The evening world., 1910-12-02
A MONEY MACHINE
THEY BUY, BUTT
MAKES NOTHING
Max and Lewis, Each Stung for
$1,000, Accuse Each Other
of Trickery.

Lewis IefkOwltz ana MAX SCHWARTZ,
east side business men, partners IN
pinochle and Billiards for fourteen
years. were arralgned against each
other IN yorkvllle Police Court to-day.
Max was a prisoner on Lewls's charge
thar Max had helped separate him from
$1,000 by trick and device.
II appears that the friends went into
partnership TO buy n machine for manu-
featuring money from MI ex-employec
Of the Treasury Department. This Ii a
variation of the old g~reen-goods game.
In this particular instance both
Schwartz and Lefkowitz declare they
were victiinized.
AZ Lewis Tells II.
Their stories are almost Identical.
save that each accuses the othe- %
putting UP tho Job. Here Is the veg-
sion OF Lefkowitz. who is In the leather
business at No. 400 East Houston
street:
In October Schwartz comes 20 me
and tells me that he knows a man that
used TO work ~ the Treasury In Wash
ington and carried away a machine
that would make money. The capacity
% tho machine. no said. was slo,0Jo. He
suggests that We buy the machine for
$1,000 apiece. take 10000 out of II ana
split up the $500 proht.
Il meet Schwartz at the Waldorf
on the night Of Oct. II. Schwartz in
PRODUCES me to a man with n package
under his arm. This is the man with
The none machine. lie says the Wal
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go 10 Madison Square TO do our bust
ness.
ION tho way down Fifth avenue 7 no.
tico that Max has got his bankroll out
Of his pocket and is sklnning some bills
on. That makes me suspicious. but I
think maybe he had more than 5000 in
the roll and was sklnning II down TO
$1,000. We all three go to a dark place
In Madison Square and the stranger
slips me the package and we hand over
our bankrolls. / never saw the stranger
since.
I'VE walk over to Twenty-fourth
street and Avenue a. and Max 80 ysests
/ operate the machine and get some
money out Of Il. I unwrap the machine
and turn tho crank and nothing but
Nnlte phper comes out.
YOU'D think Max was stung the way
he was surprised. He put up an awful
boiler and said we were both suckers,
hut we shouldn't say anything about Il.
] kept quiet and was good friends with
Max. but ] got more and more suspicious
aud yesterday ] went to Headquarters
aud told how ] was trimmed and they
advised me TO have Max arrested"
Now Listen to Max.
Here In the story of Max Schwartz, a
decorator. with an establishment at No.
ai2 East Eighth street:
In October Lewis comes TO me and
says he has an old friend that used TO
work In the Treasury in Washington
and got way with u machine like the
Government uses for making money.
II go up to the Waldorf on the night
of Oct. 20 and meet there a stranger
who Is introduced by Lewis as the man
with the money machine. The stranger
says the Waldorf Is too public a pla q
and suggests that We go TO Madison
Square.
ION the way down Fifth avenue |
notice Lewis peeling some bills on his
bsnkroll. l figure that II Lewis Is 20.
Ing to double-cross his friend | can
declare myself In. 80 ! skinned $500 OF
OF my roll. We so to a dark place In
Madison Square and slipped our rolls
10 the stranger. and he handed MS the
machine wrapped M In paper.
we take the machine over 10 Twen-
ty-fourth street and Avenue A. where
We take the paper of and Lewis sug.