Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-20
NOT TO BLAME,
SAYS APPLEBY
Explains, Real Estate spscu-
Iations to State Tax Board.

New Brunswick, April 20:-J.
Randolph Appleby. whose dealings
in real estate in South Jersey were
considered by the State Board of
Taxation. Tuesday, it being alleged
that he had delivered deeds for the
property. which deeds were never re-
corded, has answered his accusers.
The land in question is in Bass River
township, Burlington county. MI.
Appleby during the winter lived at
43 Woodruff place, Perth Amboy,
but is now living in Spotswood.
81 sold the land" said Mr.. Apple
by, "and gave the purchasers a deed,
but it's not my fault If they didnt
have them recorded. 1t looks to me
as If the officials Of Bass River town
ship are entirely at fault in not send
ing out tax bills to the new owners.
For a time l received and paid the
tax bills, but that grew monotonous
"In 1898 l informed Collector
Mathis I was through paying other
peoples bills and acting in part as
collector for Bass River township.
1t was at this time / stopped paying
the taxes. chiefly because l was not
receiving compensation from the
property owners.
con December %, 1910, I bought
at a sale to pay the taxes of 1908 and
1909 about 5000 acres of the land
in question, the remaining 500 acres
or so in the original tract having
taxes paid up to date.
Paid 80 Cents an Acre.
II paid about thirty cents an acre
for the land at that sale, the original
- g. ~ 7 - a. IA4-- -, 4
SO an acre. Among the acres l pur-
chased at that time were twenty
owned by Mrs. Albertine Hersh, of
New York. For the past few years
she has been seeking an opportunity
to make trouble. She is greatly an
noyed that the land was sold at a tax
sale and purchased by me, but l am
not responsible for the neglect OF
Collector Mathis in not sending out
tax bills to Mrs. Hersh or any others.
1 was informed of the proposed meet
ing Of the State Tax Board Tuesday
at Trenton, but had no interest, so
did not go.
1.-The land on which I now stand
sold at a remarkably low price and
gave the news owners deeds. Some
failed to record them, and now
again hold possession of nearly the
entire original tract, some of the
lots being purchased at tax sale and
others in a private way"
Mr.. Appleby denied receiving
money from the new owners in the
Bass River tract for the payment OF
lakes and not turning the same oveI
10 Collector Mathis. He stated that
Mrs. Hersh had endeavored to buy
back her land for the price he paid
at the tax sale, but the price for the
twenty acres has jumped to $500,
and this Is what he asked her for
the land.
The land In Bass. River township
promoted by Appleby consists OF
about $500 acres, and was pur-
chased some years g by Mr.. Apple
by in two sections and from different
parties. The first consists OF $500
acres and the other of 1900. 1t is
-ahpnt-fnLr-milas- frnm-Tuckertnn-
O1ly scrub pine, 1t is said, grows on
the place. 1t is n of numerous
tracts developer in South Jersey
in recent years, the buyers purchas-
IN solely frcm maps.
AppIeby's Court Record.
The records of the United States
District Court show that J. Randolph
Appleby was indicted by the United
States grand jury IN January, 1907,
for using the mails in execution OF q
scheme to defraud. He pleaded not
guilty, and was held in $3.50 bail for
trial. During the trial this plea was
withdrawn and Appleby pleaded
guilty to one of the three indict-
ments brought against him. Sen,
tence was suspended by the court
but Appleby was warned that any
repetition Of the ofrense with which
he had been charged would be Sc
verely dealt with. The other two in
dictments were nolle pressed.
The three indictments charged
practically the same offense, namely
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses from Mrs. Abbie r. Mills, o.
45 Sixteenth avenue, Newark. i
was alleged that through correspond
enc Appleby had induced Mrs
Mills to undertaken the purchase O.
a tract of five acres of land on Blue
Mountain, Sussex County. Mrs. Mil
lis was paying for the property II
instalments of 81 each, the different
payments forming the basis for the
three indictments.
The specific allegations upoI
which the indictments were based
were that under the name of Apple.
by estates, Leonia, N. j." the de.
PENDANT devised a scheme to procure
the sale of lands at Hyde Park, Bee
meryille, Sussex county, and to in.
duce Mrs. Mills and divers Other
persons and corporations to pur.