New-York tribune., 1910-07-29
MAY IND|CT WIDER TODAY
Grand Jury Gets Evidence OF His
Dealings with Broker.
GINSBERG NOT A WITNESS
Lawyer of Missing Cashier Sees
EIr. Mott, but Is Not Required
to Testify.

The grand jury completed in snort OF
Yesterday its investigation into the case OF
Erwin Wider. the cashier OF the local
agency OF the Russo-Chinese Bank. VINO
got away with about SS5o.o0 OF honos aIiu
stocks from the bank An lnolc1i1eht
charging grand larceny is expected 10 be
fled against Wider IN General Sessions 70
dav. Acting District Attorney Mott saio
last night that the investigation was closed
. and that nothing more would be done bS
the District Attorneys office IN the 1Ila'tel
until Wider was arrested
a -enc-- was current about the Cr1TI1lrlai
Courts Building Yesterday that the missing
cashier had been seen in White Pans
Nfr Mott said that the detectives on tle
case reported 70 him that they had no ci7"
as vet 10 VTIder-s whereabouts Ii was uli-
ejersrcoG. however that detectives were
watching the house Of relative OF Aloer
n White Plains in the hope Of finding MN
there
Al The home OF Mr.. and Mrs Z {. Noeel'
the parents Of WIdeT's wife No -'o' " eI'
e-sr exenue The Bronx II was said yes
terdav that the family had moved three
da7-s ago presumably TO White Plains IL
was said by other tenants that WIDER Eeo
often been seen entering and leaving the
voeeys, fiat since the search for hlIn had
e,ee77r- and Il seemed strange 10 fheIn Jhat
he had not been arrested
Only Two Witnesses Called.
The only witnesses called before the
r-~an6 Jury were carl Schulz, acting man
aser Of the Russo-Chinese Bank asefcS- Sai'-
T-s-5 = shaw. manager of the brokerage
firm o. Dick Brothers & Co, win NIlI0h
Wider r;I1 1!n one hundred shares OF baio-
,7av The Indictment was sought On tnat
,---f,7,ya- deal Nh Shaw was supposed TO
I,az-a testified in detail in regard 70 It. ana
asneciaIlv as 10 any power OF attorney
Wider might have displayed aullolI%Il7
him 10 act for the bank
..T attended this morning before the gTaIlo
iury." said George :. Graham colinSel IoT
the brokerage firm. with q witness from
Dick Brothers & Co. who proTed me r.
,,airr Of three certificates. one 1or ll-lS
shares one for twenty-five shares ana Ills
other fn- twenty-five shares. Baltimore O
ohio Railroad stock These certificates had
Endorsed on each an irTevocaole Po"1 o-
ztro-ne1-. were placed 10 Wider's credit and
were subsequently sold for his account
understand that q true bill was found
zrs5rs- Wider There have been no 1uT-
+f,e- daveIoDrnents Il the matter Later L
may Ia able 70 say more. but ct ThIs time,
,,erEinr- investigations I am making, that
Is all ] can say
Ny Mott said that he had been told that
Wider had kept an active account OF about
s20ep with Dick Bros. q Co, but did not
know how recently the account had been
eIosed- Nr Not- said that the Russo-ttll-
.lese Bank officials knew where all the Sc
k11rities had been put up by Wider de salu
there were five or six firms ali told with
which Wider dealt
Asked r he knew whether these firms
now retained any OF the securities, M
Mott said: - assume that before Wider
-an awav he sold out and closed his ac-
counts. or + he was on the wrong side OF
The market he left the securities with the
brokers"
Ginsberg Long with Mott
Leon 3. Ginsberg. Wlder's counsel had a
long session with AIT- Mott IL the District
Attorneys Office yesterday, but was not
called ou 10 testify before the grand jury
NJ. Mott said thar S5insherE inttmated TO
him that ne knew where Wider was, but
declined 10 say where, on the ground that
lis relation with his client was a conf
dental one. and that any conversations
they might have had Were privileged
M Mott said GinsberE told him that
Y derss physical condition was very bad
the last time he saw him. and that when he
had -ecained some OF his strength he
probably would give himself UP, unless he
u2s found IN the mean time. &r- GinsbeTg
told the District Attorney that he had no
idea now Wider got away. M Mott said
that Ginsberg5s point in regard 70 a conf
dental communication was well taken, and
-har his testimony, at any rate, was not
needed before the grand jury 70 make out
q case.
Cstnsberg had been subpHnaed for the
grand jury, and when he reached the
Criminal Courts Building he was accom-
rsanied by Moses Grossman, Of the firm Of
House. Norhaus & Grossulan, whom he had
retained as his personal counsel Ginsbe-g' s
counsel went away before IL was decided
not 10 cali him before the grand jury.
Mystery Of a Taxicab-
Mr.. Mott asked Giusberg about fTf0-1na-
+ion he had received that Ginsberg had
rzker7 Wider IN a taxicab 10 the Fordham
sraticr of the New York Central last Sun
dsx A chauffeur told the detectives that
he had taken C7insberg. Wider and another
nan 10 the Fordham station on Sunday
from the house a. Mount Hope Place M.
Nott had the chauffeur al the District At
to~neyss Office yesterday. ana also Two
women who live next door 70 Wider. who
said they saw the three men drive away in
he 1axicab. None Of them was positive
that Wider was one OF the men
GtnsberS said that he had hired the taxi
cab on Sunday with the Intention Of taking
Mrs Wider and Mrs. Ginsberg for Z drive
lie said another taxicab was constantly
standing near the house, and lie under