The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-06
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Close Parallel in Vienna to the Fish Ward
Economic system.

close Parallel In Vienna TO the Flsh-Nard
Economic system.
For ten days paststhe Viennese have
been b~reathlcssly watching the pro-
gress of a bank fraud trial, in its way
fully as exciting and dramatic as
your w Fish and Ward case, which
1t much resembles. Late last night
the jury returned its verdict. kuetlier,
the Fish of the situation. was found
guilty, and Amschler, his rcputed nc
complete, was acquitted. Kuetller's
arrest was due to the denunciation OF
Vice Chairman Jauner, who, it will be
remembered, shot himself last winter
after swindling the Neider ester
~reischische Escompte Gesellschaft out
of the tritie of 1900. 00O of tlorins.
Kuetfler was by far the subtler
rogue. for not only had he contrived
booty into his pockets, but after pay
ing his tool, Amschler, 40, 900 ilor.ns
OF helping him in his schemes, he NC
tually managed to borrow it all back
~ ~. Dtt buiS 1lllit ~ oChl
there would be a close parallel be-
tween that worthy and Mr.. -, of
New York, the familiar of Mr.. Ward.
When Jauner's body vas picked up
n of kueiiler's cards was found on
il, on VIII oh were the words, at was
his doing Between them the trio
had within the two years preceding
the smash succeeded in abstracting
from the bank sales securities OF the
value of over fourteen million ilorins.
Those who expected to find Robert
Macaitc i'll kuetllcr We're disappointed.
He has nothing of the desperate or
gamcstcr about him, and his unctuous
humility smacks rather of Il village
s~acr,sty than of the il ghway. He is
under fifty, n naturaltzed Austrian
Hebrew and began his career by COR
ner.ng grain and spirits. He played
or enormous stakes, and for n time
successfully. Tho Stock Exchange
broke him for Il time, and he took to
~swindling. For two years he had been
discounting worthless bills almost
daily at the Escompte Gesscllschatt,
Withdrawing them before maturity
with none advanced BY Jauner. The
next morning he would begin the same
game owe again.
When this device failed he plunged
sill further into crime. He borrowed
sums of the kscompte Gessellschaft,
through Jauncr, and lent them tc
shaky sugar firms at huge comms
s;ons. The failure of these firms kill.
ed the golden goose and drove the
weaker rogue to suicide. Some Of
kuctfler's statements were astounding.
lie declared that early in 1854 he was
worth over a million tlcrins, which he
says he lost through the pertidy O
Vienna banks. He also staggered his
hearers by asserting that in 1888 hi
had virtually saved the Vienn;
money market. There seems to bt
some foundation for this startling sto
~. as the President of the court him
self admitted.
The pain Of telling his tale was too
much Tor kuetiler's sensitive soul. HI
frequently melted into tears in tl'
course Of the trial, and during tn,
speech of his counsel, DR.. Singer, h
broke down altogether, just as Fish
did. But all this tardy d splay of fin
feeling did not save him; for the judg'
condemned him, again like Fish, II
seven years of hard labor, with the ad
ditional ~aggravation of Il fast of on
day per montir..Tenna Cor. Nca
York Herald. W