, 1873-05-20
A SAMPLE VIENNA COMMISSIONER
Tho Cnrecr OF leopold ]. Roeck frou
nslpnrn IN V1cnru.

QAo Cafeer or Leopold ts A0ecR 1roO1
Ossvcg0 to Vlcnnu.
From ths 0s1re0o IN. ~ GAZETTE.
Ten years AGO the present spring, Prof. Leo
pold Bnok, who Ind boon acting as principal Of
the oswogo Academy for about two years pre-.
vious, loft thia village suddenly in company with
q young lady who waB attending tho school, His
wife, whom he had shamefuly abused, had
short time before returned to Europe. Book waa
deeply in debt, and, after his departure, his Of.
focte, which were Of considerable value. woro sold
under the hammer to uatssfy tho demnnas o.
him acting aa professor Of applied mathema'
tics aud civil engineer in the University or Vir-
;giuia, at QAarlottesville IN that State Among
the United States cenmlssioneFs es e. Vienna 6who
Dnck turna up as QUO Of the scientific staff II
son ia certainly 40 d representative Of %ths
tho World Leopold !. Book fret turned ap IL
1860, when be excited considerable sym,
patty ,,s BY claiming to be an: an Hun,
Intimate of Koaauth. Ho was man Of propoa-
seasing appearance md apparently Of mora than
ordinary culture, and managed TO- support him
self Tor considerable length Of time on the do
| nationB Of synnpathizors with the Hungarian
cause aud BY teaohiug tho Sciences particularly
| mathematics and chemistry Ho borrowed, too,
rauny sums Of money from those who wero will
ing to lend to him, but nothing definite is known
about him till 1865, when he succeeded n OBJ
| tanning the position OF u coach " to q number Of
| the students OF Columbia College who Soro bo-
lindhaud In their mathematics, and ono Of tho
collago-recitation rooms was allowed to him for
tho purpose. -,
the institution he borrowed money right and left
from the professors OF tho college, and finally
capped the climax to their list Of favorB by OBJ
tanning the signatures Of several Of tho moro in
feaaorahip in tha University of Virginia. Id d.
parted with his credentials aud obtained tho
| post, and while the good, ensy, loarned men to
whom ho owed his auccoas wero quietly expect.
OF lis frat quartor'a salary, they wero aatonaded
one aud all, by receiving notice Of Ills having
gone into voluntary bankruptcy.
| Some Of tho money he had borrowed was OBJ
talned as sort Of anticipation OF tho payment
| Of llis services to "coaeh;" but bofore he de-
camped he carefully collected al due him on TINT
scoro so that his creditors had no redress thore.
Up to tho very moment ofshis departure ho fs
said to laV0 loyied tribute from all with whom
payment were In his reach he fled his petition
In bankruptcy. His creditors hoard nothing
further from him till tho announcement Of hls
being about to receive the appointment Of Com
missioner to Vionna--of which ho is now the in.
oumbont-was made. What influence hc had
| with 6fr. Vnn Buren, is not known, but this much
ia known, that Mr. Van Duren mado tho appoint
mont with complete acquaintance with his careor
In Now York.
/ copy Of Dmok'a bankrupt certificate was
ovon sont to Van Buren,, but it weighed not q
straw will the discriminating creator Of Com
miHsionera. Hmck-a political refugee and
robal against tho Austrian Govomment-was
aont to tho Austrian capital es an accredited
representative Of tho Unitod States. Deck's
bankruptcy petition is filed In the Office OF tho
United States Commissioner in Bankruptcy, III
which debta to tho amount OF 1900 arc chroni-
| cled, the period Of tndebteduess ranging from
before 1860 to tho very moment Of making the
petition, which bears tho date Of Aug. O. 1867
OF this total amount, a2,500 consists OF loans
from friends, and tho roRt, with tho exception Of
1900 aud Holl1o smaller suns due for scientific
appliances, books, ko Is owing to "butclor,
baker, and candlestick-maker" for general ex-
| ponHeB Of living.