South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-25
REAL ESTATE MAN
HELD ON CHARGES
Farwell, Charged With Pseudo
Deals. Admits Previous
Police Record.

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Wen To- tho one for whom he hal
auitf fhe house IT. is said THAR ac-
smuanv.ue the contradiction form
u- 80 part of d. and not binding
n ruv respect legally. We're 10 num-
Ter 81 spccidcations regarding the
construction Of the house. etc, but
In The main fhe gea<rsI contract was
me which was ao w0rded Thar 30 APP
farentIy bound Farwel Co nothing
1cfivc in Mishawaka.
IL IS believed that Farwelfs aC-
-.vities lu Mlshavaka were far great
cr than they were In South Bcna
J-p ~ last night only three specific
instances of dealings with south
Bend people were brought % Iieht.
tho ones with Lutes and Burkhart.
and q case tn which Henry Sluss 49,
81 Logan ST.. was involved with Far
we'll In Sluss' case. Farreli built
the house. and Sluss .s now HFiue
ln b.. bar the title 10 the property
siill remains with Farwel
In Nishawaka DO b. understood
FarwclTs operations were very exc
large number OF clients there in
tho short time that he had been OPP
Grating lu that City. and that there
are some satisfied clients. and ou
the other hand there are a number
vino are very doubtful % the status
II the property which they believed
was once theirs. 10 is said that Far
wells contracts were not Identical
in. an respects. but that each contract
was made 20 suit the individual pros
uect In some 10 was said that Far
well specifically agreed 20 build "a
house fer certain sum, and % have
DO completed ar certain time.
Sometimes this was included In the
main contract. and In other cases IL
was said 10 have been included i'm the
attached specifications by an in
dorsement Of the specifications by
FarweT that he agreed TO build such
"a house at such a price and to have
10 completed az a certain time. Tn
one case that has come 90 light IN
Mishawaka. Farweu built a house
for a Mishawaka man, the latter re-
tanning title 20 his lot and paying
Farwel only as the work of con
struction progressed. His house is
now completed. and he is living in &c.
and ne stiff owes Farwell a small
payment on IT, but this payment he
Is Withholding until such time as
Farweu cleans up some mechanics
liens that are against it, In any ease
he figures he will not be the loser
for n Farwell does not settle the
liens he will be able to take care OF
lthen himself without loss by paying
them of out Of the money still due
10 Farwen
Land once business
In other cases IL Is said FarWeI
has gone ahead and built houses but
that they were heavily encumbered
bv numerous liens when completed
FarweII's proposition 20 build
home for an individual. according u
the individuals own tastes and al.
low payment 10 be made az the con
ven!ence Of the individual enabled
Farwel to ia a land office business
+ IL is said. and b IS believed That h'
undertook so many projects tina
he became too heavily involved ant
the consequence was that numerous
houses under constitution had tn.
work stopped ON them by liens To-
payment OF construction work. ani
that Farwel was unable 10 swing al
the deals he had under way
some time after Flrweu came u
Mlshawaka and began operatln.
there AS "a new real estate broker
word was received from Flint Mich
warning against any dealings Wit
him whatever The warning lette
declared that Farwel, under IN
name Of Tyrren. had become 81
heavily involved in that city in simt
Jar business that he was forced @
leave town. An investigation mad
i'm the city soae time ago as 20 hi
responsibiIitv resulted i'm The repor
being furnished the ones seeking th
information that there was b.
question In the minds Of the invest
gators. hut M that time nothing va
known 90 The warning that was sen
out by Flint people