The sun., 1908-03-22
COL. VON SCHIEMANGK, CROOK
WHEN GERMAN rs DONE WITH
H:M HE'S HANTED HERE.


Deserted Twice From Uncle Sans Army
and Cheated the Post Onlce at Fort
WadSW Orth. staten Island. out Of
Money -WOnted 10 German Prisons.
The post Office inspectors who were on
! duty here ten years ago have recognized
an old friend Ia Sol Won SChiemangk,
U. $. A. whose swindling record in Ger
many and his recent sentence to three years
In the penitentiary with five years loss
Of civil rights and perpetual police super
vision we're recently told Of in THE SUN.
The inspectors searched the records in the
Federal Building, and besides uncovering
his interesting history in this country
they found that warrant issued for him in
lso0 for fraudulently obtaining the pay
ment Of postal orders was still good, as
be jumped his bail soon after he was ar
rested, He is also wanted for twice de-
serting from the army.
The mans real name was Max Won
Schiemangk, and he was shipped to this
country IN 1880 by his father, hotel keeper
at Luckau, Germany. He worked here
as waiter. cowboy and newsdealer. and
in 1899. having had military training in
a German school. from which he was ex-
PEELED for cheating, he Joined the First
Artillery Corps at Fort Wadsworth.
Schiemangk soon made the acquAint-
ance Of Dr. II. p. Lewandovsky, then living
at 4 West Eighth street DR.. LewandoWsky
was organizing volunteers TO help the
Cubans fight Spain. Won Schiemangk
represented himself az Capt. l.. johnson
Of Fort Wadsworth and drilled Dr. Lewan-
dowskys volunteers for a time. The
doctor said he wanted 10 get some uniforms
for his soldiers. and 'Capt. Johnson told
him that an auction sale Of rejected uni
forms was to ne held at Fort Wadsworth
on April IS. 1895. and he knew he could
get enough for siOo to supply DR.. Lewan-
dowsky's soldiers. The doctor baked at
paving all the money in advance and the
two compromised on money orders
DR.. Lewandowsky got two money orders
for the amount and made them both pay
able 10 Capt. l.. Johnson at Fort Wads-
worth. Won Schiemangk had instructed
the post mail carrier TO deliver TO him any
letters addressed TO Capt. Johnson 90 he
got the official notice that the money or
ders were at the Roeebank post ofioe.
p. j. Herman, who has sincs died, was
then postmaster at Rosebank. When Won
Sohiemangk presented the orders to be
cashed the postmaster was short Of money
and told the bogus captain that be would
have 10 wait. Won Schismangk was in
such a hurry that he got Emil Manzel
hotel keeper at Rosebank. TO cash the
orders after Manual had been to the poet
Office with the soldier and been told by the
postmaster that the orders were GOOD.
The hotel man collected from the post
Office later.
Before the day announced by Won Schie.
mangk for tho sale Of uniforms DR.. Lewan.
dowsky learned that there wasn't to be
a saAe, and furthermore that Won Schie-
mangk wasn't Capt. johnson. Won Schie-
mpngk was then indicted by the Federal
Grand Jury in Brooklyn and arrested,
jumping his bail few days later. On
the ground that the postmaster had made
payment on a money order made out 20 A
fictitious person and had not taken propar
precautions to identify the payee the post-
master was held liable for the amount
and DR.. lewandowsky got his money back,
The postmaster's friends then appealed
to Congress TO pass an act returning the
tlOo TO the postmaster, but nothing came
Won Schiemangk. who had fIed 10 Gar
many. swindled a number Of women there
and after serving three years In prison
he came hack here and enlisted In the enRi-
neer corps at Fort Hamilton. Where ha
wasn't recognized as deserter and A fIISi.
tive from justice. Early in 1899 one Cant.
Foss, a retired German naval ofBoaT N.
iered through Ambassador White az Beriin
70 sell the American Government a ouGn-
tity OF military stores. Although the
correspondence relating. 70 the ODER was
semi -oonndential, Won Schiemangk heard
OF u In some way and wrote to Capt. Foaa
under the name Of sCol. Max Won Schis.
mangk. Corps Of Engineers, Fort Hamil.
ton, Offering to negotiate the aale OF tha
etoree TO Q South American or Central
American Government.
Capt. Foss reported to Ambassador
White, who wrote here to find out about
'Col. Max Won Schiemanek.' The Fsd.
eral authorities then looked up Won Sohie-
mangks record, and just when they were
ready to arrest him he deserted and went
back 70 Germany. He hadn't been there q
month before he was arrested again for
Word Of his arrest reached the FedaraI
authorities here and Post Once Inspector
Ashe and Wheeler we're cent 70 Berlin
armed with authority 10 bring Won Schie-
mangk back II he was not held on the charge
for which he wus arrested. Chancellor Won
BueloW was appealed 10 by Ambassador
White 70 surrender Won SohiemanRk to
the American authorities, but the Chancellor
said that Won SchiemanRk would cartainlv
be convicted. He advised the recall Of the
Post ONCE inspectors, because II at anv
time the German Government decided Ia
hand Won Schiemangk over to this country
the authorities there preferred 10 send him
over In care OF the captain Of German
ship.
The Federal authorities had lost all track
Of Won Sohiemangk until they read TEE
suns recent story. II u likely that an ar
rangement viii be made TO have this country
informed when Won Schismangk Is about
TO be released from hls present sentence,
IN order that hs may bo prosecuted for hii
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