New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16
HER editions DE- LUXE
VDRTHLESS,SHE CHARGES
urs. NJ. /. Rogers Says She
Was Induced to Buy "Rare'
Tones on Speculation.
IS SUING FOR SS2,45O
attendants Told Her They Were
vnoored to Purchase a Lii
hrerv, but Were Short of
peadv Money, She Declares.

Mrs Mary L. Rogers, another alleged
-, If false representations OF the val
w 90 editions de luxe, fled suit yester-
the Supreme Court to recover w.
uo' .,icb she said she paid for supposed
=" atla works. which proved, she said
10 ordinary editions not worth the
Mrs. Rogers said the books had a
~. -, value of not more than 5000.
w,s ROGERS invested in the books from
l,i,it Of speculation. for she alleged
,na persons WHO induced her to buy
'..Dsented that they had been commits
70 - by 2 Chicago millionaire to buy a
,,,-ary for him to cost $4,000 and they
I've 70 her 20 buy part of this library
s..apse they were short Of ready caSh
,r,en the opportunity presented itself 10
ht,. some books At advantageous prices.
Tho defendants. she declared, promised
her handsome profits when it came time
- tu,n the books over to the Chicago
millionaire
The defendants includ, George Barrie
& Son. which is now suing in the Supreme
Court TO recover $1,000 from J. Macy
Uillets which they claim is due on $780,
no worth Of books he bought. This suit
&c now on trial and Willets's answer is
that he was swindled. The other defend
ants are Robert Barrie, Of the same firm
lanes and Glenn +. Farmer, who have
besn connected with other suits over
books. and the AnglO-Amerlcan Authors
Association.
Mrs. Rogers said that the books she
baIgbt we're SNOWY and conspicuous.
Int of little value. she alleged that tine
attendants were in conspiracy to defraud
her. The first person who interested her
in the books. Mrs. Rogers said, was a
man who called himself J. Y. Clark, but
she alleged he was James Michael Pow
srs. He had "a set of Victor Hugo, the
Secret Memoirs of the French Court.
and a Shakespeare The three editions
were represented as rare and out of print,
and Mrs. Rogers paid $3.50 for the three
sets. The money was collected by one
John B. Williams jr. Subsequently, Pow
ers interested Mrs. Rogers in set Of
Shelley and another OF Paine's Arabian
Nights She paid $50 for these and had
a promise that she would be able to sell
them at q great increase over the price
she paid.
Then came along man who said he
was Louis Grille, but who really was
Samuel Resented, according TO the com
plant Of Mrs. Rogers. He said he was
associated with Powers. lie had a fine
set Of Shakespeare in loose pages and
could get a large price for the set If he
could have them bound Mrs. Rogers in
vested $1,000 for this purpose. For the
Life Of Lincoln" she paid SilOO, expect
Ing j. per cent commission when it was
sold
ROsenfcld. il is alleged. succeeded next
In inducing Mrs. Rogers TO part with
eral other volumes, saying that he could
get $1,000 fo~ this particular lot of books.
Glenn r. Farmer. representing the An
glo-American Authors Association, it is
alleged. represented himself as being as
ISOLATED with Rosenfeld. and got $4,000
from the woman. Resented came back,
and on the statement that unless Mrs.
Rogers gave 5000 more she was in danger
Of losing al she had invested the plain
I'M gave the needed money"
She SAID she gave Resented so, 900 also
to get possession Of all the books he had
bought for the Chicago booklover. and
later another $4,000 to complete the H.
brary
Mrs Rogers alleged hat the defendants
never had a customer in Chicago for
G1co0 library and that all their repre-
sensations were false.