New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-08
Some Of His Big Checks.


Some Of His Big Checks.
"Zeller" turned into the Italian-Amer-
lean Trust Company on May ~ l9o9'
q check drawn on the Hanover National
Rank 70 his credit for $1,000. signed by
Eugene Meyer & Co.. No. u wall street
per Charles Theurner." on May "a lie
deposited a check on the same bank.
signed in the same way, and apparently
certified. for 5000.
shortly after June he withdrew the
greater part Of his deposit and disap-
reared. The office boy whom he hired
| to tend store for him at the time LOUIS
Levine. was taken to Headquarters last
night and from a long line of men lie
ricl.ed out Schutzberger as "a. Zeller'
/ his employer
| AGENTS of the American Bankers AS
ISOLATION and the police of New forh
and all the other cities mentioned nave
heen searching for these alleged torsers
for five years. At various times VIII
resses bank tellers. office boys ana
others who could identity the cuipri'S
have been brought to New YORK from
other cities and turned loose on the East
Side while the American Bankers AS
sociation paid their bills, but WITHOUT
hoirs able TO recognize in the teemlnS
life of that section the faces Oh theli
orarrv. The case seemed such Dali
fling one that Commissioner DousIlei'S
and 1nspector Hughes gradually took the
failure TO break up the gang as per
.onal matter. and gave it their personal
o,tortion Their elation over last night )
results can, therefore, be lmasliieo'
Forqed Checks Held by Police
I1ore are a few of the forged chech'
iii, which the police will confront thel'
...,aooors. JuIv I. 1906 $1,000, drawn Oh
the Knickerbocker Trust company, ma
lam branch. and signed schiiliu'
n~nohue". october >. 1906, $1,000, drawn
-, tho Columbia Bank of New YORK ana
.;,,rod Herman Brand; October .
,ooG go 100 drawn on the Union Ex-
l,,a,,,,o National Bank and signed wv. l..
c,ope 3, CO.; February ., l9O'' SZ'ooo'
drawn on the Peoples Bank Oh ne"
YORK and signed j. Gamport d o. >
t,re o. 1907, $500. drawn on the
vor,,vi1e Bank and signed 'Fiss. Doerr
9. CARROLL. July o, 1907, $500, on Mer-
a,ntuo National Bank. signed 'Fiss. Ooer
! G. Carroll; July Q. 1901 S3,SoV drawn
on the same bank with the same sigma
t,,re. August -. 1908. $1,000, drawn on
u,o ctate Bank of New York and signed
oNeinstein & LURE 1.-TWO men were ar
rested for this forgery in Brooklyn re-
Gently and indicted, but were turheu
loose at the behest of commissioner
Do,ober,v,. November rs. 1905, Sl,ooo'
drawn on the Northern Bank oil ne"
work and signed Contain 81 co. no
yor,her ~. 1905, 81, 100, drawn on the
Essex County National Bank Oh ne"
rersev and signed "F. T. Fearey De-
oen,her III 1905 81, 600, drawn on the
Rank OF the Metropolis ana sished
Frederick Ludwig & Co.; May 10
1909. 5000. drawn on the Hanover Ma
tional Bank and signed Eugene meyer
g. co... April 10. 1910 S4S25, drawn on
the National shawmut Bank OF Boston
and signed Allen Nichols q co. Au-
gust 2s 1911, $500 drawn on the Co
umbia Trust Company and signed D
:. DLano"; August %, loll' H'oo'
drawn on the Fourteenth Street National
Bank and signed Jacob Kuyitzky'
BY Withdrawing their deposits between
tho LIST and 10Th of "A given month the
forgers escaped with their money before
the monthly settling of accounts ana
balancing of bankbooks by the various
hanks an which the spurious checks were
drawn. And by leaving small balance
in the hanks of deposit in each instance
,hev allayed suspicion in that quarter
IN coma. time after they had been able
To- cover up their tracks
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