The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 19, 1908, Page 5

DEEDS WERE FORGED CHICAGO REAL ESTATE DEALER MAK=:S STARTLING CONFES- SION IN OPEN COURT. CARRIED ON CRIMINAL WORK 20 YEARS | Peter Van Viissingen Obtained More Than $700,000 by Selling Forged Decuments—Arrested, Tried, Con- victed and Sentenced Within Four and a half hours, — Chicago, Nov. 17—Peter Van Vlis sengen, a real estate dealer, for years classed among the first of Chicago's prosperous and reputable business men, Monday confessed to having ob- tained through forged deeds and notes more than $700,000, and a few hours after his arrest,-en his pwn urgent appeal to be punished, was sentenced to the penitentiary. The arrest, the indictment, the confession and the sen- tence were the work of less than four hours. Taken in the midst of busi- ness from his office desk at 172 Wash- ington street shortly after the noon hour, Van Vlissingen, a venerable looking man, appeared before the court and in tears confessed that for from 18 to 20 years he had been securing money through the sale of forged documents and that though—_he—had “bought back many of these Pe ie instruments, without detection, at least 25 people would lose an aggre- gate of more than $700,000 through the paper which he has not yet re- deemed. In forging notes, he declared, he had perfected an unique device, This consisted of a plate glass desk top, so arranged, that by an electric light thrown up from beneath he could readily trace from originals forged signatures onto worthless paper. Throughout his arrest and sentence the prisouer made no effort to defend! himself, but only requested that his| punishment be speedy, ad if he had anything to say before sentence was imposed, Van Viissingen bowed his head and replied; “Only that I be given my punish: ment at once.” { His term in the penitentiary was fixed at indeterminate from L to 14) years, The specific charge which led up to the spectaculay arrest of Van Vlis- singen Monday was made by two men who had bought forged mortgage notes, They are T. J. Lefens and William C. Scipp, who have offices in the same building as that occupied by Van Viissingen, To the notes for $4,500 held by them were signed the names of Joseph and Bertha Gross- man. As was customary Van Vlissin- gen copied the forged papers from originals which he disposed of to other | buyers. Lefens and Seipp said they : first became suspicious of the notes last Saturday but took no action until Monday. Consulting with Assistant State’s Attorney Barbour they decided to delay no longer, The rapidity with which the case was handled after the consultation with Mr, Barbour is shown by this: 1:30 p.m. Van Vlissingen confront- ed in his office by a detective and asked to go to the office in the crim- inal court building. 3 p. m. Arrives at state's attor- ney’s office and after being told of! charges conf »S. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. "Virginia ; | ; Mrs. Clate Wolfe returned home Three negroes, two men and a wom- an, were drowned by the capsizing of trom Moundville Saturday where a skiff in the Missouri river at Boon- . ville, Mo. |she spent a week with her uncle and The Duchess de Chaulnes, who for- jaunt, Mr.and Mrs, Isaac Park, and merly was Miss Theodora Shonts, of | Other relatives. She says she likes New York, gave birth to a son at her | the looks of the country. home at Paris, Monday, | Dave Nestlerode says he will soon Former governor of Montana, R. B. | start for New Mexico, where he has Smith, died in the hospital at Kalis-|taken a claim. Other parties will pell Friday. He had been ill for some = Sess etth Gebaanbs phiseaia. go toward spring: Morton Jenkins, John Comfort and his father, Mr. James R. Stobart and Albert Young | were killed late Monday in a coal mine | Dunlap and family, Rutt Sellers and at Kerr’s Run, Ohio, being crushed | family. to death by a large block of slate. James I. Wolfe came in Saturday Anson Flower, head of the banking from Burlington, Kan., to spend a firm of Flower & Co., New York, and | few days with his parents. brother of the late Gov, Roswell P| George Hughes bought Mother Flower, is seriously ill at his home at Crook’s small