The morning call., 1891-11-01
PATTERNED AFTER
St. THEIR NEIGHBORS.
Steinberser. s. Kalisher Import
=. :; +: s. =. Gloves as Towels.
So Neuberger; Reiss & Co. Did Their woOlens.
-. :smug gling Revealed in the Wrecked E =.
=. :. 81. S. Dorado ashin's Yindication. ..

: TIE public cation. in the telegraphic columns OF
3, TIE CALL OF a dispatch from New York 10 The
=. effect that The +teckage OF tue steamer FL
> Dorado, lost Onthe bank OF the Bahamas, had
brought to.lght frauds that the public IS al
Be-. ready familiar WIKI. In the y euberger, Relss &
Co case;.wss thesqbiect OF yesterdays CONVEX
satlon and spec utalIon Oh The floor Of the Custom
--hoGs aud IN the FEDERAL Offices.
=; Everybody: was surprised except Collector
=. Phelps. He had already had The facts in his
possession q couple ofdays and hadmade exten-
.sive :lnvesIigslion into The possible extent Of
. the frauds. In an interview he said:
:: :. - These goods were received Ia New York on
=: August LIST: and reshipped. on the :El Dorado.
-: consigned 10 Stelnberger & kallsher. The, fact
that they were: packed and iuvoced crookedy
shows that. COLLISION with some gustom-h0use
official. must have been reflected, else they would
have been seized on the examination In the APP
praisefs store for one at least of the improperly
inyUieed cases would haye.i fallen Into The exam
{ iHers' hands = $50. -.
- =. = -sIsiIE ART Y IN THE FRAUD. -.
:'iIn that the fraud is similar 10 that carried on
= SO. successfully ana extensively by. Neuberger
Relss & Co. but there the resemblance. would
have ceased hadthe goods come or. There eau
lie no criminal prosecution against Steinbe rger
& Kalisher for this consignment. as II was
not entered. II could not possibly have. been
landed after the Neuherger, Reiss & Co. dscoy-
Z cry, for an order was then issued that all dry
goods should be examined case by case in the
"A upfaiseI,s store. .-..=-. .'...: /.
II believe this is the first crooked invoice made
Ito tile frm Of Stein berger & hallsher. for have
- looked over :thelr past cOnsgnments and have
found !hem ipyolced as gloves This invoice
=: was for towels, and The cases contained kd
gloves Nhleh would indicate. lis being tie first
us iheieea1y doubt that some one In the Gus
tom:hog.e" has been IN collusien with the two
= :."None whatever. i can see none. The frauds
COULD not have been. peTpetraEed through The
. Appraisers sIure, for there the boxes opened
:: iii public, and every one there would haye'ha
b. tO:be made:'a patty TO the frauds. 1t is much
easier tohaFea disfIonestDcputy Collector select
certain eases, ana tile brOkc know that as well
as any 6ne. OF If not the brokers, the importers
tLemSelves.n-'. 49,
- :. no SUSPICION OF THE FIRM.
WAS that firm sus pected ?',' - =
No. No more than We suspected Neuberger,
Reiss g.; Co, before the discovery of their
'snugRllng was accidentally made. Il do not
know wletheE:tIe caseswlll; be handled here or
: In New: York. Yet We have something here 20
Inquire intOlTef!hsr event" :
The address OF. the newly discovered SNUG
giers Is d1wpin the directory as follows: Stein.
berger Kahsher Julius, and Adolph Stein
LefRet and EDWARD KAl1SheD. importers, COM
mission merchants and INSURANCE brokers, $40
522 Market ana 21-23 Sutler:" This address is
Important, as they have for next-do0r neIghbors
. efgeri Reiss & Co.,:who,e store Is. at SIG
blS Mafkef,and who likewise are importers. : =.
: julius Stelnberger when questioned about the
report fIom New York. tried at hrsl TO discEedit
the news. saying: 'tYou cant believe all you
see in.newspaprTs." Then lie said Ihat he mad
nothing to do with ordering The goods, but: { hat
Kalsher always did II. :. When. The reporter
asked for Mr. Kalisher he was CURLY Informed
that Mr. Kalsner is out OF town.. -
THE BROKERS OF THE ,FIRM
Robert Wheeler, who has done the firms
brokerage seemed greatly astonlsned. He said
that heretofore the films consgnments have
gone bodily 10 The Appraisers Store for e1am-
nation, and this Is probably so, as Collector
Phelps investigation goes 10 show ih5i;: 90 have
been properly ,invoiced. "The cons snment Via
the Ell Dor ado" he continued. 81 knew nothing
about think that there Will be found mis-
take somewhere, and shat the INVOICE Will De
found TO agree with The consignment"
The proximity OF the firms Of SeiDberger &
Kalisher and Neuberger, Ress & Co. adds TO the
Interest OF HE subject. aud il may be found That
lie members OF lie firms are interested in bOlb
stores. Anyhow" say the Government detec-
lives, BERNARD Reiss, having good Thing, may
have said 10 the other firm, here, 1 know just
how 10 get your goods In, and then introduced
him TO the necessary Deputy Collector"
VINO Is this DeIuty Collector? was The ques-
lion htst tried 10 be solved when the Neu-
leTper Reiss fran H. ed