Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-05
TIME DISCLOSES
MANY FORGERlES
WARMINGTON'S OPERATIONS
EXTENSIVE
Investigation Shows Broker Had COM
plete Recorders Office of His
Own and That He
Defrauded Scores

Forgeries and note swindles which
already aggregate $500 and which
comprise many distinct offenses are
now established against A. T.. Warm
ington, real estate dealer of this city
who was arraigned before Justice sum
merfield yesterday and later placed in
the county Jail In default of $4,000 bail
The barring of what may prove to be
| a gigantic sWindling enterprise is due
to the activity of County Recorder Lo-
gan, who discovered that Warrington
and an accomplice, William c. Carpen-
ter Of Burbank, had forged an assign
ment of a mortgage from Henry Cen
ther to Robert Little, and also one
from James and Matte L. Millhouse to
Henry Genther.
The discovery was made Monday
morning, and within four hours after
the county recorder had examined the
forged documents Warrington and
Carpenter were in the county Jail. Two
hours later Warrington had confessed.
The publicity given the arrest
brought dozens of people from in and
around Los Angeles to the recorder,
and many stated that they believe they
are victims of a sWindle at the hands
of Warrington. By o'clock last night
six separate and distinct forgerieS mad
been established as swindles probably
perpetrated by the daring and shreWd
real estate dealer.
Careful inquiries and examinations
made by the recorder have brought to
light. in addition to the first two swim
dies discovered, a number of transac-
tions believed to be fraudulent. The
stories of a few of these follow:
Warrington Cash.A Check
j. A. Oudette, a blacksmith of Up
land, Cal. says he has known Warm
ington for a year. According to the
story related TO the recorder by Oud-
ette, he bought a mortgage from
Warrington, October, 1908, which pur-
ported to bear the signature of j. E.
Madden. The document was recorded
and Oudette paid $500 for an assign
ment of it, The deal had all the ap-
pearance of being regular until the re-
corder discovered that j. E. Madden
did not own the lot in question Oud-
cite was able to show the recorder a
check for the money paid to the real
estate man, and it was indorsed and
collected by Warrington. The mort
gage is now declared to be worthless,
Mary Louise, Steigler gave a mort
gage to e. c. Connor, June 6, 1908, Sc
cured by a lot in the Patterson tract,
Los Angeles. According to the infor-
nation now held by Recorder Logan,
who has verified every step in his in
uuiry Warrington forged an assign
ment of this by duplicating the instru
nient. Stamps and dies found in the
office of the real estate man tend to
prove tho probability of the theory that
the prisoner duplicated the stamps of
the recorders office, showing registra-
tion numbers, time of filing, fee paid
and other details necessary. Even the
ink pads of red, green, blue and black
ink, had been used in the same manner
as by the recorders deputies in trans
acting the regular business of the of
fice and pads similar to those in use
by the office were also found in Warm
ington's office. This fraudulent mort
gage was sold to w. D. Osgood, pro-
prietor of the New England market,
for S2S00 A. j. Osgood, son of the
market man. presented the evidence OF
this transaction to the recorders office
and stated that he represented his ia
ther in the matter
Many Frauds Disclosed
In record book 3742. page Sc, A.
Warrington deeds lot 1872 of the Will
shire Heights tract to Gala Bacon.
He decided this to Charles Berger, S341A
South Flower street, December IL, 1908.
This last deed was given in security for
the payment Of note for $1,000. Berger
fas the deed in his possession, but ii
was never recorded. December l, 1908,
Warrington agreed to convey this
property to H. F. Van Cleve, and this
assignment has been recorded.
Mortgage book 2066, page So, shows
that mortgage was given by Birdie
Kaeppler and her husband, Francis O.
Kaeppler on lot 65 of the Loretta tract
to A. e. Warrington to secure pay
ment of a note for $500. The note Is
legal and correctly made out, but
Charles Won der Kuhlen has dupli-
cate mortgage which has been assigned
him by Warrington in payment of
$500. The mortgage in possession of
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