house that was built Watertown, N, Y. in The United States military trans- just west of the old one. They were port Buford, arrived at San Francisco ™OVing !t Saturday and got as far Monday from Manila, with a large weet as the John Durrett farm. number of troops whose terms of en-|There must be somebody going to listment have expired. get married. Nathan Strauss of New York, has! We noticed Saturday as we passed been awarded a gold medal and diplo- the German Church that they had ma by the General Hygenic exposi-| tion held in Paris under the auspices | Snlarged thelr parsonage one-hall, of the minister of labor. which has added much to {ts looks, A terrific rain storm has swept a| they have a good congregation of part of Cape Colony and caused a/ active workers in their church; they heavy overflow of Baakens river. Sev- | follow the old Bible rule. Thechurch eral lives were lost and the damage | members furnish the needed money. amounts to more than $1,000,000, | They do not resort to- su ent Hugh_O'Neill,an—attorney—of San | GET REGAL SHOES | FOR MEN AND WOMEN. 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The review of the Japanese navy by the emperor scheduled to take place Tuesday, and for which 30 battleships and numerous torpedo boats are assembled in the harbor, has been postponed. Thomas L. Hisgen, of West Spring: field, Mass., the Independence party candidate for president this year, and last year's candidate for governor, anonunced Monday that he is out of politics for good. Admiral Togo drove through streets of Kobe, Japan, Monday anid scenes of tremendous enthusiasm, The emperor sent an imperial message to the fleet which consists of 124 vessels the | uchored three miles from the shore, | The federal grand jury at New York Monday, returned {indictments against Ald Society to furnish money to )carry on church work, and they ap- |pear to enjoy themselves and have | good health. | The M. E: Ald Society will meet at /Geo. Thompson’s Thuraday of this week. The ladies of the Christian Church ‘will have @ supper at McFadden’s ‘hall the night before Thankegtving, | to which everybody 1s fnvited, James Cuzick was taken very alck last week. They sent for his daugh- ter, Mra, Willlamson, She came to stay with him till he gets better, He was reported a little better Sabbath afternoon, Mrs. Amanzer Hensley and her daughter, Mrs. Ida Winburn, will leave for Kentucky {n a few days to stay shia winter. Mrs. Lewis Garner left Saturday for Kansas City to enter a hospital. Dr. Christy went with her. Mrs. Clark Draper returned from Kansas City Saturday, where she had been visiting with her slater for some time, Some of our young men are mak- ling strange moves. Some people | that are watching them, think {¢ will end in several weddings. Well, boys Louis A. Prince, J. Walter Labaree| Marry, while you are young before and others, for using the mails to de-|the bachelor days come on. When fraud investors in the Dos Estrellas those days come, the days of grace Mines and Development company of havetaken wings and flew away with Texaco, Mex, y Aailicn RAAMAEHGAE. Sk al most old bachelors forever. The am andoiph ears was Aaileeat the White Hotes Monday tender hand of women will not care for them then. night. After his visit, which was about half an hour in duration, he W.T. Hutchinson, the noted Duroc said that he had not talked politics Jersey breeder of Cleveland, Mo, with the president, having merely paid gook dinner with G. W. Park & Son him @ social call. Monday of last week and purchased swo of their fine brood sows, Mrs. Truman Gilberé was called to 8:15 p.m. Grand jury, which had been presented with evidence, returns MARKET REPORTS, Kansas City Live Stock. Cattle—Receipts, funeral of her sister, Mrs. Greenwood. ‘Nebraska last week to attend the TRS ICOMSB ys a EIte Piices of eatile follows 7 4:15 p.m. Prisoner brought before! waney fat steers... War 7.50 J.J. Wolf and wite have bought Judge Windes and hearing begun. Choice to prime dre the Coulter farm, one mile east of 5 p,m, Sentence pronounced. steers tees 7.00 , B16 p. m. Van vi singen locked | 90d to office export s 6.70 Vegame ond 24 pga ; Heges ; : Yearling, sso Andrew Simpson has his large hog up in county jail, prep: ory to being; Good to taken to Joliet, probably ‘1 day. | steers... 