New-York tribune., 1910-07-28
GRAND JURY BEGINS
WIDER INQUIRY TODAY
Russo-ChineSe Bank Officials and
Stock Brokers To Be
Examined.
NO TRACE YET OF CASHIER
Acting District Attorney Inclined
to Think Accused Man Had
Accomplices in Big
Robbery.

The grand jury will begin to-day an in
vestigation of the case of Erwin Wider.
the erstwhile cashier of the local agency
of the Russo-Chnese Bank, whose disap-
pearance was followed by an announce
ment of the bank officials that he had con-
fessed he had stolen about $4,000 worth of
bonds and other securities from the local
agency.
Representatives of Dick Brothers & Co,
one of the brokerage firms with which
Wider formerly had a stock market ac-
count were subpoenaed yesterday to ap-
pear before the grand jury this morning
and the District Attorneys office was in
formed that they would appear Leon B.
Ginsberg, Wider's counsel, and E. de Mar
kowski, the inspector from the main once
of the Russo-Chinese Bank, in St Peters
burg, and other representatives OF the locai
agency also will be witnesses to-day before
the grand jury.
Meanwhile the Central Office detectives
fail to report any clew to the missing
cashiers whereabouts. Mr.. Ginsberg was
interrogated by the police, and he told
them positively that he had no idea where
Wider was at the present time.
Charles c. Mott. jr.. Acting District At
+ornav said Yesterday that the present
grand jury investigation would be oaseo
on a snecifc charge against Wider that he
had put up four hundred shares OF baIu-
more & Ohio stock with Dick Brothers q
Co. on May 22, which are alleged TO De
Dart of the stolen securities Baltimore q
Ohio shares at that time were seihns a'
from Jos to H. which would make their
value approximate $4,000
Stock Deposited as Margin.
Whether the stock was put up with the
brokerage firm as margin or was SOFA OUT
right for Wider, Mr.. Mott said was mat
ter for the grand jury to find out he hdo
been Informed, however, that the slocA
WAS placed to Wider's account as margin
with the firm Wider had Admitted th'S
particular transaction in his confession 10
the bank officials, Mr.. Mott said, ana lne
brokerage firm had also admitted the
transaction with Wider.
I'VE are not concerned at present WIN
other transactions Wider may have hao
with Dick Brothers & Co or with oliieI
firms" said Mr.. Mott FIRST we WANT ~
make out one case against the cashler oii
which to base an Indictment Tne1e Is ho
evidence so far in the District AttoIiey >
office TO show that any of the nrnnS viii
which Wider dealt knew Ihdl 'iiC|
handling stolen property This kno"ieus
7ro,,1d he essential 10 show criminal Intent
in snv criminal proceeding against 'h7
brokers involved IN the case
Mr. Mott said he had been INFORMED tila'
Wider had no general power OF attorney
from, the Russo-Chinese Bank, but only
li-nited power to sign checks ana puI
otrer small matters Gustav Gertz, man
oger of the local agency, who Is now IN
Ir,,rone on his vacation, was the only per
cor, ar +he bank vho had general power
~ attorney. according to Mr. MOTIFS 'n1or-
nation. Mr. Mott said that nelther MI
c,insberg nor any one else, as seemed 10 0s
+he general belief, had told him thar "lo4r
cor,1d he found easily and would give nm
self I'D as soon as an indictment "aS
.o,.,d AGAINST him and 4 warrant issued for
his arrest.