The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-05
BurRlarB' Mistakes.

toA wv years p'St inc officers OF the Sc
cret service division of the government
nave been endcavorlng to unravel the mys
tery attached to the attempted robbery o
the United States sub-treasury in Philadel
phla, ia. Up to this time they have met
Win indifferent success, aud the chances
arc they will never be able to ascertain
with dlsllnctlvcncss who were in the plot.
As the case stands now it is matter OF
suspicion against some of the boldcst
cracksmcn in the country. None but
thieves were concerned, and they refuse
to give information which might lead To
the detection Of their c"rfcdcratcs. The
story IS all interesting But for u mis-
calcuiatlon on the part "hbcrs they
! would have succeeded .;n,r some
Sl2,0OO.O 900 Of coupon. cash. IL
would have been the largest haul ever
made in this country but for their stupid
lty: The large vault in Treasurer Eys
tcris o1llcc, in the Custom house building,
contains two apartments. In one Of these
IL ls customary to store the cash and cou
pons That urc presented for interest. In
inc other small coin is kept. The fact
Dccamc Known and gang was organized
10 make raid on the place. Prominent
on the list was Jimmy Loguc, now in the
! Eastern Icnltcntlary, who had $50, 600 on
hand ircsh from bank burgl Try. There
were couple OF well known New Workers
ana TWO fellows who had escaped from the
Nihgs County Pcnitcntiary, believed to be
iortcr And Irving. Another of The party
was Il new man, for whom the country has
been secured but without avail.
Loguo secured Il liue residence in West
Philadelphia, where the whole party re-
sided. lie was to be reimbursed for his
expenditures out of the proceeds of the
robbery. AS warrants and rcquistions
were out tor the men on all sides, they
selected Paramount Park rs their place of
rendezvous. Their favoritc resort was the
quiet retreat at Strawberry mansion. Here
they met daily, after taking an airing and
mapped out their plans. 1t was found
necessary TO have one of their number in
side the Custom-housc, SO this happy Dian
was hit upon:
One day rcvercnd-lookiug gentleman,
with clcrlcal-cut garments and Il white
chokcr, waited upon Collector Tuition and
informed him that he was the Rev MIR.
Paddock. Tho official knew OF this
clergyman. The sham minister was nc-
companlcd by al innoCent-iooking Young
man who he stated was one of his parish
ioncrs. DIR. Paddock would be so much
Obliged to the Collector if he could only
give the young man something to do
some light work, such as watchman-as
he was III need, and his health would not
admit OF exposure. Collector Tuition was
exceedingly pleased to sec DR.. Paddock.
Nlr. Tutton's rector III Downingtown and
DR.. Paddock were in fact well acquainted.
and MIR. Tuition talked freely of Downing
towns spiritual needs. TO the reverend
scaIiorn"n lao oI,rlsi"e1 th>. ~"i;~~os
| "nm,, hn 1,lnnad or tho recommendations or
politicians, while minister's cndorsemient
was nearly always safe guide. The sham
clergyman got quite shaky when MIR. Tut
ton touched Oh Downngtown matters, but
soon switched of the conversation and
avoided embarrassment. 1t IS now dis
closed that ''Shoey" Miller, who was mixed
mp III tho bogus naturalization business,
and was sentenced To two years imDrison
mcnt III the Eastern penitentiary, person.
atcd tho Rev. DIR. Paddock, and was Il
party to the job.
The young man recommended by him
was appointed and made watchman. By
strange coincidence tho fellow was as
signed to that end Of the building where
the suD-lrcasury is located. For weeks he
was attentive to his duty but all this time
himself with every part OF the building
ana with oil the persons employed in it.
These facts were made known TO the gang
of which he was member, and some OF
his confcdcratcs 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 quarterly interest on the
II fnll a L.,
large sums Of money were stored in the
vaults. One Sunday morning 1t was dis
covered that u hole had been made in the side
Of the Custom-housc wall, large enough to
admit the passage Of mans body through
it. A closer examination revealed the fact
that this led directly INTO tho vault. The
place had been cleaned ont, but the rob-
bcrs had been fooled. In this apartment
had been stored the pennies and small
coins. Next TO il, and with only the thick
ness Of a few bricks, was the huge pile of
interest money 1t has been presumed
that the thieves believed they had struck
bags of gold, and that in the darkness they
merely felt of them to learn whether they
were COIN or not, and Immediately passed.
them out to their confctlcratcs to carry to
q place of safety. Instead of going further
this time, and after an outlay of thousands
OF dollars the burg lars captured but couple
OF hundred dollars worth Of pennies. 1t is
thought that daylight came too fast for
them, and they were compelled to vacatc
the premises, which was good thing for
the Government.
Investigations were made by the officers,
and detectives were put to work up the
case. They never discovered much. Su-
spicion began to point to the watchman
appointed at the "Rcv." MIR. Patldoch's
instance. 1t suddenly wGs revealed to
every ono that no one knew anything con-
cnrning this individual. lIc was sent for
by the collector and told to send Mr.. Pad
dock to the Office. But he did not. That
young man left, and to this day he has
never bccn seen or heard Of. This Job
broke up Loguc. When he was arrested
for the Portuondo robbery, he had little
money on hand, but gave mortgage on
his house for certain sum of money, con-
ditioncd upon the fact that If the mortgage
was not paid at q set time the house was
TO he aDId Aa mari of tho horpoin n