| Show I STATS j FOR 1 Chicago Real Estate Dealer Deal r I Given Trial Almost as f Soon as Arrested ENTERED PLEA OF GUILTY i I 1 I DOWNFALL OF F PETER VAN VLIS VLISSINGEN j SINGEN SING EN CONFESSED FORGER J Chicago Nov X 16 Peter Van 1 gen Sen a real estate tate dealer deler for years Mt 1 classed class among the of oC prosperous and reputable bu business men meO ref today toda confessed to tu haIng obtained d through forged deeds dees and nor nos more mor I Ithan than and a few ew hours hour after Ifs his I arrest on n his own urgent ur ent appeal lo to be he hel punished l was sentenced to the penitentiary The arrest the indictment the i tl confession s lon and the tit sentence were tile Uie i work of ot less e s than four our hours hour Taken In Inthe 11 J the th midst of oC business from his office oe desk at 12 Washington street shortly r after ater the th noon hour Van an a venerable looking man appeared apper before b fora the court and in tears confessed that for foi from eighteen to twenty years C he had been ben securing money through b the theale sale ale of ot forged documents and though le lesle he had hail bought back bac many man of these h I I spurious instruments without detection at least people would lose I Ian I an aggregate of or more than OO through te tl paper which he has hal not yet I redeemed r i ir 1 c New Method of Forgery In II forging notes he declares b h be had perfected an unique device This eon con consisted cn Isted of a plate glass desk dek top so 5 ar nr arranged arranged ranged rangel that by b an electric light thrown up from beneath he ho could readily trace from originals forged signatures nl worthless worthies paper Throughout his hi arrest and sentence the prisoner made no effort to defend def himself but only requested that his lils J tl punishment be b speedy sped i i 4 t I Asked it a he be had ha anything to say be before 1 Il fore sentence was imposed Van Vlis Vils VIs j singen bowed his IliC head und ned replied Only that I t be given gl n my m at once orce His term in the penitentiary ws i tle fixed as indeterminate from n to fourteen yedra e n i j Career of Van Van Vlissingen who Is about abut 45 4 years old was married Aug 4 1907 to Jessie Roosevelt lt Blend who was wan HT rT Te scribed at the time as a a distant relative Of fIr r President RooseVelt The bride was wasa itS a of Wilton C Po Hue titie 1 had been b divorced from a dentist named Blend Van had hd been Leen l u bacht ba 1 1 was known kno as being b of ot a philanthropic disposition giving special attention tu tji the welfare cf c boys bos Some years ars jf be lie took under his protection Julius Julus Wil 1 tray 10 years yearl old whose father had been bu accused of ot murder The Th buy boy b at first had been a witness against his nis hJ fa a j ther who was WS sentenced to years In the penitentiary for the all I ced murder of ot Paul 12 1 years old t Later L er the boy b be repudiated his first testimony and anal ant the father was a re r ft i leased This led Van Vlissingen to fo take taka Interest in the lad and publicly an announce 1 that he would old try tn to make of or him a reputable citizen The Specific Charge The specific charge which led uj uit to I Ithe up t the spectacular arrest of Van an ls gen sen today was made by b two man niep who h ma had bought forged fored mortgage They The are T J and William 0 O 6 who have haye offices in the same 1 building as a that occupied o by b are singen To the notes for S held by bj them were signed the names of ot Joseph and Bertha Bertila Grossman Gro As Is s customary Van copied the tile forged papers from originals which he disposed of oft t other buyers Lefens and said they the first became suspicious of oC the notes noU sad last Saturday but took no action until today toda Consulting with Assistant A States At torney tome Barbour they decided to delay d l no longer Took Less Than I IThe The Te rapidity with lh which the th case was handled after atter the consultation with ith Mr ir r Barbour Barbur Is shown by this 13 p m mYan Van confronted I jn in his office by b a detective and a d to togo too togo go o to the tho office In the building buldin cour 4 I f 3 p m Arrives at states i i office and after being told of ot confesses ater charges l a 31 p m Grand Jury which had hj 1 lx bt n presented with Ith the evidence e re returns rp turns indictment 3 r t I p m Prisoner brought before betor Judge ide and hearing begun be un 3 zi p m Sentence pronounced i I 15 p m Van Vl locked up I 1 In county Jail jai preparatory to so b being i e i I a taken to Joliet Jolet probably ba h tomorrow |
