The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-11-05
ACCUSED OF TAKING
GOVERNMENT BONDS
Louis Glicksman Arrested at Y. NJ. c
A. in Detroit.
CHECK FOR s3,9O5 AT ISSUE
Charged With Having Misappropriat
ed the Money for His Own Uses

I
Glicksman, until recently chief
voucher clerk at the Port Terminal,
will probably arrive here today from
Detroit, where he was orrested by the
Detroit police on information furnish
ed by the Newark police and Mr.. A.
J. Walser, an Investigator for the in
telligence bureau, who is congratu-
lated on his work, in running Clicks
man down.
1t appears thu Glirksman separated
from the govern service at the
Port Terminal { pea that he had
received a telegram offering him lu-
crative position if it were accepted at
once. In the circumstances, Col.
Frank .Lamphere, constructing quar-
tcrmastcr at the Port Terminal,
agreed to the resignation, and Clicks
man left July 5.
Glicksman is accused Of converting
a check for $3,905.13 to mis- own uses,
dcpositing it personally in the Atlan7
tic National Bank instead of officially
in the Peoples National Bank to the
credit Of the Treasury Department. He
had been employed on the Port
Newark and Charleston projects for
eighteen months. He came here as as
sistant voucher clerk and was later
promoted to chief in the field auditors
Office.
July 5, it is charged, on leaving the
Port Terminal job, he went to the At
lantic National Bank, where he 50"
cured cashiers check for $3,00O,-
taking the rest in cash and in small
local checks he issued. He is said
to have proceeded to Washington with
an introduction to a bank, but in
Washington it appears that he went
to the Riggs National Bank, which
for some reason questioned the trans
action. Inquiry wa .smade of the At
lantic National Bank by the Riggs
National Bank. Col. Lampherc was
communicated with and an investiag
ton begun, it being found that the
| funds had been embezZled.
Meanwhile the Riggs National Bank
had honored the cashiers check and
Glicksman had been given the money.
Glicksman then proceeded to Balti-
more, thence to Philadelphia, thence
to Newark, thence to Pittsburg and
| thence to Detroit, using series of
travellers checks on the way, taking
these from one bank to another, until
few days ago, when he converted
his money into liberty bonds.
Mr.. Walser and the Newark police
communicated in Newark with a
young man who is said to have sent
Glicksman a bogus telegram about q
lucrative job. This young man is
quoted as sayin gthat he had been told
by Glicksman that the latter was in
some sort of trouble IN Charleston,
but that he was not aware nat
Glicksman was accused of stealing
government funds. Through his
friends identity communication with
| Glicksman was set up, snd he was told
to call at the Detroit Y. NJ c. A.
| Wednesday for the glasses he wanted
as he purposcd to go to the Mexican
oil fields. When he called at the De-
troit Y. NJ. G. A. he was arrested by
the police.
At Detroit Glicksman has been held
for warrants from the office of the
assistant United States district attor-
ney, J. Waties Warine, Esq, He is
said to have waived preliminary
hearing at Detroit and is coming to
Charleston to face trial before Judge
Henry A. NJ. Smith in the Federal Dis
trict Court. When apprchendcd he ap
pear sto have been using the name of
! l.. Edward Gleason.
| Mr.. Walser is commended by Col.
Lampchre and others ror his quick
ness in running Glicksman down. Mr..
Walscr, who was employed on both the
Port Newark and Charleston jobs as
an investigator, moved rapidly once
he was called into the case. He
picked up Glicksman's srail and never
faltercd in following it. Mr.. Walser
IS returning from Detroit with Clicks
man, who will be incarcerated i'm the
Charleston County Jail Mondays