New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-11
TRUNK OF BOGUS DEEDS
CLEARING HOUSE FOUND.
Fake Conveyance Operations More
Widespread than First Thought.

The District Attorneys office received IN
formation yesterday which promises to result
in the most important of all the revelations
growing out of the discovery of an organized
band of deed forgers The information was tur-
nished by K. Henry Rosenberg, the lawyer VINO
is aiding in the prosecution of John L. Bough
under arrest the charge of utterIng forseo
deed to property, and deals with trunkfuI OF
fraudulent conveyances 1t is expected that the
documents will be in the possession OF the DIS
trict Attorney tomorrow. An arrest is expected
of man who is suspected of maintaining
clearing house for spurious deeds, which ne
furnished TO his patrons for bail bonds
Many of the deeds, which expected to re-
veal more extensive traffic in them than the
developments Of the last week showed, bear the
name of Frederick G. Anderson as notary pup
lie. who figures in the same capacity IN the
Bough case. The police are seeking him. An
derson it is said. affixed his name and seal 10
blank deeds containing neither names dates nor
description of the property to be conveyed
which evidently were filled in as occasion ana
convenience demanded. Some of the deeds that
are filed in convey property in Richmond
County New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachu-
setts which indicates how widespread have been
the Illicit practices of the syndicate
1t is also learned that the man holding these
dozens of fake deeds has been negotiating to
sell thirty lots in Richmond County, and 1t was
through these negotiations that the latest l'a-
portant discovery was made. When the III
tended deal reached point where the ia"ye
for the prospective purchaser of the lots oeSau
an examination of the deeds he FOUND that one
of them waG missing. whereupon the suspecteu
holder of the forged instruments calmly pro-
duced a blank deed already acknowledged pE
the notary public and offered to replace t"e
missing conveyance When the attorney fCr
the purchaser suggested to the would-oe seller
that he consult counsel he offered to retain 'l'e
at+orrav OF course the lawyer refused 10 40
this and the deal fell through Another SuSpi-
cious transaction which will be investigated was
the exchange of a farm in Baldwin. Long Island
Of which the title is of doubtful validity for 4
farm in New Jersey.
John T. Reilly. who. gave hlnSef up " M %
police saying he understood he was sought III
connection with the deed forgery cases, wa u
charged from custody yesterday by Maglsua.7
c.oi,art in +ha Tonbs court. Alexander keogh'
Assistant District Attorney, was satisfied thaI
r2eiIly had nothing TO do with the Bough cast
although he is well acquainted with 6ous"'
Reilly said that Anderson, the MISSING "''a ;
os With Rough several times last week
An interesting sidelight on the career .,
Rouqb came out Yesterday when II "as ieatii'..
that some years ago he befrlehdeu '9io'I7
Draper. the notorious bank burglar Di"F,
ran a saloon In Sixth avenue in the name "
woman who now figures in one of bous" ,
deals creditor obtained Judgment asdii,1'
the WOMAN. Who was said 10 be intimate WI"
Draper, and Bough settled the judgment
From, New Haven comes the information that
since Foush's arrest and the impoundlns OF
deed found IN his possession for some properly
in that CITY he has had a copy MADE anu
through an agent tried TO induce Mrs Margaret
NcCuIIorn who conveyed TO him. to sign the
duplicate This she refused TO do.
-taH nrug a
ton with Horace F. Rood. of kinston CONN.,
for the sale of the McCuIlom property near New
Haven The lots are far from the city. and are
assessed at $50. Rood. in a letter TO the city
clerk of New Haven. intimates that he believes
the property worth $500 which it is believed Is
the value put on them by Bough. Mrs Nc
Cullom said yesterday that she sold her land
for that amount to man in this city whose
name she refused to give When the copy OF
the deed was submitted to her for sig
nature II was represented that the original con-
veyance had been lost. AS a matter of fact II
was at that time in the hands OF the District
Attorney.
The police have not yet found Edith Stone
bridge who is needed in the prosecution OF
Bough.