The sun., 1912-07-14
WARRANT OUT FOR HEAD
!: !: Of ACCUSED REALTY CO.
ARREST of Edgar II. Jackson
Sought by Miss Griffith
. Of Akron, Ohio.
LAND FRAUD Is ALLEGED
Former Agent of Jackson Bros.
. Active in Getting Evidence
y Against Them.
LAND FRAUD Is ALLEGED

actions in Loni. Island arc now under
Investigation ~ tine Grand Jury. 1t
,Mas made GU; a few weeks ago by Magis-
trate Bu,is in the Tombs court on the
complaint Of Miss Mary Griffith Of Akron.
ohio but was not served
Miss Graith's complaint will he pre-
sented TO the Grand Jury by Assistant
District Attorney Charles G. Mott. Jr..
Tomorrow The law firm of Whiesde
4 Strvker. representing Miss Griffith.
Jold Magistrate Butts when the warrant
was Obtained that their client had come
10 New Nor, in 1910 and had met f. n.
jackson.
jackson told her. ii is alleged. that he
had syndica'ed more than $4,000 worth
of real estate near Garden City without
loss to his investors and asked her 10 join
1he syndicate. She sent him drafts for
Is, 600 and was later informed that he had
paid s.. 400 an acre for the property in
question instead Of 81 OO0 an acre. as she
ssays he told her.
Edgar r. jackson and Oslin NJ. Jack
son. heads of the jackson Bros. Realty
Company. were arrested here on August
al, 1911. on two warrants from Brockton,
Mass. charging them with the larceny
Of $500 The complainant was John o.
Coles of Brockton. The Jacksons insisted
that they were not residents of Rrockton
and were not there at the time the larceny
was alleged to have been committed.
They We're later freed on habeas corpus
proceedings before Supreme Court Justice
Ford.
= In August. 1911. John Coles. i, was said
. yesterday. subscribed to a syndicate for
forty-three acres near Garden City pro-
noted by the jackson Bros. Realty Com
pany in which II was represented that the
land cost 1900 an acre. C'les later was
Informed that the Jacksons purchased
the land from Sarah Hanna for $500
an acre.
AS late as two m onths ago the jackson
Bros. Realty Company was investigated
by the Post Office authorities. Federal
authorities sa id Yesterday thar the case
did not seem to come within their juris-
diction. 4 Post Office investigator who
went to the off ces of the realty company
a few days ago reported that he found
the place closed and sign displayed that
the Office would be closed during July and
August Both the Jacksons, IL was said
yesterday. are out of town.
Besides MIR. Mott Charles I. Bost wick.
Frank Moss. Robert $ Johnstone and
Soeepn Du Vivier of the Dis' rict Attor-
news Office are engaged in the investiea-
tion Of the company s method Of doing
business Although none Of them was
willing q discuss the case Of, hers who have
had dealings with the Jacksons had some
thing TO say.
John Lyon. a lawyer Of Rockville Centre,
attorney for Jospph Pos. of Eloral Park
80, ~ ., ~
sain Yesterday 'ha' ne had op'aihe"
judgment III foreclosure suit against the
jackson Bros Realty Company 10 obtain
possession of fifty-eix acres of land near
Hyde Park. l. l. NJ. Lyon said:
Rose sold the property to Georgia l..
collins. sister !n-Iaw of O. VI Jackson
He got in return about SIS 600 in cash ard
mortgage for about sii.ooo In the
meantime The buver made two mort "a yes
10 the Jackson Bros Realty Company. one
for Sl4, Is, and another for siG3."1o. The
last mortgage covered some additional
land in Queens county.
The interest on the mortgage given to
Rose was never paid nor wer. III. taxes
taken care of On behalf Of Rose |
started a suit 10 foreclose and of course
banned Georgia J.. Collins as on" of the de-
fcndants We were unable TO serve her
Or even TO learn where sh" lived and finally
had her name stricken out of the list of de-
PENDANTS We confined ourselves 10 the
land and finally won our suit. 1he second
and third mort Cages were wiped out.
4. B, Denison, a real estate man Of 700
Broadway who formerly sold real estate
in Ohio for the .Tacksons. has been look
Ing up their record for some time and was
witness Friday before the Grand Jury
II was said Yesterday that II. taot that
She Jackson> brought accusations Of libel
against renison after their arrest last
August on the Erock'on warrant was
responsible in measure for the present
investigation.
Speaking from a mass Of data he has
collected on the jackson Brothers Realty
ComIany's transactions Mr Danison ex-
plai ned Yesterday that in 1909 some
Auburn. y. y. subscribers 10 the Jack
son syndica'es came to New York with
funds with which 10 purchase "A half in
terest with the Jackson brothers in sixty
acres Of land for Sol> $40. This deal did
not go through. for III. Jackson Brothers
Realty Cornpany told the clients. Mr.
Denison says, that the land had already
been sold and suggested thar they p,ir-
chase zen acres in Garden City for 81 800
an acre. The terms would he S3o,OOO
cash and s!2,Ooo Wy mortgage.
They We're taken TO Garden City, Mr.
Denison continued and saw Il piece Of
property on Cathedral avenue. On their
return 10 New York they paid the Jackson
brothers $50 600, 4 deed and title policy