New-York tribune., 1922-09-15
Brokers Clerk
Gone, S13O,O00
Also Missing.
Henry z. Gage Disappears,
and Accountants Trace
Shortage i'm Accounts of
Jerome i. Dazlzig & Co.
Case Goes to Grand Jury
Fugitive Had Been i'm Ern-
ploy of Firm Is Years and
Had am Excellent Record

HaHry t. Gage, for many years chief
clerk Of the brokerage firm Of Jerome
y. Danzig q Co, of 100 Broadway and
200 Fifth Avenue, was reported yester-
day TO the District Attorney as missing,
together with 100000 or more belong
ing to the firm. II was said unoffi
cialiy that the shortage in his accounts
already discovered was about $4,000
and that accountants were still at work
on the books. The grand jury is to
take up the case Monday.
Gage has been missing since Wednes-
day. When he failed to report at the
Office that day and inquiries at his
home, 62i West 17lst Street. were pro-
ductive of no information concerning
his whereabouts, accountants were set
to work at his books, and reported by
evening that the missing clerk ap-
| peared to be several thousand dollars
| short.
| Loss May Exceed Bond
/ telegram was sent to Jerome J..
Danzig, of So Central Park West, head
of the firm. who was at his summer
home in the Catskill Mountains, and
Mr., Danzig reached this city yester-
day. BY the time he arrived the ac-
countants had reason to believe that
the apparent defalcation would ap-
/ proximata the amount of the 100000
bond furnished for Gage by the Ma
tional Surety Company, if it did not
exceed that sam.
/ Mr.. Danzig, accompanied by Leo OPP
penheimer, of 60 Wall Street, his at
| torney, and a representative of the
National Surety Company called on
District Attorney Banton in the after
noon with regard to the case of Gage
and were told to return later with more
evidence.
Mr.. Denzig and his attorney came
back last night and had conference
with Benjamin X. Schreiber, Assistant
District Attorney. Mr.. Schreiber said
that he was not yet in possession of
all the evidence he thought necessary,
| but that he would present the case to
the grand jury Monday.
Gage is forty years old and has
been in the employ of the Danzig firm
| for fifteen years. His record has been
good. He has been careful and accurate
and was the last man upon whom
suspicion in connection with a short
age in funds would rest
Firm Issues Statement
The following statement was given
out by Mr.. Oppenheimer in behalf of
| his client:
Jerome J. Danzig, when inter
viewed, said that Henry P. Gage had
| been an old and trusted employee, hav-
ing been head of their clerical force
| since it's inception, for approximately
1 fifteen years, and that, while their in
vestigations have not been entirely
| completed, present indications would
seem to show that the amount of the
| defalcation is not greatly in excess of
| the amount of the bond given for the
fidelity Of this employee by the Ma
| tional Surety Company
hands of the authorities, he felt that
all further details should come from
| that source"
! 1t was said that about $4,000 in
currency and about $4,000 in securi-
ties of high class, which would be
readily negotiable, were missing. The
exact amount of the shortage has not
been ascertained, but the accountants
are near enough to the end of their
task, it was said, to make it certain
that the amount would not be one
which would embarrass the firm in
any way.
1t was said last night at s21 West
17lst Street that Sage had been last
seen there on Tuesday night. He is
! said to have been occupying an apart
ment on the fourth floor with his wife.
No one was at the apartment last
| night