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Show '''.'."'. , ' -" " - NEW YORK, March 13.-Chaxged with forgery committed in an attempt to get control of property valued at $1,000,000, Henry- H.; Browne, a lawyer, who at one time published Browne's Civil Procedure reports, has been placed on trial. '". As outlined by an Assistant District Attorney, Browne had an elaborate scheme which involved bringing Into existence persons who never had been heard of and representing that . they were the helm of the original owners of land. At one time, It Is said, he posed as William R,. Hubert before a notary public, who has Identified him since his arrest. On this specific charge is made. E,1 B,. Peterson, a Norwegian owned large tracts . of land in Inwood and Mount Hope. In 18S8 he determined to go back to Norway and for this reason he deeded the land to his wlfe.s Before sailing, however"; he decided to take his we and one child with him. They sailed on the steamship Gelser, which was run down by the Tingvalla off PMc Island and the Petersons were among the passengers who . perished. They had no heirs and the property was apparently without an owner. Browne had known Peterson . and eight years after the disaster he said he had found two heirs to the property. They were Charles A. Clark and a man In Bdston named Wing. Soon thereafter there-after a deed was filed conveying part of the property from Clark, and Wing to John T. Kelly. There were transfers of other pieces of the property, Kelly and-Ignatus F.-CRourke transferring their part to William F. Colllton. . Mr, Train declared all these names were fictitious. . j Three years age there were recorded two mortgages on certain of the properties. prop-erties. They were for $1300 and were made to William R. Hubert, who was supposed to have taken the property from B. W. Levitan. Browne told the court that Hubert was alive 'and In Colorado. This was denied by Mr, Train, and the court -' asked that all facilities be given to Browne to communicate com-municate with Hubert If there was sucn a man. - |