New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
FAKE DEED MAKERS
PLANS ARE UPSET
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preparing them TO have the proper
petition drawn up that he he made
commissioner Of deeds.
he soon visited tho City Hal, where
he sought out the alderman who rep
resented the district iu which he lived.
Calling the alderman by his proper
name. he cxtcndcd mis- hand and eX-
elaine Say, Jack, ! know you'll act
favorably on my petition 20 become a
commissioner Of deeds. I'm William
SO and So. and, OF course, you know
that I've been ono OF the strongest
friends of yours in your district for
years Tho alderman addressed
looked al tho speaker 10 sec II he could
recognize him and quickly exclaimed
that he would have no trouble in haY-
ing honorcd the petition for tho com
missionership. II is an objectionable
sin for a politician 20 show by either
voice or attitude that a person who IS
addressing him with familiar terms IS
stranger. He IS supposed to know
everybody i'm his district, and there
fore when the alderman replied. "Wcll,
Bill, TN attend TO your request a.
once" and. placing his hand on the
visitors shoulder, escorted him into
the room where clerk receives such
petitions. the success Of this scheme
was assured. A few days later the
crook was full hedgcd commissioner
OF deeds and was hot on the trail OF
victims 10 buy the fake dccGs which
his own hand had entirely mauufact-
urcd. j. rs unlikely that he ever would
have been discovered as a writer Of fake
deeds IL he had been as skilful with
bis pen as he WAS in designing his plot.
The name Of the ALLEGED seller he
wrote with "a natural free hand and
mis- own signature a. Commissioner of
Deeds he wrote backward. The letters
Of both signatures were so strikugly
alike that the recording clerk had has
suspicious aroused ana laid aside thc
deed 70 present to Register O'Loughlin
for examination. The alleged seller
Of the property was e well known wom-
an, and yet the style Of the two zig
natures were alike. And that was an
other thing which caused the record
ing clerk 10 hesitate 90 accept IT as Il
paper Of record. The address oil the
woman, by great good luck. was found
in the telephone book, and few min
utes after suspicion was aroused she
had been questioned as 20 whether or
not she had sold her property *.
citcdly, she exclaimed that she had
no intention Of iisposing Of her prop
crty." A little later she had identified
hor signature as being forged. Reg
istcr OLoughiin came to the conclu-
sion. after carefully weighing all facts
At had. that the schcmcr would likely
try 70 sell the fake deed at an early
date. and decided 20 put detectives on
bis trail and catch him with his victim.
The plot 20 cnsuare the crook was
succesgful. A few days later the manu-
facturer Of this fake deed was ar
rested as he was in the act Of rcceiy-
inc somc thousands Of dollars for 1T.
A. the detective accosted the VIC
Tim and said, keep your money,
YOU are dealing with "A crook the VIC
lin got very angry and haid: SOW
don't disturb W. ] am getting a splcn-
did bargain. and you'rc trying TO butt
In here The fact was that the crook
vas transferring his alleged tue to
The property for about one-hali OF
wbat the property was worth "hllc
fbr crook was linking about the tate
mat AWAITED him as he sat IN his cell
In Raymond -. jail, he sent Tor reg
irtor OLoughlia and told him how