in the office as title searcher, oHef
| the deed for filing. Moore had told him, he
| said that he got the deed from Bough In j
! hotel near the Brooklyn Bridge and was merely
! acting as q friendly messenger. Murtha testi-
! fled that he Moore. Bough and lawyer
/ In the office the next day looking for the deed
! Murtha added that he had been tipped on by
! Frank Goss another clerk In the office. that
| the deed did not appear regular and refused
| 10 surrender the papers. Investigation waf
| followed by the arrtft of Bough and Moore
! LOOKING FOR EDITH STONEBRIDGE-
| Magistrate Steinert said he would adjourn thf
| hearing until next Tuesday to give the prosecu-
ton time to produce Edith Stonebridge, to whom
the Appleby property was transferred in the rake
| dead Mr. Rosenberg declared with some
| warmth that he and the District Attorney hac
| men out searching for the woman. but that he
| was sure she had been spirited away In the in
| terests of the defendants. Her address was
| given In the deed Newark, but II Is known
| that she was lately In New York. All search for
her has been without result. But the prosecu-
ton hopes TO find her before next Tuesday Mr.
Rosenberg suggested that the defence produce
her.
| II was learned that Bough some time age
! claimed ownership of tract Of land I'm Wash
ington which he was anxious to SELL He said
he had bought 1t cheap.
Benjamin Hart. who saw his name IN the
newspapers as being used by n person who tried
TO dispose of some property, called yesterday or
his lawyer TO complain that he had been i'm
ipersonated and that the man believed TO be I
member of the syndicate of swindlers had tried
| TO do business with some old deeds or mort
cages which he had lost