New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-30
SURE THAT ONE IS A THIEF.
g. CASHIER MISTRUSTS SOME ONE OF HIS
FORTY ASSISTANTS.
UNABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE MYSTERIOUS
pIsAPPEARANCE OF A PACKAGE OF
NOTES WORTH s5,93i ON
.~y OTHER GROUND

NOTES WoElA S'''~A Wv
ANY OTHER GROUND
A packare containing s. 931 mysterously dis
anneared in passing from the desk Of the note
teller 10 that of the paying teller in the National
Bank OF the Republic, No. Wall-st, early on
Friday. H. was made up Of small notes, and was
n bundle AZ least six inches thick. II was one OF
three the largest in bulk and valie. wnlch "er
being conveyed in book with drafts ana otner
proceeds Of the morning mail TO the hrst teller
The desks are some distance apart, and usually
one of the assistants makes the transfers. The
bank had been opened only short time when the
package was missed, but most thorough eA-
animation has failed to discover It,
The clerks of the bank were subjected 10
nersonal examination, and Pinkerton detective,
who was Immediately summoned, cross-examineo
each one separately. The clerks appeared 70 be
anxious TO be cleared from suspicion, but the
missing bundle had not been found yesterday
Everv nook and Granny in the bank has been
searched. desks have been taken apart and ap-
parentlv no effort to find the package has neen
omitted. but the officers Of the opinion tnae
tho hundIe of bills is still inside the building.
II they have any suspicious. they refuse TO indl-
cate them in any way, and Of course, the flnker-
ton detectives will not say what steps they nave
taken toward the discovery Of the THEFT
President Knox recalled al incident IN coun-
try hsnl, where he was employed many years ago
pacSage of bills amounting to s3,9oo olsaT-
peared in a similar way, and afterward was 1ound
in the etter-press, where clerk had placed u 70
reduce its bulk
Cashier Eugene H. PrlIen said last night that
the money had not yet been found mat j.
about all there is TO say On the suDlect, hc
added. although | am confident that the package
has not left the bank The clerks were as eager
as the officers to solve the mystery, and nothing ID
the appearance or conduct OF any one OF them al
forded a chance for suspicion. l have peen Ia
the bank twenty-eight years, and most OF inc
clerks have grown up with and under my Train
inr I know Their habits, as q rule, ana thelr
families Some Of them live near me mere ID
Rrool,lvn and | know their fathers and mothers
I have no suspicious, but believe that one
NJ the forty men in the bank musII
no a thief Until he is detected we DO NOT ieel
safe although new checks and precautions naVe
been adopted since the robbery was comm, ,' e'L
If the package is still in the bank there is notnlns
more certain than that IL never VIII eave IL III 'ne
hands of the thief or his cOnfederates ~,
In answer TO an inquiry why he was so positive
that the package was still in the bank ne sSld
II could not have been stolen by sneak thiei
and il could not have been passed OUT OF Ine
. cares 10 an accomplce the outside. ~ was
NJ snch bulk that it could not have oeen con-
cealed under persons coat without attracting
rho attention of our private detective who was on
dutT near the entrance Whore the package Is
do not know, but hope to find out IN snort
tine