New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-19


.. 81 several banks hotels and apart
the -, and Of a number Of creditors are af-
n'" ~, the disappearance Of Theodore I. "ross'
zee ,,or Of liquors at No. % West iouston-St.
81 accordirg to the City Directory al NJ '''
~ rna-ave Mr.. Gross Is secretary ana treas
W" - the OTIS Realty Company whose ohces are
SV - with those Of s 4. Horowitz' real
CO. gent at No SS Broadway, in the Domestic
So" ,, Nv Gross has not been seen at either
d since last Tuesday. At No eS' West hhu-aNe.
=. US said yesterday that he had mo'eo u NO q
j. This is a fathouse. nearly opposite
49, Hotel Balmoral. which Is III hehoA-"Ne'' "e
u one-h hundred and fourteenth and One-hun-
W d-6fteenth SITS. No one by the name OF
c.oss could bee found there yesterday
~, Cross came into public notice last May "heh
N the Florence Building. at Second-ave. and
,-,s,-st TO Robert Valentine, the latter buying de-
So Of the Shakers OF New-Lebanon The place
- e~s. leased on a 5 per cent basis on $4,000 In
~ sale a large mortgage was taken care OF. Inc
80 On which Mr.. Valentine retransferred his
- - saul c. Samuels. who in turn reconVeyed
-, n the Otis Realty Company, was recently
rown in an article in The Tribune
COLLECTION OF RENTS.
.o-s,nc 10 statements made at Mr.. Grosss
g. in Housion-st. yesterday, he went away with
e. x 90 TO $4,000 in his possession. To what ex-
g., this was his money was unknown at
- Office according 10 these statements. AT the
g. a, the Otis Realty Company # was said that
A.. c-oss had collected the September rents from
,na following places leased TO the company. ac-
o,dne 10 the Valentine Samuels-Otis Realty Com
ANY agreements: Hotel Balmoral Hotel Graham.
,be Minot apartment house, at observation-disclosures
en,y.sixth-st and Eighth-ave; the Evelyn apart
rsn,-house in Columbus-ave.; the Niagara apart
,nenthouse. Nos 54s SD and S53 Broadway. and No.
az West TWENTY hrd-st The total collections
were said to he between $500 and 5000
Had Mr. Gross turned these collections in TO the
COMPANY il would have been In large measure
turuinc them over TO himself or his own family.
.,oa he president OF the company. Daniel c. Otis,
-etjred real estate man. is Mr.. CROSS father-in-
law while Mr. Gross himself is said to own a
great majority Of the stock.
Mr Gross has commercial paper Endorsed by him
a. ne Tradesmen's National Bank, the Union Square
Bank the Standard National Bank. in the Meiropoli-
tan Life Building. in Madison Square. and IN the
Columbia Bank al No. 5o1 Fifth-ave. His indorse-
-oents a, me Tradesmens Bank were said at the
Office Of the realty company yesterday 20 amount TO
some s. 00 but 1t also said sthere that the bank
had Induced Mr. Gross TO convey the Florence Build
Ing 20 l.. the title having come 10 the OTIS Realty
Company from Mr.. Valentine through Mr.. Samuels'
after the excitement caused by the attack made on
the eases by Benjamin Gates. cotrusee with Mr..
Valentine. OF the interests Of the Shakers.
STATEMENTS AT BANKS
Al the Columbia Bank it was said that Mr. Gross
owed the institution 81 go but that this was amply
secured The cashier Of the Standard Bank said that
Nj Gross had an account there which ne haa not
overdrawn. and that MS paper was fully secured.
representative Of the Union Square Bank said that
The bank had lost nothing through Mr. Gross
Since the Hotel Balmoral lease came into the con-
-rol n the Otis Realty Company through the Naien-
t.ne-Sanuels avenue. Mr. Samuels has been Mr..
Cross representative as collector at that mousse Il
WIS said there yesterday that MI Samuels left me
iotel on Tuesday saying he was going 10 chicago on
business ami would be gone some ten Gays IL Is
argued from this that Mr.. Gross and Mr.. SaInuels
have gone away together. The hotel IS managed by
Charles Z. Leland. formerly manager of the Delsvan
House in Albany.
