The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-05
WEINBERGER'S BANKS SHUT.
EAST SIDE HEBREWS OLlMoRINe AT
THREE DOORS FOR THEIR MONEY!.

| The Banker IL In Europe ana His Manages
| Orders the Door, Closed and Disappears
A Woman Brourht the Order 20 Close.
| The disappearance OF Bernhard weinberger,
coupled with the closing OF his three banking
places and his distillery. and q rumor that his
manager Moses Herschdorfer. had left the
city.and that Mr.. Weinberger had failed. threw
the Hebrews OF the east side. who did business
with Mr.. WeinberRer. into panic yesterday.
Mr.. Weinbergers three establishm ents are
banking. steamship. and ticket Offices"
The main office is Mt 80 Essex street. between
Grand and Hester: tho second is at 3S2 Grand
street. near Suffolk. and the third Is at $40
East Houston street The manager OF the
main office. Moses Herschdorfer. lives at 103
Delaney street. The clerk Is Max Ornstein OF
1S1 Essex street. The manager OF the Grand
street Office Ia A. l. Rass OF 1853 Forsyth street
and l. Bickel OF 161 suffolk street is tho clerk.
Sigmund Barasch and his brother run tho
Houston street office. The receipts from the
Houston and Grand street Offices are sent
daily to the Essex street Office
Mr.. Weinberger distilled whiskey and made
yeast ut SO and 90 Monroe street until two
weeks ago. when the place was closed. Ac-
cordng to the story Of Mr.. WeinberRer's son.
his father sailed for Hamburg two weeks ago
on the Normannia. The dstillery was closed
next day by brother-n-law Louis Nickelburg.
Tho three banking places did business as
usual until yesterday morning. Then their
doors, did not open. Depositors who hap
pened by thought at frat that the places were
closed because 1t was holiday.
About ii o'clock IT was noised abroad that
ssa sns hr %S H IF an ss Ss
collected in front Of the, Essex street office.
PepostoTs who had hurried to Hershd9risrs
the manager had not been at home since Sun.
day night The crowd grew There were
AT o'clock Essex sex street VASE was sehoked with
Hebrews from Grand street to Hester. There
Scoss foes nsp Hhy aS S the bank pa
Hester street end Of the block and it flowed
FIVE tR%s charge 0 Of the seeond
asked BY Sun reporter II he had adj not been one
$Jd ~. dsny said that he had si.soo IN M
three offices thinned out, but as late as 10
O'clock oSd last night about 100 Hebrews stood
At Mr.. WeinSer gers house his son said he
fore Oct: l. that the business. with the excep:
ZION OF the distillery. was In good shape; and
n roSs the s
Gouis eG he e BEEN sas
II The house ssa he had not 0'"ef
A. l. Kass. manager Of the Grand street Of
flee. said that q man came to his house early
yesterday morning and told him that Mr.
Herschdorfer said not to open the office until
further notice. kass said further that the past
week he had turned In to the Essex street
office about 5000 day. the total receipts from
the Grand street Office. On Saturday evening.
Kass says Herschdorfer showed him o cable
gram from Hamburg. saying that unless
Herschdorfer sent some money at once he
would be removed as Mr.. Wenberger's repre-
tentative. The cableeram was signed TX.
Bernhard Weinberger has a brother In HAM
burg. 1t Is said the two brothers are partners
In the banking and shipping business. with
offices here and in Hamburg. Bernhard
Weinberger sailed to Hamburg to see this
brother.
Max Ornsten the clerk in the main office at
80 Essex street. says that Weinberger lost
$4,000 recently. and SAID that he. was going
to Hamburg to get $25.0OO that his brother
This morning" said Ornstein. Il cabled
to Weinberger that the Offices had been
closed and that Herschdorfer could not
be found. Hardly had l sent it when got a
cablegram from him saving. Look out for
Herschdorfer.' Shortly after s o'clock this
morning a woman came to my house. saying
that she had N essaRe from Mr.. Herschdorfer
for me. l recognized her, but am not ut
liberty to say who she 10. She told me that
Mr. Householder WAS going away. and had
left word for me not to open the office again
until further orders. l obeyed my instruc-
lions. for knew the woman was qualified to
speak. expected such an order anyhow"