Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-05-16


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4 Mini of Money.
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SAM ETIuoS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
lErcu the Ean Francisco Post
About a year EGO Superintendent Heury L.
Dodge of the mint called Capt. Stone and
Detective Jeiu INTO his private office and in-
formed them that lie susuectod dishonesty
somewhere IN the big bUIidIug hut could not
tell where. and lett them to seek ont q trail
for themselves The keen scented brace Of
ferre;s plunged themselves Immediately into
all the IliLo!-s that promised disclosures Of
dishonesty, and soon struck some hot scents
The first led 20 tho crrest o! Dalis, on the
3Gth OF last October. tor the theft Of some
three hundred and odd dollars, and the Sec
ond to the capture Of Eli Cook and Stephen
Al5erson Of the Bonanza refinery on Branch
street, who are now IN san Qrentin for steal
ing bullion. Tho third Uisl came to an end
yesterday, ard resulted in uuoartLinc a steal
OF $50 0l1 in gold. the thief, who turns ont
to be Henry smith a colorei night watch
man IN tb, mint being now IN the city prison.
In working mp the other cases mentioned the
two dctecuv,s discovered that Smith was
selling a cJc.; de,l oi bullion about town.
They saaJoaeG hna night and day, and made
certain tie fact. through mr,stigation. that
no bullion wa l,-r- shipped 10 him from
the county.
THEY IlU r.l -9EIy IHu -E4E,
however. a- smith was then out Of the mint
and they wanted TO make a clear case against
him. Bat -sverai days ago, decminC affairs
ripe for action they took him into custody
and charged INN with stealing bullion from
the mint. He stoutlv denied 1t. They went
TO his house No. -il Broadway. and exam
ined every sable bureau. chair. panel and
flooring in it without finding ANYTHING. Then
tnev armed tAemeeiv0s with srades and day
before YESTERDAY BEGAN an investigation into
the soil Of the yard They INST discovered
in sevl raj places the uumistakable traces of
smelling work IN the shape OF the Stag that
comes from furnace. This cheer5d them
on and they continued turning over all the
soil until u % corner Of tie yari near the
fence they struck iron. Digging away the
soil around %. tlsIr spades tUIued up t. the
light a battered and rusty .ron furnace, ham
mered lat and IusicI away with the damp
ness and ,orgodiu- qualities oi the earth.
EXlmIliu .t closely aad sulJrctlng to the
same Ururs g., tugmaLi5 nt nreLIick
which were iUgil anunl it, they found in
the ElI.sv or, .I... L.i .jtI.I.l uu them
while u
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conaiIneJ viii. ,'-li'r lr.Isl tLey L,torc had
NUNS leu in al. directions, til about two
ieet under the surface cosby i'los'hg under
M ,ho i,,,-C'. ,oras @ III ,l ,',, i n7,Gair n9'VoC
it out they found it to be cI large size and
covered at the top with melted way knock
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sight seven s.liI gsae.b.g--Lapsd cones Of !
yellow gold, ieI-,. .n'sug about $1,000 IN
yaiue. I NJ "'so 'A't nlNApAAhliA carried
down 10 A4l. Sh4'h' ana II 'lsA' o! u, 10 use
a sporting phil7'.
Ur ELA-ESIu.
Hls confession !gi!."gd immediately there
@men' @ rs HlsAl "''AL-.-h On inc On ol 1uhe'
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us sai-l! ~ .,.'il..i5 ,A.gUsI Tue CONS
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80, -, ,,.i- - reT,oySi Cf ~
boss i IN o,..1. m gl,nov,l yrns r,sv
and .o,,-fr--.,irl d Iorl, ero9n f,v Lendin, a
tbin str-,, of zinc 81 m. ma h. ricl-ai mn a
few .ro5rt,Ifs
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every ri-.lIt. and ..I,..,l il home III his mock
et nsvt Io.r.l.rr n. proeeedcd to buv a
f7rnaca and r,.-sfl-- srI baosn sneltipo
operati5ns. ilruIu.. H.. black powler into !
yellow gold lg l.Icre uel-irraod selling the !
lumps 10 raiioas bullion dealers Of the citv
He lett the mint ia july last. and taking
fright Of the detectives. buried what pluuder
he had in his yard where 1t was found as
stated The detectives have traced 5li 900
worth oi tic lali.u which be sold, and this.
together with tua- recovered, makes Il total
theft OF about -AtU'. As an Offset they
have, in addition 60 that found IN the pot,
81, 900 IL tweutI-s. which tA"y found on the
pTeml5es, and the house and lot which ne
purchased with tie stolen money and which
Is worth about ~luHH. Smith il Il single
man, about go years u'd lie went INTO the