New-York tribune., 1919-09-20

A sevsnteen-ye cid brokers mes
stnser disappeared yestnrday afternoon
in the Wall Street district with St41, 900
in Liberty bonds. The missing securi-
ties we're pars Of bundle of s3So,Oo
being sent from the Office of Z. u.
levlason & Co., - Broadway, to Mabon
L Co., a. Wall Street.
According TO l.. d. Levinson. a men,
ter OF the firm, the missing boy. Leo
'lofsky, whose home is at 1891 Madi-
son Avenue. was sent or at l o'clock
WITH . satcnel fgh Of securities to be
qehvofcd TO Offices in the financial
cSlfict. in all, securities to the value
q S4uV, geo were iNtrusted 10 .Julofskv
and another messenger about the
sme age. The largest consignment was
hat for Mabca & Go.
The Usual Brown Satchel
.. The boys started out as usual carry
ag tae unobs.rusivc brown satchel be
'Reen them, leyinsou learned later.
leey made several deliveries without
mn,Shap and finally stopp1 at u brokers'
Oh, once at Il Broadway The bundle for
Maoon & to. WAS the last one left in
tae satche.
As they We're leaving the building
s4loisky IS said to have told his COM
panlon ne was going to the washroom
Tg Taa would be back in q few moments.
l1. lux Other messenger. whose nam The
y%oace % refuse to make known, waited,
OGychlng his valuable burden.
ne grew anxious rs the time passed
Fltl.Uul nrlnttt11fr
psClains tnal II he did not hurry the
IIa"Mng offices would be closed before
~ ieacned them he won't to the wash
.uOni .1a N search OF Juiofsky. The latter
there. ''''~' NV 'ee'' See''
.. Thu otaer boy. according to the
,.F suiF tod the police. then went di-
@ ~suy to the Office of Mabon & Co. A
,5un' OF the bonds showed the clerks
saa: .ua: a'moSt half Of the securities had
Delivery sis9,0oo Short
s,.d .ne cd delivery was found to consist of
S,o',oVJ IN railroad and industrial
S 1naS. The missing securities all
.s"s s,e si'oVo Liberty bonds Of the third
,. Mhen the loss was discovered the
r. r,"S was telephoncd TO Levinson &
,os., ~, [oHce headquarters and the Ma
bSsaa1 Hureiy Company, 115 Broadway
"Hom the boy Was bonded. Opera
sr mrs OF the bonding company went
sus me trail the bonds had taken
W." 'hc time they were stuffed into
tAsercd.
s'.,f aof mere than five hours after the
ii.ssosure of the loss, neither the po-
ess sss the firms involved nor The surety
rsssssay would give any details OF the
'aca said. ' ~ 'o''i''''S o''''S al
II. me t less publicity given such cases
sin. ue,'er 1t is for every one. Weak
D'~sa ,,D boys read in the papers OF how
sa". siv sums of money and bonds are
lbas ahc the methods employed, anC
As,ea are tempted to do the same thing
ssn..s su.s why the number of such occur.
mas mounted steadily"
fclice Try to Conceal 1t
Sep;apaa,y Police Commissioner Lahcl
vas sto W, Snowledgc OF the loss until h;
sserSV via details had been obtained else
detao.: lhcn he directed one Of hi.
sewss'VeS to give the bare facts TO the
nnspapers.
bad satSvtaing Ssaing to this statement, JulofskS
,nco oeeh cen employed by Levinson & Co
benz september s. He is described as
.ysss, .s % ol dark complexion, with brown
pouSsa sno hair, and weighing about Ia;
ssca' .e. When he left his employers
sear;,aa' a''er lunch yesterday he was
shis, brown suit, felt hat, soft
~, lurncver collo, with - four;,
"sna na. tie, and black shoes.
ter;a1Nes term;naIes are watching the railroad
Imi"als and ferries. and it is be-
let, ~ impossible for Julofsky to have
At thu tbne city Watch is also being kept
who Ds !. oihces of small bond buyers
poIlco' nave ~ been warned to notify the
ase ,v o,r Il any of~the missing securitie.
Thoaaered for sale.
tional sn.ire Se loss is covered by the Ma.
.tAsre surety Company, it was statee