The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-01-25
INVOLVE WOMAN
IN BIG CRASH
ii,entOWn's Real Estate Talgle
Growing Worse
LOSS IS OVER 100000
More Arrests Are Pending Following
Enbezzlement Charge Against IT..
A, Butterweck.

Allentown. Jan. 25.-Seyeral ar
rests are said to be pending as the
| result of the prosecution of Harry A
Butterweck, builder and real estate
OPERATOR here.
He is accused of embezzlement and
with having duplicated mortgages
and it is said his populations range
from S1.OOO,OOO to $3.50 600.
Handwriting experts are examining
deeds, mortgages, indemnity bondS
and other documents in ButterWecK
office. and upon what they find may
hang additional arrests.
1t is believed Butterweck had atC
in the alleged swindle, though it is
nointed out that men and at least
one woman. whose names are men
toned, may not have known they
were being drawn into the rainlhca
tons Of the scheme.
Many victims of the Vaccination;
have sworn out warrants and detaln
ers have been lodged with the war
den of the prison here where Butter
week is held.
The largest loss by any individual
,s said to be $4,000 Butterweck'S
method it is alleged, was to take
$1,000 from any one presenting as Sc
curity any kind of pseudo mortgast
on any kind Of property his 1magina
ton could conjure TO exist.
| A typical case is disclosed by :
warrant issued on oath Of Edward
D'efenderfer, whose mother, Mrs. Ida
D,erenderfer, bought a home from
Butterweck for $4,000, paying $2oo(
II cash and giving a mortgage foi
$500. Butterweck ass! gned the
NOR gage. but he did not tell D.efen
der.ar about this, and accepted thf
interest as we'll as the fnstallment
on the principal. In addition, it j
charged that before he ever sold thu
house to Mrs. Diefenderfer, he hat
given a mortgage for $500 to Pete
Fensinger on the same property, Il
whom Butterweck himself paid inter
est TO avoid arous;ng suspicion.
Congressman-at-large, Fred e. Lew
is. attorney for many people who
bought properties or mortgages from
Butterweck looked up title to prop
ertv which Butterweck sold to Gus
TONER. calling for the fifth house IL
a certain row. He found there wer'
only four houses in the row. 20
good measure, in making the sale
Putterweck threw in q fire INSURANCE
policy.
Daniel Garaham, a lawyer. fount
his client had deed for house Witi
half number, which he discovered
to be an underground alley betweeI
two houses.
II was announced in the recorder
office that attorneys had discoVefRt
Butterwick had issued six mortgage
on one house on S. st. Cloud street
md it was also stated he had issuet
mortgages on properties he did no
own. In one instance, it was SAT-
by an attorney interested in the in
yestigation. Butterweck sold a hous
three times and took a mortgage eacl
time. after having originally sold tn
house a year before.
According TO Mr.. ShantZ, the nam
Of Fred H. Sterper, one of Butter
weeks business associates, was forg
ed between forty and fifty times t.
various documents, and Milton P
Schantz, VINO withdrew as Butter
weeks attorney. alleges his name wa
frequently forged to alleged CLAN
OF title.
AT the Office Of Milton p. Schant1
II was said he had discharged hi
secretary, a young woman notary
who drew many documents relatin'
TO realty transactions.
Following Butterweck's flight earl.
last week. he was found Friday even
ing in the woods near Lake Harmony
IN the Poconos. He wa snervous an
nnshaven.