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Fraudulent Real Property Abolished in San Francisco Era
In a compilation drawn from Bancroft, tales of early San Francisco recount forged deeds and a vigilante-driven purge of fraudulent Pueblo title papers. Alfred A. Green and brothers scheme to seize Yerba Buena lands, bribing with fake court orders, while officials and press fail to act until Tiburcio Vasquez exposes the plot. The Vigilance Committee arrests the Greens. after a tense standoff, Green pays twelve thousand five hundred dollars, later disgorged by creditors.
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San Francisco
Yerba Buena
Alfred A. Green
Pueblo
Tiburcio Vasquez
James A. McDougall
Green
McDougall
Vasquez
Washington
Brenham
Garrison
Vigilance Committee
Green Brothers