New-York tribune., 1918-10-27
Soldier Offers
For $367 Lots
Held at Sl,9O5
Private Hurley, Tax Lien
Buyer, Still Has 1000
Nassau Parcels

Twenty-nine parcels OF land in Mas
sau County bought iii at tax sales were
turned over yesterday to the Mayors
Committee on Taxation by Eugene X.
Hurley, who is willing 70 give the
property back 20 former owners prac-
tically at cost. Hurley, private at
Camp Upton, was witness in the tax
sale investigation carried on by the
Mayors committee with the assistance
of District Attorney Swami. lie is the
son of Frank Z. Hurley, manager of the
Jamaica branch OF the Title Guarantee
and Trust Company.
Those whose names appear on the
list may obtain their quit claim deeds
by communicating with the Mayors
committee, or by sending TO Room S23,
Municipal Building, the amoHnt which
redemption. Hurley has beeN going
over his accounts in the last few days,
and his rccompcnse has been fixed as
the money he paid to Nassau County
in taxes and incdentals, together with
6 per cent interest from rne date of
the sale.
Wanted 500 Per Cent
Since the penalty to the county for
tax arrears is 10 per cent, the owners
of the property are actual gamers to
the extent of ger cent by the settle
ment. AS far as can be figured out,
the twenty-ninc parcels cost Hurley
$367.11, for the settlement of which he
asked originally S1,905, or prospective
profit of about 500 per cent. Hurley
still has title to LOCO parcels, and these
will be settled just as quickly as the
original owners can be communicated
with
The list of parcels Hurley is now
willing to surrender. with tho price he
leasing them and what he now is will
ing to take for a quit claim deed fol
lows:
Morris Wolf, 564 Hendricks Street,
Brooklyn, owner Of two lots at Hemp
stead Heights, l.. l., which were bought
in for tax of $5.47, was asked S75
by Hurley, who will now settle for
$5.47, the exact amount of the tax.
Margaret l.. Duane, 4SSA Seven
teenth Street, Brooklyn, owns two lots
at Central Park, L. |. The tax and
usual costs amounted to Sl0.5l, for
which Hurley will now settle, although
he tlrst asked $40.
S50-Reduced to S5
Miss Eva Smith, of Carnegie Studios,
this city, owned two lots at Hicksville,
l.. l., which were bought in by Hurley
for S.. He asked $50 for quit claim,
which he will now give for $5
Timothy A. Shea, of Huntington, L.
l., owner of two lots at Rosedale, lost
them for the taxes of $3.50 and re
ceived demand from Hurley for $50.
The claim has not yet been settled.
George Maisch, of S45 Third Avenue.
Manhattan, owner of three lots at
the cost of the tax lien, So, instead of
the $50 which Hurley and his associates
asked
Ratfaelo Dorso, 4o2 Van Brunt
Street Brooklyn, lost his two lots at
Manor Grove, L. l., because he did not
pay the tax of $3.62 He can get his
property back from the Mayors COM
mittee now for So, instead of the S35
he would have had to pay Hurley.
Nelly I. Deitsch, of 1864 East Fifty
third Street, Brooklyn, whose three
Oyster Bay lots were lost in the tax
sale, may get them back for S1o, lust
one tenth of what Hurley wanted for a
quit claim deed.
l.. NUM-, 1888 Greene Avenue. Brook
lyn, Will get back for check of S6.3l
the two Merrlck Manor Addition lots.
tor which he was asked $50
Others Marked Down
James Cobucci, of $50 Vermilvc Ave
nue., Manhattan, was asked $75 for the
return of the title to his three lots at
Jamaica Square, L. J. He NAV now pct
he parcel for $40.
Fred K. Lobenstein, of 1T Jefferson
Avenue, Brooklyn, will have to paw $50
instead Of $75 to get back his three
Floral Garden lots
Mrs A. Fischer. of 40 Southern
The Bronx. lost her prop
erty at Manor Grove, Long Island. for
failure to pay $lSl tax. She NAV
now redeem it for S5.05.
Max Froelich, OF 262 Ninth Avenue.
was asked by Hurley to pay s1O0 for
three Nassau County lots bought in for
sl3.64. The committee figures that he
may have them back for S25.98.
Miss Pauline Loeb, of 100 West Eigh
ty-hfth Street, Manhattan, lost two
Nassau County lots bought in for un-