Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-08
THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.
How Packages Of Money are Received
at the Treasury What
Mr. Rogers Says.

All National Bank notes sent to the United States
Treasury for redemption pass through the hands
OF Mr.. Thomas E. Rogers, chief Of the Ma
tional Bank Redemption Agency, Treasurer's Of
flee. He said this morning to a STAR reporter:
"There are usually nve safes come In daily
from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, the
South, and the West. The New York train
Saturday morning was late in arriving here, and,
in order to get the safes up early In time for the
clerks OF my office, they were hauled directly from
the depot to the express agency at the Depart
ment. These safes are sealed with lead and wire
seals, and are not opened until they reach the
Treasury agent They are usually taken to the
main onice Of the company before being sent here,
but are never opened there. When the safe
reaches the express Office down stairs 1t is opened
at once BY the agent who clips the seals The
shelf on one side Of the office, where they are
sorted, being divided into two classes-United
states notes and national bank notes have only
to do with the latter. After they are sorted and
checked on the way-bin that is in the safe one
clerk reads the label OF each package to another
u book. AS soon as the entries are all made l re-
ceipt for each package by checking an r opposite
the entry.
HANDLE EVERY PACKAGE,
reading the label lifting it to ind its weight and
glance at the seals beside checking an ar" On the
top. The bogus package attracted my attention
by its odd shape. bundle OF notes usually Is
firm and rather heavy, with sharply defined edges
| his one naQ Dte0 maue up Dy taxing long SupS OF
coarse brown paper and folding them to the re-
Quired length or course, luis gave a rounded
end, which felt at once. l remarked that the
bundle contained old clothes, and opened II with
my knife, calling around me all who were present
In the once.
THE PACKAGE WELL SEALED.
"The seals were not, as has been stated, mere
bl0tches OF wax" he said ''but bore impression
Of a seal. cannot tell at present whether the Sc
stamps were limitations OF the banks seal or i'm
presSiOns OF the actual seal The seal is oval and
on the upper curve bears the words 'Amert can
Exchange on the center line NATIONAL and on
the under curve Bank As remember, have an
idea that the letters Of the seals on the package
were slightly larger than the genuine ones
"The safe reached this building about 80 O'Clock,
and was probably opened at once. The operation
OF removing, counting, checking and receiptipg
consumed about thirty minutes.
"Besides Mr.. Blanchard, the express agent, and
four clerks, was the only person present when
made. II had receipted for the PACKAGE" con-
tinued Mr.. Rogers, ." should have stood In the
same relation to the express company that they
now DO to the bank"
WHAT TREASURER HYATT SAYS
Treasurer Hyatt said that the Job was very neat
one. The Government, he added, has nothing
whatever to do with the matter now. Treasury
oncials are of the opinion that the theory OF the
detectives that the robbery was committed at
this end OF the line Is merely Intended to throw
the thieves, suppostng them to be In New York, on
the track.
There were no new developments to-day. The
detectives are still at work investigating the
course OF the safe and the package after its ar.
rival in the city. They are also endeavortng TO
discover whether or not the safe was tempered
With in transit.