The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-05-21
AMYsTERIoUs CASE.
Who Got That es,O00P-Suit for
Lost Package Of Money.

Noah johnson is President Of the Nation
: al Bank, al Mount Vernon, Illinois, c.
> Ham is the Csahier, and jeremiah Taylor
D assistant. These men seem 10 be puzzle
over the mysterious loss Of 5000 in bsn|
bills. This is their little story: On tn
Ilth day Of June, 1877, Ham, the cashier
told Johnson, the president, that there wa
some money to be sent 10 the Third Nation
al Bank, in ST. Louis. the reserve agent o
Of the Mt. Vernon bank, and handed John
son package Of money, with the request Il
wrap it up for him. The package of money
was tied up with coarse hemp Irvine, having
on top and bottom Of the bills heavy coar-t
pas,eboariS. Mr.. J. wrapped the money ia
piece Of brown paper aud tied it with a
cotton string across tine end and around the
middle of the bills. lie enclosed this in q
second wrapper. which he cut with his
packet knife to fit the pack age, tied it in a
similar manner, and with the assistance al
Mr.. TAYLOR, sealed il with wax where the
t~ine crossed and stamped it with common
round seal used by the bank II was then
handed back To Ham who addressed it to
the Third National Bank, IN sde an entry Of
| it on the express receipt book, wrapped the
book and package in an old newspaper,
handed it to Taylor who took it to the ex-
press Office and returned in fifteen or twenty
minutes to the bank with the book and the
signature Of Saunders, the express agent.
Nothing was heard Of the package until the
18th OF June, when, about noon, a dispatch
came from the Third National Bank saying
that the package contained only waste paper
cut into the shape bills. Then there Was a
stew. Ham telegraphed to the bank 10 no
tify the Express Company, and took the
next train for 81. Louis, where he identified
the utter and inner wrappers which he had
furnished to johnson to wrap the bills in.
The address on the outer ore bore Hams
Handwriting, and the inner had the address
of the Treasury Department at Washington,
the paper and twIne used having come
around a packag" of money received from
that department. The package Was received
by the ST. Louis bank the morning after it
WAS sent, and no letter of advice accom-
panyi"g the same, il was laid aside and it |
rem aimed unopened until the letter of ad. |
vice was received the next day, the 18th,
and then the bank was notified at once. |
The Mount Vernon Bank sued the Adams |
Express Company for the value Of the pack
age. Counsel for plaintiff said it wonld be |
shown that the bank always forwarded a
letter Of advice the same day when the mails /
Of it, but ON this occasion the let ,
ter, although written was not forwarded !
until next day, that the package was in the
hands OF the express company twenty -four
hours, that the wax used in sealing the
package was obtained from the agent Of the
the Express Company. at Mt. Vernon, and
that the package was not out Of sigh: Of
the bank until delivered to Taylor wrapped
up in the newspaper with the express book.
The other proposed to show that the ma
terials tor putting up the package were all
furnished by Ham that there were similar
materials about the bank, and that the
package was not in the hands of any one
agent Of the Express Company long enough
or him, possibly, to remove the bills and
eplace the wrappers.
The jury, after hearing the evidence of
,ank and express officials and the theories
# the lawyers, found in favor of the FIX
press Company.
This is truly remarkable case, and it
ook a very adroit thief to cover up EVIL
fences of such theft. Not one time IN
hundred would he escape detection.
But evidently they ''sued the wrong man."
L was an insignificant fact that the wax
,sed was obtained from the Express Com
,any. No doubt the bank had the same
lind, or it could be easily obtained at any
lrug store. 1t looked a little queer that il
COX SO many fellows to tie up one pack age.
But the only suspicious circumstance, the
lpt ScuuuiS Va tuC iClaCi va at ObCt,
vas explained. 1t was the custom of the
,ank to send money once or twice a month,
md this occasion the package was received
" the ST. Louis Bank on the 18th, and it
vas ia,d side until the next day at noon. So
must have been in the possession of this
'ank or one OF its agents for twenty -four
'ours and during one uhoke night. In that
line the wrappers could have been removed,
he money replaced with waste paper and
he package dex'erously sealed in such a
banner that it would escape notice. Some
'ody in that bank knows more about it
han they care to tell.
-Wanted-every one to he free from
'imples. blotches, boils, ETC., which can be
lone by purifying the blood with DR.. Bulls
Blood Mixture. Used everywhere.