St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-07
SCHEIG STILL ABSENT.
MO TRACE or THE MISSING MAH HAS
BEEN FOUND.
HIS SHORTAGE ABOUT $4,000.

The Brothers of the Embezzler Ar
raigned in Court-Their Ca SEES
Continued Until Next Monday
Bail Fixed at $4,O0O-Phili p
scheig's Dis appearance at Chi
cago.
1t is now definitely ascertained that
the amount of money which Philip
Nj. Scheig, the absconding Bank of
Minneapolis teller. got away with was
S15, 900; of this amount about $1,000 has
been recovered and the bank has a
| good bond for $4,000 more, so that its
net loss will be about $4,000.
Mrs. Scheig returned from Chicago
yesterda y morning. She is utterly
Frustrated by the crime of her husband
and declined to talk with reporters
upon the subject. 1t is said that the
last time she saw her husband was
about O'Clock ON Monday night, when
| he told her that he must return to
| Minneapolis at once, as he would be
expected at the bank the next morning.
The bank off Gals here offered a re-
"
| faultlng teller.
The money which Schelg took was
! counter money. The fact that he took
1t on Saturday preceding two holidays
would indicate that he had premed-
itated the crime.
The imprisoned brothers are very
uncommunlcative, but both deny any
completely in the crime. DR.. Scheig
especially claims to be innocent, ana
| threatens to make it hot for those who
are responsible for his incarceration.
After he had been placed under arrest
Tuesday evening the detectives took
look around the room, and. among other
things, found note, of which the fol
lowing is copy:
phil has killed himself. I just re-
! ceived letter saying at the end of it:
The next lime you see me 1t will be in
| the shape of u corpse Come home at
once. OSCAR"
Inspector Lawrence says that in his
opinion Oscar, who is younger brother,
was apprehenSive that something was
wrong, and sent the note as ruse to
get him away before the police APP
peared. If such was the intention it
did not work very successfully.
DR.. E. f. Scheig and Carl L. Scheig
were arraigned in the police court yes
q
ing them with receiving stolen prop
erty. The amount specified is 81, 800.
The case was continued until next
Monday afternoon at2 o'clock, and Joint
bail was fixed at $4,000. Colonel w. f.
Dodge appeared for the prisoners. A
complaint has also been prepared
against Philip. who is charged with
taking $4,000 of the banks money. A
local dete ctIve Is authority for the state
ment that Philip Scheig gave S.. 500 into
the keeping of Carl Saturday night, in
Dletrlch'S saloon.
Philip Scheig and wife, parents of
the defaulter, will return from Chicago
this morning. a telegram received
from them by friend yesterday said
that they had found no trace or Philip
at Chicago, and it was so worded that 1t
Indicated that they We're in frame of
mind bordering on distraction.
The party which accompanied young
Scheig to Chicago expected that he
would remain there until Tuesday night,
but Monday about 5 O'clock, when it
was nearly time for the Burlington
train to start for Minneapolis, Scheig
told his wife that he was going to re-
turn that night, as he would be eX-
pected at the bank next morning. They
had been at the Grand Pacific hotel, up
to Sunday night, when they all took
quarters at the Great Northern. Mon
day morning they went out to the worlds
falr grounds, and remained there until
5 o'clock. At that hour Phil, who had
previously told them that he had a
leave of absence until Wednesday
morning, said that he had been telc-
graphing to the bank all day about re-
naming, but having received no an
SWer thought it best to. return to Mime
apolis by the Burlington route, which
left at 6:15. Accordingly the party
Schelg LETT them, presumably to go to
the tram. A few hours later Peter
Zahnen, who was with the party, re-
ceiVed telegram from Jacob Barge in
reference 10 the rumorS atioat in Mime
apOliS, and later received a letter
bearing the Chicago postmark
from Philip, who simply requested
Mr.. Zahnen to take charge or Mrs.
Scheig and see that she reached Mime
apolis in safety. The tel egram from
Mr.. Barge and the letter from Scheig
gave the party the first suspicion that
Scheig had fled. They emained III Chi
cago the next day, and on Tuesday
evening left for Minneapolis, having
heard nothing from the missing one. II
is believed that he has gone to Europe.
Mrs. Barge accompanied Scheig and
his wife to Chicago, at The formers re-
quest, and it is the theory of friends
that he asked Mrs. Barge to accompany
them in order that her daughter might
not be alone when he deserted her.
Many stories in connection with the
alleged embeZzlement were rife yester-
day. One of the tales was to the effect
that Carl Scheig originally had $1,000
left by the fugitive brother. ana that
when he was under the influence of
liquor, the doctor relieved him of She
greater part of the cash. When Carl
came to himself and discovered what
had been done, he made such vigorous
kick that the matter came out. Such is
the story. Another report is that the
young man first unconsciously gave
away the clue while iii maudin con
dition. 1t is thought that the brothers
who are i'll Jail will give bail today.