San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-18
KNEW HIS GIRL.
AND THEREBY GAINED HIS CONF
DEHOE.
But it Did Him Little Good to Make
His Way in the San Anto-
MO World of Com
merce.

h. A. Gilbert, smooth looking
oily faced little man, evidently o
Semitic lineage, was arrested neal
the City Hall building last even
ing by Detective Shoaf, on a de
scription and warrant furnished
him by Marshal Druse, and lodged
in jail on charge of for
gerry, the indictment having
been found against him by
the grand jury, the last case
prior to their adjournment Satur.
day. By this time it is thought
Gilbert would have been perfectly
willing had the grand jury ad-
journed without troubling them
selves about his case. Attention
was first called to Gilbert on
Wednesday last. The Alamo Ma
tional bank had received check
for $57 80 from correspondent in
Monterey, Mexico, for collection.
The check was an old one,
of the form used a long
time ago, filled out and
signed rs. Wolfson" but the sigma
ture was so evidently unlike the
signature of this gentleman,
with whom the bank has had bus,-
ness relations for a number of
years, that it was pronounced a
forgery, at once, and Mr.. Wolfson
was informed. The case was i'm
mediately sent to the grand jury
with the above result.
Gilbert became acquainted short
ly after his arrival here, with Mr..
Albert Berger, who has charge of
the furniture department for Mr..
L. Wolfson. He introduced him
self as E. A. Gilbert, from Kansas
City, Mo-, and said he knew the
relatives of Mr.. Berger's affianced
bride in that city; in fact was a
cousin of the young lady. He was
we'll dressed, with a gOld-headed
cane and heavy-lOoking gold
watch. He said he was going
through to Monterey, Mexico, and
had taken the liberty of addressing
his mail from the north
to Mr.. Berger's address. He
won Mr.. Berger's confidence, es-
pecially when he spoke Of "cousin"
so-and-so, the young lady, and
called several times asking for
mail. Mr.. Berger wrote to his rel
atives in Kansas City and men,
toned the circumstance, and mean
while Gilbert called and after in
quiring if there was any mail, or
money letters come for him, stated
that he was going to Monterey and
Vera Cruz and needed just $6 to
complete the change for the pas
sage. He said Mr.. Berger could
take the Sc out of his money when
| it came and send the rest to an adj
dress he gave him in Monterey.
Albert willingly did this and asked
il he needed more, but was told no.
He did not see him any more until
after his arrest last evening when
he identified him.
Meanwhile, the letter from Mr..
Berger's relatives in Kansas City,
threw a broad light on the mat
ter. They had been touched" for
$40 borrowed money by Gilbert,
alias Goldberg, and as he had. said
he was going to San Antonio they
hoped Albert had not been taken
in. The letter said that he had Or
iginally come from Europe from
the same town their parents had.
He renewed their acquaintance
and "made a borrow from them
in New York, when they landed.
He turned up again in Keokuk,
Iowa, and the next they saw
of him was in Kansas
City, where he appeared resplen-
dent in fine clothes, announcing
that he was a Rabbi in Keokuk,
but had been ordered to take charge
of the congregation in Kansas City
He had seemingly regularly signed
papers to prove it and made a re-
quest for $40. He took a notion to
$500 worth of jewelry of Mr.. Finkle'
STEMS establishment, presented a
800 check or draft ON New York
deposited it for collection and took
a part of the jewelry. His jewelel
took him to the theatre that night
and in the morning learned that the
check was worthless and his Gus
toner with the jewelry, had flown
Detectives afterward arrested Gil
bert, but afterFinklestein recovered
his stolen jewelry, he refused tt
prosecute, and the man then cam'
to Texas.
Ere his departure he stayed a
the Southern hotel. He had pawneC
, his watch at Michael's loan offict
3 and his cane is also missing.