The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-06-08
The Burglars Mistake.


Two years ago an attempt was
made upon the United States Sub
Treasury at Philadelphia, but so secret
have the detectives been, that the
facts have only leaked out. The OPP
orators are not certainly known, but
are supposed to be Jimmy Logue,"
now in prison tor another ofense, but
who then was at large with $4,000
in hand, which he had stolen from
bank; Porter and Irving, who had
broken out from prison, and a fourth
man totally unknown. Logue TOOK
a fine house in w est Philadelphia, and
there the whole party lived; Logue
was to be we'll paid for The large out
Law he thus made. AS there were
warrants out and rewards offered for
three OF the party, they did not do
much OF their lounging about the
courts and police>stations, but with
quite temerity enough they took a
daily airing and rendezvoused in the
Strawberry Mansion, Fairmount
Park. They knew that at the begin
ming OF the next quarter, the interest
on the United States bonds would be
paid, and that for this and other pur,
poses, on the last night of the o!d
quarter, there would be $l2, 100000 in
the Sub.Treasury vault, much OF it
in gold. AT that particular time
they were to strike. 80
1t now became desirable TO have a
opal" located in the building. One
day revereped looking man, with
clerical garb1 and white creVat, waited
upon Collector Tuition as the Rev.
DR.. Paddock. The official knew OF
this clergyman. The latter was
accompanied by an innocent-aprear-
ing young man-one OF his parishion-
ers-and would be so much obliged
if the collector could give the young
man some light work, such as that OF
aodtcltnaa,a, as he was in need, and his
health would not admit OF desk or
outside work. Collector Tuition was
exceedingly pleased to see DIR. Pad
dock. Mr.. Tutton's rector in Dow.
dington and DR.. Paddock were &C
quainted. The collector talked freely
on spiritual matters, and he explained
to DR.. =. that no reliance could be
placed on the recommendations OF
politicians, while a minister's indors6
ment was a safe guide.
1t is now disclosed that an ex-con-
vict called "Shoey" Miller, person
Sted Rev. Dr. Paddock, and was a
fifth party to the job. The young
man recommended by him was
appointed and made q acatchmaaaa. By
a strange coincidence he was assigned
TO the end of the building where the
Sub.Treasury is. For weeks he was
attentive to his duty, but he was
tamiliarizing himself with the build.
ing and all the persons employed in
it. These facts were made known
to the gang, and some Of the mem
bers visited the place to learn the
by-ways. ...
At length the apple was ripe. One
Sunday morning hole big enough
to admit a man was found in the side
of the custom-house it was oppo-
site the great vault; it went into the
vault, and the vault was empty; the
place had been cleaned out, aud no
trace lett of the burglars. The treas.
urer was brought in panic; he
opened tie vault; he laughed. The
vault by brick partition was divided
into two; in one were kept the gold,
silver, greenbacks, bonds and coupons,
and there the treasure still was,
$12,000,0C0 worth. The other side
OF the vault was kept for storing
bags of cents and other bulky things.
The burglars didn't know there were
two vaults; they expected TO find
bags of gold, and in the dark, excite
ment and risk, they had snatched up
such bags as they found and made of.
They might just as we'll have dug