The Red Cloud chief., 1888-11-02
N c SANS TREASURY.
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. M"as tn Greet.
II one Of thvs giants. aoou, which
~ heard 40 much In our younger
days. VA. to develop n modern Bill
Sykc. tendency, aud select the Treasury
Department ~ the scene ~ hir opera
,ions. no might make n pretty good
haul. provided the small army OF watch.
men allowed him Ia get away.
Suppose all the money la the Treas
ury was piled up in one DOM. My
gian, burglar would ind at his hand
$yji.VD.VD IN gold aud silver. fl2o..
UD.oSD in bonds. aud an add
,ional fipO. O0O,0D In new silver dol.
lars II he happened To time hi. visit
when the ne. silver vault In the main
courtyard Is full. aud IA silver stream
u t5JD.OoD - day il steadily flowing
into that su~btcrrancan treasure house.
Here IL nearly fGDO. 5000. just
think OF H. More money than can b.
found la any Of the banks Of Europe.
The Bank Of England has only fIvi..
10000; Tn" Bank ~ Franco. &tj2.0Dp.-
600; the Imperial Bank OF Germany.
t237. 60. 1000.
This little 'wad" OF $500. oOo,C p Ia
noininally In charge 81 James W.
Hyatt. the United States Treasurer.
who. by the way is a very bright spcci-
mon 81 u Connecticut Yankee. Mr..
Hyatt has 20 give a bond OF $ijo.Up
for the bookkeeping Of that money. 40,
"A cent of which he ever actually han.
dies. but he doesn't stay awake Of
night counting his cash and the cares
Of Office sit lightly upon him
Massive iron safes. imbrddcd In solid
masonry. projected by time locks and
every other kind oi anti burglar device
known Ia ingenuity Of man. guard 'his
treasure. and. Ia addition. "A force Of
armed watchinen pa,ro, the building
night and day. II u man wanted &c
steal any money out Of th" Treasury h.
would have u pretty hard time ~ IL. ]
don't remember now Of any attcinp, III
the kind having ever been made. al
ways excepting the firm of j. j. Brady
Il Co., and some othc~ gentlemen oi
the same kidney. who planned IA very
successful raid. But they had the COM
bination nj that time. and since then We
have changed AL that.
Any one who has been abroad is ut
once struck by the armed scntrics con.
stantly on guard In front of the gov.
ernm"nt banks. n you should happen
To pass the Bank III England any night
about live o'clock you would see n de-
tachmcnt OF the Grcnadicr Guards
march into tho bank. and thcr. they
remain until nine o'clock next morning.
There isn't "A sentry. not even IA much
~ u marine. to be seen anywhere round
the treasury. but AZ every door sits 10
vigilant Waterman. aud he sharply
sc%rutinizcs all coincr especially thos.
who are strangers To him. lie doesn't
look very fierce. but the drawer Of tho
desk ut which he sta contains "a heavy
Colts revolver. and ut u given signal
he would Immediately close his door
and stand ON guard, revolver IN hand.
At two o'clock the department Is
closed "a visitors. and alight iron grat.
ing serves Ia bar out the general public.
Only persons armed with IA pass ARE
then admitted. At four o'clock the
employees leave and the building IL
turned over to the night watch To re-
main In their possession until eight
o'clock the next morning. Fo%ur'y-fou'
men comprise the night watch In tive
~rclief.. each OF which is In command
ofa lieutenant. Tho night watchmcr
carry their tj-calibcr revol,crs Ia theft
belts. ready for use NJ u moments no
tic.. The first thing they do when
they 20 on duty l. Ia -cc that every
roOm il properly locked and all fire.
are ''hankci up for the night. then
they turn the keys into the Office Of tn,
captain ~ the watch. where they ar,
hung ON u big board. The men mr.,
distributed round the various iloor'
and assigned to certain corridors. M
every half hour they turn In II sigma
from watchman's box. The big none,
moment during tn. entire night. ant
Ia u case Of necessity tho guard caI
immediately summon assistance b!
turning In u signal from his call box
= Three men patrol tn. building on TN
outside. In the captains Office Is
q ease containing t~hir,y.tive Springfield
' rifles and bayoncts. the sainc numbe
/. Of cartridge belts and live hundred
n rounds ~ ball.
All thing, considered. II wouldn't II,
y very safe thing for mob To try and
/, loo, the Treasury. - Washington Or
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