The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-02
L0llMANN STILL MISSING.
THE sAFE NE LEFr LOCKED WIFE
ne OPENED TO-DIE

Tits Friends DO Not B.iisvs that re uss
AbSeondcd. ard Hi- wife Fears thss
something Serious ~ ~ Happened to Hir,.
Although Messrs schliemann and Cahill re-
tired from the control Of the Excise Depart
ment in Brooklyn yesterday. aud Messrs.
Forester and Ilackor then Com missioners,
took charge. the situation was highly embar-
RAISING. owing to tho continued absence Of
Cashier W. H. Tohmann. The last visit OF Mr..
Lohmann TO tho department was on Saturday.
After finishing up the days accounts. and
sending the policeman attached to the bureau
TO the bank with n deposit he locked the safe
and went away. On Sunday he started for
Philadelphia to attend n meeting Oi German
singing society Of which he lie President. and
on Tuesday lett Philadelphia for Baltimore.
him.
Il was his Intention. II is thought to 90 on to
Richmond to seek employment as the agent OF
a piano firm. hut his movements apparently,
after leaving Philadelphia. cannot be traced.
and what has become Of him il n mystery. His
wife. who has been very much exercised over
his absence says that she has not heard from
him directly or indirectly since ne left Phlla-
delphia. Owing to the fact that he had been in
Ill health and Respondent for some time. she
fears that something serious has happened to
With the exception OF the license stubs and
the day book, all tho books and papers OF the
once are locked up in the safe and Mr.. Lob
mann alone knows the combination. The new
commissioners were naturally very anxious
70 reach the papers yesterday SO as to have
MIR. Ohinanns accounts examined. They
summoned +. NJ. llendrickson. the veteran
safe opener. for the purpose OF having the safe
opened. II was deemed advisable. however.
10 postpone tho opening unit! to-day so as to
give the bondsmen Of the missing cashier an
opportunity to lie present.
Ex-Commissioner Schliemann still adheres
to his Geliet that Mr. Lohmann is not
u deinuller and that his accounts will
be found corIGect. AZ the same time
sions that something serious has happened
70 her husband, The police authorities in
baltimore and Richmond have been commune
Gated with, but no trace Of the missing man
has been discovered Ia either city.
Nj. Iohmnnn is man Of striking appearance
and could he very readily identified. He is Of
immense size and very stout. weighing nearly
300 pounds. and has a birthmatk on his nose.
himself for any length OF time. Some OF his
friends think that he became demented over
the loss OF his place IN the xcise bureau. and
has either comm tied suicide or is wandering
atmessly around somewhere In the woods In
Pennsylvania.
ures in reference to his handling OF the excise
funds He has zen cashier OF the department.
sole control OF the accounts. Although reRu-
lar in his habits and apparently without any
EXTENSIVE tastes MI hohma nan 6sI9ngeS TO-
tinns. and lived in very comfortable circum-
stances Until the opening OF the safe to-day
II IS impossible to determine how his accounts
stand.
friend OF Mr.. Lohmann called last night
at Police licaiGHaTters and stated that 2
some OF the brewers. Mr. Lohmann appeared
very down hearted.
said. aud no business. and now that am GO
Ing to lose this Job there is nothing for me TO
do but commit suicide"
-, No one took the remark seriously at the
time.