Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-04
some TO JOIN EMO.
Ire New York Dime Savings 1nsfitu.
ton Robbed of $4,000.

-'m the New York Herald Sunday.
Elshteen years ago Otto Baumann secured
employment in the Union Dime savings insti-
tuition, now at Broadway and SD street From
aeH until within a few days ago he had the
'nndence OF his superior officers. Yesterday
was made known that he was a deiauiter TO
The amount of $4,000 His present where
bOuts is unknown. IL is probable that he has
'ined the coterie OF choice spirits now rnsti-
ttiug across the Canadian border. Bauinann
l. between 40 and 40 years old. Born in Och
.ingen, Wurtemberg, he came to this country
ysnen s. young man and obtained a situation in
3 downtown banking establishment tie mar
lied Miss BOe>s, of New Haven. They have
fwO children, a boy and a girl, aged respectively
{; bout IL and l. years. The dcfiuIter went 10
ne savings bank well recommended. lie gave
(; JO,a surety tO the amount Oi $4,000. English,
! rench, German and Italian he spoke fiuentiy.
Vt the time ot his deialctiIon he was receiving
teller OF the bank. He always hai the reputa-
lion of being steady in MS habits he seemed
attached to mis- wife and children and il was
nderstoOd that he spent nearly all MS leisure
lime ut home. His home was formerly in 18th
street, but at the beginning OF last summer he
took his family To tOney Island and put up at
The Sea View house. His reason for giving up
his house in the city was, he said, a desire TO
ZION of two weeks besnn. He took his wife and
children to New Haven and stopped at the
louise OF his father-In-lstw, Valentine Boess.
lie LETT his family after couple of days say
Ing that ne was called Il New York on import
ant business. BefG. lea ling he made arrange
ntntS with his vile IOr selecting n house III this
city for their winter residence. That. accord
ing To his wife, was the last she saw of him.
About september ) she visited the bank and
inquired about her husbands whereabouts.
A STARTLING DISCOVERY
had in the meanwhile been made Each OF the
clerks had his special books TO keep and the
handwriting OF each is we'll known. Therefore
IL was the subject of comment when an entry
OF $1,000 IN Baumanns handwrit was found
In = book with which he had rightly nothing
10 do. secretary SpragUe forthwith made an
examination OF BaunannS accounts. The
result of it was that he found there was a de-
falcaiIon To the amount of S19, 152. The steal
Ing had been going on for seven months The
sums varied from $500 to 81 900, and were
always III round amounts. AS soon as the Off
GERS OF the bank were in possession OF these
FACTS Inspector Byrnes consulted. That
vas two weeks ago. The inspectors detectives
have ever since been working ON the case.
: tier two weeks search and investigation
they announced their inability To locate the
criminal or account for his crime. The bank
VIII lose S1I, 1o2, as the $4,000 surety bonds
gwen by Btumann are good. Secretary Sprague
yesterday afternoon made a sworn statement TO
tIe effect that the value OF the total resources
Ell The bank at the present date Is SI,52S-
49,, and the amount due depOsltorS is
,SSS,3Z2-sO, leaving Il surpius--after allow
lns Tor Baumanns 0eiaIcatlOn-Of S51S, III.
The Institution was founded twenty six years
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