New-York tribune., 1879-11-08
DETAILS OF THE CRIME.

ing policy.
DETAILS OF THE CRIME.
An embczzlcment in the Manufacturers ana
Merchants Bank at Broadway and sprine-st., was
made public yesterday for the first time. the bank ON
cals heretofore having been able to Keep 1t quiet John
=. Haws of the most trusted bOokkeepers. eft the
bank very suddenly August 27 and sent letter TO
the bank through brother confessng that he mad en-
bezzled S3s 45J and giving full history of tne manner
IN which he had committed the crime Ihs was 'he
first intimation the bank officers had ~ any wrong
doing. Mr.. Haws had been IN the bank for some years
and implicitly trusted, as he was of highly re-
spectacle family being nephew of oX-Conroller Hlws
After leaving the bank he took his wIie and child ana
fed Belgium. but subsequently, induced TO return
to Canada, where IT Is supposed he Is now.
Ii an affidavit OF Joseph Pool the president OF the
bank. n II alleged that Louis Lcvinson. m1nuiacuer
OF artificial flowers prior to october %, 1875 had Kept
a deposit account under the of +. LevInson Cos
which continued To be his deposit account until about
January H. 1879. he opened account under his
On October %, 1873. there WAS on deposit
only S24l so belonging to LrvnsOn or 10 the account
OF l.. Levinson & Co. On about October o. 1873, u
Il alleged that Levnson entered into conspiracy with
Haws, the bookkeeper to cheat the bank by means o
fictitious entries; and that LevinsOn frauduently drew
the bank between October "a. 1873. and August
81 1879. the of $s.4j5 over and above all moneys
deposit with the bank october 21 1873 belonging
to either LevinsOn L. Levrnson & Co The sfhdevi
further alleges that Haws who had charge OF the books
of LevnsOn and i. Levinson & Co. in the bank,
left tre bank August 27. and has not
since returned, the brother Of Haws iniorna
ton that the bookkceper QIawsl had 1ed to Belgium.
LevinsOn arrested on October 10, on warrant
issued by Judge Barrett the AFFIDAVIT OF President
Pool and he lodged in Ludlow Street JAN, BAN
being placed at $4,000, which has been able
to obtain have reduced and he stu lies In jail Lew
inson It is said carried the OF artificial
flowers at Prince aud Mercersts.. IN the name OF his
wife, the title being +. LevinsOn Co. until January
last when she failed Levinson bought tne stock from
the assignee less than $500 aud continued the pus
ness in his name. Last week he made an assign
mcnt for the benefit OF his creditors to Samuel zrme
giving preferences for SO G95 o. How Haws and Lev
iuson operated and how aws disposed OF funds ab
sracted ara very clearly forth III his letter OF
fession which Is as follows;
"DEAR BROTHER WILL: am in serious trouble and
am obliged To leave NeW-1oIk i nave no ALTERNATIVE
have the courage to face the exposure Tnere Is no
use my trying to bear IL longer Ny mimi il 50 tor
tured that feel unless unbuTden myself TO
shall go crazy. can no longer endure the remorse OF
sorry that yielded t. empiaton but of course that
does not help matters now. Some OF the funds were
used TO help IA dealer of the bank without any profit
whatever 10 me- and some by myself IN specuating 10
uy and recover what l saw must inev-
tsbly lose by tho party helped, as l had
10 way to force him 10 return the amount. inclose
a statement of the accounts that have snort to cover
up nv differences and ask that you VIII send t. the
bank for them all possible confusion
IN the accounts | have nothing with which, Ia make
amends excepting Information can give, which may
enable them, possibly 10 regain the money IRON the
marty who had the sole advantage OF large amount,
and those who received IL from me In speculatlons
tnat render them liable for II.
al have taken my vile and baby with me- but God
only knows what VIII become OF us; DO not know
where shall 90 wnat shall do. will try 10 let you
hear from me before many days Do all yon can, dear
brother some oil relations or Trends 10 help
make some repaTa,lon to the bank All my opera
W3es weS Il" began 10 keep Ledger to L. give below
statement OF how the matter occurred and was carried
hope that may pe the means OF enabling the off,
Gers OF the bank To regain some OF the funds
the party helped was l. Levlnson; flower manutaC-
have about 500 by credl!ng bis account an charging
tnat time on by fair promises make matters all right
until the amount reached - 900 / then began 70 be
fearful for the payment, but still kept letting him
have 5000 $500 at a time to carry him through the
past season. hoping that when his collections came
owe. 81 GOO. When bad lot him have over $4,000 and
felt fearful OF osng 1t began TO speculate to Try TO
make up tue short amount, but only failure met my
ventures, and am now behind IN my accounts $50 ]o0i
and have given up ia despair Ihe sSO's2o wnch !
have lost own account made 10 get hOd OF
through Levnson, who allowed me 10 credit hlS account
with 800 oi $500 at time. aud would draw out the
same by his check and hand 1t 10 me IN money Mneh
would balance Mr. LeyinsOns book, iEslead OF enter
would hold out the amount IN cneeks anu onV write
checks IN nj; book 10 make It prove with the
ledger and would hand nIm the outside check 50 that
ne could prove his check book with them.
al ncose herewith his handbook. which | balanced
vion~y balanced August o. leaving MIN bal nee Of
$40 IS ANA lie deposited ir m August To the last bal
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1913 y3 Against tie above he drew $44sl GA, thereby
drawing $500 than lie really had any right
to aud 10 make book balance only entered In the
pasbook ss7l 81 IN checks. thereby making the ok
show balance of 50 &c. the as balance IN ledger;
and this same operation was done In Da anclng Tue
book several times previous On each occasion l
handed hm the checks held out TO enable him ocheck
his book handed him day before yesterday the in
closed book 1t, and he had it over might and
Thought IL would he valuable for the bank TO have.
got ID HIM yesterday morning under pretence or
CHI cking over lie sure IT agreed with my ledger; and
have kept IL for the information OF the bank. The
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speculated in lottery policies WITH buying my tickets
Of j. CO.. 900 Broadway imvcsng very heavily
for long ine much n 500 or SOuO uhn Dut ulh
not draw altogether -, 800 $1,000 The policy
tickets DOught J. Cute d Co. IN the
Kentucky and Georgia State daily drawings.
The Kentucky aud Georgia Lottery Companies
do anyi hing I" do with the policy playing nut
nartes here In NewYork back the plays and only
the dream numbers of the Kentucky aud Georgia lote-
res AS of play WHO the hackers OF tine play are
do not know but that could he easily ascertaned and
thiuk Cortandsr.. AND the police II they feel dis
posed give the most positive information as 10 who
they where they eau hr found say the police
can because judge so from what have learned
"Anytning can do To heap tue bank in recovering
all they can will DO and only be too glad To do. II the
bnpk viii only guarantee Ia let me up nave nothing
10 elye them and had prncely fortune would give
II all to set matters right again Do oil you eau TO save
from punishment III THIS inatter ana iet me Know
what can part 10 nelp matters. II the bank
wants to catch the lottery men they must work eau
tiouslv aud secretly until they get mold Of them. VIII
he co,nnunca ed with. God bless Won. dear brother,
aud may you, His goodness. be able 10 help me- Az
fectionatcly, your brother JACK
Nep York. Aug. %. 1879.
The following the account inclosed in the letter
Short balances Loiger to l.;
The following accounts balancing the books should
the following amounts s1ort:
l. Benser. .-. 1850 G. Brooks & CO... 300
uF.t.rh 1. OKeI.C q 81 u