The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12
Will Fight for Property Bought
by the Elizabethport
Bank Clerk.
CALLS HIM A LITTLE IDIOT"
Woman for Whom the Lad Stole
100000 Now Reviles Him
Detectives Are Searching
America and Europe.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

love Of whom William Schneider stole sl05,-
0o from the Elizabethport Banking Conn
pany. does not intend to give up her dia-
monds. horses and bric-a-brac without n
struggle.
She made this quite clear to-day. when
she obtained possession of 10000 worth OF
iewelry left with Dreicer the Fifth avenue
dealer, Notwithstanding the fact that tho
gems had been attached in the interest
of the Elizabethport concern. Moreover,
Mrs. Hart has announced that she will re-
sist the attempt Of the hank officials TO
seize her furniture and other belongings.
The suffering little IDIOT" she said. re-
ferring TO Schrelber. did not buy these
things They were bought with my own
money. The only things he ever bought for
me were diamond ring. value s75, and a
japanese poodle worth $50 will not per-
NIT these people to take my property"
Mrs Hart has engaged counsel to back
up this def. II is said also that pending
further developments she has stored her
diamonds. which are valued at $1,000. in a
safe place. The horses and carriages said
to have been bought for her by the bank
clerk are still IN the keeping OF the livery
man. They have been attached, but the
liveryman will not surrender them
Mrs. Hart still holds the fort in her apart
ments at the Sherman. The house is closely
watched. but il was announced at the
Sheriif's office to-day that no action could
be taken until the banking company came
forward with proof that Schreiber's money
purchased the articles upon which the at
tachments have been issued.
Securing the World for Schrciber.
On the other hand. the banking company
- not inactive. Abraham Levy, lawyer
of this city. has. been engaged to bring
i'm ha
the ground that she was an accomplice of
Schrclocr, and as soon as tho necessary
formalties have been complied with, Mrs.
Hart may be arrested on this charge.
No ciew TO the present whereabouts OF the
absconder has been found. but President
Heidritter of the Elizabethuort concern be-
leves the young man is in Europe. and
lfnkerton detectives are already searching
for him In that quarter. while the agency in
this country, acting under Instructions from
the American Surety Company. is also
bending every effort 10 over,ake the fugi-
tive.
An examination Of Schreiber's accounts.
completed to-day, shows that he took all to-
gether sl06.7l6.I5. His last theft was made
on the day of his departure on his annual
vacation" He took that morning about
si001. Schreiber's operations have appalled,
the officers of the bank and the people who
knew him in Elizabethport as model
school Bible class.
Il will spend a million dollars, II neces-
sary." said President Heidyitter. "to run
him down and make an example of him.
Mr.. Hedritter feels keenly the position in
which he and his associates have been
said. will be elected at the next directors
meeting
Career of the Woman.
aS IL
parents In Knoxville. Tenn. young Schrei-
ber's charmer was well reared and received
her education at the Knoxville High School.
A year after her graduation she suddenly
disappeared. The girls mother instituted
n search for her and finally located the
young woman in the house of Mrs. Dolie
Holmes in Central avenue. Knoxville.
Sne was known there as Anna Brown.
though her real name was Anna Jones. The
discovery Of her daughters downfall broke
the mothers heart. She fell III and died.
From Knoxville the girl went to Louis
VILE. where she put up at the Louisville
Club and was made belle by the fast
young set in the famous Pendennis Club.
She had the faculty of being able TO move
in any circle of society without betraying
herself. There was one young man In the
Blue Grass metropolis who wooed her with
all the ardor Of a Kentuckian.
His father. hearing Of the infatuation.
concluded to move on to Cincinnati. Find
ing little 10 detain her there. she moved
over to Washington
In the capital she went back to her old
life and lived In place known among the
fast set as the white House.
Among the 9ilded youth who frequent the
Nan Hart. as the lady was
now called. began her search for a man
who could give her the luxury she had ac-
quire,i a taste for. Her love Of horses led
her TO the race track. She had not retained
her beauty. but her figure remained. and she
had an fmper.ous carriage that well set of
her handsome clothes.
1t was her sartorial splendor that caught
the eye of the sl6-a-week bank clerk. He
saw her at the races and quickly obtained
an Introduction. When he had proven him
self "game' and "spender' the women
attached him. He took her from the house
In Fifty-first street to the Imperial Hotel,
where they occupied an expensive suite
while the apartment in the Sherman was
being luxuriously furnished at the expense
Of depositors Of the Elizabethport bank.
When the house was furnished there were
gay times at the house warnings. and wine
flowed. Little Willie" was voted a good
fellow and he. OF rather the bankers, paid
the bills
Then came the dresses and the horses,
and when the woman realized what a good
thing "Stuttering Willie" really was. she
cast a weather eye against q rainy day
and began buying Jewels that would be
into cash in case OF crash.
"Willie" Also . PIunger.
Meanwhile Willie, who had certificate
of good character In the Sunday school
In Eiizabethport, had
brought himself and the woman known as
Mrs Schre:ber to the top wave Of Tender-
loin popularity by the lavish expenditure Of
the banks coin.
He was the :hum and betting partner OF
Circular joe Vendig. known to fame as
the man who Used to handle Plunger
Michael Dwycrs money on local race
tracks.
Willie was also race-track plunger,
in spite Of his bank connection. and he sat
close TO the ringside at every big prize
fight and watched Vendig place his money
on the winning man.
In the fall Mrs. Schreiber had to have a
jsunt down to Lakewood TO take the air.
Her board bills and her gowns made the
other guests hold their breath. When sum-
mer rolled round trip to the Paris Expo
sition WAS necessary 10 her peace OF mind
and willie touched" the bank for 5000
10 keep peace in the family. When she
1t was with trunks filed with
Paris cOnfections that established a rec
ord in the Tenderloin.
At the Horse Show in the spring even
the Four Hundred paid the homage Of at
tention to her surptuous gowns. She was
"the woman IN black" who nightly occu-
pied prominent box and dazzled every one
by the richness Of her Jewels and her mag
nifcent, but somber attire. Her de-
meanor disarmed suspicion OF her true So
cial status.
Such, In brief, fs the history of the wom-
an who iured young Schreiber TO his ruin,