The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-10-30
JACKSON co. ROBHERY.

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An arrest has been made Of . mar
suspected Of having been concerned
in the Jackson county robbery. He
IL . poorly clad but sharp looking fel.
low who was In Andrew on Sunday
hanging about here and there, seem.
ingly without cent In his pocket,
and was not to be found on Monday
morning. He was traced to Sabula,
and arrested there Monday night. He
had been 10 Sabnla most OF the day,
and had spent money freely, though
no large amount was found on his
person.
/ The Board Of Supervisors Of jackson
county spent most of Monday and all
day Tuesday In investigating the rob.
berry Of the county safe at Andrew
and up to yesterday noon they knew
but little more about 1t than when
they commenced. The Treasurer,
James A. Bryan. was before them.
He said the robbery was ~ much .
mystery to him as to anybody else.
When asked how much money there
was in the safe, he replied that he did
not know, ~ he had struck no bal
ances with the several accounts when
the Office was closed on Saturday
night; he could give no reliable esti.
mate. and the only way to arrive at
the amount was To examine bic books,
receipts, vouchers. &c, which would
require two or three days. He said
he believed the whole thing WAS -
job put up on him by his enemies to
ruin him" When asked how he
supposed the robbers obtained the
figures which worked the co,nbina-
ton lock, he replied that somebody
must have stood near him 1t odd
times when he was unlocking the
safe, watched the lock dial and OBJ
tanned the figures in that way. This
was all the explanation he could offer.
He appeared 10 he very much de-
pressed.
The person who discovered the rob-
berry was John Ray, deputy clerk OF
the Court. When he went to the
Court House on Monday morning, the
front door was locked-and the only
door In the building that was un-
locked was that Of the Treasurer's Of
ice. The windows In oil the rooms
were down and fastened, while maps,
ss stated in Tuesdays Gazette, we're
suspended in front Of the windows In
the Treasurer Office.
Deputy Treasurer O'Brien was also
questioned by the Board, but he could
give no information other that that
offered by Mr.. Bryan. He hadn't the
least idea % to how any outsider could
learn the figures used in opening the
safe. The figures on the card found
on the floor were the correct ones.
The figures we're not marked on the
makers plate on the safe door.
When Treasurer Ryan reported the
condition Of the treasury to the Board
on the lst Of September, the main
item was Sll 900 Of the bond fund
the outstanding county orders were
bonded some two years ago. That
amount ought to have been in the
safe, certain.
1t was quite probable, We learn
from = prominent citizen Of the coun-
ty, that the Board Of Supervisors will
hold Treasurer Bryan and his snreties
responsible for the sum stolen. His
bondsmeu are Col. WykoT. Of Fair
field, L.. B. White and J. DeGroat, of
Preston. Peter Mclaughlin, of Van
Buren,, and J. w. Miles. The late
H. Gibson, Of Washington, was on
his bond. aud his estate is good for the
portion Of the loss that will fall on his
name. His bond was for 100000.
1t may be a. we'll to state that few
people in Andrew, or in any portion
Of the county, believe there was any
considerable sum in the safe. Many
reports Of rather strange transactions
in connection with the county treas
ury have come to the surface. For
(tN1 infa al ss,t
road from Clinton, inquired, few
weeks since. If any portion Of the tax
voted in aid Of the road was on hand
a check for 81 600 on Dunham's bank
at Maquoketa. was sent him-and Mr..
ID. said there was no such amount in
his bank from the tax-fund. But after
considerable negotiation, the money
was paid. A similar experience arose
with the river railroad construction
company over the sum of 81, 800, for
which the Treasurer gave them Q
check on o bank at Sabuls, payment
on which was also refused until "mat-
ters we're patched up" Then again,
after the school fund apportionment
was made, the Treasurer informed the
officers OF each district of the amount
assigned them-and when the officers
OF the independent school district Of
Maquoketa called for their portion,
they didn't get it at once, rs usual,
but waited some time for it. These
are samples Of statements freely made
now-and so it is not strange that the
people of the county generally adopt
the opinion that there was no real rob-
berry of the safe, for they believe there
was no large amount Of money in 1t to
steal.
Treasurer Bryan is one Of the most
extensive business men 10 the county.
He owns Touring mill, and . drug
store and notion store ct Andrew,
and is partner in q store at Delmar
and one other place In the county.
Two years ago he was probably the
most popular man in the county. He
was candidate for re. denomination, this
year, in the Democratic County Con-
vention, but was defeated. Some flf-
teen years ago or 80, he was clerk In .
jewelry store in Davenport. and bore
most excellent reputation, here.
| Many of our citizens remember him