Telegram-herald., 1889-12-13
4 THOUSAND DOLLAR
Package Missed by the United
States Express Company.
1901 PROBABLY ABSCOyDED VIII II
Ihs City National Bank Delivered :
Package u Goot which Never
Reached It's Dssgiuation toSt
KeceiFt ter Et-No Record

The voluntary departure u clarence
J. TO0t seems now - be established
beyond q reasonable doubt. For sew
eral days after hA leaving tae TIM
GRAM-IIgRALD Inclined % tle thea pre-
yalent theory that he had been salt-
bagged and taken away; butnthe hight
OF subsequent developments II aoan-
doned that idea. while those who had
originally entertained the opposite idea,
namely or his guilt, have sought 70 DIS
credit everything published by this
paper on that subject. Ii looks now rs
though loot is actually delaulter and
an ab>cOnder.
Thecase, however, involves many mys-
teries, and il msy be long time before
tney are solved. The development OF
yesterday which WAS 50 extensively cir
culated, is not altogether new, namely,
that a $1,000 package sent on saturday,
the 50th, and mad not been accounted
for.
An int.matiOn of this fact was printed
ago, with no particulars. The
late IN the afternoon, a package con-
tanning $1,000 OF worn currency Was
sent through the United States Express
Company by tine National city Bank OF
this city 10 the Treasury Department
at Washington IN exchange for which
new money was 20 be returned. 1nls
Is quite common transaction between
National depOsltorles and the Treasury
Department, and no particular atten-
ton Was paid 70 the matter at this end
OF the line. as several days frequently
elapsed before either end was informed
OF the acts at the other. This package
being sent late saturday could not nave
gotten to It's destination tor several days,
hence the delay in learning from that
end that the package had not arrived.
I The package was delivered by L. j..
Hake, the draft clerk of the bank, to
loot, who recelpted for It. The first IN
timatiOn that the money had not been
delivered was the receipt OF letteryes-
terdav ut the bank, calling attention TO
the tact that the money, which
was alluded to IN the bank
monthly report had not arrived
This. of course, caused an inyesiiga-
ton, which resulted III showing that
the package had never been deliv-
cred.
In this connection il may be interest
ing to refer back to the facts, already
published exclusively in the TELEGRAM
HERALD, that on the same day, late in
the afternoon, Collector of Customs
Andrew Shafer sent u package contain
ing S7g2, and that another gentleman
sent one containing $1,000, both billed
for Chicago; that both of them were
given to loot, and that both of them
were promptly delivered and receipts re-
| turned but that neither OF them nor the
missing bank package were registered by
him on the books OF the Office, As IS always
the custom. Singular 10 say, however,
that while two of them Went right one
went wrong. This is argued by his
friends a circumstance in favor OF the
theory of his innocence, Is he might
inst as well have taken all of them as
one. 1t seems, however, impossible 10
reconcile the fact tnat he failed
/ to register the packages with his innO-
ccncc land especially vas he'hlmself simst
simultaneously left for parts unknown.
The ,dea that lie got INTO trouble
with the woman who IS missing stll
prevails. and that Il " she is at the
bottom can not toe successfully contro-
ycrtcd, although it can not be proven.
To make a brief resume of the case:
/ TOot bought pair OF cOlOrod spec
/ tacles, a suit of clothes and a PAIR of
shoes Just before his departure, and
with h,s departure went also two pack
ages of diamonds, valued at tabout 500,
money packages valued at about 500,
aud lie last named package OF $1,000 IN
/ currency. These ind sputable facts
stand against arguments OF hIs inuo-
ccuce based on the theory of fool play,
wncn has now been abandoned as Un-
tcuablc. Bat the questions. where is
hc? why did be %? or was he taken
rcuaul unanswered.
The officers yesterday. 70 satisfy his
friends. made n thorough search OF the
West lie canal. They did not find IS
remains.