New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-03
NEARLY 100000 EMBEZZLED.
THE UNION DIME SAVINGS BANKS LOSS
RECEIVING TELLER BAuMANN's DISHONESTY -
WHERE NE has GONE NO ONE KNOWS

RECEIVING TELLER BAuMANN's DISHONESTY
WHERE he HAS GONE NO ONE KNOWS.
otto Baumann, the receiving teller of tho
Onion Dino Savings Institution. at Broadway and
Thirtysecond-st went on his vacation on september
day or two later the paying teller credit Of
III 900 on the ledger to the credit Of customer which
was evidently in Baumanns hsnd writing It was no
part Of tho receiving teers duty credit entries
In the ledger When money is deposited he notes 10
upon q slip OF paper and writes mp
hs daily Jour- sl from the slips Another clerK
tho account to the ledger which open paying
teller In order that he may ascertain the occasion
may demand. how much is to the credit OF depostoG
The paying teller thought IL odd that ledger
entry should bs IN Baumann's handwriting, and a. the
receiving teller was not present TO explain the crsum-
stance he went to the journal and searched for daily
entry which noted the $1,000 deposit No such entry
could be found Then he looked for the slip. but II
Dowhcre TO be discovered. The conclusion irress-
ibe that the 81. 200 deposited had accounted
for by the receiving teller; that IL hal found way
into his pocket wrong gfully AMI that he had tho
ledeer-entry to the patrons credit In order deceive
the paying teller, when the deposit should DO drawn
against
The paying teller communicated these facts and his
conclusions from HON to tns officers OF the institution
VINO at placed skilled upon the HOOKS,
with Instructions to pursue thorough
tie books They also placed the Immediately In tho
hands OF Inspector Byrnes. directed arrest
Baumsnn wherever he could be found. IL
ccrtaned ttat he had with outintcndng
to back Some time in July the lease Of his house
at Fourth-ave aud Onehuudrod. and fourthst
had expired. He did not renew II, but went with his
family 10 Coney Island. where he boarded until he
on his vacation HIS family consisted Of wife and
children. a son aud a daughter Whom he started
tor his vacation no went to Ncw-Hsven
taking his VIE aud children with him
on visit to her parents who lived In that city The
second day after they arrived there he went and
has been ueard OF. His wife processes to
know nothing of h.s whereabouts. She says that his
manner was very strange for month before he went
off, and tnat he seemed to have something his mind.
She had frequently solicited him to unburdeu himself
to her, but he always replied that nothing
was the matter. that he was simply tired and
needed rest and recreation. lie very
anxious to away the day after they reached New
II ven, but she persuaded him to remain until tho
succeeding day. Then shs able to keep him
longer He told her that hs was going very Import
ant business, hut would give her idea OF what his
business WIS nor OF now long he would DO gone.
| Mrs. B,umann seems TO be left in destitute
circumstances The officers finished their invesu
cations yesterday. They all through their
and ascertain thar the exact amount that Bsu
mann .mG"azsd was si3 He took , = n within ,
appear lie wa. nor fast or inclined to speculation 40
money than his salary. which was $1,000 year. His
| wife had no reason to complain or his treat
%s"s %.,d. O. her lie always Appeared faithful n!
de-sron and sham. is intense. She declares that she
heard fcom him any since h. left her and
that she a Of sls,en She did know
OF his until it WAS communicated TO her by the
| officers of the bank.
Baumann been poyed by the bank for eighteen
years, and had rsen to his present. place from
| that Of boOkkeeper He entirely IN the
| confidence OF his employers. and considered by
them av-ry useful III, Spoke several different
angnsses. The detectives still wholly at loss -
| TO his hiding "lace.
CHARLES L. spraeue secretary OF the bank msie tho
following aii lavit yesterday:
Nelr. City and county Of Neio- York,
CHARLES r. Spague being luy sworn, says; reside in
the city Newlork secretary OF the Union Dime
Institution have this day completed eSamina
tim of its accounts ascertain the amount Of efac alton
y otto Baumann late receiving teller ind such amount
| TO bc Sl9l52
further state that
institution to-day S52s963 81 the amount dle dcpusitors
81 s 22 10 and its surplus after allowing Tor above loss)
| Is {57S72l. CnARLEs T.. SPHAOLE.
Subscribed and before this I'd OF October 1885,
BERNARD FLANAGA>
Notary Public (l3) Ncw-loIk County.
The officers of the bank Sss b. Durcher, drst
president ant acting PRESIDENT Philip H-rrnau srcond
vice-prssdent Gardner 5 Ch Ipn. treasurer Charles
r. Sprsgue. secretary; truste-s, Aaron Close sIlas g.
butcher, Gardner g. Chapln John Creighton, William
| u. Locke, Charles r. spragne, Mark NJ. stanheld,
Charles H. Wheeler, Charles q. Dobos, Aiyen Bsv ridge,
Warren VI. iIealry. william A. Bu Ter. Philip Herman,
| Frederick I. Locke ana Henry Z. YaI-n Inc.
The last annual statrm.nt Of the hank made IN
July, showed a surplus OF SjSG547 81 over all iab,
tiea the lOss occaslOned by Baumanns rascAy
Will occasion any trouble