The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-07-28

.,,sN So<s from one Of Nc Messengers If a
HSs 0s.;ses Anoc;aion- Money Raosusi
II MT Exared ~
- nm. - o. Lcsis Doasesaa, July 81
us,sr. Tracey and Danse, mes.eagcrs Of the
s,,e Savings lnssitation Of this city were mys
. S.;, deprived Of large sum Of money
Al an their way hither on steamboat, on
s.,r,S,y night o. yesterday morning. We
80 ,hc details - furnished Us by Captain r.
Sh.,he. Of the KeOkuk Packet Company'e
5000 civ Of Louisiana, which arrived in
y. Yesterday morning, about s o'clock.
rIr;vipg At Hannibal. on her down trip, at 8
- Yesterday evening, The Louisiana was
Ss..aN two messengers, who had Just been
= IA rsamed from Independence, No., hav.
\. eavss,d the sum Of tSS,OOO specie, for the
W. q one Of our branch banks. located in
a civ. The nessengers desired to have the
srey, 900 in one carpet sack, and &ls, 900
|, .acshes, placed In the boats safe, but the
d.,is have standing order to receive NO large
su On deposit, a. these packets always have
r.uncsf Of the United States Express on
- 10 that gentleman, Messrs. T. and D.
,p~ referred, has after due deliberati0n, they
,,auupced their intention Of retaining the spe-
: 4 ,heir own charge, and accordingly they
,rtred 10 their room, agreeing that one should
v,,eh while the other slept. The drowsy god,
however. il no respecter Of persons, and closed
,be ewes Of both, the watcher being cnsconced
an , chair on The guard. At Cap-au-Gris, when
the Die Vernon xas met, the money was safe,
hu, shortly after-sboat half past one, SATURDAY
n;sSt-one of the messengers hurried along the
cabin found the porter, and had Capt Sheblc
aroused fron hb berth, and informed him that
he sack containing the els, 900 had disappear
I'd, and another sack been put in its place. The
sleeper had been aroused in the dark, suspecting
pue person Was in the room, and on quickly
pAcing bis hand on the shelf above him, where
he sacks we're placed, found that one vas gone.
CAPT Sheble instituted . search Of ali the pass
sners and every room and recess Of the boat,
but found not the smallest trace Of the missing
mex or money, and the messengers were in des-
pf On arriving here, information of the rob-
bry vas communicated to the police Office, and
&ss we're sent to prevent amy person or thing
1 fpn having the boat, while other officers pro-
edd anew to search the persons on board
ne detectives Tunnicliffe and Ryan were called,
nd they continued the search, extending il
Through the ladies' cabin. When things had
bsea thus progressing fruitlcssly for nearly an
|bu, officer Eagan the city police came ON
lard, and on learning the history of the case,
|rsed back through the gentlemen's cabin, and
sateroom No. 25, between two mattresses,
Ind tso parcels of the money. Officer Tun.
iaie then found third parcel in another
lnAo the same roorn-the three parcels be.
TX the amount lost minus 800.
The inference 10 that the thief or thieves
|1icily transferred the PACKAGE from their per-
pas to the herths while the search was pro-
|Issding, and after those bepahs had been search.
hoping that the money would remain undis-
Arted until the watch was relaxed, when they
BUD carry it ashore.