The New York herald., 1866-02-01
ANOTHER FINANCIAL SENSATION.
Alleged Embezxlement Of a
Prussian Banking House.
The Cashier Charged with AbscOnding
with Sixty Thousands ThalerS.
Three Men and Two Women in Sup
posed Completely.
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ARRIVAL OF THE ACCUSED IN THIS CITY.
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Their Arrest and Confinement i'm
the County Jail.
Argument in the Court Of Common
Pleas Yesterday.
&c. 60. &s.
Court or Common Pleas-Chambers.
Before Judge Brady.

court OF common Fleas-Cho ombcrD.
Before Judge Brady.
Another highly interesting of alleged breach of
hducary trust, involving supposed embezzlement of
some sixty thousand Prussian thaes came 70 light yes
torday morning before Judge Daily In the Court Of Com
mon Pleas The developments arc as yet, II may be
said, Of merely onesded character, embracing two
andavits madc by tho supposed vctimzed parties but
II they smbody true statement of the case IL forms
very curious phase OF crImnay, and adds new chap
ter 10 the already well hIed pages Of financial swindnf
Az usual there Is woman in the case rather two Of
them, besides three members Of ths sternsr sex.
The statements In the case are briefly these: In
the city Of Berlin. Bear street No. a. there is
. banking house established under the firm name
Of Meyer 4 Co. Their cashier from july 1885,
70 December, 1885, was one Charles Noslte who
had been In their employ for tho space OF twelve
years. Mr. Noelte charged with having purionsd from
his employers during tho Christmas holidays some sixty
thousand Prussian thalsrs, with the connvance and
assistance Of Of the defendants accomp
In Prussia appears that tho festival Of Christmas
b celebrated two days. both tho 2sth and 20th Of De-
csmber Falling Monday last year. there wero conso-
quently. three successive hoiidgvs-nameiy wsnday
Msndsy and Tuesday is h suppossd th N he and
his accompccs took advantage Of this in managing their
escape from Europe They believed have commenced
their flight on Saturday. knowing that their alleged fraud
would not be discovered until the succseding wednes-
day. which the 27th Of December From Berlin, &C.
cordIng 70 the ahdsvit Of Mr. Kapp, they proceeded
with ell despatch 10 England, where. in the city Of Lv.
srpoo they engaged passage for New York In tho steam
ship Erin.
The moment the alleged fraud was discovered By the
bankers they sent telegrams 10 Liverpool London and
Queenstown with view 10 intercept the fugitivcs; but
the information late to effect any GOOD rssuts
Noete, Hin, Tschmeyer Mile. Mary KppensteIu and
Nile. Emma Mary Boltze-the supposed principal aud
accompliccs-ai had succeeded In getting OF on the
steamer Erin and were already on their way
10 America The Erin en Liverpool on the
27th OF December the very day, per-
haps when Messrs. Meyer Co. made the
discovery Of their losses The next steamer adver.
tsed 10 leave was the Scotia and sdvces wcrc accord
ingy by that vessel agents Of Meyer Co. In this
city to take the necessary steps for the apprehension Of
the alleged criminals Tho Scotia arrived at this port
few hours before the Ern and thus favorcd the piaus Of
the bankers The date Of the Erns was tho 2ad
last month and the accused parties promptly ar
rstcd and taken 10 Police Headquarters where they
remained for few days. and then conveyed to the
Ludlow street jail On Friday last sdavits were made
by Mr. Frederick Kapp, aud application there.
ON was made 10 Judge Brady, ct the Cham
bers Of Common Pleas, for the arrest OF ell
the accused partics The order was granted, and
ball was required In the following amoun,sFor Noee
$4,000; for Charles Francis, Robert Hill and william
Theodore T'schmoyer, $4,000 each, and for the two
ladies 5000 In default Of this bail they were CON-
mitted to the county Jail TO await tho legal determine
uon Of the charges against them.
II will be seen by the afdavts that the ladies' arc &C
cused Of being intimate friends OF two Of the gentle
mon but on this point as well others Of import
ance, we must leave the papers speak for themselves
LETTERS PROM THE PRussrAS BANKERS MEYER
AND CO.
The first paper In tho appears 10 be an afdavit
Of Mr. Frederick Kapp, who swcars to the reception Of
the following lcttcr from the Prussian bankers Meyer
4 Co. -
HosoRxp sn-we are indebted for your addrs~. TO The
kindness Of Professor De Tellksmpn, and take the
liberty Of cnlsting your assistance In the following
ter;our cashier, Charles Noelic, whose personal ap.
pcarance given below, hes robbed Of Of about
the book. and BY abstractIng papers value which
about twelve ycar and the cashier since the rst
Of July last Since that time he has gradually accom-
with hs B snss SSsrs " S
thus sbsirsessd be has caused % sod 81 his fellow
former had been IN our business up 20 that
q she Exchsnee and II . beyond an doubt
that they were not only sccomplces but insgasc Of
Sssu sss,.
ing Hoelte has taken with him hn mistress named
HiIl has taken with him his mistress Mary Boltzs
that the company consists OF six persons and Of little
fawncolored greyhound which Mlls Kppsnssen carries
around with her
On sunday, the 2>th Of December Of last year the
whole gang len this city together and the 2sth and
Noelte Attacsed no attention, and the common flight
only disovered on the 9Th Of Decembsr 1soA which
YORK IN the steamer krn Tischmeyss who w. dolng
biz twelve months military service, e dessrtsx.
We ripjon the Psrsona description Of the IN penona
bookkeepsr, Charles Noets thirty yeons Old, born
November a. 1885, i've fess Ave inches high, blon6A
tvs but very reepcctAble IN appearnnos; coughs vI
lcnsiy and long He travel win Prunss4 mlaIssefl4
pssspcrG, ~ vissd % rars and e'sn1 obtained o cesi.
businees =
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