The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-22
ACCUSED BOOKKEEPER DIES
GABRIEL. TRI STED EvPLOIEE.
nan TYPHOID FEVER.
Tie worked for Years for Leather Com
PAM which let His Accounts Go
AisaE without Inspection III
Hess Caused an InadN rrteni Exposure.

Adolf Gabriel. the bookkeeper who was
charged with the theft Of t3s. 725 from Ihe
Blatz Leather Company Of % Spruce
street. died on Saturday at his home ,
West i2?d street Henry Hanausr Of 3es
East Fourteenth street. the manager NJ
the Cafe Boulevard and Gahriel's only
intimate friend in this country. has taken
charge Of Gabriel's affairs Gabriel has
no relatives IN thus country. He said
yesterday that there il a possibility Of a
private settlement before the case gets
into court
-Of course " has not vet been proved
that Mr.. Gshrel took the money said
Mr. Hanau-r. hut I am satisfied that Mr.
Blatz and the other officers Of the leather
company are acting IN good faith. They
have the reputation 81 being perfectly
far. and I arm sur. that they would not
hav" made this accusation II they had not
hoen sure of what they were doing They
offered to show ma the for series Ivy viii oh
Mr. Gabriel - said to hav" stolen IN"
money. hut was satisfied that they were
right have known Gabriel Tor many
years and was shock 81 to hear the ,hsrgrs
against him
IL pusslhlr | am going 10 hav" IN"
matter settled out ~ court Ra'ho' than
haV" IN" case drag along for a great While
and he ohligrd to paw out n lot ut money
IN attorneys fees will make a private
zattlament Mr. Blat7 and his associates
have acted very cons d'ratrly thus far
and feel sur" that they will not rofIz"
anything reasonable.
1T ~ impossible for mo To say con.
tinued MIR Hanauer. just how great Mr.
Gabriel assets wer. They opened MS Safr
last Friday. hut don't know the exact
value Of the thlngp contained init There
waa some money. Jewslry. and various
documents including a life insurance
pohcy for $500. which was mad" out m
favor 81 his wife Sh' ~ dead The
value Of everything IN rh" safe might bE
nut at $1,000 just before he died Gabriel
had mo make out a check for 81 .jnn and
deposit IL IN his nam" II was just
matter q convenience. for Gabriel vas
then unable 10 write Whether thefH
are anv other hank accounts which Viii
make this amount greater hay" not Vet
learned
tjahriel had been "inplnvai hv he
RlatE leather COMPANY for ton Vear~
and all that tiine h. enjoyed the full
confidenc" of his superiors For sHrr"
time Gabriel was IN charge of tn" finances
ot the New YORK ~ 80 - IN" company
Milt III Srhlpss the treasurer. had n""n
arClrtOtnel - tllrn pNfT AtAtflfi arfN' -
signed in blank Gabriel was supposed
- ill them IN for the amounts which he
needed - rpnduCt the business m New
York and t. make an accounting -
Schlos- - completely Was Gabriel
trusted y - aid. that his hppk- w"r"
net sNarrinei for several wears
When Gabriel got typho "a fever several
WEEKS age Il was pruT- al that his books
no oVerhauleyt bat Their" WAS u't me
least suspicion that anything wrong
would b" found with them u was soon
discovered, however, that Soru"thIrc wr-
radically wrong The examiner found
he Said that the book N~eper had Sled
IN the blank checks for much larger
amOInt.. than he had indicated 81 the
stubs " was charged that Gabriel ap-
pTopTiat.Cl the difference for his own vs."
An attachment was NJ once ohtaiu.'
from Justice Con IN the supreme Court
for Glbrisl'- safe. accounts which h" had
with 'he Corn kTchang- Rauk and IN"
EauIt able Trust Company and al. tor
M. ~ 50 which had h""U hep slt.si "a
Hanauer- ram" IN was sdIi hat '4l-
sum had been r--C.lv'l h" ;'ttrG'. lr. m
\ ~trCk ! chang" '~W WIZ which u" hat
inst ~ 81 ~ Al &c. trIlist
~ criminal proceedings were taken
n -airs' Galf'l