The sun., 1905-05-12
EQUITABLE CLERK CONFESSES.
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER. En-
TRAPPED NJ Old THIEF.
Met IoblsyS Nephew In the Sunday School
and was Introduced 10 Uncle sam,
Who showed Him the Races and Got
Hin Into Debt--YOunE LObley Prisoner

Emil Neumer. a olsrk, only u years old,
In the employ OF the Equitable Life As
suranoe Society, has confessed that he
helped Sam Lobley 10 $1,000 OF the in
surance company's money. He was ar
rested on Wednesday night. and Thomas
H. Lobley, Jr., a nephew Of the old swim dler,
was taken in late on the same night.
II IL hadn't been for Tom Lobley, ac-
oording to the story told last night by
representatives of the Equitable, Neumer
would not have fallen from grace, and II
il hadn't been for the malign influence Of
Uncle Sam, Tom would not have gone
astray.
Neumer entered the service Of the Equit-
able five years ago as messenger, and rose
10 a clerkship in the loan department. Il
was not a job that paid remarkably well,
but there were prospects Neumer at.
tended Sunday school at Holy Trinity
Protestant Episcopal Church in East Eighty
eighth street OF which the Rev. James V.
Chalmers il pastor. Sometimes he taught
a class. There be met Tom Lobley, three
years his junior and rising young saddler.
Young Lobley and Neumer were out for
a walk one day when they met Sam Lobley,
and the Equitable clerk was introduced to
the old thief. Sam doesn't look like jail
bird and they struck UP an acquaintance
Sam was much interested in Mr.. Neumer's
promising job and his duties in the big
building at 100 Broadway. Neumer told
Uncle Sam that no had access to all the
books which record the loans Of the society
and Uncle Sans mouth Watered.
After that II became a case Of Uncle
George, Jonas and Rollo with Neumer in
the juvenile role. Uncle George showed
things to Rollo, poker games, for instance.
Never did Rollo dream that Uncle George
had been up the river. Neumer lost a
little money at poker, but not so much but
what loans from Uncle Sam kept him ahoat.
Besides, as Uncle explained, II could all
be got back at the racetrack.
They went to the races together last
summer, sometimes in Uncle Sans pretty
automobile. The animals didn't run Just
right for Neumsr, but Uncle Sam was always
ready with kindly advice and small loans.
Thus it ran until Sam Lobley got ready to
put the screws on. having discovered from
his cross-eXamination Of the trusted young
employee that II was worth while.
Emil Neumer did not have to exercise a
great deal Of intellect. for Toms uncle
had intellect to spare and twenty-five
years Of experience behind IL. The young
man had only to realize that he was In debt,
that he was living beyond his salary and
that he could not gamble or get along at
all unless he did as he was told
Could he get aooess to the vaults In which
the Equitable kept policies given security /
for loans1 Why, yes. The man At n desk
near his, with whom he was on the best Of
terms. could open all suoh vaults. He had
only 10 get him to bring forth policy on
the pretext that he wanted to compare it
With his own hooks.
Next, according 30 the story OF the in
vestigators, Neumer brought to Sam Lobley
a list OF policies on which loans had been
made-loans that would not run out for
several months. From the list LObley
selected the $1,000 loan made 10 William
c. Cotton Of Brookline, Mass, on his $50. 900
policy.
Get that policy ont Of the vaults said
Lobley. and bring Il 10 me, with a supply
OF application blanks for loans. Then
AZ the bools 30 that they will not show
that a loan has been made on the policy.
Here are the two bottles OF acids that you
need for erasure.'
What happened thereafter has been told.
let Neumer have the Cotton policy. Later
he saw Neumer put back what appeared
10 be the policy but was only a dummy.
When an application for a new loan, bear
ing the forged signature Of Cotton, arrived
a few days later it was impossible, accord
ing to the Equitable oficerv for the man in
charge OF the loan department 10 know that
the policy accompanying the application
was already encumbered, 30 skilfully had
the books been doctored. When the check
was prepared TO be sent 10 Mr.. Cotton in
care Of the Equitable Office in Boston all
Neumer had 10 do was TO steal II from the
mail basket in the Broadway ONCE and
turn It over to Sam Lobley. As Il was
payable to the order OF Samuel Edwards,
the name Lobley bore in his dealings With
the Mechanics Bank OF Brooklyn, IL was
not hard 10 get II cashed.
That was In August last. When winter
came both Lobley aud Nsumer needed more
money and they thought IL safe TO try
again. The suspicious OF the cashier Of
the Brooklyn bank saved the Equitable
another $1,000 and caused the flight Of
Lobley, but Neumer stayed at his desk
The detectives at work on the case made
no move to alarm him. He believed. until
he was arrested, that they we're barking
up the wrong tree. He was married in
February, Just after Sam Lobley ran away,
and went to live at Os7 Eagle avenue, The
Bronx. There his young wife said yester-
day that she was sure he was innocent.
Il IL said that on the night after Lobley's
arrest bis wife was allowed 70 talk to him
in the Jail at stroudsburg, Pa. and that
eavesdroppinR detectives heard him tell the
wife 70 60 TO Neumer and tell him that II
he kept his mouth shut nothing could be
done to either Of them.
Thomas H. Lobley, Jr., seems 70 have
hs d q minor part in the affair and it is said
that he got none Of the booty. Neumer
and he were Srrsigned in the Tombs police
court yesterday morning, Mr. Iselin APP
pearing for the District Attorneys ONCE
and Allan MoCulloh Of Alexander a Green
for the Equitabs. The prisoners, charged
with heing suspicious persons, were held
In $4,000 hail for examination to-day. !
Afterward Mr. Iseln had a talk Of several /
! ours with Neumer and Mr.. McCuIloh |
said last night that the cler made q full !
confession.
There will be no more arrests. said I
Mr.. McCulloh. 1t Il also absolutely certain {
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