The New York herald., 1921-05-01
CLERK FOR BROKER
AND$1O0,O00GONE
Du Val & Co.'s Messenger
Never Gets to Kuhn, Loeb &
Co. With Securities.
LOSS MAY BE S250.000
Mystery and Secrecy About
Matter-Police Not Noti-
fled, 1t Is Said.
LOSS MAY BE S25O,0oO

A messenger left the offices of the
Stock Exchange firm of n, c. Du Val
& Co, at ~ Broadway. Friday after
noon with package containing stocks
900 and possibly as much as a quarter
of million dollars. He had been sent
to the Office of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. He
never reached there. SO far the mes
senger has not heen found, nor have
his parents heard from him. Every
one concerned with the ownership and
search for the property made an effort
to maintain secrecy.
member Of the Du Val firm. while
refusing to deny the loss, said the Sc
curities probably have been 'mislaid.'
Early yesterday the firm notified the
New York Stock Exchange A list OF
the securities lost and the numbers
and descriptions OF the stock eertifi-
Gates were given out also.
The facts we're not reported 10 the
police. so far as could be learned and
say why
Among the missing securities were
many non-negotiablc stocks and bonds.
Included though, were stock certificates
Of some companies not now paying divi-
dends. which might be disposed of easily
because it is not necessary to transfer
them from one name to another.
In the list were the following secur-
tiles:
Canadian Pacific Railway per cent.
notes Of 1924. Nos. 1905. for 81 ,0o0
each Southern Railway NJ and Q. coll
literal trust 4 per cent. bonds Nos. 17ss
1867. 114S. f1f7, 1916. iT45. 1T44. 1T22
1865. 1855. 1851. 1856. 1861. 1855. 1852.
1856. 1862. 1863. 1913. 1924 for 81, 900
each Wabash Omaha division 3I2 per
cent. bonds, due 1s4l. Nos. e612 to 1926.
II elusive. for $1,000 each: Long Island
Railroad per cent. bonds. due 194s.
Nos. 2449. 5o9s. 244s, 2s9s-7-s-5-4-3-2.
2es1. 26ss-7. 1861. 245o. for $1,000 each.
Fifty shares OF Bethlehem Steel B.
certificate 1885. name of ". G. Du Val
& Co.; 100 shares international Paper
certificate 13417, name OF owen f. Rob
erts: 100 shares United Retail Stores.
certificate 265. name Louchheim. Minton
Co. 100 shares United Retail Stores.
certificate 36as. name Of Joscpthal &
c.: 100 shares United Retail Stores.
certificate 3i25. name OF Logan &
rryan: 100 shares Corn Products COM
aion. certificate C37e95. name OF Ward
wei. Adams & Co.
Associated Dry Goods common. certifi-
Gates 1922, 1871 and 1874 for 100 shares
each, in name of II. (. Du Val & Co !:
100 shares Philadelphia Company. GER
tificate K25os7, name OF Whitehousc &
Co. so shares International Harvester.
certificate 4i53. name Of ". C. Du Val 4
Co.; 100 shares american Locomotive
common. certificate 455s9 name OF Lo-
gan g. Bryan. so shares Ar,ericaa Loco
motive common. certificate A7o35s. name
Of ~. c. Du Val & Co. 100 shares South
Puerto Rico preferred. certificate 1862.
name OF ~ G. Du Val & Co. 100 shares
Lake Erie and Western common. certifi-
cato s7ss, name OF II. G. Du Val * CO.
Certificates 137si-2. 1866 for 100
shares each. Locw's. Inc. name OF ". &.
Du Val & Co. 100 shares United Rail-
way Investment. certificate 302si, name
of w. 9. Du Val r. Co.: 80 shares In
spiration Copper. certificate Assets. name
Of G. l.. Du Val: so shares Inspiration
Copper. certificate As7s2i, name OF ". C..
Du Val a Co; 100 shares Inspiration
Copper. certificate A1s2ss. name OF J. r.
Bernhard & Co.
Certificates sf4o-i for 100 shares each
Union OIL. IN the name Of McFaddcn q
Co 100 shares Union oil. certificate
ssn4. name Of Chisholm & CHAPMAN.