New-York tribune., 1907-08-08
MORE FORGED DEEDS.
cyn 1T B.1TL GANGS WORK
Gn,Ta:icns EsctSfded to Connecticut
and Ne7c Jersey, Too.

,so5. show that the syndicate which forged
- % real estate by the wholesale for TIE
,,rg7ose OF giving frs.1dulont bail bonds did not
.onfne i5sc.f u New York City state. but
,psra:el also il Connecticut and New Jersey.
ri.rae I3lrailly fraudulent transfers were un-
...-.-1 IN Queens County. covering five lots and
.sattc~ transaction believed 10 be OF similar
-aa.actcr VAS reported TO Karl r. Miner. Assist
,,,r District Attorney. which involved the con
scya2ce q thirty lots in Hackensack The Con-
.ccticul .2eai was withheld from publication
znji' to-day for police reasons.
The phases Of the syndicateS ramiffCa-
ions have surprised even the Assistant District
attorney Who has been prosecuting these cases.
The~ show also that the traff1cking in forged
seeds can b, traced to a coterie of men who are
T0nI ~ the police and whose headquarters
.re in Manhattan There are about half a dozen
gen in This syndicate. who. in some way. are
.onnectoG with all the cases Two notaries pub
Sc certified TO the spurious acknowledgements.
ThJ leader Of the gang is believed to be John
;olgi whose hearing will be continued this
raoraiug before Magistrate Steinert. in the
ror,fs Court the charge of fraudulently con-
,.,vinC an Eleventh avenue tenement house
bela,7cipe 10 Charles Edgar Appleby on July Pa
NJ rene VAS brought directly into the Hack
e,esck deal and 10y a series Of circumstances
Us associated With the Queens County forgery.
The former transaction consisted OF the con-
nee
CHARLES FaCk 10 David Benas. Benas. who Is
reputable manufacturer Of display cards al
xo lG Franklin street Manhattan. called on
81 Miner II The District Attorneys office yes
-e-5av ara tuTre1 he deed over to that official
ETa explained that Boueh had given the deed 10
bold for him as the latter did not want tc carry
tba rro,,ar1 IN hiss own name at the time TIE
,ar,o OF Charles \. Herman. OF Nc 46+ Macon
r-reet Brooklyn. appears OF the document as
the notary public Wln too,1 ths acknowledge
r1eIt-
BETRAYED BY WATER MARK
f4er-na-7-S name comes twice more into the
~ase F-irS1 in a memorandum book. found on
,,a,,eb when he was arrested, wherein also ara
m. names - several more straw hondsmen
l-re7.p 20 the District Attorneys office. and
srain on the forged deeds discovered in New
;own Queens County. as the person 10 Whon
th4 Instruments are To Le returned after pelhS
raoor5,5 in the County Clerks office there The
retar, f,lllic who took these acknowledgements
Is Frederick G. Anderson. the same person VINO
certified - the deed conveying Mr.. ApplehY's
;rop,rtv which Bough is charged with Iors-
ing The District Attorney has been searching
for Anderson for several days
Bougl's name does not appear on any OF the
oueer's County deeds. but 3Ir- Miner says he
sees his hand in the transaction. The property
c,9veved has not changed hands for thirty
wears one Of the deeds for lot No. - Is from
Johanna LOGAN TO James A Thompson, and
shows that the acknowledgment was taken on
Anil u 1901 being filed for recording on July
eslast There is another transfer TO James "A
Thompson. ostensioly 10y James A Larkln Ior
lots No 26 and 4-Ei acknowledged on December
! 1904 and filed for recording also about the
same time The third deed is from Isaac
s,atleys 10 Albert Benas. the latter being nc
tlious name. 20 FAR is known. This deed
aiso was fled for recording last month. but os-
fe3siii-- l-tS transferred on October 20. ISol-
The c,.e>i..,-ation in nearly every instance was
-i1a lois are
llgy.e tEaa Stppp.
These forgeries were discovered by a
searcher al Neutown. whose suspicious were
aroused by reading in the newspapers OF An
derso.'s cennecti,l ! with the Bough case see
ing the rotarv's name on these deeds he in
vestgated further with the result that he dis
covered in the documents. which were printed
By Pohemus. the water mark 1906. which mace
il impossible that the transfers could have been
made IL 1901 and 1904. The searcher then
reported the matter TO Mr. Miner In the for
gerry Of Mr.. Appleby's name the deed was dated
hack year.
PURPcSED SELLING PROPERTY
il yras learned that in Novembec. 1876. an
efo-t was made by a member OF the forgery
ryrdicate % sell Mr. ApplebTs property at
Nos. S3I and S:S3 Eleventh avenue. A man who
represented himself as Benjamin Hart, a far
iner from Wilmington. Del. offered his prop
t.<y" al a law price to client Of l. s Marx
2
we're dropped when il was learned that the
oace address in Wall street given by the
lawyer was the Custom House Hart tried
another time to dispose OF the same property
to- s24Or0 although IL is valued at twice
that figure
A. the hitherto unknown operations Of this
szng come TO light the suspicion grows that IT
was 81 business for even larger gains than II
could get from giving straw bail II is be-
hsved that il forged deeds for the purpose OF
rsising mortgages and IL possible selling the
Sroperty
Mr. zppleby through Cannon & Cannon. his
attorneys. began suit yesterday in the Supreme
Court against Eiith Stonebridge and others TO
SCI aside the alleged deed dated and acknowl-
EDGED on January 20. 1906. and filed in the Of
ice Of the Register on July p last, purporfing
70 be a deed Of conveyance from Appleby TO
Edith StonebridGe Of property in Eleventh ave
nue. Appleby alleges that what purports to be
Us signature upon the said paper writing is a
forgery and asks that the deed be declared void
ana, cancelled A lis pendens has been h!eo
against the property.
cONNERS NOT TO BLAME.
Edward J. Conners whose name was on the
forged deed as the person TO whom the docu-
nnent should be returned when recorded at the
Registers Office. called on Mr.. Miner yesterday
ana proved 20 that officials satisfaction that
ae had no part ia the transaction Conners mas
neen in Liberty for his health. He met BIG
I'm Sullivan IN Albany on Tuesday, VINO
called his attention 10 the newspaper stories,
and Corners came here especially 10 clear hlin-
seR He made an affidavit in which ne said
n part:
reside the present time in the village OF Lad
er1y, Sullivan County, State Of New YORK; , Ioi-
inerly resided az No 2S5 East 5th street, Borough
- Manhattan. city OF New York. and up 10 aDous
-'oPefn5c-. 1876, / Was the owner OF the eaioon AZ
NE premises No az so,gc-y. and which was con-
oacied unGer r,s- mann.
ABOUT November 1886 / sold the business to
ohaTa & SeIlis and they subsequently, sold the
talcn 10 h,nrtt fnnk back q purcINt5c