The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-16
ROTHBARTH SPURNS LIBERTY
BtNk SHI\DIER RETI SES 10
lIIEPT HII OFFER
ants to Have the Grass Grow over Him
says Almost Any 0ne Can Get
Money Prom New York Bankers
How lie borrowed Prom Them

Money Prom New York Bankers
How lie borrowed Prom Them.
Adolph Rothbarth. the hop dealer VINO
says he swindled the Mercantile aud
Liberty National banks ont 81 siOs OCsI
and lost $500. OOO in Wall street. waved
aside IN. friends who called al tho Tombs
to furnish tn. $50. OOO hail required by the
Magistrate for his appearance before the
Grand Jury.
Don't you want to get OUT he was
asked
No" h" replied Let me stay Let
IN" tax" NV medicine And let the grass
grow over 10 all
Rothharth spoke as one without hoI..
when h" conferred yesterday afternoon
with his counsel. ~ Judge Dittsnhoefer.
whose acquaintance with HIM grew ont
of heir membership IN the lI"d"rkrans.
10 ia. report that RothhArth might change
has plea Judge Dittenho-frr replied
II" - not indicted yet aud ~ i too
early - intimate our plan,
In has talk with the reporters Rothharth
said rmphaticalv thai he had made a
clean breast and that he had no hidden
resources There was reminiscent
fwlua" "a his eyes when he described how
easy II had h-"n to gst big money from
hArdh"ad''d men in charge 81 financial
institution.
District Attorney Whitman will refer
the cas-" To- n" Grand jury a. soon a.
pussIbi-. but he wants the whol. cas-.
submitted. Ind upon to-day's develop
mrut- will d-Js.ud whether there - to H.
immediate action The Grand Jury will
make thorough investigation 81 tn.
msthuds hy which Rpthbarih obtained
loans from national hanks and II any.
thing should d''y-lop 81 interest To- the
Federal authorities II will 49, the District
Attorney duty to report %
In" EASE WI,h which Won van dacsivc
"a" hanks aud financial institutions II
New Work. - ~ l'Culpu- sad RnthbArth b
Yesterday NJ Won ha =, 20 do - - - .
INTO tb. ufir.. ~ith u I,tt.rh,.ad uf "A rrpu-
table FIRM ~ vpyr ppckr' lr"v will tell 4
YOU 20 writ" something on - and sign vutIr
name Then vuu get Your money
4 l.ecame a Gust umer 80 th. Mercantile. /
\at IoBsl Bank through the invitation /
II an official and director 81 the hank
We would like very much 10 have J
yuu a. a Gust prl"T. he said - IA"
Why shtd !. ! might wau' som"
MONEY
Nur NAV hay" % b" replied
bu' / might Nan SIuu uIr' -itd
When yuu do b." answered 'unr .
q fHI.llltl anu VA ftIl' a''IlHIf fuf
as-.t- ana 'IabrlltIs,
And 90 September IaIs | lid ANY
body else a VA ~. l..tt,.-head 81 an ,.-taI.
Iish.d firm "a" dn III" same
After mention .ng thar hl- loss ~ Wall I
rect had h'-'u aiuut sbsl usFI Rpthhs-'h &
,a'i
Asa matte ~ fact attribute. INV con
iitlul day dtr-C'lv ." Theodore Rpps"
''N Il Wa~ b" who CAUSED the panic -
1877. which ~ turn placed me m rhl-
- Ia. 9
b" n millpnair"
a leading commercial agency rates ~"
II s5u HH and haven't Roi "A dollar | II
.Ev" made clean breast | haven't .
got a itl"nd and cant -ay that | want
me All ! " ant - to he let atone.
ko'hbarth h-l-v"- that h." has involved
h. foreign branches Of Rothharfh 4 60
e. wrpt" glowing letters abroad about =
b" condition Of IN" American branch
Nhsu Tat..utiy he got SllutsD from ms
,rOthrrS abroad they were under ia. I'M
,ressIuu that the American hoIs.. Wa
SOrth about $50 80. chiefly ia uristaud-
ng accounts Win thl~ money. obtained
or III" Hvuw"d purpo>" 81 moving n"
Iop crop. hothharth paid his indebted
lsss 70 IA" National Park Bank Roth ?
sarth's friends eay thai one of the prInCI- q
,al reasons for hrs ds-pOnd-nDv ~ that ,
- cannot tAc" ia" TrproaChes 81 th'.
'rothers whose trust Ia. has ht.traved -
Not withstanding Rothharth' : b-li.f tuat !
- hasn't n friend District Attorney Whit q
nan said last night that the PRISONERS
aciiitI-- for getting bal are such that v
m Application may h.. made, for an in Z
rpasa 4
Yesterday morning the prisQaerz :
epheW. \ Rpthbarth. who ~ conuec'"d 4
TIth Kuhn. Loeb a 90 and lives al 81 a
.,t~' SiNtI"th street, arranged for the r
arvIC"- of Judge Dit'enho"far a. counsel
n IN" afternoon m" nephew and Francs
DraZ 81 I22 Fast seventy second street
nd president ~ Francis DraZ A Go Of
= Hudson street called at the Tomhs :
ir Drazs offer ~ bail was refused .
alter when Judge Dittsnhoafsr came with
- secretary. Thomas r Clarity. and
'"nographar Rpthhar'h again declined .
D walk out Of prison
Schenck, president ~ the Liberty 9
'ationai Rank. had an interview with the ,
r1Soner IN the presence ~ Assistant Dis n
rIst Attorney Manley II related chiefly
n Rothbarth- ability 70 make good He
epsated that he had no assets whatever
his appeared To- 10 horne nu' nv n visit
iessrs Schenck and NIanlev made 70 the I
OF dealers office az "a " hitehaIl street ,
District Attorney Whrman's infor- a
lation "a that Rothharth's operations IN
Fall Street were through two brokerage
ouses. neither ~ them prominent.