The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
BOOKMAKER OUT $4,000.
ALEXANDER ULLMIN ROBBED BIT
HIS CASHIER.

FhteG when Arreated nj PateraburG. We, on
wednesday, Sac OniS Sss-said Me- uHnd Lest
the Rent In Long fsisnd City GnunbiinE Hsouaes
Robbed. FORMER Employer or $4,000.
The Chief Of Police of Petersburg, Va, yes.
tcrday notified Chief OF Detectives Capt. George
McC1usky, and the New York Office Of the
Pinkerton's Detective Agency that he had ar-
rested in Petersburg and hold, subject to thoir
orders, Frederick, alias ~Pinky,' Fishol, n He
brow, 40 years old, who is CHARGED with having
stolen $40, 500 from Alexander Ullman, q book
maker Of this city.
The crime with which Fishel is charged is al
legged TO have been committed In this city be-
tween Oct. l and Nov. 1 Of this year. Unman
Is n bookmaker, who. about the middle of the
summer, succeeded TO the business of his broth
or, Joseph Ullman. Fishel had been Joseph
UIlman's cashier, and Alexander Ullman re-
tanned him. II was n part Of Fishel's work, tho
morning after each days races, or on Monday
morning when the races took place on Sat
urday, TO deposit tho larger part of the winnings
OF his chief OF the day before. IL winnings thcro
were. in tho Garfield National Bank. Ho had
q key to the bookmaker's cashbox, and also
had charge Of Ullpian's bank book.
Ullman was ono of the ookmake in attend
ancc upon the races at Morris Park, which
opened on Oct. ID and closed on election day.
Fishel was in the cashiers box Of Ullman's
stand at tho races on the Saturday before
e~lcction. When the races woro ovor, Mr.. Ull-
man took his cashbox to tho Holland House.
where he was stopping, and put 1t In the hotel
safe, to be kept there until Monday morning,
when Fishel, who lived Il at the Bartholdi. was to
20 to the Holland House. get as much Of the
money in the cashbox as 1t was his custom to
deposit, and take 1t to the bank.
Ullman did not sec Fishel' on Sunday. On
Monday morning n boy called at the Holland
House and asked to see Mr.. Ullman. When
Mr.. Ullman came down stairs, the boy said to
him:
.'Mr. Fishel sent this to you, and said that It
mustn't be given to anybody but you"
AS tho boy finished speaking no handed an
envelope to Ullman and walked out Of the hotel.
In the envelope Ullman found his bank book
and Fishel's key to the cash box. There was
no note to explain why Fishel sent the bank
book and key. This struck Mr.. Ullman as
peculiar, and he Immediately got the cash box
from tho safe and examined its contents.
Everything was as 1t should have boon. All
the money was there as Mr.. Ullman had left it
when he locked tho box on Saturday afternoon.
Then he concluded that Fishel was i'll. and he
decided to go down to the Bartholdi to sec him
after breakfast.
When Ullman had breakfasted he walked
down to tho Bartholdi and asked for Fishel.
He was greatly surprised at being told by tho
clerk OF the hotcl that Fishel was no longer
stopping at the house.
E"Whcn did he leave herel' asked Ullman.
Its not moro than an hour ago that i received
o package from him."
II don't know about that was the clerks
answer, but Mr.. Fishel left here yesterday.
taking all his baggage with him. 1 under
stood that he had gone SOUTH"
and he went Immediately to the bank'and asked
for his balance. When hc heard the report of
was many. thousand dollars less than the book
maker had supposed, and he asked to have his
Seen d TSDs W WiIman mp di ID once need amy MSeo one .si TO f tefl
him that he had been robbed.
we're very. different from those in his own bank
book, and a comparison of tho two showed
BOO. ffshel,s method was simple. From the
money which was given, to him to deposit
After the amount which no did deposit had
been credited in the bank book. he would alter
deposit be made dc Illustrated Haut his method; Tllm nam
$1,000. nan and Sd d%opSsit Cd $685. sSPSs'~''r Then enc he s'i sim oHt
wrote the four before the five. so that until Uli-
anITies i" he w Would Iit not su slass anything my Ii 1s wrong N.
1t is supposed that Fishel chose the day be- !
book to his employer bseau.e the day follow.
ing was a legal holiday, and Ullman would be
s%ee sdnes do learn his nny wonia f FiSe FL Fish Ssn X s sDea
start before detectives could be put on his
nack. III was learned from his messenger,
Sunday morning, with explicit directions not
on Monday morning. The object OF this was,
Of course. to make 1t impossible for Unman to
make. any investigation until after he re-
turned from the race track on Monday after
noon. Election day would then delay the in
yestigation twenty four hours longer. The boy.
however, delivered the package an hour earlier
than he was told to.
When he found out that he had been robbed
Eliman Immediately reported the case to Capt.
caused circulars to be printed, giving FisheIs
cent to Chiefs Of Police ali over the country.
men learned that a man answering Fisnel's
d d0S nPt was e passenger on the Baltimore
a 4. NJ Ih e9 sEald Thi oet. i? s.. jersey Pin Giey o1 d i1;so
tive followed this man to washington. and
Fishei. When Vi et the cir HsGlaea se anat o me bV cs Was
Mcclasky reached Petersbur g." the CHIEF Of nH Po.
lice there caused a search Of all the hotels to
Ing the description. who had registered under
the Sss,, name Of p. ~" ! Baum" was put under sur,
tiyss arrested him Wednesday night.
and said he was willing t. come to New York
without compelling the authorities to take out
rive rfSs' here tR Rhipo morning. Inc WA As " c "a sapMSf ecias *;
has already procured an Indictment against
e al%i as T Fisn B. h a%n eSis ga. o0H IN .sid THAT %h al
the rest OF, the small fortune which he had
Si9lon nad been JOSH playing faro in the gam
bling houses Of Long Island City. He has given
the names of the keepers Of the houses where he
lost Ullman's money, and, so tho Pinkertons
say, steps will be taken to recover the money
which Fishel gambled away.
This is not Fishels first experience as an en-
bezzler. lie was. arrested at Gravenhurst, near
Hamilton, Ontario, Jan. /, 1886, charged with
%Eobbing his employers,ssAugust Bernheim Il
Bauer. clothiers, then doing business at $40
broadway, of $75 ,00O. Fishel was the firms
confidential bookkecpcr. He was an expert ac-
countant and attended to all the firms banking
publncSS. IN less IMAM @ year. by n method
very, similar to the one he employed in his al.
Legged thefts from ullman, he had taken S75 o
BY the senior member Of the firm to balance his
books, SO that they could be examined, accord.
ing 70 the custom Of the firm, on the following
Monday, Friday was the Jewish Day of Atone.
ment and Saturday was tho Jewish Sabbath.
observed by the firm. When Fishol was told to
ada. Several days after no left the firm re.
ceiyed. a letter from him. mailed at Havana, in
money and said that he hod Loaf ,noat ~ a. IL