The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-06-20
TEMPTED TO CRIME
Robert WalIace's Story Of the Rob-
berry Of His Uncle.
He Was Corrupted by Gambler, for
Whom He Pillagcd His Rela-
tive and Employer.

New YORK, June l3.-Young Robert
ii. Wallace and Ignatz Batch Lowietz,
who robbed Wallace s uncle and employer
John II. Wallace, proprietor of Wal
| aces Monthly, OF $50, 900 in bonds and
led to Havana, have been brought
back by detectives and locked up. Wal
ace tells remarkable story OF his
downfall and flight with Lowietz One
lay last October Wallace said he met
Lowietz in the corridor of the Stewart
building, where the offices of Wallace's
Monthly are, and Iowietz asked him
10 cash $50 check for him. Wallace
,ashed the check, which was on the
Woonsocket Silk Mill company, and was
signed by r. w. Watts. Wallace sent
the check to the bank, and before he
had time to hear from there Lowieta
asked him to cash similar check foi
1900. Wallace accommodated him.
The next day the first check came back
to Wallace marked worthless. Wallace
says that when he asked Lowietz to
make good the checks Lowietz said he
had a lot OF diamonds in q pawn shop
and that If Wallace would advance the
money to redeem the stones he would
sell them and more than repay Wallace
Tho latter says that he gave Lowietz a
check for ST., 100. Lowietz redeemed the
| diamonds and sold few OF them, but
did not repay him any part of the $3.50
he had advanced him on the bogus
checks.
Then Lowietz said to him: "You are
in box, my boy, but I'm going IN the
bookmaking business and will soon be
able to repay you" Wallace says that
Lowietz had no luck, but told him of a
sure thing on which he wanted to bet
$3.50. Wallace told him that he could
| give him no more checks. as the money
had run out. Then Wallace. Lowielz
says. showed him how he could swindle
his uncle out OF $500 without being
found out. He told Mll lace to show
his uncle two checks Por So and the
other for S5, ald when Ne had signed
the So check to slip along one for
r. 500 and he would sign it without
'Seading it. The ruse worked, and Wal
lace cashed the check and gave s., 500
to Lowietz to invest in the races. Low
| ietz reported in a few days that he had
lost the money, and Wallace says he
then told Lowietz that he had ruined
him. Lowietz consoled him by telling
him that the best thing they could do
was to make another bold strike and
run away.
You have the keys OF the safe de-
posit box where your uncle keeps his
bonds" Lowietz said. "Rob the box
and we will leave this town behind US" ="
Wallace, according to his own story.
thought over the proposition for several
days. lie saw no way out OF the trouble
he had brought upon himself, and con-
cluded to take the final step. Lowietz
accompanied him to the Bankers and
Merchants safe deposit vault, but re.
mained in the street. Wallace took
S35, 900 in bonds out of the box. They
found n broker who hypothecated eight
$1,000 bonds with Ncrmilyea & Co., and
$4,000 of Jersey Central bonds and
$4,000 Of Burlington & Quincy bonds a,
a place in Wall street where brother
of Lowietz worked. They boarded the
Havana steamer at night and bought
their tickets on board. Wallace sailed
under the name of T.. A. Collins and
Lowietz took the alias of G. B. Lewis
In Havana they engaged Lawyer Miguel
Genner to defend them, ana when
arrested Wallace gave Genner 81, 900 in
cash and two 81, 900 Rock Island bonds
Inspector Byrnes says that he will
soon be able to restore to Mr.. Wallace
about $27, 900 of the $500 stolen. The
prisoners have been indicted by the
grand jury for larceny and burglary ir
the second degree.