The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29
BROAD ST. BANKERS ROBBED.
RIOS. c. BUCK & 60. FIND FALSE
ENTRIES IN BOOKS.

1880 Drawn on Check signed In Blank
FOR Petty Expenses Put 70
Work During Clerks Vacation Ono
Clerk Arrested. Police Seek Another.
Robert B Snow, a young man who has
been employed a. a cashier by Thomas G.
Buck A Co., bankers at ~ Broad street, was
arrested early last night and locked up at
Police Headquarters. The charge against
him is grand larceny in the first degree.
Snow was indicted by the Grand Jury on
September Is on the complaint OF Henry 9.
Buck, a member OF the banking firm. In
his complaint, Mr.. Buck alleges that Snow
got away with $500. The police have been
looking for Snow for some time and petec-
tive Sergeant Farley arrested the young
man last night in Harlem. Snow, who is
a years old, lives with his parents in the
Lenox Court apartments at 14o West last
street.
Henry c. Buck said last n light at his
home, lSl Montolair avenue, Aontclair.
N. j., that Shows REGULATIONS " ould run
up to SO, 900. Mr.. Buck said that Shows
was not the only irregularity that had
been unearthed by the firm. He said That
, another arrest was expected very so on.
we first observed that everything wasn't
right with our counts In August, said Mr..
Buck last night. AN expert was put on the
books on August n. Snow, who had been
on a two weeks vacation, returned to the
office on the 18th, and on the following day
he disappeared. Snow made false entries
to cover up. his defalcstions. 1t was part
OF his work to pay the petty bills ~weincurred.
To facilitate this we signed blank checks
for him on the National Bank Of North
America, where we kept our account.
-On August 70 a bin for a carpenter WHIT
had done some slight repairing in our office
was paid by Snow. The bill was for only
81. Is. Snow entered the proper amount
on the stub Of the check book, but he made
out the check for 49, 500 and had 1t cert fed
He then deposited it to his wi account in
the Hamilton National Bank. in Harlem. anc
drew it all out on the following day witt
the exception of 90 cents.
This was a second check, we have learned
to cover a theft of the same amount, $500
that he drew in a similar manner before he
went on his vacation. As nearly as we
can learn, he lost the frst amount in play
iEg the market. Shows stealings begar
in small amounts just before last Christ
Xmas. His first theft was for $40 and the
seco nd for $50. Then followed a series OF
four checks for $50 each, and all of these
we're covered by the entering of small
amounts on the stubs of the check book.
The discovery Of Irregularities in Shows
accounts came about when our bank balance
was shown to be disturbed. When the
expert zane and Snow returned we then
found the certified check among our re-
turned vouchers. Snow wa an excellent
worker and was 50 dligent that the dis
covery OF his wrongdoing came as a shock
TO the members OF the firm"
Shows father and mother we're heart
broken last night over his arrest. They
said they had every reason 70 believe that
he was prospecting and making large money
in Wall Street. Snow went to work for the
banking house a year ago. Previous TO
that he had been a wine agent. He was
a familiar figure in Harlem and attracted
attention by his fashionable clothes and
diamonds and the lavish manner in which
he spsnt his money. He h 81 athletic build
and was one Of the best oarsmcn on the
Union Boat Club crew. He had scored
several victories in single scIll races on
the Harlem River.
Despite the fact that he left the banking
house suddenly and that the police were
looking for him, Snow has been seen right
along in his old haunts in Harlem. A
few nights ago he showed up without his
diamonds. and the fact was commented
on by those who knew him.