New-York tribune., 1910-07-23
BONDS WORTH $4,000
STOLEN FROM BANK
lovaI Agency of Russo-Chinese
Institution Sends Out
Warning.
MANAGER is ON VACATION
yo One Knows When Securities
We're Taken, and Suspicion
Rests on Several
Hen.

rsT00e0 from the agency Of the Russo
chinese Bank. at No - Pine street. was
announced Yesterday in warning sent
est from the agency against negotiating
- purchasing any Of the bonds given in
Hst accompanying the notice. The
-,ssing bonds include $4,000 Of the
s,ufbern Pacific Development Company
per cent bonds. $4,000 Of Union Pa
,,sc As. $4,000 Of Southern Pacific con
re-.i6ls Is and $1,000 Of Norfolk &
western IS.
Jus how and when the bonds were
stolen was not known. st was said at the
agency yesterday None Of the employees
- the agency is missing Gustave
r-s-+z. TIE manager. started on vaca-
Hsn II Europe about ten days ago. but It
was said emphatically that Nj Gertz
vss not under the least suspicion Il
vss learned that detectives were shad-
nzfng some Of the employees. and that
npicion vas directed toward five or six
-sn who had keys to a large strong
boz 81 which the bonds were kept.
All inquiries at the agency Offices yes
tsrasy were referred TO Julius Goldman.
r steiahavdt & Goldman. No III
proadvag. counsel for the bank in this
civ 1I- Goldman at first declined to
ssr ANYTHING about the robbery. explain
,se thar he would have no statement TO
make further than the notice which had
bssr sent out. until he had conferred with
tbe local rep-esentatives of the institu-
tou
later. however. when no conference
TOOK place at his Office. as he said he had
exrec-ei IL would. he talked a little
about the case H said that Robert
F-onu=l and = man named Schulz.
ahose first name he did not know. had
been left in charge Of the agency during
N- Ge-rz's absence. Frommel and
s-hulz could not he seen last night AIr
Goldman seemed 10 know little about
thzm
Loss Disooversd on Thursday.
The fact that the bonds were miss
nE said 1Ir- Goldman yesterday. was
discovered on Thursday. They had been
ksrt In q large. strong box, and il was
ccstomz-y 80 take them 10 and from the
zesn-v each DAY to nearby safe &C.
POST c-1rzny's vault. Is there were 10
tzciH-sez Tor safe storage at the bank
The bonds belonged II th~ agency itself,
zr5 rhzr II was desired To make deliv-
e-es -- Thursday Of some of them that
had been sold The box was opened and
they were not there.
There were thousands Of dollars worth
r. other securities in the box which had
rsr been touched. whether the bonds
Vsr= stolen IN transit from the banking
oz-= -- the safe deposit company or
.ske- from The box during the day at
me agency IS not known No one had
had occasion 10 open the box for some
un5. and therefore l. Is not known when
-=E were taken.
Mr Goldman said that the police had
rct been informed. but intimated that
some n the employees Of the agency were
being closely watched. Asked If the
bonds H=-= supposed To have been taken
before NJ since E1r Cert went 10 Eu-
1o7e. be- said he did not know
B-r wish It emphatcally stated.
1s said mat 81r Gerlz is under abso-
.-tslg -- suspicion a thorough investi-
cation lf The matter is being conducted,
and b.. hope soon 10 learn when the
5ozls were taken and hy whom
no Appeal to Detectives.
The detective agency which represents
lie American Bankers Association had
not been called into the case yesterday.
The gassr-l-hinese Bank is not con
ne-ta5 sikh this association. bat it was
egp.sina5 hy the agency that most cases
II 1at KIND from outside banks were
brought % thetr attention for special
Consideration.
The notice sent out from the agency
Elgh The E5st Of securities was as follows,
Notice IS given and a.. parties are eau
ugne5 aes mss negotiating OF pUTcflaslhB
sHs ct the fcl=oTlrE securities ' l.lc;5 - @ -. =
her sfr'Hr from the agency oi tiie itlSS1
cf,n-ze 7ssrl IN sfif- citt located al 10 =
fi1e street ANY Information r'1Sat 'lliis -
.ane 7.3 be thankfully received ''s INC
sgencs
So-che-r Railway development ana gen
efai mortgage 4 per cent bonds. $i-9y9 seaoli
rs IS 80 10 = U5s inclusive nos -.ss1 ana ana
tss5 Sos IS ESQ 5s84l. 4S.o4s 1G,5s2, 4a,-
Wy 1853. 5.98T. e.os8 and lt-toe-
L-icr Pacific e0uE erfl1ie -P-. ta..55
sas ST. 600 each Nos Mas,syt, As.9zi'
~ NssEgt Afzsz37 M4s $40. M4z54l.
&53zHE RFs=@-E N5- T1z. M59.sle Mos.yos-
G5Fss- Hse $50. M49.456. MAs,44l: "a 40
-. -. hasss6 N5I55s MOI -. 90 Sd9''sySi &c
49, 1zef5a. Mzs.sS6 MAJ. '9s anu
soutrerr Pacific convertible per cent
eonds g 90 each. So 81, i57 TO S3.lt5, Dol"
sorf-lf q western per cent bond No
TIE mem banking house Of the Russo
Chinese Bank is ia ST. Petersburg. The
AeW York agency WIS established sew
eral years ago. and does mostly an eN-
Change business. Gustaye Gertz has
oeen the manager Of the local agency
Practically since it was opened.
oe3cers of the Greenwich Bank. from
the Herald Square branch Of which Wal
Ter u. Hail the paying teller. disap-
5eared Oh July 3 with about $33~o of
hs fun3s said YESTERDAY that no definite
e-e~ had been found as 20 the missing
ts-lers whereabouts William @ Dun
can. president Of the bank. said that he
f1nstoered the incident closed. IS the
eFsctors had made good for the amount
stolen
asked If Hall might possibly be rein
stated in case he returned. Mr- Duncan
saAd. II he returns with good excuse
~ his departure he will probably get
as job back. although that is matter
fer rhz 4s,-1+ - MSS uuOu and not