, 1870-07-10

The lt0hhcfy In the National TrcM*-
ury-Thr Mysterious Disappearance
of S20,Ot}0 from the 4~s,sc-Ek ootn-A
Purity OF Five EfAitorn %u.pcctcd-A
7ludd1c In Enr1tc~t.
From tie .se,e FORK Wor!d, Jn'ys.
The mystery attending tho robbery Of the
S2o.oto in $40 notes from the sssue-1oom in
the Treasury Building At Washington, on the
11th OF June. aprcaxs TO thckeu a. the inves-
tigAtion proceeds. The euppositiou that Chas.
II. Merriam. who deposited II 500 Of tile stolen
moro: in the S:uyvesant Bank Of this city,
was directly .yimrlicatetl in the robbery las been
but he IS still held as having been a
receiver Of tho money. knowing it to be
stolen. No accurate account Of low this money
was first nisa2d from tho Treasury has here
tofore been published.
In tho many divisions Of tho Treasury Do
partmcnt there is long room called the
APARTMENT of Isstes," The national cur
and printers department. is received in thls
room, where it is recorded, counted. and sont
On to the Caehier's department. The depart
ment OF issues il presided over by str. H. G..
ltoos who is very old aud trusted attache Of
the Treasury. His Chief assistant is Miss
eight years, and who is considered one Of the
hest female experts in Nr. Spinner's whole
division. There arc about twenty-five clerks
to do the counting. bIr. Roots desk
is in the centre Of the room,
and the deposit tablo where Miss
Tracy eits Is on one side of the
room. At the SAME end. The clerks desks
staud in line down through the room. near
the centre. The money is first deposited on
Bliss Tracy's table, in bundles OF two, ten.
twenty. or hundred Thousand dollars each,
according to the denomination nf tho notes
that arc being issned. Miss Tracy takes a
/ memorandum Of the number OF the bin on top
n In Inv, II a 3,f
d!s1des the mouey up into sn1all quantities and
distributes it to the clerks to be counted, TAX
ing q receipt from eacl, clerk for the amount
81 the package given him Or her to count
When counted, the money is again done up
and sent to the cashiers department.
Visitors hare always been allowed to enter
M Nooth department, and when they CONC
they are usually received By him and phown
down the room. On the 11th OF June. five
visitors two men, two women and boy-
entered the department about o'clock, and,
after convcrsing With Mr. Root and passing
through the room, went out. Miss Tracy. It
appears, has Just Gonc out to lunch, leaving
tic package Of S2o,000 on her tablo. NLc1
she returned, winch was after the visitors
were gone. the money Eaa mi.sinE. 1t a.
peafed to the officers who investigated tie
cssc, almost impossible for any one Of those
Visitors to 50 directly .round hun to Miss
lTarss table aud take the money! which made
ou.o'e nAt Aa largo ~ Ho6stcts uu-
abridged dictionary, and Leave the room With
ont bc'nG eecn either By Mr. Root Of one Of
!, Colonel Whitley. Wito has been working m
TIE case, vas called in the examination of
MesT7am Yesterday, when ho testified That at
1he time 10 first called on the defendant, who
VI VT G GhSeblng stable st III Clinton plae, le
ala not deny having deposited the 5i.5oo, and
sala he took it from i man named Milton in
Judgment for three horses On being askel II
he kuew Niles, the man WHO deposited the
fcs' u tue moucyy. he easd lie hal known liul
fo1 year. He then Eefueed to give anv moro
IL lnioi.uasion. Coionel Whitley said the rsis-
statements we're contradictory. The e1au,ius-
ton WAS agnn postponed.