The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-15
\ LAWYER UNDER ARREST
MI IT BHOHT rHHGE GER1IN UP-TOWN
SIIfNG> E.fNh'S BICK


Nrn'ly Nhirt' -uins Thausnnd Dollars Col.
iccicd nmd Reclaimed bythc Banks Attorney
The Oih"r Crippicd Nmviags BanLs.
Adolf lcyugcr, attorney for the Ger
m7n Uptown SAVINGS Bank, wa, arrested c.tcr-
d' 10y deputy shrflT, on a clvl suit begun by
Mr. Norman Uhl thc recover, to recover kis.7.,i.
which a. is alleged he had collected ana failed
to tuiu over to the bank. B,ll wa nxed at
St'"". Ih Ht.lcdtlon charged " said to have
hccn The chief cause of the snspemtion. The
farts were ehcifcl by Mr. Uh In exnmlnlne tine
hooks " the concern. There aro nlso charges
ag.n-t oflccrs a. TIVE bank IN connection with
the erection II the BAN, building. The lot was
bought for $N0n though tho actual owner got
only t'f0 The whole cost Of the building and
lot wds about t'FipO, hut It Is put down In tho
report cf the bank at s-Oj.clo. The dopnsitot.
oi the blnk seem tu ho strongly In fayor ~ re-
vlyin! tho ins,tutlu, with new oflccrs, On a
sound footing. Il is the only SAVINGS bank In
III" Ninctceuth " ard a ward In witch there arc
5000 Gcrmans
Col l'hl, the r. oliver, says; On ths I'm ot
April, 1915. the bnnh was Incorporated. and It
hee an bu-lness on the .th OF May. lass. Prior to
The 1T uf peccrhc". isii the defendant, Adolf
i'vineer. lawyer, and tie oahk's attorney, rc.
rcived IRON the bank flt collection tho follow
H. desert ed bonds AMI moftg gc,;
n"rllntd pracht !. $500 .lacoo 2,pne.. pcOoN
Eus lr Mchl L.. Ouup Isaac Edeimuth. e.. G,Ulo
Hrf1-e tho 1T Il December is,5, Ieyincer
collected the amounts " thr ahnve deserted
houd' ana mortgages, and the Interest due
uion them. either fiom the persona whose
name. appear ur the banks DO Ks sin connection
Wtth them. or frnm those to whom they had been
tr 'n>icrrrd. In this way Levinpcr got pnsses-
sion 81 $3.50 which he refused TO turn over to
Henry Clau-en, ex-rresdcnt Of the bank, saws
III his an iAvlt;
tw-'hc President % tho Gcrmsn Uptown s,vinss
Do Is
placed i me hands of Ndjt Lc,nrcr an er,or to ie
sr. m,aoae IN ai t pInIs Sst spa aor 's eossn 'os
he a SonG, % aa ana mcrss aS SS he iS as
cucd crest ne has refused 10 pas the proceeds to
to c % on na isPS a pecm6cr i ss'0A "'' MADE
Levineer's bondsmcu the sheriff snys, are
thoroughly responsih,c.
Col: tnl said last night that the President,
Mr. Henry Clluscn, aud tho Nice-pfesident,
John u. Crummins, IN examining tho accounts
faw davs before the suspensions found that
Nr. Leyngers peculatlons had been 50 extern
siyo that II would hc imunssitlo to COM inue
1hcy ythouchtthttiftho factswere made known
g. the public. a disastrous run upon tns bank
would follow, and 80 they decided to cl Sc
TIE insiltu lon and leave the settlement
of the accounts entirely with the re-
cciver. Tire banking onic r. were unaware
% tho extent OF tho embezzements, and
II vs. not uu'll " davs ago that Cot.
lhl definitely calculated the amounts. tie
6t once informed Mr.. Leyinrer tnat the uissing
morris ,fes must be returned to the bank. but
"a lawyer replied that tho papcr. were IN his
pos. .es@iOn fur as isnment or r~cl1sure. and
that IL would he impossible for him to give them
up. COL tai then -ummoned Lcylnger to htnl,
and the latter, II TER long conversation, on sat-
uri So acknowsd .ed that he had collected the
amounts II the uApcr-, aud used the money for
the payment n pressing debts
The eflrt Of -tocknoders OF tie Nanuflc.
turers and Builders ana eX-trustecs OF the lhird
Avenue savings Bank To Start new Institution
IN tho Nineteenth ward Is meeting with ind fer
ent success. and will probably be abandoned.
The suspension OF the German Uptown saw
inls Hank led to n large withd avail OF deposits
from the German Savings lllnk In Fourteenth
street. The bank Is believed to be safe, though
Its surplus consist. aim ost entirely of re / estate
tameetns IN Park row yesterday, tho com
mittee appointed 10 ascertain the condition of
the Mutual nene1t Savings Bank made a report.
Mr.. W: f. Aldrich, the receiver, had told tho
committee that he could not say when his re.
port would be re ady, and he had also declined
u let an expert accountant examine the books
In behalf OF the denOritors. the committee
therefore concluded that the receiver IVES cover
iug ~ the trustees on mage ucnt Tue depurit
ors voted TO engage counsel aud have the hooks
examined hy an expert before the Tecei,or
uakes his rcuuft.