The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26

New York, July 25.-such is the gen,
eral alarm sent out by the police to-
day for the missing cashier of the
Russo-Chinese Bank. although. oddly
enough. the district attorneys Office
said tonight that no aid had been
asked of it by the bank and that no
application for warrant had been
filed. But this contradiction is only
one In a series that have kept step with
every Development OF what is now ad-
mitted to be at once the most puzzling
and the most serious defalcation III
the history of Wall Street since Corne-
Illus Alvord stole s606,000 from the
First National Bank, served a term in
Sing Sing, and then retired to the Sc
clusion of princely country place.
Jumps to $6OO,0OO.
When the Russo-Chinese Bank first
made public the fact that it's strong
box was short, the amount was given
as $4,000, all in negotiable bonds.
list of which was furnished. This at
ternoon the amount suddenly jumped tc
s6oo,000, of which the additional
s520,000 is said TO be in stocks partly
owned by the bank and partly by it's
customers.
No positive statement has been made
yet as to. where the stock certificates
now. are or with what intent they were
stoten-Whether II was Wider's inten-
tion to hypothecate them with brokers'
as collateral for stock speculation or
I to realize on them and plant this
proceeds.
inspector r. MarkoWski, now in
tcnaree OF the New York branch of tho
DanK, says ne is convinced that Wider
had an outside accomplice.
t'Wfen Wider entered orr ap,n1oy
ne explained tonight, he was mod
est' exemplary clerk. Wlthln the past
year : Ieel sure tnat some man OF
strons personality has gained control
=, ~ MN anu changed ms whole persons
: an salisneo neo tnat WIDER did
not steai OF ms own voiition or on his
own ini.iative.
- is' perhaps, win nope OF laying
nalius upon the power VINO shaped the
sasn.er - nis oMn enus tnal the bank
mas mas ueait SO aelicately with Wider His
counsei ana Helshpor, L X. Ginsberg.
mas saia from the nrst mat the bank
was IN touch with Wider, and even to-
hisht' alter tne general alarm mad been
sent out. MI. dlnsperg reiterated: They
Know 1,, "nere ne IS Just as well as i do"
!, Gihsoeis was quick 70 supplement-
Us Inls s'aeeilienl q VIII Two quallncations
!. :. a. ne Wtstieu ~ uhuerstooo that IN
MS a..ehipts 20 arrive at an under
sIs slahuins WIN tne pank ne is not try
ihs 20 compound teiony, ana, second.
ne charges pad falth on the part OF
me e. oanK
" was intended to have my client
come forward at the porper time" said
tns attorney, 70 take his medicine;
pue Wlder onJected to being locked
up IN the Tombs this hot weather, when
ne might be unable to get bail. That
was wa, ms onls reason TOT Keeping out OF
ehe way.
Agreement Broken.
on the second count Gtnsberg spoke
Win emphasis. There was gentle
mems agreement that the loss of the s.5
securities was not to be made public
at this time" he declared The plan
was to restore them without loss TO
the bank IN the fall, but instead of
carrying out this agreement the police
nave been put on the case and have
been dogged by detectives.
want to say that it was not In
speCtor MarkowSki who Il discovered tha5fN
loss. He knew nothing of it, nor did