Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-06-21
TEMPTED TO CRIME
Robert WaIIace's Story Of the Rob-
berry of His Uncle.
He Was Corrupted by a Gambler, for
Whom He PilIaged His Rela-
tive and Employer.

New YORK, June 13.-Young Robert
Fl. Wallace and Ignatz Batch Lowietz,
who robbed Wallace's uncle and employer
John II. Wallace, proprietor OF Wal
lace's Monthly, OF $50, 900 in bonds and
fed to Havana, have been brought
back by detectives and locked up. Wal
lace tells a remarkable story OF his
downfall and fight with Lowietz. One
day last October Wallace said he met
Lowietz in the corridor Of the Stewart
building, where the Offices OF Wallace's
Monthly are, and Lowietz asked him
to cash a $50 check for him. Wallace
cashed the check, which wa3 on the
Woonsocket Silk Mill company, and was
signed by Il. W.. Watts. Wallace sent
the check to the bank, and before he
had time to hear from there Lowietz
asked him TO cash a similar check for
$500. 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 a pawn shop,
and that If Wallace would advance the
money to redeem the stones he would
sell them and more than repay Wallace.
The latter says that he gave Lowietz a
check for 81, 100. Lowietz redeemed the
diamonds and sold a 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 a 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" OF which he wanted 70 bet
$3.50. Wallace told him that he could
give him no more cheeks, as the money
had run out. Then Wallace. Lowietz
says, showed him how he could swindle
his uncle out of 81, 500 without being
found out. He told Wallace to show
his uncle two checks, one for 81 and the
other for IS, and when he had signed
the 81 check to slip along one for
81, 500 and he would sign it without
reading 1t. The ruse worked, and Wal
lace cashed the check and gave 81, 500
to Lowietz to invest in the races. Low
ietz reported in q 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-
post box where your uncle keeps his
bonds" Lowietz said. "Rob the box
and we will leave this town behind u.s."
Wallace, according to his own story,
thought over the proposition for several
days. He 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-
NAMED in the street. Wallace took
S35, 600 in bonds out of the box. They
found a broker who hypothecated eight
81 200 bonds with Vermilyea g. Co., and
$4,000 of Jersey Central bonds and
$4,000 of Burlington g. Quincy bonds at
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 Z. A. Collins and
Lowietz took the alias of G. Ii. Lewis.
In Havana they engaged Lawyer Miguel
Genner to defend them, and when
arrested Wallace gave Genner $1,000 in
soon be able to restore to Mr.. Wallace
about S27, 900 of the $50, 900 stolen. The
prisoners have been indicted by the
grand jury for larceny and burglary in
the second degree.