The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-23
Agency of Russo Chinese
Bank in Pine Street
Robbed Strangely.
MANAGER IS ON A vACATlO.I
No Clue 10 Theft-Stock EX-
change Notified, but Detectives
Not Called In Yet.

worth Of bonds had been stolen from
a strong box m which the securities were
kept The "NaCt time of the thpft ~
not known and none Of m" employees
~ the hank n was declared. ~ missing
Gustav G"rtz. the bank agent. left for
his vacation two weeks ago. and ~ his
absence a certain amount Of uncertainty
seems to surround the aconcyS saarcr
for the stolen binds
julius Goldman Of the law firm Vt Steir-
hardt \ Goldman at ~ Broadway. com
sci for the agency. dit all the talking
Tor tn" bank that was done yesterday
lie laid that not the slightest suspicion
had been directed toward Nr Cert.
hut he confessed that the bank was AZ a
complete loss 10 know where tn begin
its Investigation Up 10 yesterday after
noon IN" theft had not been reported
To the police and II had not been placad
IN the hands of any private detective
bureau Mr.. Goldman said that this
was because he wanted ~ find a starting
point before he entrusted the case to any
detectives. public or private, and hs
added that there would be no move toward
starting an Investigation ~ this kind
until to-day
Al the same time when the lawyer was
asked whether any one was already under
suspicion and whether he was having any
one watched he said that h" pref.rrei not
TO answer
The parent Office NJ the Russo Chinese
Bank il IN ST Petersburg. and u does a
large business in china and MAnchuria.
The agency here NJ 81 Pine street has been
in existence for several y"ars and for
most of that time MIR. Gsrtz has been In
charge The vacation for which he left
recently has been known about for some
time he had made his plans to 90 away
and al his friends knew that he wa going.
They said yesterday that he was in Europe
somewhere. hut they didn't know his i'm
mediate address. 81 thar they couldn't
communicate with him about the theft.
The first intimation that Wall Street had
that these bonds had disappeared came
through notification To the Stock "a
change. 4 few moments later the rew-
was sent out at Mr.. Goldman \ suggestion.
over one IT the ticker services. This last
announcement was ~ follows:
Notice j. gwen and all parties are eau
toned against negotiating or pup hasiur
any of the following securities. vhi,h
have been stolen from the agency Of -
Russo I hines, Bank IN this CITY. luUH'"I
AZ - Pm" street. Any Information r"-
garding the same Will he thankfully To-
'eived ~ the agan,y
Southern RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT and gen
"ral mortgag" per cent. bonds. si,Htr
each. Nos t~u71 t. tsui1 inclusive. Nus
gnt and ,pIs. Nos is"1o. 'SnII iNnsS. I6s>!.
tSnaH 1888 NFl1 .urls and .,HE
mon Pacific convertible Z Per cent.
bonds o. .01O each Nos M-igpu5 M-ol.l.
M.'S1,a. M-57717. M-577gc. M-is>po. Nj
rs. M-Isiai. M-'e'77, M-'olIo. M-tcsu.
M-jNo5. M-I'SIS M-5779I. M-joaIo. VI
'peoa. M-Iasaa M-19t15. M-iaSaS M-a0itl.
M-IJs97. M-6aSSU M-5551s. M-S7305. VI
5oooS. Misses. M-ipi2 M-IPt36. Mecca
and M-Ia'aa
southern Pacific convrrtihl" rcr cent.
bonds. tI.o"0 each. Nos s"tr5 20 soi6S. both
inclusive.
Norfolk and Western PER cent bond
No g:g5
Mr. Goldman said yesterday that all
these bonds were the property Of the
bank itself and that they were not col
lateral
The agency of the bank II on the second
floor Of 81 Pine street. There was no one
there who WAS willing 10 tell anything
about the disappcaranc" Of the bonds
and inqulrers were referred To their
lawyer. Mr.. Goldman said that although
he had been retained ~ counsel for the
agency for some time this was the first
time that he hal be.n called upon to act
and he was not AT all familiar with It's
affairs.
In the absence Of Mr.. G~rtz there were
two men named Frommel and schulz
Mr. Goldman said. who we're IN charge
He didn't know their titles or their fun
names Some on" from the hank hai
oome 10 the lawyer yesterday and had re-
ported that they mIssed the bonds on
Thursday. when they hal occasion to
make the first examination Of the con-
tents Of the box for ten days or more
This box was carried every day to AMI
fro b"twc~n the banking agency and
safety deposit company The lawyer
wasn't willing to tell what concern tfis
was But IN the box were kept great
many ~ tho securities az IA" Compa y
and Ia it, lock several men hal key
Gertz. Frommcl and SChulz we're amorg
the-. and Goldman didn't know how
many keys were in existence IN" Of
/ fetal who went TO the lawyer with tu.
story Of the missing bonds saiI tha.
/ they had searched everywhere th"y cou'.
think ~ and that there was no trace 81 ~"
securities. They had simply drpppct ou,
| OF sight.
| There was nothing To show. apparently.
whether the joh had been don" With,
the strong hoX was being cart"i through
| the streets a. the beginning and end -
7 each business day or whether som" ,r.r
hal secured access to- the ho1 wi.I.c
was in the agency. IN" lawyer wa. o.,
I quite sure Of the ag"ucy's AT" kc,..
facilities hut he WAS certain the '!
we're vo at-,lua'" vaults f.r Ii.I.. .
storing ~ tsvurIfI--.
! The fret thing Mr. Goldman did We -