New-York tribune., 1910-07-26

| Wider ii won't be necessary TO searcf
for him. because the minute he is indict-
ed he Will give himself up
The lawyer seemed to be extremely
positive of his clients position. and prac-
tically said that he was in communi-
cation with him or could easily connec'
with him.
Mr. Ginsberg said there was q gentle
mans agreement that Wider should not
be prosecuted; that his name should no'
be made public. and that he should no.
be put under surveillance for at least
! twenty-four hours. In return for that
Ginsberg said, Wider gave the bank q
| list of the securities pledged with brok-
erage houses which belonged to the bank
and also gave them an address. pre-
sunlably his home. Ne, 81 Mount Hope
| Place, The Bronx, where he could be
| reached.
Wider Had Grown Suspicious.
t But Wider. it appeared yesterday, had
been suspicious Of the apparently gener-
Gus attitude Of the bank officials even
then, and the address he gave them was
not the place to which he returned when
/ he left the conference. Detectives who
| appeared at the address given some six
hours after the conference found nc
traces OF the missing cashier. and since
that time he has communicated with no
one except his attorney
Mr- Ginsberg said yesterday that even
he had not heard from Wider since last
Friday, but he was positive in saying
that his client was less than q hundred
miles from the city and that he would
surrender himself the moment he was
officially summoned by either warrant or
indictment
Mr.. Ginsberg made Il plain, too, that
he did not intend TO be put in the posi-
ton OF aiding a fugitive from justice to
escape the law, but intinaated that the
affairs Of the Russo-Chinese Bank were
handled IN such intricate fashion that
he was in no danger on that score as
yet.
He pointed out that no proceedings
looking toward an indictment had been
started by the bank officials and, further,
that so far as he knew not even q war
rant for Wider's arrest had been asked
for Ginsberg was bitter at what he
termed the breaking of faith by the
bank officials. They had given their
word that no attempt would be made to
prosecute Wider, he said, before the fall,
and possibly not then, if restitution Of
the missing securities was made and,
more than that, he said, they had agreed
not TO give out Wider's name in connec-
MIR. Ginsbers's Complaint.
For the publication of the description
Of the missing bonds and the manner OF
their disappearance he said he did nor
blame the bank in the least, because it
vas required by law to do that, but It
was not required he said, to make
wider's name public
Inspector Russell and the local police,
IN entering the case on the request Of
Markowski and the banks officials, lend
it it's Arst tinge of official and regular
investigation For the last week the
matter has shunted back and forth be-
tween the Offices of the bank and It's
counsel and the office Of Leon 3. Gins
berg, attorney for Wider, at No. l32
Nassau street.
Conferences, agreements and promises
Of Immunity and secrecy were all thrown
aside with the appeal to the police to find
Wider, and il appeared that for the
first time since the theft was discovered
the bank officials began TO fear yester-
dav that they might have difficulty in
ultimately recovering the securities
The regular detectives are taking UP
the clews where the private agency men
dropped them, but Ginsberg appeared
to be thoroughly confident yesterday
that his client, Wider, would not be
found until he surrendered himself vol
unfairly.
The State Banking Department hao no
power in the matter, il was SAID yes
terday at the New York office Of that
department, because the Russo-Ch1nese
Bank in New York did business as an
agency and does not accept deposits here
Inspector De Markowski, the travelling
auditor Of the st. Petersburg institution,
who is in charge of the investigation Of
the theft. declared that there were many
others concerned in the deal besides the
missing cashier
mo one else connected with the bank
is concerned.' he explained. but there
are others in this thing besides Wider"
The inspector would not go into details.
He explained that his idea Of the proper
way to handle the whole affair was with
the least publicity possible.
What is worrying the bank officials,
~ ic LnI; iG ba az tha
ties If they are stocks and deposited
as collateral with brokers, they can
probably be recovered. But if the Sc
curities valued at more than $500,000,
now supposed TO have been taken in the
final haul are bonds or other negotiable
securities, IT is possible that Wider or
a confederate might prevent their recov
cry By the bank unless he received q
promise Of immunity for the early thefts.
That would be Dcuglass's plan, but the
summons TO the police would seem TO
have made such an arrangement diff
cult IL not impossible.
The capital and reserve of the Russo
Chinese Bank Is given as s16,400 600. -.
BANKS OWN AFFAIR, he SAYS
Russian Financial Agent Has Nothing