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"Fisch Able to Support Family in Lavish Style by 1932, Inquiry in Germany Reveals"
by Erich Boy
Times-Union
Albany, N.Y.
September 23, 1934
LEIPZIG, Sep 22 (INS)---Buried in his grave for many months, Isadore Fisch stepped back into the world limelight in connection with the Lindbergh case today when investigation revealed that although he went to America as a poor emigrant in 1926, he was able by 1932 to support members of his family in lavish style with money from the United States.
At the same time, his family disclosed to International News Service that Fisch was well acquainted with Bruno Richard Hauptmann, held as receiver of the Lindbergh ransom, who has told police he received it from Fisch and cached it in his Bronx garage.
It was Solomon Fisch, the dead man's aged father and the only one of the family who failed to profit by Fisch's sudden luxury in the United States, who told the story which so dramatically threw his son into the spotlight.
"I remember," Fisch said "that on several occassions my son received letters from a man named Hauptmann in the United States, but I am not aware of their contents.
Isadore was a good boy and an excellent scholar. He had a high school education and later entered the fur trade as an apprentice. He distinguished himself as a clever craftsman and finally got an offer from the United States."
"With a friend who lived in Leipzig, Isadore emigrated to the United States September 8, 1925 to work with furriers in New York. He made good money. He and his friend were loyal to each other, but the latter did not like Isadore's Jewish friends in the Bronx, with whom he had strong relations.
"In December 1933, Isadore came back to visit us with his friend. Isadore was deathly sick, and finally died of consumption this year."
"But my boy had plenty of money. He could afford the best physicians."
Here the elder Fisch produced one doctor's bill, marked paid, and amounting to 800 marks ($300). He indicated that at the time of his return, Isadore was in possession of a large amount of money.
"Isadore first lived with me," the old man continued, "but later he moved to the hospital, where he died. His friend watched from his bedside, waiting for him to die, and then returned to the United States, going back April 24, 1934."
The friend's mother, also interviewed by International News Service, disclosed that prior to Fisch's death, the latter turned over to the friend full power of attorney, and his brother and sister gave him the right to withdraw all his remaining money in America.
Continuing his story, Solomon Fisch said:
I have heard nothing from Isadore's friend since then. He was born in [Rei...] I understand, where his father kept a boarding house before the war. During the war, the friend's father was interned, and after it was over the family returned to Leipzig.
"Isidore told me he had plenty of money in an American bank, but I don't know where the money is. I never got anything after his death."
In the course of a thorough investigation of the family connections of Fisch and his friend, International News Service learned that the latter behaved peculiarly on his return from America.
He behaved rather coldly, his mother said, and returned immediately to the United States after Fisch's death.
The friend's mother was amazed, she said, when she found Fisch had bequeathed nothing to her son.
Fisch's sister, Hanna, the mother said, received from Fisch a short while before he died the key to a safe he had in the United States.
"He told her to keep it," the mother said, "because it was for his safe in America. I understand, however, that Hannah and Pinkus turned over to my son full power signed by them to withdraw all Fisch's remaining money from America. But as far as I know, the money never had been withdrawn, and no word has come from my son regarding its whereabouts."
The mother produced empty checkbooks used by her son in Leipzig prior to April 1934. There were stubs for five "Reichmark traveler checks," all in amounts of 100 marks each.
by Erich Boy
Times-Union
Albany, N.Y.
September 23, 1934
LEIPZIG, Sep 22 (INS)---Buried in his grave for many months, Isadore Fisch stepped back into the world limelight in connection with the Lindbergh case today when investigation revealed that although he went to America as a poor emigrant in 1926, he was able by 1932 to support members of his family in lavish style with money from the United States.
At the same time, his family disclosed to International News Service that Fisch was well acquainted with Bruno Richard Hauptmann, held as receiver of the Lindbergh ransom, who has told police he received it from Fisch and cached it in his Bronx garage.
It was Solomon Fisch, the dead man's aged father and the only one of the family who failed to profit by Fisch's sudden luxury in the United States, who told the story which so dramatically threw his son into the spotlight.
"I remember," Fisch said "that on several occassions my son received letters from a man named Hauptmann in the United States, but I am not aware of their contents.
Isadore was a good boy and an excellent scholar. He had a high school education and later entered the fur trade as an apprentice. He distinguished himself as a clever craftsman and finally got an offer from the United States."
"With a friend who lived in Leipzig, Isadore emigrated to the United States September 8, 1925 to work with furriers in New York. He made good money. He and his friend were loyal to each other, but the latter did not like Isadore's Jewish friends in the Bronx, with whom he had strong relations.
"In December 1933, Isadore came back to visit us with his friend. Isadore was deathly sick, and finally died of consumption this year."
"But my boy had plenty of money. He could afford the best physicians."
Here the elder Fisch produced one doctor's bill, marked paid, and amounting to 800 marks ($300). He indicated that at the time of his return, Isadore was in possession of a large amount of money.
"Isadore first lived with me," the old man continued, "but later he moved to the hospital, where he died. His friend watched from his bedside, waiting for him to die, and then returned to the United States, going back April 24, 1934."
The friend's mother, also interviewed by International News Service, disclosed that prior to Fisch's death, the latter turned over to the friend full power of attorney, and his brother and sister gave him the right to withdraw all his remaining money in America.
Continuing his story, Solomon Fisch said:
I have heard nothing from Isadore's friend since then. He was born in [Rei...] I understand, where his father kept a boarding house before the war. During the war, the friend's father was interned, and after it was over the family returned to Leipzig.
"Isidore told me he had plenty of money in an American bank, but I don't know where the money is. I never got anything after his death."
In the course of a thorough investigation of the family connections of Fisch and his friend, International News Service learned that the latter behaved peculiarly on his return from America.
He behaved rather coldly, his mother said, and returned immediately to the United States after Fisch's death.
The friend's mother was amazed, she said, when she found Fisch had bequeathed nothing to her son.
Fisch's sister, Hanna, the mother said, received from Fisch a short while before he died the key to a safe he had in the United States.
"He told her to keep it," the mother said, "because it was for his safe in America. I understand, however, that Hannah and Pinkus turned over to my son full power signed by them to withdraw all Fisch's remaining money from America. But as far as I know, the money never had been withdrawn, and no word has come from my son regarding its whereabouts."
The mother produced empty checkbooks used by her son in Leipzig prior to April 1934. There were stubs for five "Reichmark traveler checks," all in amounts of 100 marks each.