Show HAVE NO LEGAL TITLE Landholders in Harlem Hake an Astonishing As-tonishing Discovery in Regard I to Property New York May 5Most of tho land owners In Harlem are not tho rightful possessors of their holdings according to a lawyer of Jhls city Heirs or Dutch freeholders of 250 years ago Eome thousands In number on the authority of this lawyer arc owners ot Harlem of a large part of Central park and o about all of the water front property on the East river from Seven f tyfourth street to Harlem river along the Harlem river and down the Hudson Hud-son to Ono Hundred and Twentyninth street In 1CCCG7 the Duke or York through Colonial CiOV Nichols gave grants and charters to twentythree men who were created a corporation known as tho Town or New Harlem and lator further grants and patents wcro Issued to tho twentythree and to their helm successors suc-cessors and assigns forever The plan of the lawyer in charge of the matter Is to gather a majority oC the descendants and ns he says they ore all by inheritance members of the corporation havo them hold a meeting meet-ing elect officers and parcel out the land among themselves I Is argued that quitclaims lease or deed executed by descendants of the grantees are void because no Individual had a right to dispose of the property but only a right to vote at the corporation corpora-tion meeting President Roosevelt who traces his ancestry to the Brevoorts of colonial times will I is announced appear attire at-tire meeting of the descendants |