New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
u,mnarjan Police Intercept
Letters Fugitive Treasurer
Writes Back Home.
gnLLATH READY TO RETURN
roun Official, Known on East
Side as Lawyer, Gives New
York Swindlers S. 600
Hush Money"

,-- m q charge Of grand larceny. It
,,-,ves that il deserves 10 rank with
,,ne more famed institutions o. its
hind Il not only got its man after
,,-,e waiting and trouble. but also re-
,oVered nearly all Of the alleged loot.
with --ollath It was a case Of easy
corne easy go. for three swindlers got
4,ou1 him $1,000 OF the stolen money.
.,5 that was the part that was not re-
covered.
The story Of this interesting interna-
-ionsl game OF hide and seek came 70
l;rAt bv the fling yesterday in the Su-
rrsrne Court by Morris Cukor, counsel
so- Alexander de Neuber, the Austro-
zz-,ra-iau Consul General. in this city,
g aigcontinuance petition 10 set aside
e certAin lease
Eo1lsSh was the treasurer Of the town
- Erzsebetfalva. near Budapest On
March % he disappeared with 10000
k-onen in cash and 23.O0O kronen in Sc
,,,-4.,es belonging to the town. The
+orsl theft was about s10500. The de-
-ar+ives got busy at once. Kollath left
behind q wife and several children and
The police set a watch on them
Watch Wife in Europe.
The wife moved TO the town Of Ireg.
where Joseph Izaly. her grandfather,
US the Mayor. The detectives contin-
,,e1 10 watch her there On June Il
Izslv received q letter. from New York.
The letter bore the heading 'fnis-ns :
,ionsI Information Bureau" with ad-
s-ess st No. pa Avenue A and was
signed bv Dr.. Ernest Kern The writer
asked Izaly for information about Mrs.
Kollarh. promising the Mayor 800 kronen
eo- the Information and showing the
writer's good faith by inclosing 10 iro-
nen
Before that letter got TO the hands Of
Nsvo- Izaly the wide-awake detectives
had taken e copy Of Il. sealing II UP
aEafn and forwarding II TO the ad-
dressee- Also they got a Photographic
COPY Of the Mayors reply, in which he
asked Dr. Kern for some information
about himself. After awhile another let
Ter came addressed 10 the Mayor and
u
Kollath.
The detectives intercepted those, too
They were from koIlath. He explained
1hat under the name Of DR. Kern he had
set I'd Offices at No 247 Avenue A, and.
prst ending TO be a lawyer. was giving
advice to his compatriots Of the East
SIDE. That is why he assumed the de-
gree OF doctor. He went on to say that
he was sending one John Zarad from
New York &c Hungary, 20 bring his wife
and children 10 this city. Zarad, he eX-
planned, knew nothing about his being a
fugitive from justice He instructed his
wife 10 bring along 10000 kronen that
he had left behind.
Easy 70 Bribe in New York"
Mrs. Kolath was 10 meet the eInissary
az the White Horse Tavern in Budapest,
and come 70 this country, taking the
name Of Zarad and passing as his wife.
% avert trouble with the immigration
authorities. KoIlath even suggested, 1t
may be good thing TO get divorce in
Hungary and on your arrival here you
can marry ne as Ernest Kern, because
II America you can bribe everybody,
particularly the police
AS soon as Zara6 arrived in Budapest
he was arrested He explained his inno-
Cence If the proceeding. gave the detec-
tives the password he was TO use, and
identified q Photograph Of Kollath as
Kern. The detectives then had their
idenrffcatiou complete and went 10 the
town Of Ineg and arrested Mrs Kollath-
Che had 5000 kronen in her possession,
which they confscated.
Order Arrest by Gable.
Sure Of their man, the Hungarian de
tectives then cable6 10 the Cousul Cen
eral for the apprehension OF Kollath. He
vas arrested on September /. and Com
missioner Shields committed him TO the
Ton1bs 10 await extradition. He viii he
sent back on October 6.
And the while Kollath was placing the
gives vn his own wrists in Hungary and
thinking that he was fooling the au-
rho1cies there, he also was getting him
self in badly in New York one day
while II 2 sUggestible frame Of mind
three trpostors got So 600 from him
Two Of the swindlers represented them
selves as immigration officials while the
third said that he was a detective. They
pretended that they knew something
about KoIlath and threatened that unless
be gave them money they would arrest
him Thinking that this might be true,
Kollsth gave them the ''nush money"
i -
Having made that good investment as
Kollath believed, ne sought another way
OF putting TO good purpose the remainder
of his money. Mrs. Anna Mueller had a
nine years lease on the house No. 247
Avenue A. where Kollath had his head
quarters. The house belongs 10 the
Astor estate. and is valued at 5000.
Kollath gave Mrs. Mueller $1,000. as he
thought, as purchase money for the
house. whereas he was buying only the
leasehold Then Kollath, TO keep his
property out Of the hands Of his govern
merit transferred Il 70 one Isador Braun.
The Hungarian Consul General brought
an action 70 set aside the transfer OF the
tease and fled q lis pendens against the
property. But Braun gave up the prop
efty Of Kollath without the necessity Of
suit, wherefore the discOntinuance peti-
ton was fled yesterday
As for Kollath, he has waived extra
olusn, and IN view Of this as well as
because he has made restitution" the
hungarian government will deal lightly