Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-10-24
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4 PR0CLAMlTION.
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WrHERE.tS it has beef Represented "a
w the Executive of tliis Commonwealth
on oath, by Preston Smith, Chief Clerk in rh,.
reasury Department, that on the 2ist inst:
he counted out fifteeu Thousand two bundled
dollars in bank notes, principally of the Bank
of Virginia, with several cheeks, sc. 70 =
large amount with view of deposit;n,- them
in the Bank of Firginia--that in Consequence
OF the number of peiso:is trahsacting business
in the Office, he had not an Opportunity of
depositing them as aforesaid, and laid them.
with the checks &c. in the book in which notes,
&c. are usually kept, Intending to have de-
posted tem on the following morning
chat me to the Office the following
mor~ Dc 22d inst) little after the
usuait Hour, and upon unlocking the door,
he found 1t conld not be opened--atter ma
King several friiitlcss attempts for that pur-
pose, he, with ether assistance forced open
the door, and found that it had been boltea
insi,le--that he found also, upon gt:ng into
the Office, hole through the latktlg,la
enouShto admit a man of tolersbie size,
which appeared to have been made on the
outside, the latls being cut or broken on thaS
side, and those on the inside showed down;
excepta few which appeared also to have
been b!oken,-that upon going to the Press,
where the key of the money chest is usually
kept, and where he had put it the preceding
day, he found the doors which he had Ieiu
shut when he went out IF the Office the day
before cpen, and the papers; &c.thersin, ex
hibite1 the appearance of having beef much
Observation-Disclosures key ofthe said chelt with
the piece of iron, with which the ke.c., over
tic key hole, was opened, was gone, and up
on the most strict search, could not lx found .
shat with the aid Of n Blacksmith, Ire ford
ced open the chest, and upon examining ths$
book in which he had deposited the monef
the preceding day, he found the whole of IL
sum which he had counted out with view
to deposit in the Bank, amounting to about
hfthR kSusand dollars, with some other
not rENVed after counting that sum,
an al lad been put with it had been
stotH Vs5me person unknown to the said
Smith-tMt the notes and CHECKS wcra
put together between two leaves of the
said book, and that the notes only were sto-
len--that as well rs he could nudge, there
was in specie, ablut three hundred dollars.
in the Chest, at the same titne, none of which
appears TO have been takcn--tltlt there we're
several other notes, IN other parts Of the said
book, which were not stolcn,--sI 10 there
fore, b. and with the advice of the Council
of State, hereby otfer reward cf FIVE hum
dred dollars, to any person or persons
who shall give such information that the
perpetrator or pc petrators of the afore-
said robbery, may be apprehended and
dealt with as the law directs And dc,
moreover, require all the magistrates. she
riffs, sergeants, and constables, and exhort
the good people Of the commonwealth to use.
their best endeavGurs to arrest the said thief
s- - 50 that he or they may be brought
Giyeh under NY hand as Lieutenant Govern
or, and under the Seal of the Common
wealth, at Richmond, this 24th day OF
LIS. October, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and eleven,
and of the Commonwealth the thirty
sixth.
GEO. WIN. SMITH.