7.06 house about finished. All of Van Vlissingen's accounts were turned over to the Chicago Title & Trust company, pending an investi- ivass fat r Common steers Good to choice cows., Fair to good native 5.35| Many of the dear people have to 14° read their Bibles again. After voting 4.00, with the brewers and distillers and gation of the exact extent of the de- Fair to good cutter $35 German alliance people for the grog faleations. Francis Lackner, counsel Senne t serene u 2.60 for the complainants, said’ Monday Western cows. - .-.... 449 shop to continue, thelr Bible work night it would be impossible for sev. Heifers, good to choive 6.49 Will nos come to front dll they prac- eral days to make a complete list of} the losers. Bishops Still in Topeka. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 17.—The work: of apportioning the appropriations’ made by the Methodist Episcopal’ church for missions and church ex- tension work proved so much greater than was anticipated that Monday night, the time set for the end of the meeting, found much of the work in-; complete and the sessions will be pro- longed till some time Tuesday or! Wednesday. A number of the bishops in attendance who had urgent busi- ness left Monday night. Choosing Taft’s Cabinet. Washington, Nov. 17.—When a re port in circulation that National Com- | mitteeman William L, Ward of New York might be selected for a cabinet | portfolio under Mr. Taft was called to the attention of the White House Mon- day, Secretary Loeb’s only comment was that Judge Taft has said that “the newspapers might choose now the en- tire cabinet if they so desired, but that he would not decide that mattet| until February.” Indiana Veteran Dead. | Lawrenceburg, Ind., Nov. 17.—Gen.) Thomas J. Lucas died here Monday! at his residence, aged 83 years, Hz! ‘attained the rank of general in the Mexican war and entered the Civil war as lieutenant colonel of the Six teenth Indiana regiment and when mus: tered out was a brigadier general. Gen. Lucas was a son of Maj. Freder- ick-J. ‘Lucas, who fought under Na- poleon. é Heifers, fair to good.... Texas steers, quarantine Feeders, good to choice WROCKETS, | cre siseceeese , Western stockers and feede Stock cows Nasiee ‘ Stock heifers. . . Killing bulls and stags Feeding and stock bull Milch cows. . . 5.00 tiee what {¢ commands a Ellas Hoagland and Miss Cora 7u Hoghes, of Amsterdam, attended 3.25 C. E. and preaching at the Christian sae ret Church last Sunday evening. 506 Roy Cuzick, who has been in Kan- 2.50@ 3.50 | eas City the greater part of the sum- 00@60.' Sprin; 2.26@ 3.7 Veal cal 3.25@ 700 Mer, returned home Friday. The box supper at the Crook school house was @ success. It {s reported 6005.70 that something over $33.00 was re- einetg ceived. It wae given by the 8. §,, 2.50@4.90/ and the proceeds are to be used foP pest tt-4 | repatring the building. - 5.15@5.50, Ray McCann’e buggy looked Mon- .$.e0a6.10 44Y morning like is had been in a 4.70@5.00 wreck Sunday night. {15@48¢, Endeavor at the Virginia Chris- 3.70@4.08| tlan Church next Sunday evening at ‘ So@aae 6:30. Tople: Gratitude and how to | express {t.—Ps, 103. Thanksgiving kK Grain. | Kansas city, ney, vocion: Wheat— meeting. Leader, Miss Grace Darr. Dec., 97%c; May, $1.01%c; July, 95%e. Every one is invited to attend. Se ee ee | There will bea box supper at Mi- r Chicago Cash Grain. amt school house on Tuesday night, hicago, Nov. 17.—Close: Wheat—Dec., November 24th. . me; ta we Rg a Pg ‘esos dus, caine Vivian. ‘len came down from Stoux Oats—Dec., 49%c; May, 51%c; July, 1620 Cigy, Towa, and spent a few days | with home folks last week. Aaron, Butter—Creamery, extra, 29c; packing | Busted His Fiddle. stock, 19¢ Ib. Poultry—Springs, ite 1b.i hens, $c ta waite” ta ete Simaee, ” ducks, ge Ib.; turkeys, 12c Ib, After retiring on election night we its~-Oranges, i sacogss ' aan rai ‘mons heard a loud report. Getting out of Apples—New stock, choice, $2.50@3.64 | heq-we found that it was Old Betsy, ‘a-barret,$1.00@1,75 @ bushel box; com- mon stock, $1.50@2.50 a our Fiddle, busted wide open. It Potatoes—Carlo bushel. | just couldn’t stand {t. Hogs—Receipts, 25,000. weer as follows: Choice heavy, over 250 Ibs Prime, 206 to 250-lb. hogs Choice light hogs, over 160 Ibs Choice light pigs, 75 to 125 Ibs.. Grass hogs and pigs .. Rough to common Bulk of sales .... Prices of hogs, | Lambs. . . Yearlings, good to choice Yearlings, fair to good Wethers, good to choice. Wethers, fair to good. Ewes, good to choice Ewes, fair to good... 4 Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City, Nov. 17.