New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-20
VOGEL DIES AS
SIEGEL TRIAL NEARS
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tive plans can be made for the iune ei
The interment will be In Chleago' -uls'
Vogel insists upon as ptlNa'e
mony as possible"
Delay in Calling Coroner.
Though Vogel died about . O'Clock
there was some delay, which has not
vet been explained, in notifying th@
Coroner's Office, and II was afler am
ner before Coroner Hellenstein ana
his physician arrived at the MOTEL
where previously DR.. Foote, the mouse
physician. had viewed the BODY ana
agreed with DR.. Sternberger thar dea'h
was due TO natural causes.
This DELAY. it is understood, arose
from a belief that DR.. Sternberger
certificate as TO the cause Of death
would be sufficient without action by
tbe Coroner's Office. Ordinarily this
would be the case, but in the circum-
stances and the certainty that CUES
tions would be raised because OF the
criminal charges hanging over the dead
man. il was decided to notify the
Coroner. - ~
While the Coroner was still IN the
room where the body lay a little,
understood man dashed INTO the hotei
and demanded to be shown TO the
anartments at once. A clerk started
/ TO tell him he would have to be an,
nounced. but when another recognized
him he was al once shown TO the room,
after being assured that the report he
had heard was true-that Vogel was
indeed dead,
The other man was Henry Slegel,
who, on arriving at his uptown hotel,
heard Of his partners death, and broke
all speed limits and regulations racing
TO the Biltmore. Siegel did what ne
could to comfort Mrs. Vogel, and them
overcome himself, left the hotel.
Troubles killed Frank" he told a
friend 1.-THE poor fellow was not
well. and he was just bounded 10 death.
If nc had been given a chance, If we
had been given a chance, we'd have
cleared up everything, and Frank
would be alive. | don't know anything
about trials. can't talk, | cant
, think"
His Business History.
Vorel first appeared on the business
horizon Of New York fifteen years ago
In the packing business he haC
nmasscd a fortune, and when he came
here il was a question whether h
would enter one Of the largest privat,
DdnhlnE UOuStd OF ~ luAb NioAN+ Nv
was AN expert on foreign exchange
and his wide business acquaintance
made him a desirable man in an inter
national house, as did the S2.500,O0t
he had taken out Of beef and pork
For a time he hesitated between en-
tcring one of the best known houses IT
q Wall Street and pooling his issues
h with Henry Siegel. whom he had known
s in Chicago
Siegel had made a fortune in thu
l drygoods business in Chicago anC
q some time previous invaded New York
O opening a big store on Sixth az A
s the start the business was financial
- winner, and Vogel finally decided e
T Join fortunes with him, Siegel to lool
S after the merchandising and Nogel The
financial end of the firm. The frs
Z store was disposed Of after a while
S and then Siegel and Vogel founded the
. Fourteenth Street Store, occupying the
4 entire block front from 18th st. L
4 14th 81. on Sixth av.
B AS part of this store the banking
Z firm Of Henry Siegel & Co. was formed
e Siegel and Vogel being the partners
S II did general banking business, pay
ing Az per cent on all deposits, small
5 and large. They also acquired the
T Simpson Crawford Company. since re-
/ organized and divorced from all Siepel.
q Vogel influence; established the Mer-
? chants Express Company, the Henry
Siegel Company, Boston, and Henry
e. Siegel & Co., Wholesale, as well as the
. Siegel Stores Corporation, a corpora
, ton formed to hold the stocks Of the
Siegel-Vogel enterprises in New York
( and the Siegel- Cooper Company store
in Chicago, which through all the
troubles of the New York houses has
continued TO be a very profitable enter
prise.
The New York stores did well so far
as The outside world knew, until De-
cember 20 a year ago, when overnight
receivers were appointed for all the
New York enterprises and the Boston
house. Liabilities were then stated 20
be $500 900, of which amount $1,000
600 was due 20 $4,000 depositors in the
banking house Of Henry Siegel & Co.
Subsequent Investigations showed that
the Siegel enterprises had been bank