Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-22
The -cREAsURY ROBBERY.
rfai of w. HI. Ottman.

iee day the trial OF VIM. 81. Gilman,
,nuic ed for the larceny of 81 ,Os7 IS from the
u :. Treasury in June last, receiving stolen
y -roperty knowing IL to have been stolen,
aid receiving embezzled money knowing IL
10 have been embeZZled, was continued In
the Criminal Court, Judge Olin. after our
report closed. District Attorney Wells aud
Hon. jeremiah NJ. Wilson for the govern
ment, and Hon. Matt H. Carpenter, w. A.
Cook, r. T. Merrick and r. K. Elliott, for
the defendant Mr.. Wells, the district attor-
ney, continued his argument until past
three O'Clock, claiming That while they had
traced but s625 into the hands of the party
who stole the money! Hslleck) they had
beyond doubt traced s3i, 900 into the hands
OF Gilman.
Judge Olin adjourned the court to this
morning, and charged the jury not to con-
verse among themselves or with outside
parties about the case, and above all things
let newspapers alone; and said, IL he heard
OF these Instructions being disregarded, he
would consider the offender guilty OF mis-
demeanOr.
Fourth Day.
The trial was resumed this morning, when
the prisoner, accompanied by his wife and
SOD, were in court. The jury composed OF
the following were in their places: Henry
Nay lOr, James n. Lovelace, VIM. III. Lam
EDWARD 7. WEIGH, John j. Peabody. w. f.
Clarke, George y. Barron, George T. II ear
ing, John 4. Rheem, and George L. Rauo.
THE TESTIMONY.
The government called Horace Il. Whitney.
currency teller at the TreaS ury department,
wEO st'fi,d that in June the Park bank eli
New York sent quantity OF money 10 the
Treasury for redemption, the proc eds of
which were SE .CJiG5. RecOilects getting the
amount nom tue vault clerk and proving
tie amount and putting up the package. On
atday June 2d) $4,000 were sent out.
The notes In the package to the Park bank
were Numbered about 600, while the num-
hers Ia the other packages sent out ranged
from IS 600 10 5000 Witness was exaniuei
at ieDgth as TO the practice OF the office,
saying that after he put up the package the
memorandum of the amount from the Re
demPtion division was placed with it on his
(vitnesS) desk until il was passed To Hal
ltCk with other packages, and he supposed
that IL took the regular course. The govern
II eut produced twenty nine $500 notes, from
uSig hbOrhOOd OF 900.
Cross examiDed:-Ha lleck had been in the
cash room since 1869. Witness named the
employees of the cash room, and stated that
when the room was open TO the public from
9 40 O'Clock, some visitors came in the
room, probably a dozen. Witness did not
see Halleck seal the package; don't know
who directed the package of his own knoWl
edge. Could not swear that the notes shown
were these stolen.
By the government:-The loss was discov-
cred when the packages were called OFF al
the express CWce below the cash room.
By the Witness first talked OF
this matter 10 the secret service men; thinks
that be told them about the numbers the
same as he told on the stand. Witness was
suspected at that time; they suspected each
other; put up 22i packages that day. In all,
about Sg0O,G9O were sent out that day. Mr..
Wilson to Mr.. CaTpen ter.-DOn't IL give You
the sore eyes? Mr.. C.-NO, but it makes my
head ache Witness statement TO the secret
service was taken down in writing.
THE SEALER AND DIRECTOR OF PACKAGES
SWORN.
Thomas j. PhiHips.-W Witness was employed
In The cash room at the time, and was en-
plOyed as sealer and director of packages.
Recollects receiving the package from Ru-
hDgs table and directing II, after which he
placed IL on the north end of the table, from
whence IL was taken, as he supposed In the
regular course OF business, to the express Of
nee. Witness was in the afternoon sent for,
when The package was missed, and they
were all returned and re examined, Halleck
assisting In making the examination.
witness was crOSS-eXamlued at some
length, and stated that McCurdy LETT the Of
fee about II = or u o'clock, the package was
placed on his desk about $40; did not see
Halleck at his witness desk that morning.
TIE visitors that day were in company with
young man named Somerville. but they
passed ten or twelve feet from where the
packages were.
BY MIR. COok:-Where were you that day?
Answtr.-1 went TO lunch and got some
sprouts, hogs iOwl, and pie. lLaughter Re-
collects having got the same kind of lunch
on other occasions, for he liked it. Laugh
teri When witness went out he left the
packages in charge OF Mr.. Vance, telling
him TO ''lOok cut, for I'm going TO lunch"
At the close of this cross xami nation a
recess Was taken.
AFTER RECESS.
George RJl0Id testified that he sat at table
No IN the Treasurer's Office; his business
Vas TO put the two end seals on the packages;
bis seal was square, Halleck's seal was
round; took all the packages that he and
Halleck sealed over 10 Phillips table; Mr.
NcCuIdy was at Phillips table in the MORN
Ing, but left before lunch time.
4. A. Bishop testified that he was In the
employ OF Adams Express company on the
II OF June last; when money sent by the
treasury came down 10 his office, which was
under the cash room in the Treasury depart
ment, he checked off the packages as they
were called off by the clerk who came down
with them. The packages for the Park bank
did not come down.