The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-10-23

any that has happened anywhere. and
unique - can be imagined, occurred
| in the Office Of the Treasurer Of Jack
son county, at Andrew. on sunday
night. Andrew is about the center OF
the county, IL some ten miles from
railroad. ia a small village. and OWES
what little prosperity il has to The.
| business which goes 10 II because II Is
the county seat. Last week the elect
ors OF the county voted OH the question
OF removing the county seattc Nsqno-
keta-and Msquoketa was victorious
by majority OF one hundred and III.
ty-ihree votes. And this ROBBERY
proves that the majority were on the
right-lhe Maauosetaites think.
And this robberry-it Was very
quiet affaif-no powder wss used, no
force OF any kim. no breaking open Of
outer doors even, no nothing tut sim
pie knowledge how to perpetrats u
successfully. This is she story as
given Us by a gentleman from the
county yesterday.
In the first place there is no bank at
Andrew, and the Treasurer has, for
years, allowed receipts to secunuiste
In his safe TO large figure, before
sending them away for safe keeping,
There is large combustion safe" in
the office-ihat j., IL has a patent
combination lock. The Court House
is an ubpretenSing struetur. Of -tone
two stories ia height, With court
room above aud county Offices below
Well, on yesterday morning abon,
five O'Clock, youth entered the build
ing, - he had done many times be-
fore, 10 sweep out the offices, and the
lige-and he noticed that the County
Tressurer's Office was open.
This was unusual, AMI, going to the
open door with bis lamp, and peering
10, be saw, that the safe door ras open
also. This Was enough-he rushed 10
the front door and shouted for help 81
If lie himself were In trouble. 1t so
happened that lawyer Seth Baker was
In lis Office, preparing TO take trip
10 Maguoketa. and he rushed over 10
the cour; House TO see what the mat
ter was-aud 20 was the first man on
The ground, and had the first view NJ
the office. Ia few minutes other Git
liens arrived The ofiie. presented
barglafed APPEARANCE Large msps
had been taken from the walls and
used s. window curtains. The outer
and inner doors Of the safe were wide
cpea, Sat nothing vas inside save
few books. Some papers were scat
tered over the socr Tie cash box
vas empty There vas 81 appear
snce q genera! Decentralization in the
room. Ga the counter WIS mystefi-
CTS card, bearing The usfne of Chi
cago grocery house on one side, aud
Oh the diverse some figures. Near
the card ss- q brass plate showing the
Dsrue q the safe maker which had
The County Treasurer, Mr. james 4
Bryan, was sent for. He obeyed the
SUMMONS quickly, aud soon was in al
agony Of nervousness. aud anxiety.
He looked at the empty safe, examin-
ed the card, and said the latter had
the combination figures on it. Then
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plate bore the same figures, which had
been placed there, that the secret
which unlocked the safe might not be
lost through lack of memory or other
circumstance. Then the manner Of
the robbery WAS explained. Somehow
or other the robbers had gained
knowledge Of these figures-or OF their
inscription on the door plate-and had
used their knowledge 10 excellent pur-
pose to themselves. They had Nc
trouble at ALL All they had TO do wat
to unlock the front door of the Cour
! House, serve the door of the Treaeur
er's Office In the same manner, remove
the plate nl the saie door, aud III,
open sesame To the county funds wa
in their possession. The sum in green
backs In the safe when the office wa
closed on Saturday night. was some
where between fifteen thousand an,
t1enty thousond dollars. And tn
robbers bapsed every dollar Of ii. BE
sides the money they took severa
packages Of cancelled county orders
done up ia rolls Of s. 900 each, and
package Of bonds, either county .
to" nship, ISSUED years agone, all O
which had also been cancelled. The1
papers, Of course are vaiueiess to tn,
robbers--good for nothing except d
vouchers for tho Treasurer until tn
: Board of Supervisors should orde
their destruction. But the robben
had made a clean sweep Of the green
backs.
There was great excitement In Ma
quoketa. the newiy-elected county
seat. on yesterday. Little beside Ill,
robbery was talked ia homes or OF
the streets. Men gathered 10 hotel
and stores, and out Of doors, and dis
cu-aed the robbery. A thousand sur
misses, and many suspicious, were ut
tered, and some treated the matter q
a joke--but we believe the taxpayer
will find 1t anything but Joke. Tn,
money ia gone, and will have to he re
placed somehow.
sheriff Sprightly ,elegraphea til,
news to District Attorney Ellis In thi
city, yesterday forenoon, asking BIZ
presence, aud Mr.. Ellis will leave fe
Maquoketa this morning.
The present Treasurer goes out %
Office on the lst Of January. I an al
tempt TO hold him good for the amour
stolen be made, ii Is likely that any
amount Of litigation viii ensue. Blu
noss perons. II is very strange rob
berry, any way DdV. Gazette 2lst.
On Hast Thursday evening one o