The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-18
BEF OR {.
BANKRUPTCY
REFEREE
VAN vLIssINGEN CONFESSED TO
ROSENFELD.
offered, Then to Go Before States At
torney, Confess and Take
Punishment.


field and Bernhard Rosenberg, to whom
Peter Van Vliseingen forger or more
than a million dollars I'm mortgages, al
leges he confessed his crimes four
years prior to his public admission of
guilt, appeared before Referee in
Bankruptcy Wean today. 70 answer
questions growing out OF Van Vlissen-
gems recent testimony.
Van Vlissingen. who was brought
back from the penitentiary to assist
In locating the assets Of his estate,
decleard that. in 1904. Resented.
then cashier of the now defunct Chi
cago National bank, and Rosenberg,
brother -in-law of the latter. stated
that several hundred thousand dollars
in mortgages, which they had secured
from him. were forgeries.
II offered then TO go before the
states attorney. confess and take my
punishment" said Van V1issingen
when on the witness stand fortnight
ago. They said they wanted their
money. | told them | could get II only
by defraudiRg still other people. They
said that they did not want TO hear
about how | got it; the point with
them was that | was to get it, So
continued forging, and discovery was
STAYED Off for four years more"
Mr. Resented. taking the stand.
said he had known Van Vllssingen
twenty year1 and had purchased
from him many mortgages for himself
and clients.
When did you first learn of his In
solvency2" asked Attorney Peake,
representing the estate of the convict
ed forger.
Not until his arrest last winter"
Speaking of the new ser OF books
which Resented had opened on De-
cember 10, 1904, witness was asked
his reason for doing so
Because" he replied, "on Decem-
Der . of that year Van yiissingen
confessed his forgeries to me"
Did he tell you the names OF his
victims?"
"Hc said there were none other than
myself and the interests l repre-
sented"
Did you ask him"
Yes; l spoke particularly OF Lefens
& Seipp, and he answered that they
had no spurious loans"
How did vou make your discovery
Of the forgeries2"
Il was in the Chicago National bank
and saw a map of property at Forty
ninth street and Cottage Grove avenue
In the hands of John R Walsh, pres
ident of the bank Mr. Walsh was
about to buy the property from Van
Vlissingen. | told Mr. Walsh | held
a mortgage on the property. and then
l went after Van Vlissingen. l kept
after him for three days until, on de-
cember 8, he finally confessed. break
ing down and crying. l said TO him.
L am going to take this up with
my lawyer; ] am not going to COM
pound a felony
To this he answered:
Il am not going to run away,
neither do | propose to commit sui
eide. | have equities in real estate,
and l can pay you off"
Mr. Rosenfeld was alone at this in
terview, but on the following day he
was accompanied by his brother-in.
law, Mr.. Rosenberg.
van NllSSlnSen repeated MS con-
fession and again declared / would
not compound a felony. Then Van
Vlissingen explained that his embar-
rassment was only temporary, due TO
loaning out too much money.
Il suggested that his friends might
help him out, but he said no, the
amount was too large
old he agree to pay you and Ro-
senberg?"
Yes. he agreed to pay us $4,000
weekly. He owed us about S370,00O
which he said he figured ne could pay
in two or three years. He said he
valued his equities in real estate at
$300,00O.'
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