Creditors called IN numbers at Mr. CROSS Office, in
IIouston-st, yesterday. one Of them asserted that
he was satisfied that Mr.. Gross had gone TO South
Gross had the reputation OF owning a large coffee
plantation in Mexico and had gone there. Floyd ;.
Patterson the cashier declared his belief that Mr..
Gross had not away but was in or near the city,
ani would come forward and explain matters in due
Frank B. Hall, who has been manager Of Mr..
CROSS importing business refused 70 say snyn 6
sgreed rhat the manager had lent pretty good sum
o. money 10 Nh Gross not long ago, which had not
A man from the City Marshals Office in
charge Of the property on attachments got out
hy creditors Daniel c. Otis lives al No j97 West
fome but snoranea Of Where Mr. Gross had gone
was professed there. Mr. Otis could not be found
dorsed Mr. CROSS note for 500. lie himself had
been general collector for the Otis Realty Com Com
A. TWO Of the banks the general situation was re-
garded as being decidedly queer ali around
ATTACHMENT OBTAINED.
D4puty-Sherin Iipsky yesterday received at
tachment against Mr. Gross for $500 in favor Of
the Union Brewing Company. OF Rochester, 5000
o. which is for beer and 81 900 for check which
he gave on the Union Square Bank, dated Septem-
ter - which was presented on August Il and
was not paid The Sheriff could not levy upon
anything at Mr.. Gross's store as everything there
Is covered by bills Of sale chatte mortgages.
NJ Grks had given these 10 the Tradesinens
Bank for $1,000 Columbia Bank 81 80 and Alice
Gross S3D01 Rlumenstiel a Hirsch, representing
t. and fbev said tnat Mr. Gross had executed
bin of sale OF wines and liquors, al OF WIllCh
Of Sc oc in favor Of Mrs. Gross. He also gave.
they said mortgage on the Florence aia lo he
Union square Bank. the Bowery BANK ana rne
Standard National Bank NJ NJ n G Blumenstie
4 Hirsch believe all he banks are SUBSTANTIALLY
+, i re9orted that Mr. Gross borrowed $1,000 on
warehouse receipts for malt. which ne haq tui
chased by giving notes S a N rpecggVed 75oo build
Ing loan on Nos 342 and 344 West FIFTY, Xth-st
had paid out only $500 on that account on sep
TENDER a. it IS said he had Gvi he was try
Lg 10 get cashed. and il is presumed NAV ne ulH
90 He bought some diamonds ron ma Tho
Koch Maiden Lane jewellers. ior sf i ana rn
only way they could get Paid i rs se AZ Ho
b. taking bill Of sale OF me nAt.ar,d 70 bave
West Houef0n-st Mr.. Gross Is reported 10 M
sold 80 ssloon ~ No 70 West Hous ton-st. IN me
zane building with his wine business Tor st fsS Of
H is a. 10 reported 10 have asslSheu dO''''''' 70
NG and wines 1900 friend , ,
Brsdsreets took away Mr. an inou,ries have
poured i6 from persons in this and otner ciu Gu
regarding his affairs. He has been IN tT 70
and beer business since May. 1885, ana clalnsu ~
BE- sole agent for the Union Brewing 'OnhI,if, O
Rocbcsfer and the Tayl1r Brewing ana Ma f ~
Counanv Of Albany. He also treasurer 81 tlo
Wor1ester Rrewing Company. Of Worcester Mas
-Four carloads Of malt arrived from thc 49, and
this city on Thursday consigned 70 MI. Pross "u
thev are said TO have been removed iminediat1SS
10 an old canal-boat AT West Ihlrty-'hl'u-S'' ""'
Blumenstlel & Hirsch obtained an attachmenss
yesterdav against Mr. Gross for G.sl4 IN favor "a
The Tradesmens National Bank. on the, GROUND
that he had departed from the State or hhd us