The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-31
His TONGUE HIS LONG SUIT.
CHARMED MONEY FROM TREAS
URY AGENTS POCKETS.
Swindier's Face showed Dcgeneracy. but
He Beautiful German" Onset II and
Was Too Much for the Agent, Who Ii
New Out Of JOB; He Doesn't knowWhy

He "Beauttful German" onset IL and
Was Too Much fer the Agent. Who u
New Out Of JOB; He Deesn't knewWhl
Emil Phillipson. special Treasury agent
who lives at ios Berkeley place. Brooklyn
received from Washington last Friday Z
curt note informing him that. dating from tn,
day Of the notes receipt, his services woulc
no longer be required by the Treasury
Department Of the United States.
few weeks ago Mr. Phillipson. in com
mon with number Of other we'll known
Germans In Brooklyn and Manhattan
boroughs, had the misfortune to be swindled
bya surprisingly ugly but melhnuous.
tongued and faultlessly attired adventures
from Germany. He does not specifically
attribute his dismissal to that circumstance
He has no explanation to offer for it. He
frankly admits that he was taken In and
done for by man with q forehead like q
balloon. shifty. squirting eyes that could
not look one In the face. and chin 80 alb
normally projecting that 1t suggested one
OF the types whose pictures are brought
forward by Lombroso to illustrate his theory
OF degeneracy In connection with criminal
instincts.
| L don't know whether my dismissal
came because Of that incident or not. he said
yesterday. Il simply am not talking about
why I was dismissed. am asking for an
| explanation and may have something to
say about It later. But as to the swindling
that 10 quite sure. One day few weeks
ago 1 received telephone message from a
friend OF mine, a Custom House broker,
who wished me to call on him to meet a
gentleman Of distinction who had just
arrived from Europe. I will not mention
the brokers' name nor anybody's name
who suffered from the swindler.
We'll, / met the man. II IL not true
that he said he was a baron. That ia all
rot He said he was the son OF wealthy
manufacturer OF chemicals who had factory
In Paris, another in Austria and still more
In Germany. He wished to get my friend,
the Custom House broker, to handle the
firms great business In this country. There
were complications in the business, which
he infinitely and accurately explained in
great detail.
And, oh. what beautiful German he
spoke! II was classical II was such as
might hage been in a book written by one
OF the great masters! / looked at his low
forehead. his projecting chin and his squinty
eyes, and did not like them. But when he
spoke forgot his degenerate face and
thought OF nothing but the beautiful, classi-
cal German language he uttered. II was
10 with my friend. My friend invited him
to his home to dine and introduced him to
many people and to clubs. did the same.
! got him a years membership card to
one club to which l belonged. Thank
heaven 1t was a cash on delivery club,
not one where you can hang up checks.
We'll, l was practically alone in my
apartments at that time. and / invited
Rudolf Pollak to make my home his home
to come and live With me. in other words.
And he was very scrupulous. He would
be delighted to have my company, he
said, and the homelike surroundings; but
he could not think Of accepting my offer
unless I would consent to his compensat-
ing ms just a. he would were ne mong
strangers. a., - Be-.
''If you will feel better about it, said,
let II be that way and he came. His
conversation was fascinating. He could
talk on any topic and talk 30 well and 10
intelligently and in such beautiful German!
Ach. that beautiful German!
well, one day he asked me to lend him
small amount Of money. He mentioned
the name Of a merchant in Broad street,
a multimillionaire. He had 81 800 locked
up in the multimlionaire's safe, he said
and the multimil lionaire was in Philadel-
phia. II was ridiculous. he said, that he
had to borrow paltry sums OF money; yet
1t was none the less awkward to be without
the paltry sums when he needed them. / |
let him have the money. Yet, when he
wanted to borrow money II seemed to me |
that his forehead appeared lower. his
squinty eyes more squinty and his pro- |
jecting chin more strongly indicative OF |
He asked several times |
and every time he asked it was the same |
way-chin longer. forehead lower, more
and more Of the simian type in his face.
But his beautiful German always made
these ugly things vanish. Ach, that beauti-
full, beautiful German of his!
We'll. ! learned from my friend, the
customs broker, that he had been bor-
rowing money from him. i learned that he
10 Sao% had Gnsy s% Sm
At last one day he said he was going to
st. Louis and that evening he took his
trunk and left. Somehow / got suspicious
after he was away and could no longer
day ! went to the Broad street multimil-
honaire.. Then I feared that had been
swindled.. There was no 81 300 in the safe.
There was not even IS cents in the safe.
There was nothing, and Rudolf Pollak
What was he like. this man9 said the
I told him. All ha-a-a-a,'
Haid the multimilionaire! I will send q
,ablegram TO Hamburg He sent one.
The next day he got an answer.
1T read In this way: Rudolf Pollak
swindled here under the name of Wiener
Then was convinced l had been swindled.
knew It.. I told my friend the customs
broker. The customs broker had lent the
man. money. Why shouldn't hep Rudolf
Pollak had rented a store OF the customs
brokers' store in which TO place the tons
u chemicals that were coming overl He
lid not pay any rent for the store In advance.
He Just rented it then he borrowed money.
-0n Feb. II, In the evening Pollak had
IN adventure. He was going down Broad
way, opposite Proctor's Theatre, about
10 o'clock when that pistol duel took place.
Pollak got bullet through his overcoat and
ais Tuxedo coat and another though his
rousers leg. Unfortunately the bullets
,nly hit his clothing. My housekeeper
'ewed up the holes made by the bullets in
lis clothing. She also got his washing
lone for him, but he did not pay for II. I
rave heard since that one OF my friends at
he club called Pollak swindler to his face
md he did not resent IL. I did not learn that
Until after he had gone away.
A few dayr ago applied to the Adams
treet police court for a warrant for the