The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-21
ROBBED THE ROTHSCHILDS.
ONE OF THEIR CASHIERS HAS BEEN
STEALING FOR YEARS.

His Accounts are About S,eee,Ooo Marks
short, and He sunk the Money IL epees.
lstions-The CrookeAness Not discovered
Untl Arer He kaa Fled-It IL suppose
that He H. Bouna for Brasil.
BERLIN. April 20. Herr Jaeger. who for twenty
years has been in the service OF the Roth
schilds at Frankfort on the Main. is fugitive
and an embezzlcr Of nearly 100000 marks.
The Jaegers have for two generatins been
trusted employees OF the Rothschild family.
and their name to German and Austrian flnan-
cers is almost as familiar as that Of the Roth
schilds themselves.
The fathor OF the cashier who has proved an
embezzer was himself cashier of the Frank
fort house OF Rothschild. He was upright and
faithful. and when the firm lost his service the
son received the post. He was treated with
as much confidence as the Rothschilds treat
any one.
He had more opportunity for theft than any
other employee and he is said to have been In
famed with a desire to become 3 millionaire
himself, The stolen money. IT, is rumorea.
been Unfortunate almost from tbs FIRST, in his
hat detection was was inevitable he lied. The
T.oSpoS,, April :2G-,Lord Nathan Meyer
Rothsehid at his London offices. was told to.
Of Herr Jaeger. Tie trusted, cashier Of the
sn ii, Fora va, assPS sSTpF Id;
tho amount OF. the embczzlement was as
large as had been stated. Jaeger. i was
which had also employed and esteemed
.Iaegcrs father In the same position. But.
the ni% TspGssd In
nblS. that any Hothschild house would be 80
careless in its business management as to
millions OF money Therefore he would wait
for advices from Frankfort before creditng
that the loss by Jaeger had been SO enormous
Tho Rothschilds. his lordshp added. had
been extremely fortunate in their employees.
unknown. and the methods followed by the
lothschild houses were such as to make dis
deeply regretted to learn that the record in
thS; respect had been plotted BY one holding
ae Sss a Shs suss .s lend w and aa
TEEN. He would still hope that the reports
were exaggerated.
passed through Jaeger's hands daily; The
frauds were carefully planned and had been
stered on and ass entries mas Hum
dreds Of thousands IN bonds were misapplied;
Most of the money which he stole Jaeger used
in specializing through broker on the Bourse.
and i'd has not yet revealed the extent OF the
On last Wednesday night Jaeger notified his
employers that he felt too i'll for work and
must have rest Of few days. This was
granted without hesitation. as jaeger WAS
known as one of the ost hard working clerks
in the house. On Thursday morning u mes
scnCer was sent to the house to inquire for his
health. and Jaeger returned the answer that
he was feeling better, but would need u weeks
vacation before resuming his duties. The
repre- sentative OF the firm sent back his con-
Gocnce. and told jaeger to stay away until ne
rccunerated.
That was the last communication between,
Jaeger and the firm. Nothing more was heard
called and ask ed If anybody there had news Of
him. They said that he had not been i'll ut all.
He left home on Thursday afternoon and had
not returned. He had been moody and had
limited frequently that business was troubling
him. On Wednesday night he did not 60 to
bed. but walked his study. He hardly spoke
at breakfast. and Immediately after receiving
and answerin. the note from tho bank he said
he felt that he was sufocatinG and must go
out for walk at once. The family feared the
worst, hut waited in the hope Of hearing from
him. They had given him up. however. and
believed that he had fled to America
They delivered his keys and the search
through the books in Jaegers charge made
evident at once that i'm mense frauds had been
The department was closed SO rs
as possible the official investigation. Baron do
is working tonight with tho ex-
aminers. He expects that an approxima es-
innate of the extent Of Jaeger frauds can be
made public tomorrow noon.
1t is believed that Jaeger has gone to Brazil.
There are also rumors that he has committed
suicide.