The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-04
THE MISSING OWNER PUZZLE
GRAND ,URI TRIES 10 "F
THE kNOT WIN TNDIIT VENTS.
inaiirtesi crowd Accused OF s"S'nR ~
Morrxased Prepert, In Order to Cen
real Inc Owner shlp From thr WORT
saSrrs Two Arrests: More coming

saErrs TWO Arfrsr' ""''
DETECTIVES from the District Attorney
Office started out Yesterday TO round mp
"A gang hat has been making trouble Tor
owners of mortgages when the latter
r,.sorird Ia foreclosure proceedings TO
get their money Jacob Sp,ro, n real
estate man of IiB Nassau street. and
, Inhi BanfOrd of 40 Barrow street. Jersey
Cty. were arrested early IN the dav, and
last night the detectives were seeking
! for another man and three other women
who ar. wanted eithsr a. witnesses or
principals. The man the detectives were
most anxious to find il Irving " Rossn-
thai, a notary public with an Office at
~! Nassau street. who il now out on
hail pending trial on "a cha n ge Of forge
Ro--nfhal Was arrested in 1919 on charge
~ having acknowledged the signature
Ia deed Of a person whom he had never
seen This charge il connected directly
with the one on which Mr. Rossnthal il
now sought
Sp,ro. Rosenthal. I.uhi Banford and
several other women said TO hav. acted
With The men named ar" charged with
-obstructng the proper adrninist ration Of
Justice
II ia charged that they watched the
real estate market closely and when
they learned that foreclosure proceeding o.
~-rr about To- b- begun visited the owner
OF I'll" property and bough- his interest
with the understanding that the name
OF the buyer should be filled in AZ their
pleasure The names filed in a. buyers
were those Of the women who are now
being sought in connection with IN. ease
llsNsa - .
name - alleged To hav. been used in RI.
transaction for which Rosenthal was
indicted IN 1909 Rusenrhal II il asserted,
took Acknowledgements for further trans
fer without cve- having seen Margaret
Graham Al that time ~ had desk room
IN Spiro Office
After foreclosure proceedings had been |
started IN the cases IN which Spiro and |
kos.nfhai Interested themselves persons
wanting 10 find tn. owner and serve him .
with papers found that the trail led 10
SpIro- oefic" II IL alleged that Spiro |
and Ros"nthal and a man named Der ger
who was associated with them would |
then agree to find the missing owner
for amounts ranging from $3.50 TO son
III IN. persons in search Of tbs. titl~holdsr
refused TO deal with th. gang and started
on "A hunr for the woman in whose name.
ia" property WIS registered thew ALWAYS
found themselves forced TO return and
treat with SpIro and Rosanthal In many
cases. At ~ said the mort gage. was forced
10 setrle for many times the amount that
tn" gang had paid Tor the deed. Mr.
On Nivisr said y"stsr day that he had in
all twenty-five cases involving property
worth about s25O.OOO. What part Of IN.
ralH" ~ these properties the gang had
obtained in its transactions ha could not
nav
Apiro was arraigned before Judge Swami
IN the Court OF General Sessions and held
IN 81 .Doo bail. which he furnished Lulu
BInford il being held in Jersey civ Ia
await -Xtradition
When Spiro was arraigned in court h.
said that b. had done a reputabl, business
and was being prosecuted nv tho titl.
guarantee companies with the operations
OF which he had interfered
When Rosenthal was indicted in 1909
u. was defended nv the law firm OF Whit.
man Nandiv~r. 81 which the present
District Attorney was member Dis.
'rict Attorney Whitman severed his con
n.ct!on with the case when h. was elected
and Mr.. Nandiv.r il now asnociat ed with
Abraham Levy in the d.f.nC.