—Eges, Fresh, 32c a dozen. ts, 55@60c a bushel. Hiram Butler. REGAL SHOES are the only shoes in the only shoes in the world that are made in QUAR- TER SIZES, If a regular or half size don’t fit you, we can give you a size be- tween, A Model for Every Foot $3.50, 4.00 and 5.00, Nichols Shoe Co, THE HOUSE OF BETTER SHOES. Nevada. Adrian. Foster Notes. Mark Shumate has moved his fam- {ly back to Foster. Messers Fred Lloyd, Fred Cecil and Harry Robb went to Pleasanton, Kan, to have thelr babies’ pictures taken. Julis Heckadon has bought the property of Jim Clouse and will move soon. Mr. Earl Cazy who has been in Kansas for several months returned to his home Monday. Geo. Woods and wife are visiting friends in Foster, John Allen of Nevada ts visiting his father-in law Mr. Godwin. Mra.§Lawrence and Mrs. Lincoln are visiting their father, Mr. Russel, who fs very sick. Frank Scott who bas been in Okla- homa has returned to Foster. Mrs. Dale Selders, of Kansas City, {s visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Steel, of this place. Born to Mr. and Mrs Connell a seven pound girl. All par- ties doing well. However there fs something that won't sound natural to Luther, that is “papa.” Dinan Adrian Notes. From the Journal. A fine girl baby was born into the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Pulliam last week. If Jim appears a little puffed up his friends will know the cause, ‘ Luther Me- || {n three hours and a halt of his der He was & member of the Bap | R. Y. Bellomy Dead. R. Y. Bellomy was born near Ports- pee “rv ay Se Febru: hasloss a good nelghbor and etl. | Ser ’ 1838. Died Sunday, Nov. | The funeral services were conduc | 1, 1908, at 7:30 p. m, aged seventy | hy Rey, Reynolds, of Schell Clty, 3 | years, eight months and twenty-five Baptist Church on Ror Church. Inhis death theeommu jab the days. In 1844 he emigrated to Mus. Prairie. § eatine county, lowa. Marrled Anna a | Mary Hale April 26, 1860. To thts onic Notice. | union were born eleven children—saix There will b& a special convocat! | boys and five girls. All were present of Miamt K A. chapter No. 76 jas the funeral but four children who Masonfe Hall on Friday even live in the west. He moved witi his, Nov. 20th a8 6:30 o'clock tor we family to Bates county, Mo., May/{n the M. EM. and R. A, degrees. | 15, 1866, and has resided here til! banquet will be served at 8 o’clo | his death, which occurred very sud-| All Royal Arch Masons are reques denly. He was up and around wish- to attend. Too Many Dressers. We are long on high-priced | _ Dressers, and will make the following prices until Wwe reduce the stock: | " = + Ti+ {| ' pinay owed pg A ~ = = {] $30 = dressers......... $25 leave Thursday for New Mexico, in the hope of benefitting thelr health 27.50 dressers...... : ee Uncle Henry has been afflicted with ||) 25 dressers....., ... 19.50 rheumatism for a long time and Mrs. | 24 = dressers......... 19.50 | Wyse is suffering from catarrh. Ther | 22.50 dressers | many friends join in wishing them| | 20 d 2caM speedy and permanent rellef from | ressers. ] their ailments. | if 18 dressers.... I The editor 18 trying his luck on! 16.50 dressers | horticulture, having purchased 5,000 Catalpa Spectoci trees which he will| | plant on his farm. These trees ure | | profitable for posts and ties and| | make rapid growth. Inafew years timber for these purposes will be much more valuable than It now fs and provision should be made for the shortage that {ssure to come. A few acres on each farm _planted-to trees of this kind would soon supply the demand locally and materially reduce the cost of fencing. | Furniture | Headquarters for A. H. Culver Company | Good Furniture