The evening world., 1893-09-18
Angry Crowds at His Offices and
Home This Morning.
Lawyer JaworoWer Almost Mobbed
by Mistake.
Tho Banker sim in lliding-His
Arrest Expected.


banker, did not put in an appearance
at any OF his offices this morning. 1t
was fortunate for him that lie did not.
At every place. creditors to the num-
Der OF several hundred, had assembled.
The temper OF the crowd was such that
had he appeared he might have been
torn limb from limb.
Weinberger, as has been told in 1.-THE
Evening World" disappeared suddenly
about six weeks ago. A few days later
his clerks closed UP his various bank
ing and ticket offices. Then it became
known that scarcely n dollar was in
sight to pay the poor people who had
trusted him with their money.
| IL was given out that he had gone to
Germany to obtain enough money to tide
over his difficulty. The fact that he
tried 70 commit suicide, on Saturday in
fusion: Upon his recovery yesterday
morning he started from Washington
with his brother-in-la Karl Nickelbcrg.
presumably for this city.
visit his offices that the crowds gath
cred there as well as outside his resi-
dence. a25 East Tenth street. this morn.
ing:
Wee!nberger, however, has not arrived.
building 225 East Tenth street is an
apartment mousse. w elnDeTSef occupies
the second floor, and his brother-in-law
the floor underneath. There was cease:
less changing OF the bell this morning.
but little, If any. information was OBJ
! One of the sons of the banker, a boy
OF eight years. stood guard at the door
ana told every one his father had not
bell the harder, and finally the servant
appeared, opening the door about half
an inch, She was undoubtedly terrified.
and said the banker had really not re-
turned. Mrs Weinberger, she said, was
Ill in bed on account of the shock, and
the doctor had positively forbidden her
to see any one.
too much frightened to 60 even as far
as the door. One Of her sons. a little
fellow OF Aye years, insisted that his
father was there too. but this the house
body TO go through the house-not even
a ward detective from the Fifth stree,
station. who was among the number
cape from being mobbed when he APP
peared at Weinberger's office. S42 Eas,,
hal gathered there. Many Of them were
immigrants whose baggage was stored
in the cellar of the house The lawyer
had made AN an appointment with some Of
let e Them t pick out Ut their t goods af Il they
could Identity them. 1t Is under his
direction that everything VIII be sold
He brought his, father and couple
OF candles along this morning, and after
raising the cellar door they entered.
that Welnberger himself had returned
and from stores and tenements men.
women and children came rushing out.
There was suffocating stencil from
the cellar when the door opened, but II
did not drive the crowd back Instead
all wanted to push in and overhaul the
beds, bedding. bundles of all kinds and
trunks that were lying around
The lawyer tried to drive them back
and their angry CALCULATIONS were hurled
One OF the women in the crowd was
Mrs. Catherine Farragut, OF 1924 Eas,
Fortieth street. She had lost about $4Ot
through Weinbergers flight. and this
morning she prayed that she might lay
"Only for five minutes" she cried, "sc
that could tear his lying tongue out"
Others talked frantisally. and fervsnt.
Gs, Pn S b ,sa doW sh WE
every minute. the crowd seemed to In.
crease Finally f. prevent the eloths'
pressed it, Lawyer Jaworower hastily
closed UP the cellar door again and
ran.
In spite of the fact that ward de
house. It was denied at the East Fifti
street station that Weinberger was t
be arrested on sight. He could not b,
arrested. 1t was said. unless u complain
was first made. and none had beei
! lodged.
. srpe, int-ndsnt H-rNks, aR ais;
seen. said that no complaint had beer
made to him
at is possible, however" he added
; significantly, that n warrant has beer
obtained. and In such a case, OF course
} Weinberger will be arrested at once.
|, do not know where he IL now. In fact.
have not given the matter though
: yet"
District Attorney NIcoll spoke in thu
same strain. He denied the rimors tina
his office had been officially Informed o
the bankers offenses. If charges of an,
sul pies gu 'opBuI 90 OF oIsM puI,
} police court would be the proper place
Afterwards the matter would go to tn
Grand Jury.
& Several OF the creditors expressed thei
: intention this morning TO go before
Police Justice this afternoon and Obtain
, warrants
! When Lawyer Jnworower was In tn
: cellar this morning he made another ex
" animation and found three bank book
belonging to depositors.