The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-12

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=. Plot on the Philadelphia Sub.
Treasury was Foiled.
~, two years past the officers of the
yos Service Division of the Govern.
49, have been endeavoring to unravel
rsps rrstery attached to the attempted
" shsry of the United States Sub.treas.
ro This city. Up to this time they
p met With Indifferent success, and
- %' chsnces are they will never be able
= ..certain with distinctuess who were
80 plot. As the case stands now it is
..tter of suspicion against one of the
,.i1est cracksmen in the country. None
- thieves were concerned and they re.
tn give information which might
,sS to the detection of their confeder-
~ The story is an interesting one.
81 w. for miscalculation on the part of
=. ~ robbers they would have succeeded
: capturing some $l2,000,000 of COUP
,. and cash. 1t would have been the
s,.est haul ever made in this country
stfor their stupidity. The large vault
= treasurer oysters Office, in tho Gus
nm.house building, contains two apart
ssnts. In one Of these it is customary
= tore the cash and coupons that are
.,ssented for interest. In the other
nall coin is kept. This fact became
i,own, and a gang was organized to
nike raid on the place. Prominent
N the list was Jimmy Logue, now in
Se Eastern Penitentiary, who had $780,
mn on hand fresh from bank burglary.
There were o couple of well-known New
Workers, and two fellows who had es-
.ned from the Kings County Peniten-
believed to be Porter and Irving.
Another of the party WAS new man,
tr whom the country has been secured,
Int without avail. Logue secured fine
residence is West Philadelphia, where
Se whole party resided. He was to be
,eubursed for his expenditures out OF
The proceeds Of the robbery. As war
suts and acquisitions were out for the
man on all sides, they feared to come
INTO the city, and selected Paramount
Psyk as their place of rendezvous. Their
hrorite resort was the quiet retre1t at
Strawberry Mansion. Here they met
dsily, alter taking . an airing, and
mapped OUT their plans.
Il was found necessary to have one
d their number inside the Custom.
house, SO this happy plan was hit upon
One day remembering gentleman,
With clerical garments and a white
ehoker, waited upon Collector Tuition
md informed him that he was Rev. Mr.
Paddock. The official knew of this
tsrgyman. The sham minister was &C
pmpanied by an innocent-appearine
prng man, who, he stated, was one o
Is Pensioners. DR.. Paddock woQlt
kmuch obliged TO the Collector if HI
uuld only give the young man some
ling to do-some light work, such q
ntchman-as he was in need, and hi
lsalth would not admit of exposure
Collector Tuition was exceedingl,
lessed to see DIR. Paddock. Mr.. Tut
hu's rector at Downingtown and DR.
!sddock were, in fact, well acquainted
I'd Mr.. Tuition talked freely Of Down
hktown's spiritual needs. To the reve1
"a gentleman he explained that no re
hncs could be placed on the recon
sndations of politicians, while mir
her's Endorsement was nearly always
afe guide. The sham clergyman &C
B quite shaky when Mr.. Tuition touche
"a Downingtown matters, but 500
stitched off the conversation and avoit
Embarrassment. 1t is now disclose
Aat "Shoey" Miller, who was mike
% the bogus naturalization bushes
,adxas sentenced to two years. impri
+ eminent in the Eastern Penitentiary, pc
pnated Rev. DR.. Paddock, and was
patyWthe job. The young man re
commended by him was appointed ar
madeasatchman. BY strange col
cidanesthe fellow was assigned to tn
snddthe building where the sub-trea
uJtocatcd. For weeks he was 8
tsafrs to his duty, but all this time
Hsgathering points and familiarizil
himself with every part of the buildil
ID With all the persons employed in
The facts were made known to t
nns, q which he was q member, a.
nns Of the confederates visited {
ce to learn the by-ways.
The robbers exhibited no undue ha!
knowing upon their prey, but wait
uil the time when the quarterly int
4 on the United States bonds fell d.
M knew that large sums of NOR
No stored in the vaults. On Sund
lpfning it was discovered that a h
klbeen made in the side of the c
tn.house wall, large enough to adj
THE passage Of mans body thror
"A closer examination revealed
u that this led directly into the va
Mplace had been cleaned out, but
Anrs hSM been fooled. In this ap'
IT were stored the pennies and sn
-. Next to it, and with only
kness Of q few bricks, was che b
eof interest money. It has been
I'D that the thieves believed they
TX bags Of gold, and that in
illness they merely felt ofthem to le
kisr they were coin or not, and
lately passed them out t6 their {
kates to carry to q place OF sat
had of going further the job was,
- reason, abandoned at this II
nlstter an outlay of thousands OF
Mehe burglars captured but a COZ
ahndred dollars worth of pennies
sAOsght that daylight came too
1taem, and they were compelled
the premises, which was q 6
ag for the Government.
lSsstigations were made by the
md two of the Fifth and Ches
ees detectives were put to work u
eass. They never discovered m
lcOn began to point to the wa
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