New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-30
Clerk Arrested
Here IN 81 4. 600
Prlsos2E 0sgsea'ies
Youth, 10. Held on Charge
of Grand Larceny on Com
plaini of " arden Lawes:
Checks for 1888 Involved
Bar Convicts From Books
Sing Sing Head Orders
Only Civilians &c Used
in Comptroller's Office

Louis WaIlach, nineteen years old.
OF 127 Suffolk street. giving his &C.
cupation as clerk. was arrested last
night at his home by Detective Eater,
Of the Beach Street Police station.
Charged with grand larceny. on com
plant Of arden Lewis I. Lawes, OF
Sing Sing prison.
The arrest is sad b. the police to
he the first brought about III connec-
ton with forgeries at Sing Sing, III
volving oonvicts employed in the pris-
on office, amounting to $4,000. The
checks are said to have been nego
tiated b. persons in conspiracy with
convlcts. operating outside the prison
walls.
The complaint alleges that two
checks amounting to 1888 were passed
or a state bank July IS. Further de-
tails III connection with the arrest are
withheld by the police. Walach vas
locked NJ at the Clinton Avenue police
station. He declined to make state
ment.
"Frenehy' Levine ard J Q. Bennett,
sing Sing TRUSTEES, who had access to
checks in the prison Office. remained
in close confinement yesterday. George
Liljewalls, Of Manhattan. Who had
been in confinement with Bennett and
Levine. was discharged from the
prison Fridav. his term having eN-
pred Il was said no evidence had
been found against him in connection
with the Iorgeries.
Convicts Are Barred
Warden Iawes Yesterday announced
tina. IS q result Of the forgerios inmates
hereafter will not be given access to
prison records and accounts.
From now on. said the warden
"civilians alone Will have TO attend to
these matters, even though they get be-
hind in their work" He declared that
a removal of prison help from the
comYtroller's Office will render impos-
sibie future forgeries by inmates Two
prisoners formerly employed in the
comptroler's Office were not admitted
TO the Office to-day.
As the warden has no jurisdiction
over the comrtroler's Office, il was
pointed out day that the problem Of
the hands OF State Comptroller James
Wendell
Agent Wintersteen. an examiner OF
the State Comptroller's office, who dis
covered the forgeries. jntimased to-day
that further developments may come,
as his investigation Of the case is not
completed. eve have found some
more t1lnSS Clat look SUSPICIOUS, ne
said when questioned regarding the in
vestigation.
Lawes Issued Warning
Prison attendants recalled to-day
that on the day Warden Lawes took
Office he called the prison employees
togther and urged that the greatest
caution be exercised il guarding
against bogus check transactions and
swindles by inmates and confedcrates
on the outside.
George Liljewall expressed indigna
ton in this city yesterday over the
fact that his name was mentioned in
connection with the forgery disclos-
ures. He said that he had spen. last
Wednesday and Thursday in one of the
solitary cells as a suspect but that it
was definitely learned that he was no.
involved in the theft of the checks. He
was released Friday at the expiration
Of his eighteen months sentence
II was exonerated of the checl
charge" he said, or I would not have
been discharged last week. hoped
would not receive any more notoriety
after I had served my sentence It
makes it hard going for man who
once made a mistake and paid the
Den2ltv"