The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-06
WARRANT OUT
FOR ]. |. MULvEY,
LONG MISSING

Though Chief Inspector Horton has a
warrant for the arrest 4 Joseph l.. Null
ycy, that person has mt his present
ADDRESS to the police ais and their
wIsh TO get custody .. ] Al is not salts
fed.
Mulvey was in the real estate, mort
gage and insurance business up TO the
latter part OF November, at which time
ne quickly disappeared. IL Is alleged by
people who did business with him that
Mulvey. in the course OF his business as
mortgage broker, had accepted about
$500 In cash from Charles Crossn OF
Balaklaya street This amount accord
ing 10 Crossln, who says he holds the re-
celpts from Mulvey SO stating, was 10 be
loaned for Crossin on mortgages and the
statement was made that the mortgages
would be taken on property In the Mount
Pleasant district. owned by Francis Mc-
Clarity; In Central Falls, owned by Noel
Bernier; In Warwick, on Margaret Nc
cilnn,s property. and on property owned
by Police Sergt. w. f.. Higgins of the
Second station in this city.
SO far as Crossin can learn, the Hig-
gins mortgage was the only one placed.
and this represented but $1,000 or less OF
the money which Mulvey received The
Higgins mortgage WAS made out In the
name Of Crossin as mortgagee and later
was bought by Theodore +. Tillnghast,
an attorney.
with Crossin's name and also with that
OF Mulvey as notary public. and, the
note accompanying II Is indorsed with
the name OF Crossln The records In the
town clerks office in the town OF War
wick show the transfer as having been
made by Crossin 10 Tillinghast. CTos-
sin. however. denies the receipt OF the
mortgage or that he had any OF the
money returned. denies mat the signature
is his and denies any knowledge Of the
transaction.
Mulvey had been paying Crossin inter
est on the money, and wnen another pay
ment became due and was unpaid he Wis
tied Mulveys Office In the Banisan build
Ing. only TO ind that Mulvey's where
abouts was unknown.
John Creamcr OF 96 Lippitt street is u
laboring man who for some years had
been paying for his home on the install
ment plan at the rate OF IS a week. II IL
said that Nulvey entered into the affai.'
when, Creamer having about half paid
for his property ,Mulvey advised him to
take a deed and give mortgage for the
property, and said that he would fnd q
mortgage.
Creamer says that he continued for sew
eral weeks TO pay TO Mulvey the same
weekly amount that he had previously
been paying and that Mulvey receipte1
by making an entry In a book which
Creamer holds. Creamer seems TO have
believed that he was paying on the prin-
cipal. The mortgagee's attorney. how
ever asserts that his client took the mort
gage as an investment, did not want 10
bother with weekly payments, did not au-
thorize Mufvey TO collect such. did not
receive the money ana did not know OF
such payments being made
Creamer retains his property by paying
the interest. but he claims to have MOTH
Ing but Mulvey's receipt for the weekly
payments he made.
Another alleged case is that OF an East
side woman, widow OF city official, who
purchased through Mulvey two mort
cages amounting to sl700. She later trans
ferred her business to another broker
who upon investigation found that the
mortgages had long since been dis
charged
Sergeant Higgins OF the Second police
station says he employed Mulvey to in
sure his property. hut later found that
Mulvey had left ii unprotected not hav-
ing entered the policy at the home Office
OF the company.
North End man loaned 500 TO Mui-
vey last September on 30-day note
which Mulvey Is said to have neither
paid nor renewed. although the lender
had such complete faith In Mulvey's In
tegrity that he did not follow up tho mat
ter closely. After some weeks had elapsed
this man called at the Banlgan building
office, TO be told that Mulvey was out OF
the city
his wife lived on Lloyd avenue. He has
lived in the city from youth and appears
70 have been highly thought OF at the
North End, where he lived when young
man. Many friends in that section en-
trusted their insurance and business mat
ters to him for years. His family profess
ignorance of his whereabouts.