Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-21
SrArE'SATIORNEY DENEEN'S Lowe
ACCORD or CONVICTIONS.

states ATTORNEY DpnecH says tueTc
is only one more banker yet to he tried.
lie is Conrad Niehoff. who had an in
stftuton AT Randolph and LaSallc
streets in 1896. His case will he called
soon.
Banker No. o." is the way Paulsen
is spoken of in the states Attorneys
office. The record already made by
Mr.. Deneen In his fearless prosecution
Of men who have purloincd money In
trusted 10 their keeping Is widely
known. Monday. with the aid of his
assistant. A. G. Barnes. he added an
other banker to the list.
He began with Charles Warren
Spalding. who. after two successful
legal fights made by ex-Judge Longe-
necker. was convicted and forced to
serve a term in the penitentlary. where
he is to-day. Spalding maintained TO
the last that he was innocent. and still
says that he will make good every cent
he took from the University of Illinois
while president Of the Globe Savings
Bank, IL given chance to do so.
Theodore Schintz, who did thriving
private banking business for scores Of
poor people. was the next to fall Into
the throes Of the law. and when he had
finished with the States Attorneys of.
fee a sentence to the penitcntiary
stood over his head. Schintz lived In
luxury OH the Northwest Side. He
took the money Of a great many peo-
pie who chose TO deposit II with him
rather than with any of the regular
banking institutions. and then they
found all at once that the custodian of
their funds could not make good the
amounts deposited with him.
Edward =. Drcyer. former president
Of T.. =. Dreyer 4 Co. and treasurer of
the West Park Board. has perhaps
made the most stubborn fight Of any
OF the bankers yet tried to avoid a
felon's cell. He has been three times
tried and twice convicted. Each time
he was tried on the charge of with
holding $4,000 Of the funds Of the
West Park Board from his successor
In Office. The Supreme Court reversed
the decision Of the lower court In his
first conviction on the ground that q
proper demand had not been made OH
Dreyer for the money. Again he was
tried. and this time the jury disagreed
Not 10 be OutdOne. Mr.. Denecn wen,
stubbOrnly into the fight for the third
time and secured q conviction. This
was last March. and Dreyer still Occu
pies cell In the county Jail. The Su
preme Court refused to admit him Il
bail and passed the review Of the ease
list was Robert Berger. Dreyer's for
mer banking partner. He was tried OF
, the charge Of receiving deposits after
/. insolvency and was convicted. Mr.
Berger gave up at once on the advic,
OF his lawyer He made no fight In tn,
higher courts and accepted sentence Il
the penitentlary at Joliet, where he Il
now serving three.year term.
The example of Berger was soon fol
. lowed by George l.. Magill, fOrmel
= president of the Avenue Savings Banl
at Michigan avenue ana Thirty-tirs
street. He was prosecuted by Assist
, ant States Attorney Olson and con
victed. This was only few days aftel
, the conviction OF Berger. ana Magil
also accepted sentence and was takeI
to Joliet. where he II now serving ~
indeterminate sentence.
, Allison W. Harlan, director of tn,
a defunct Globe Savings institution
|, pleaded guilty 10 the charge of receiv
, ing deposits after insolvency ana as
!, capped with fine. Charles Il. Church
! Ill. who was cashier of the same Insti
tuition, was convicted on two indict
y ments for the same charge ana wa,
fined SiOO on the first and 500 on tn,
!, second.
= Anton Boenert. who did q bankin:
7 business for foreigners. was the eight
y victim. He took the responsibility o
collecting accounts due people her
from abroad. and hypOthecated larg
!. amount of the money thus coming int,
= his charge. Boenert Is now under sen
tence to the penitentiary.
I In most of these cases Mr.. Dcnecl
. has himself assisted in the prosecu
4 lions. lie has allowed no banker thu
far 10 escape, and the record he la
= made Is regarded on every side as nd
|, mlrable,