The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-28
LOST OR STOLEN?

A MESSENGER OF THE IMPORTERS AND TRADERS
BANK MISSES PocKErBooK CONTAINING
$209. 722 3S-NEARLr $780, 900 IN GOLD GER
TIrfcATEs AND CURRENCY
AT quarter-past twelve o'clock yesterday Hoffman
Beach. trusted clerk Of the Importers aud Traders
Bank. let that place having in his possession
s2U9.T22 % with which TO pay to the Clearing House
the debtor balance of the bank on it's gold
and currency exchanges. This money. which was
carried in large pocketbook. consisted of 100000
in Clearing House certificates So 80 in gold ccrtf-
Gates sS.'55 80 IN currency and SCI in gold. Mr.
Beach not accustomed to act messenger be
tween the Clearing House and the bank. but the
regular man. Mr. Turner. was OF duty yesterday at
tending the funeral of his son. As is always the
tom. the bank Is detective Daniel Young accompanied
the messenger. and they started down Broadway
together to their destinstion--thc Clearing House,
piscovERED.
On their arrival at that building Mr.. Be n unbut-
toned his ulster with the intention of paying his
banks balance. and to HIS surprise end also that OF
the detective who in bis company. the pocket
book was missing They Immediately reirsed their
steps to the Importers Gnd Traders Bank thinking
that they might have forgotten the package but no
tidings OF it could be obtained there They then
membcred distinctly that the messenger hal
i with him after leaving the bank, oeranse
not possibly get IL in his pocket. 80
that he opened his ulster and plared il
between that and his inner coat and kept his arm
around it. He imagined that II would be in that
place and the detective says that Beach certainly felt
IL in his possession when crossing broadway at Pine
street on the way TO the Clearing House. The
theory advanced by the detective aud messenger
that the pockctbook slipped between the tho
street and picked mp by some passcr by. As
soon as the officials Of the Importers and Traders
Bank learned OF their loss they made mp another
amount 70 settle at the Clearing House and sent to
that institution.
Whether lost or stolen. II the pockc.book should
not be returned, the bank will lose s49T22 3syz..
the gold certificates. amounting TO si29o which
not numbered and easily negotiab,e. the $685. IN
currency and the S57 gold. Ile Clearing House
tifcates all numbered, and II would he Impossible
10 negotiate them, a. they are payable only 10 bank
member Of the New York Clearing House.
INSUFFICIENT
II Beach, the messenger. had taken the usual pre-
cautions in carrying large amounts Of money this
loss, II Is said. would not have occurred. II IL the
custom Tor messengers TO have chains attached from
their wrists TO the pocketbooks, and II is almost inn
lRssible to lose money carried IN this way unless
GNrpowered by bighwayJnen. Mr.. Beach has been
in the employ Of the bank FOR than ten years.
and his character is above rcprcach. The hank
officials have implicit confidence la bis honesty and
are positive that the money lost. not stolen.
They have offered the following
e. 000 REwARp..LosT BY THE MESSENGER
On his way 10 the Clearing Iioase this morning pocket
boo containing the @moni q balance ae from % e
sGyD United states gold CERTIFICATES ss.7a5 - eur
s',ssTsa * s" y ' is
2otrz5 l23s s,t5l. 2a.45i, 1910, l,i'.,, 1857,
each for SUapl They payable only bank
% the New York nasrns io"se eonSsqasnliy are not
dollars reward will be paid by this BANK Tor the "
y" Dn sssxs ~ isa H. PERKINS a. Cashier
superintendent wsllng notified Of the banks
loss, and put IN M appearance "a that institution.
money had been lost in the way described by the
messenger