New-York tribune., 1909-06-17
BANK TELLER HELD
SAY HE TOOK S7I000.
Clerk of Jefferson Bank Alleged to
Hare Confessed-Races Blamed.

Paul Endemann, paying teller Of the Houston
street branch of the Jefferson Bank. accused oy
the police and the bank officials of having sIole'
about ST p,0 Of the funds OF that institution was
arrested Yesterday outside the office ef lawyer al
No 1912 Gates avenue Brooklyn, by DetecnFe Lieu
tenants McConville and Nelson. He was arralsne1
before Ma gistrate Crane IN the Tombs police court
and held in $4,000 bail. This amount was hxed oy
tho magistrate after McConville said Endemann
had confessed to him that he had taken at various
times $1,000.
The prisoner. who is more than six feet tall ana
built like a captain of hussars. had no statement
TO make Ex-Magistrate WahIe. his lawyer and
longtime friend of the family. said that no stare
ment Of Endemann's to detectives or bank of1cl4ls
was properly to be construed as confession
There is little likelihood that hail Will De 1uI-
nished and practically attempt VIII pe nad@ 10
obtain il before the preliminary hearing tomorrow
afternoon
Proposals made TO the bank. according 10
one OF its representatives, on Tuesday and yester
day to settle the for $1,000. These were maze
il was said by John H Steenwerth, lawyer at
the Gates avenue address, who said he represented
Endemann. That amount of money, he said with
the $4,000 bond under which Endemann was placed
would enable the bank TO come out of Its oifhculty
in good shape. These proposals were refused ana
the bank set McConve and Nelson on Steeh-
werth's trail They picked up Endemann yesterday
morning waiting outside the lawyers office he
was taken to Police Headquarters. ''rnusged
against his protest. examined at consloeraoie
length by the detectives ana IdheH u 'i7 A
court.
F;ndernanr according To everybody who has come
into contact with him. has a splendid reputa-
ton. Since his father, once prosperous dstllies
and a politician of some importance in Inc Bronx
committed suicide. and brother. after having eN-
perienced considerable family trouble also commit
ted suicide Paul has supported his mother and
sister and in every particular lived model home
and business life.
The only way in which the bank people can ac-
count for the disappearance OF such sums of money
is a theory advanced by Emanuel Eschwege.
LAWYER who represented the bank in court yester-
day-that Endemann several years ago took conf
parativey small sum in an emergency, and had been
playing the races since. losing large amounts
in an effort to straighten out his affairs. He did
not even v;s. The racetrack personally. far
can be learned. Eschwege and others say ne
placed bets through friend.
Nothing Of the usual wine. woman and song
game appeared in Endemann's life He tniled along
on 4 comparatively small salary, almost stintlng
himself in personal expenditures to support his
mother and sister. Among his companions and
business associates he vas known as a good fellow
but lust escaped the stigma OF "tghtWad' because
his family burdens we're known
According 70 the stories Of the hanks lawyer and
the detectives which In general agree well. Ende-
mann vas considered a model employe ny the bank
He was in charge OF the Houston street hrancn
as paying teller. at salary of $50 week he
was 10 have charge OF the new branch At ttth
day as the old branch was closed. Lieutenant
McConville SAYS that Endernann for several years
has been stealing considerable sums from the ar
counts under his care, Juggling the entries. The
bank used a loose-leaf ledger system. which made
il easy according 70 the detective, for the teller
to avoid discovery
State bank examiners went over his accounts iu
Nav but McConvills says Endemann was on the
lob helping them. and ny clever substitution Of
false leaves bearing false accounts for the true
entries escaped detection But according 70 the
banks lawyer. Endemann knew the time was ap-
proachiug when he must be found out as the
branch of which he was in charge TO be closed
necessitating general resdjustment OF the bank >
bookkeeping arrangements So. according to Esch-
weee Enden8nn began TO take large sums. IN
preparation for getaway
on Monday. the lawyer says. E2ndernann, finding
the branch bank closed somewhat unexpectedly. ap-
peared at Che main institution at Canal and For
syth streets and asked what had been done with
the Iedgers lie was told they rad been stored
away At that moment the cashier appeared and
asked him why he not at the new pace up
town Endemann said he his way 70 rhe
new branch He never went there. That night his
mother called UP of the banks people. very
much worried because her had not returned
home or sent word her. The banks offici ais
their suspicious aroused began an investigation,
which showed. they say, grave rregua rites. These
were confirmed the next day, they assert, BY the
approaches made by Steenwerth looking to set
tement
Endemann meantime had gone to Philadelphia
for day OF two. There he had companion. said
to be the man through whomS he placed the bets
in which the banks money is supposed to have
vanished He back TO this city on Tues
day night.