New-York tribune., 1886-01-05
FIsHEL IN THE ToMBs; DAVIS on BAIL.

A GAMBII ARRESTED FOX IAhiNN M'NEi A4'EN'
kHE YOUNG BoOKKEEPER STOLE.
Frederick Fishel, the young chief bookkeeper OF
August Bernheim, ~ Bauer who was Drought 10
this city from Canada for approprlatihg many
thousand dollars which ne sala %u oeGn Utrdaw
before Recorder Smyth III ihe court OF UeheiaI
Sessions. lie appeared utterly indifferent 10 ms
position ard when he was called on 10 piead 10 we
indictment. charging him with forgery IN thc
second degree he sad not guilty Ill careless
way. He was rather dull i'll appearance and dld not
have the appearance Of successful deifauder
Alexander q Green were his counsel flsiei was
remanded to the Tomhs until tomorrow; when an
application will be made to admit him to bail Inc
particular act which IS charged IN the @ indictmehI
against Fishel is the changing OF the hTst lnltiai
letter from + to in the name Of l.: D. DaniS' III
August 10 and signed by Joseph s. KlOtl of the
firm. The check was afterward met by fshe.
aC Charley" Davis the well-knOwn gambler. who
for several years has kept fashionable gaming
place in West rweuty-nlnth-st, was arrested yes
terday by Deputy Sheriff McGonigle' on an oider
granted by Justice DomOhne. The plalntlil Was
MIR KlotZ " no maize complaint against DAVIS ana
Fishel Mr. Kotz's affidavit recitcs that fishcl
used as position tn draw checks on thc hrm aglEst
fictitious names and that these checks were re
ceivel by Davis il his house, where they were Ost
at play by Fshe. Furthermore, IL IS asserted that
DAVIS knew that Fishel was using money not his
own in giving these checks; that he Knew 1t was
the money Of the firm that Fishel was obtaining III
this manner and that he thus received upward oil
$50 eco with such guilty knowledge.
EsAcl in an affidavit said that lie had been EN-
-ployed by August, .Berhhein q Bauer and that
between December i, 1901. anu >cptculDCi lC'
1885 he misappI0prIated about SG0,00O. This
money was ohtaiued by filling ont checks TO the
order of blaok payees or to the order OF fictitious
persons, TO Joseph Klotz; who was authorized by
the irIn to draw checks. When these creeks were
drawn Fislel indorsed them and deposited them III
tlio Murray Hill Bank or the German Exchange
Bank in each of which he kept an account. Checks
wcrc then drawn on these banks by Flshel and
made PAYABLE TO the order of Davis who deposited
them in other banks TO his credit, to the
amount given above The banks on which tie
checks were originally drawn were the American
Exchange the Fourth National, the Importers ana
Traders, Park National, .Citzeas' National and
Central National. Fisbel charges that Davis knew
he was the boOkkeeper of the firm and was losing
large Sums in other directions, and that the payees
on the checks were fictitious persons. Bail was
liked at $4,000. This was obtained late in the
day and Davis was then released
Deputy-Sheriifs last evening were looking for
David johnson. of Kirby d johnson, the book
makers in whose gaming house in West Twenty
eighth-st. Fishd says that he lost 100000 of the
money stolen from his employers UD to a late hour
johnson had not been found. Kirby was arrested
OH Sunday and gave bail to await the issue of
civil suit Ii is believed that johnson will eude
arrest longer than to-day, but that he is keeDlng
out of the way until he can procure ball. which Is
xe1 NJ 500 010.