New-York tribune., 1903-02-10
GIRL CONFESSES PLOT.
THREE EC4UGHTIN SOUTH
Or. Sutorius focused of Passing
Bad (hecks on Trust Company

4 plan that had been worked successfnuy 70
steal money from the Trust Company of me
Republic, at No. 3f6 Broadway, was rsNsalsu
yesterday when DR.. Francis Alexis Sutor1us' OF
No $50 East e-hundred -and-sixty i'h-S'-'
Miss Gertrude Anderson. a stenographsT. OF NO
500 Tinton-ave and William z. Grebs' yo"i'e
man who has been employed as clerk ny 'he
trust company and has lived at No 10 "es'
Sixty-second-st were srraigned before Justice
Mayer in the Court Of Special Sessions Inc
three prisoners fed from the city several osy9
ago to escape arrest knowing. it is alleged tnat
their thefts had been discovered. They we're
caught at Richmond. Va, on SUNDAY. ana were
brought back to this city yesterday Horllu=-
Another employe cf the trust company namsd
Schwartzje. for whom the police are eearchins'
disappeared before the three prisoners left the
city.
DR.. sutorius startled his neighbors about
year ago by clipping with Adelaide Schell' the
daughter of an insurance agent living in one
hundred a nd -eighty-first-st He took the young
woman abroad deserting his wife and sevefai
children. and leaving fine practice A1ter
lapse of several weeks the pair returned 10 me
city. Dr. Sutorius was reconciled % his wife
and the young woman returned TO her parents
After the flight OF DR.. Sutorius. Miss Ander-
son and young Grebe from the city some days
ago they were traced to Philadelphia, and II
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a freight steamboat bound for Richmond Pri-
vate detectives met the trio on their arrival
at Richmond placed them under arrest, and
brought them back 70 this city. The prisoners
were arragned before Justice Mayer yesterday
afternoon for examination. Daniel y Relily'
their counsel, said that the Anderson girl nad
made a confession and would be accepted as
a witness for the State. George T. Mckenzie
counsel for the trust company. saId that pI-
Sutorfus and the Anderson girl had posed as
depositors in the trust company and had pre-
sented checks for payment. and that Grebe and
Schwartzje, who had charge Of the identihca-
tfon cards and accounts of depositors. had
marked the checks 20. K..' and they had been
paid without suspicion by the cashier me
checks were for smaH sums and the total
amount stolen from the trust company was less
than $1,000.
When the Anderson girl went on the witness
stand she said Schwsrtzje had suggested 10 her
the plan of getting the money on checks He
was introduced her by Grebe. whom sne
had known several years She said she went
to the trust company and signed check for
$50 in the name of Gertrude San1eTsOn. of NO
Jos Murray-st. After (irebe had passed on II
he handed It to Mr.. Walker. the paying teller
who Cashed the check She gave the money to
Cfrebe. and he gave back SIS. Later she signed
another check for $50 and received so as her
share She said that she was uTged ny III
Sutorius to accompany him and young GTete
in their fight from this city. Then she added
we took the boat at Philadelphia got OIL at
Norfolk, where we took d walk as the boat " as
held tp for a couple OF hours. and then went
to Richmond where the detectives arrested US
ON our landing Sutorius told me Monday night
that he was in it-I mean the same rouOIe as
l was in He said that he had drawn money
from the trust company. but it was so small
that he was ashamed OF himself as ne couid
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Didn't YOU three talk about this on the
boat?" asked Justice Mayer ,
Well we may have" she said. but we TAXED
OH sood many other topics, because We lrIso
to hide emotions ,..
Nr Mckenzie drew from her the admission
that she knew. that Schwartzje was in charge OF
the cards OF identification which bear the true
SIGNATURES of depositors of the company ne
v.ss able to pass the check after pretending 70
verify the check signature by the caro- She
declared that Schwartzje was the InstlgatoF Oh
the whole game. az =.
Miss Anderson's case at A nominal sum Hey
aunt was in court and was ready 20 give pan
JusticA 7Iaver said he not sure that
the girl should be held merely az witness as
she still was a co-defendant and had mace the
confession voluntarily Mr.. O'Reilly said
WHY. they have n confession from an Ed
ward Cook who did the same game on them ana
he's gone scot free. He implicated all these
people. Why should the girl suffer after DONG
| the same thing ??
| Justice Mayer denied the motion and fixed
! Miss Anderson's bail at 81 900 for her appear
men al 81 900 for the sanla time She vas balled
| out and left the court to so home with her
! mother and aunt, while the men V-ent 70 ths
| Tombs.