The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-12-13
THIS Is NERVE! OR
DERED FROM HOME
scHEMERs SELL NEGROES SOME
BODY ELsE's PROPERTY.
City Attorney Ewing Notified of Ac-
tion-He Trails the Sharks-Real
Estate Exchange, Too, Like
Iy to Take a Hand in
Stopping the Prae-
tees.
CThe Democrat.)

Not satisfied with having been de-
tected in their underhanded work and
their fraudulent practices disclosed to
the public, the alleged real estate
grafters, recently unearthed by City
Attorney Albert G Ewing and Assist
ant City Attorney F. NJ Garard, are
further intimidating their victims, it
is said, by calling at the houses, paid
for in hard-earned money that took
years to accumulate, and ordering
them vacated
According to the statement of City
Attorney Ewing yesterday, this is
what happened to an old ignorant Ne
gro, who unsuspectingly fell a victim
to the schemes: This Negro, it is said,
purchased house and lot on Alberta
street, North Nashville, and had par
TALLY paid for the property by denying
himself almost the necessities of life.
His idea was to have home that he
might call his own in his old age.
Then the legal officials of the city
discovered that the property did not
belong to the parties that had sold it.
Further investigation showed that no
taxes had been collected for num-
ber of years, and the real owners of
the land were not known. This led
to the discovery of several Nashville
men who had been working" the Ne
groes. The methods employed were
fully recounted in The Democrat as
soon as they were discovered, show
ing in detail how three persons, by
systematic scheming, could realize a
goodly sum off piece of property
that belonged to nobody in particular.
Ferreting Out Schemes.
Since the matter has been disclosed
Mr.. Ewing has been investigating
more thoroughly, and has ferreted out
some valuable information, especially
in the case of this particular Negro.
He stated that the property on Alber-
Ia street was purchased a number OF
years ago for very small sum by an
old Negro. The old Negro died soon
after, leaving two small children heirs
to his estate. No taxes were ever
collected on the property, the two chill
dren grew up never knowing that they
owned real estate, and, Mr.. Ewing
said, they probably do not know it yet.
Several nights ago, it is said, the
parties that had SOLD the present oc-
cupant the house and lot called at his
home and told him to either pay or
get out. He declined to do either, 1t
is reported, claiming that he had
been told by Mr. Ewing to letain pos
session unless they could show him an
abstract to the property, 1t Is claimed
that several more words were passed,
in which Mr.. Ewing's authority to
give advice on the matter was chal-
lenged.
City Attorney Ewing stated yester-
day that he was unable to do any
thing further in legal way to stop
the imposition on the old Negro, but
had referred the matter to the Real
Estate Exchange to take whatever ac-
tion they wished. The Real Estate
Exchange can not do anything before
it's next Meeting. Mr.. Ewing said that
he hal offers from a number OF at
torneys of the city ito take the matter
ND, and if the Real Estate Exchange
refused to act, he will probably get
them to fight the case.