San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-25
THEY ARE CHARGED WITH u.s.
ING THE MAILS FOR FRAU
DULENT PURPOSES,
Copy Of The Bill Of Complaint Upon
Which The Arrest Was Made
Gave Bond In The Sum Of
$4,000 For Their Pre-
liminary Hearing.

Within the past month the United
States authorities have unraveled a
number of schemes, which have result
ed in sensational arrests. United States
Post Office Inspectors Hamilton and
Woods have worked on the cases for
some time, each of which resulted in
an arrest.
The last of these was the arrest of
Max B. Mayer and Monroe Adler,
composing the wholesale liquor house
of Mayor & Adler, of this city. They
are charged with using the United
States mails for fraudulent purposes
and were arrested yesterday afternoon
by Deputy United States Marshal Lam
caster. They were taken to Marshal
Wares office, where they were held
under surveillance until they furnished
the necessary bond. They engaged
Lawyers Ogden and SehOrn and de-
manded immediate preliminary hear
ing but owing to the absence of
number of important government wit
nesses, United Staes Commissioner
Bates set the case for May 4.
The next step was to fix the bond.
Judge Bates believed that $4,000 for
each was a reasonable bond. Counsel
for defendants asked the court to re-
consider the matter, and after a few
minutes elaboration Judge Bates
agreed to knock off $1,000, fixing the
bond at $500. This defendants deem
ed reasonable, but Mr.. Mayer said he
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ferred to a bond in a previous case
in which he defended the accused, who
was acquitted This bond was $500
and the charge was the same as that
in the pending case. United States Dis
trict Attorney Culberson admitted this,
but stated that while the charge may
have been the same the character of
the case is entirely different. Judge
Bates stated that this case is non-eX-
traditable, and therefore, he said, the
law requires him to fix the bond in
that manner. 1t was then agreed to
let the accused off with a bond of
SO, 900 each. Judge Bates stated that
defendants were of high standing and
should have no trouble in securing
such bond. Defendants claimed that
they were bankrupt and District At
torney asked them to take an oath to
that effect 1t was, however, finally
agreed to reduce the bond to 81, 500 each,
which they gave. The sureties are G.
B. Frank and NJ. Friedman, for Mon
roe Adler and Louis Frankel and w.
c. Sullivan for Max B. Mayer.
The complaint in this case was made
by Inspector L. S. Woods and charges
cot Antnnin March IL
1896. one Max b. Mayer and Monroe
Adler did then and there cOnspire,
combine, confederate and agree to
gether to commit the act made an
offense and crime by section $3.50, in
the revised statutes Of the United
States, that is to say, the said defend
ants conspired and agreed to devise a
scheme and artifice to defraud various
persons, firms and companies out of
their property, goods and chattels and
particularly to defraud Bernard Stahl
& Co, and other persons and firms and
companies of their goods and chattels.
The scheme and artifiCe aforesaid was
to be carried out by the said Max B.
Mayer and Monroe Adler, who were
then and there engaged in the whole
sale liquor and cigar business in the
city of San Antonio under the firm
name and style of Mayer & Adler, by
representing to Bernard Stahl & Co.,
and to the other persons, firms and
companies heretofore alluded to, all OF
said persons and firms being engaged
in the wholesale liquor and cigar bust
ness. that they, the said Mayer & Ad-
ler were doing a f1ourishing and sue
cessful business, and that their assets
far exceeded their liabilities and upon
the strength of said representation to
secure from the said Bernard Stahl
& Co. and from other said persons,
firms and companies, upon credit, large
amounts of goods, wares and merchan-
disc, with knowledge on the part of
them, the said Mayer & Adler, at the
time of making said representations
and ordering said goods, that they
were not doing a successful and -four
fishing business, and that they had no
large amount of assets in said bust
ness. and with no intention then and
there on their part to ever pay for the
said goods, wares and merchandise so
ordered. but with the intention to Sc
cure said goods through said false rep
resentation hereinbefore set out, and to
appropriate the same to their own use
and benefit.
2 1T is further alleged that the post
office established in the United States
was to be used for the purpose Of ex-
ecuting said schemes and articles as
aforesaid, pursuant tolsaid conspiracy,
by opening correspondence with the
said persons, firms and companies, and
others as aforesaid, and by melting