The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-26
ROBBED HIS UNCLE.
THE STORY YOUNG v!hLLAC" TELLS
AFTER HIS SCJOURN IN CUBA.

Young Robert II. Wallace and Ig-
naz. Batch Lowitz, who robbed Wal
lace's uncle and employer John II
Wallace, proprietor of WalloccS
Monthly, of $4,000 in bonds and fled
to Havana, wore brought back yes
tcrday by Inspector Byrncs' detect
ives Thomas Albums and Robert Nc
Naught, and locked up at police
headquarters. Wallace told The ir-
spcctor remarkable story of his
downfall and fight witd Lowitz.
One day last October Wallace said
no met Lowit% in tho corridor Of the
Stewart brildinG, where the 'otliccs
Of Wallacc's Monthly arc. and Low
itz asked him to cash $50 check
EGr him. Wallace cNShrd the chcrl,
which was on the WoonHOckct Silk
hiI' Company, and WAS signed Il.
w. Watts. Wallace sent the check
10 the bank, and before he had time
to hear from the bank Lowilx asked
hIm to cash II similar check for 5000.
Wallace accommodated HIM. The
next day the inSi check came back
toWallacr marked worthless. Wal.
lace says t!iaG whom ne asked IowitZ
to make good thcchccis Iowitz said
thnt he had q lot of diamonds in q
pawn shop, and That if Wullnco
would advance the money to redeem
the stones no would sell them md
more than repay Wallace. Wallace snid
that he gave Lowitz Il check for 81,
1Dl ,nNrItu ~ rn,1,n,,,1 I IL
and *"ld IL few of ihcm, but did NOT
repay INN any pitrt of the $3.50 he
htd advanced him on the bogus
checks. Then lpwitz said to him:
"lou ~" IN II box, my boy. But
m SnlnG III the booknakinw buHi-
ness, ami will soon be ublc to rcunv
you.
Wallace says that LrwitX had no
luck, bnt told him of II ".a,rc thinn.,"
on which he wanted to bet 50, 800
WnlIncr told him that h." cnulI .,iyc
him no more checks, as the money
had run ont. Then LEVITT, Wallace
says, showed him how hc could swim
die I!% uncle out Of $4,000 without
being discovered. lie told Null,cr
to show IN" uncl" two chcrI;&. one for
- anh tn" other for - and wien
he ila'S signed th" - check to slim
along one for :;2,:jOO and no would
sign II without reading it. Tho r,,sc
workrdaMd Wallace cashcu the clccl,
nnd gave s;2,1uo to- IIowitz TO invest
IN the T;tcrS
Lowitz reported in few days that
Il" llntt lost the money, and Wallace
says ne then told lIowitz That nc had
ruined him. Lowitz consolcl hin,
'y telling him that the best thingt they
'ollld Go WAS to muic another bold
strike and run away.
"Nou have keys ot the safe deposit
'oA where your uncle keeps his
londS,' Lowit% said to ,him "Eob
he box anl we Will leave this town
,ohinu us"
W"'ltc". according TO his own sto
~. tl"H-ht over the proposition for
several d'lvS. II" SAW no way ont OF
ii" t'"i'>i'' Il" !'tI brought upon
nlt:'"li. and roN"I:tird to take tLg
NE Views Strn y. l"Ms. g. fsH'nr" fstH'nr"d him
TO the Bankers and Merchants >afr
deposit VAULTS. lut rrmnilrI IN ihr
street WnIlar" took $3.50 IN bonds
rn Oi th" IrI nud joined Iowitz
IN IT," Cafe Siayalin. in"y fnnr,i Il
broker VII" hNl"iI"rnlrh eight ~
mn lnnN" with NrEunI ,rn 4 GO. .%n1 |
&l,oHn II .l"I.>,,N t'4tlni hun,i., nl,i |
$1,000 Of th'rHGn, i;:nlni.inn !.
GumrN bonds at Il place in Wall |
stree! Wiri" II brn;hcr ni Lowiiz
works..
Th"N went 10 the Aetnr IInus",anI
WHEinc" & ri fr: his mr;:Ir.@n;. Sadie
Aimn>, ~ WI:"nl iI,"v irtTHStrI thc
bonds, while ih"y En"rhr.l around
town tint rvrnin~.
Th"y l"n"'I'd Tia" iiavana Steamer
ut nigh! nn'i bought thrir tickets on
board. Wallace sailed un,cr inc
mann" Of t.. \. Collins, and i.uwitX
look thr name Of &. Is. Lewis. As
tn" steamer WAS nearing iIuyana,
lnwit" toll Wallace that ii was not
unlikely that he would br arrested
ur'n reaching their ,:,'tmntion, but
that Il Nruli j, an cnSr matter 60
Srr"r" his r"l"as". He rIcu directed
to NHl!ar" II statement c\onclut
ln- hiluSrlf from nil blame in fine
robbery. WAllnrr signed the ra
per.
I'm Havana they deposited SlO.On0
IN bonds unu S1,Ono in money with
}. IL. \anHa x Co.. and received 81
receipt which they deposited in ihc
mt" oi th" llotcl fuHSnSc The ncyi
day they wrr" arrested. Jhcy en-
&a%"d lmwyrr Miguel Grmcr TO ur {
i"nd chem and Upon his rccommcn-
datiun Wallace lnd 5000 to Il. NJ ,
Tnrrafa, q runner !or thc hotel. to
abstract the receipt from the safe
and hrin" II to him Thrn Gcnncr !
tort them that for $1,000 hc could {
get IN" h"n'l, and money ut Nan2ls, ,
md Wallace gave him $4,000. Then {
Gcnncr told his clients that he want ,
cd $4,000 for his services lIc warn. {
cd Wallace that it WAS very scri, us
offence IN Havana to Mbc an officer
and unless the money wnH paid TO
nm they'd get in further trouble
Wallace gave Gcnnct $1,000 in cash
and two $1,000 Chicago, Rock Island
and poritin l,,1,, ''''N