Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-01-28
SAVING MILLIONS OF MONEY.
no" riot on the Philadelphia sub
Treasury Was FOiled.
Philadelphia Cor Washington Post.

ment have been endeavOrinp Ia ~.
rayel the mystery attached to the NJ.
tempted robbery of the United State.
sub-treasury in this city. Up to this
time they have met with indifferent
success, and the chances are they will
never be able to ascertain with dis
tinctness who were in the plot. As the
case stands now it is matter of sus-
picion against some of the boldest
craftsmen in the country, None but
thieves were concerned, and they re-
fuse to give information which might
lead to the detection of their confed-
crates. The story is an interesting one.
But for II miscalcdlation on the part
of the robbers they would have sue
ceeded in capturing some $4,000, 00O
of coupons and cash. It would have
been the largest haul ever made in
this country but for their stupidity.
The large vault in Treasurer oysters
office, in the custom house building
contains two apartments. In one OF
these 1t is customary to store the cash
and coupons that are presented for in
terest. In the other small coin is kept.
This fact became known and gang
was organized to make raid on the
place. Prominent ON the list was
Logue, now in the eastern pen
itentiary, who had $4,000 on hand
fresh from u bank burglary. There
were couple Of well.known New
Workers, and two fellows who had es-
capped from the Kings county peniten-
tiary-believed to be Porter and Irving.
Another of the party was new man
for whom the country has been scour-
ed but without avail. i.ogue
secured Il fine residence in West
Philadelphia, where the whole party
resided. He was to be reimbursed for
his expenditures out of the proceeds
Of the robbery. As warrants and
acquisitions were out for the men on
all sides, they feared to come into the
city, and selected Fairmount park as
their place of rendezvous. Their
favorite resort was the quiet retreat ut
mansion. Here they met
daily after an airing, and mapped out
their plans.
II was found necessary to have one
Of their number inside of the custom
house, 50 this happy plan was hit upon:
One day u reverend looking gentle
man, with clcrical-cut garments and u
white choker, waited upon Collector
Tuition and informed him that he was
Rev. Mr.. Paddock. The official knew
of this clergyman. The sham minister
was accompanied by an innocent APP
peariug young man, who he stated was
one of his parishone;s. DR.. Paddock
would be much obliged to the collector
if he could only give the young man
to do-some light work,
such us watchman-as he was in need
and his health would not admit of ex-
posurc. Collector Tuition was exceed
ingly pleased to see Dr. Paddock. Mr.
Tuition talked freely of Dowingtons'
spiritual needs. To the reverend gen
tleman he explained that no reliance
could be placed on the recommendation
Of politicians, while 4 ministers in
was nearly always safe
guide. The sham clergyman got quite
shaky when Mr.. Tuition touched on
matters, but soon switched
off the conversation and avoided en-
1t is now disclosed that
"Shoey" Miller who was mixed up in
the bogus naturalization business and
was sentenced two years to the eastern
penitentiary, pcrsonated Rev. DR.. Pad
dock, and was q party to thejob. The
young man recommended by him was
and made Waterman. BY Y
strange coincidence the fellow was as
signed to that end of the building where
the sub-treasnry is located. For weeks
he was attentive to his duty, but all
this time he was catering points and
himself with every part
part of the building, and with all the
persons employed in it. These facts
were made known to the gang, of
which he was u member. and some Of
the confedcrates visited the place to
learn the by-ways
The robbers exhibited no undue
haste in moving upon their prey, but
waited until the time when the quar-
terly interest on the United States bonds
came due. They knew that large sums
of money were stored in the vaults.
On Sunday morning it was discovered
that hole had been made in the side
custom-house wall large enough
to admit Of the passage Of mans
body through it. A closer examination
revealed that it led directly to the
vault. The place had been cleaned
out but the robbers had been fooled,
In this apartment were stored the
pennies and small coins. Next to it,
with only the thickness of Il few bricks
was the huge pile of interest money.
1t has been presumed that the thieves
believed that they had struck bags Of
gold and that i'll the darkness they
felt of them to learn whether
they We're coin or not and immediate
~ passed them out to their confed-
crates to carry to Il place of safety
Instead of going further the job was
for some reason abandoned ut this
time, and after an outlay of thousands
Of dollars the burglars captured but n
couple Of hundred dollars worth Of
pennies. 1t is thought that daylight
eame too fast for them. and they
were compelled to vacate the premises
which was good thing for the gov
eminent.
Investigation were made by the